Plan to Eat alternatives (2026)
We make Fixins, so we’ve put it first. Every other app here is described as fairly as we can, from its own website or app store listing.
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Plan to Eat keeps your own recipes, puts them on a meal-planning calendar and builds one shopping list, for $5.95 a month or $49 a year after a 14-day free trial. If you’d rather start from what’s already in your kitchen than from a plan, Fixins scans your groceries and shows creator recipes you can cook tonight. For another planner, Samsung Food, AnyList and Prepear are free with optional paid plans, and Paprika is paid once per platform.
See what your own kitchen can make.
On iPhone. Scan your kitchen, see what you can cook tonight.
First
The short version
What Plan to Eat does
You import recipes from the web or type in family recipes, plan them on a calendar, and Plan to Eat builds a shopping list organized by store and aisle. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and plantoeat.com, with a 14-day free trial, then $5.95 a month or $49 a year.source 1source 2
What to look for instead
If the price is the reason you’re looking, start with the free apps. If planning the week has become a chore, consider an app that starts from what you already have.
The list
The apps, one by one
Fixins
For weeks when planning doesn’t happen: scan your groceries, see creator recipes you can make tonight, and add your own handwritten or cookbook recipes with the same scanner.
- Where it runs
- iPhone, iOS 26 or later (United States and Canada)source
- Price
- Subscriptionsource
- Scan your pantry with the camera
- Yes: point the camera at a grocery item or barcode and it goes into your pantry with an expiration estimate; Fixins sends expiration alertssource 1source 2
- Where recipes come from
- Recipes from creators, plus your own handwritten or cookbook recipessource 1source 2
- Missing ingredients
- A grocery list of what you're missing, grouped by aisle; one tap sends it to Instacart checkoutsource
Paprika
Your own recipe library with a meal planner, reusable menus and aisle-sorted grocery lists, paid once per platform instead of a subscription.
- Where it runs
- iOS, Mac, Android and Windows; the iPhone and iPad app needs iOS 12 or latersource 1source 2
- Scan your pantry with the camera
- Not stated on its listing. It has a pantry you fill in yourself, with expiry datessource
- Where recipes come from
- Recipes you download from websites or add yourselfsource
- Missing ingredients
- Grocery lists that combine ingredients and sort them by aisle; no ordering or delivery stated on its listingsource
AnyList
Free recipes and a shared grocery list, with a meal-planning calendar in its paid plan at $9.99 a year for one person or $14.99 for a household.
Samsung Food
Free weekly planning with recipes saved from any website, shared shopping lists and over 240,000 public recipes.
- Price
- Free, with an optional paid plan, Samsung Food+ ($6.99 a month or $59.99 a year on the App Store)source
- Scan your pantry with the camera
- Not stated on its listing. Its paid plan lists pantry managementsource
- Where recipes come from
- Over 240,000 public recipes, plus recipes you save from any websitesource
- Missing ingredients
- Shared shopping lists, with delivery from 23 integrated retailers in 4 regionssource
Prepear
Free recipe saving with no recipe limit, free weekly planning, and a grocery list that its mobile app can send to Walmart.
- Price
- Free, with an optional paid plan, Prepear Goldsource
- Scan your pantry with the camera
- Not stated on its listingsource
- Where recipes come from
- Recipes you save or import, plus public recipes; paid creator content is offered separatelysource
- Missing ingredients
- A grocery list from your meal plan; in the mobile app, Shop Now sends it to Walmart for pickup or deliverysource
Trying Fixins
Getting started with Fixins
Get Fixins on your iPhone
Fixins needs iOS 26 or later and is available in the United States and Canada.
Scan your groceries
Point the camera at a grocery item or its barcode and it goes into your digital pantry.
Add your own recipes
The same scanner adds your own handwritten or cookbook recipes, like a family recipe card or a page from a cookbook you love.
Cook tonight
See the creator recipes you can make with what you already have. Anything missing goes on your grocery list, grouped by aisle, and one tap sends it to Instacart checkout.
Questions
Questions people ask
Is there a free alternative to Plan to Eat?
Samsung Food, AnyList and Prepear are free, each with an optional paid plan. Paprika is a one-time purchase per platform; it’s $4.99 on the App Store. Fixins is a subscription.
Which alternatives let me enter family recipes by hand?
Paprika lets you add your own recipes beside the ones you download. The Fixins scanner adds your own handwritten or cookbook recipes.
Which ones run on Android?
Paprika, AnyList, Samsung Food and Prepear all run on Android. Fixins runs on iPhone with iOS 26 or later, in the United States and Canada.
Keep reading
Related guides
- Samsung Food alternatives (2026)Samsung Food alternatives for planning meals and shopping: Fixins, Plan to Eat, AnyList, Prepear and Paprika, each described from its own page.
- Paprika alternatives (2026)Paprika recipe app alternatives: Fixins, Crouton, Mela, AnyList, Plan to Eat and ReciMe, with platforms, prices and recipe sources from each app’s own page.
- Best meal planning apps for families (2026)Meal planning apps for families: Fixins, Plan to Eat, Cozi, AnyList, eMeals and Samsung Food, compared on sharing, recipes, price and grocery ordering.
Cook from what you have
Facts checked on October 21, 2026. Each fact links to the page it came from. “Not stated on its listing” means that page doesn’t say.
Cook a creator’s recipe tonight.
On iPhone. Scan your kitchen, see what you can cook tonight.