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Eat This Much vs OnlyPans

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. Eat This Much starts at $5, OnlyPans at $6.99. Only Eat This Much has a free tier.

Eat This MuchBuilds daily or weekly meal plans to your calorie and macro targets, then turns them into a grocery list.OnlyPansAI weekly meal plans and grocery lists built from your pantry, budget, and past meals.

Side by side

FactEat This MuchOnlyPans
CategoryNutrition & Meal PlanningCooking & Recipes
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$5 month$6.99 month
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CompanyEat This Much Inc.Eyoel Lundberg
Launched20132025
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 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

OnlyPans

OnlyPans turns a stated budget, household size, and pantry contents into a week of recipes plus a matching grocery list, which beats building a meal plan from scratch. It's a young product built and run by one developer, so long-term support and update pace are unproven.

Pros

  • Builds a full week of recipes from stated preferences, budget, and household size
  • Generates a matching grocery list automatically
  • Batch-cooking mode groups meals for prepping ahead
  • Tracks leftovers to help reduce food waste

Cons

  • Built and operated by a single developer, unusual for a subscription food app
  • No dietitian or nutrition-credential review mentioned anywhere we found
  • Only a seven-day trial before billing starts, no lasting free tier

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 OnlyPans if you need

  • Households that want a ready-made weekly meal plan
  • People trying to cook around what's already in the kitchen
  • Anyone who wants a grocery list generated automatically from a meal plan

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