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Eat This Much vs Wholesum

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

Cheaper paid plan
Eat This Much — $5/mo vs $13/mo for Wholesum
Free plan
Only Eat This Much (Wholesum has paid plans only)
Public API
Eat This Much has one; not confirmed by us for Wholesum
Higher Trust score
Eat This Much — 94 vs 87 for Wholesum
Best fit
Eat This Much: Hitting specific calorie and macro targets without planning meals yourself · Wholesum: Outfitters, camps, and retreat centers planning meals for groups of 15 or more

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

Eat This MuchBuilds daily or weekly meal plans to your calorie and macro targets, then turns them into a grocery list.WholesumMenu-planning software for camps, retreats, and outfitters that scales recipes and shopping lists by group size.

Side by side

FactEat This MuchWholesum
CategoryNutrition & Meal PlanningNutrition & Meal Planning
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$5/mo$13/mo
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score94 / 10087 / 100
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, iOS, Android
CompanyEat This Much, Inc.Wholesum
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

Wholesum

Wholesum targets a specific, underserved niche, feeding groups of 15 to hundreds of people, that generic recipe or meal-planning apps aren't built for, with features like per-person cost tracking and dietary-substitution automation. It is not aimed at individual or family meal planning, so a home cook would find it overbuilt for their needs. Annual-only billing across all three tiers is a bigger upfront commitment than a monthly plan would be.

Pros

  • Scales recipes and shopping lists automatically to a specified group size
  • Automates dietary-restriction substitutions across a whole menu
  • Built-in cost estimation for budgeting food spend per person
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android alongside the web platform

Cons

  • Billing is annual only across all tiers, based on the pricing page
  • Built specifically for group/institutional use, not everyday individual meal planning
  • No free tier to test before committing to a paid plan

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 Wholesum if you need

  • Outfitters, camps, and retreat centers planning meals for groups of 15 or more
  • Personal chefs managing multi-day menus for a group booking

Eat This Much vs Wholesum: the questions people ask

Is Eat This Much cheaper than Wholesum?

On published entry prices, Eat This Much starts lower — $5/mo against $13/mo for Wholesum. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Eat This Much or Wholesum have a free tier?

Eat This Much has a free tier; Wholesum has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Eat This Much or Wholesum?

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

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