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Eat This Much vs Meal Planner Pro

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
Eat This Much from $5/mo, Meal Planner Pro from $8.99/wk — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Only Eat This Much (Meal Planner Pro has paid plans only)
Public API
Eat This Much has one; not confirmed by us for Meal Planner Pro
Higher Trust score
Eat This Much — 94 vs 62 for Meal Planner Pro
Best fit
Eat This Much: Hitting specific calorie and macro targets without planning meals yourself · Meal Planner Pro: people who want a macro-calculated weekly meal plan without manual tracking

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactEat This MuchMeal Planner Pro
CategoryNutrition & Meal PlanningNutrition & Meal Planning
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$5/mo$8.99/wk
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score94 / 10062 / 100
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb
CompanyEat This Much, Inc.—
Launched2013—
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Eat This Much

The generator is the product: give it targets and dislikes and it fills a day or a week, then converts that into a shop. The free tier is unusually generous - daily plans and tracking cost nothing - but the features that actually save time, weekly planning and automatic grocery lists, sit behind premium. The $5 headline is the annual rate; monthly costs more and the page does not say how much.

Pros

  • Free tier generates daily plans, tracks intake and reads barcodes with no payment
  • Per-day macro targets support carb cycling and uneven training weeks
  • Virtual pantry and automatic leftovers cut waste instead of assuming fresh ingredients every meal
  • Grocery lists hand off to Instacart, Amazon Fresh and Walmart
  • Native iOS and Android apps with large review counts alongside the web app

Cons

  • Weekly planning, grocery lists and PDF export are premium-only, and $5 is the annual rate
  • The Professional tier has no published price - it is quoted per client
  • Plan quality depends on the recipe database, so narrow diets can produce repetitive weeks

Meal Planner Pro

Building macros and a shopping list off a stated BMI and diet type in one pass is convenient compared to juggling a separate calculator and recipe site, and the recipe library is large enough to avoid repeats for a while. There's no free plan to test the plan quality first, and no company name anywhere to check who's actually billing you.

Pros

  • combines BMI/diet-based macro calculation with plan generation in one step
  • large recipe library spanning 30-plus diet types
  • automated shopping list generated from the plan
  • weekly billing option for short-term use

Cons

  • no free tier to preview a real plan before paying
  • no company name, entity, or country disclosed anywhere on the site
  • weekly plan is the cheapest commitment but the most expensive rate per week

Which one fits

Choose Eat This Much if you need

  • Hitting specific calorie and macro targets without planning meals yourself
  • Carb cycling or per-day macro schedules
  • People who want the grocery list generated and delivered

Choose Meal Planner Pro if you need

  • people who want a macro-calculated weekly meal plan without manual tracking
  • users who want the shopping list generated automatically from the plan

Eat This Much vs Meal Planner Pro: the questions people ask

Is Eat This Much cheaper than Meal Planner Pro?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Eat This Much starts at $5/mo, Meal Planner Pro at $8.99/wk. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Eat This Much or Meal Planner Pro have a free tier?

Eat This Much has a free tier; Meal Planner Pro has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Eat This Much or Meal Planner Pro?

Eat This Much ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Meal Planner Pro is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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