MealCart: Meal Planner & List
Andrew Kershaw Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
MealCart: Meal Planner & List is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by Andrew Kershaw. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated March 29, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 12 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Mar 29
- 2026 · v1.3
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About MealCart: Meal Planner & List
Try MealCart free for 10 days. The all-in-one meal planning app that scans your recipes, builds your grocery list automatically, and tells you what to cook with what's already in your pantry. Just $3.99/month after your trial — less than a cup of coffee. Meal Planner Drag and drop meals into your weekly planner. Organize breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for the whole week in seconds. Auto Grocery Lists Your meal plan builds your shopping list automatically, sorted by aisle. No more wandering the store or forgetting ingredients. Recipe Scanner Take a photo of a cookbook page, paste a URL, or snap a handwritten recipe. MealCart extracts everything with AI — ingredients, instructions, prep time. Pantry Tracker & "What Can I Make?" Track what's in your kitchen. MealCart suggests meals you can make right now with ingredients you already have. Less waste, more flavor. Discover New Recipes Browse 150+ built-in recipes or get personalized suggestions based on your preferences. Built-In AI Assistant Ingredient substitutions, nutrition estimates, serving size adjustments, and smart suggestions — all powered by AI. Recipe Organizer Import from anywhere, organize into collections, cook in step-by-step mode with timers, and add your own notes and ratings. Your Data Stays on Your Phone No account required. No cloud storage. Core planning and grocery tools work offline. Your recipes and meal plans are 100% on-device. Half the Price of Every Competitor MealCart is $3.99/mo or $29.99/yr. Compare that to Mealime ($5.99/mo), Plan to Eat ($5.95/mo), or Eat This Much ($8.99/mo). Cancel anytime. Perfect For Weekly meal planners, meal prep routines, busy families, budget-conscious shoppers, and anyone trying to reduce food waste. Cook smarter. Shop less. Stress less.
What’s new
Version 1.3 · Updated March 29, 2026
**500 Recipes Added** We just added 500 built-in recipes to MealCart - everything from 15-minute weeknight dinners to slow cooker batch cooks. Browse by cuisine, dietary preference, or use "What can I make?" to find recipes that match what's already in your pantry. Every recipe generates a grocery list sorted by aisle in one tap. No searching, no typing, no guess work. All included with the app. No paywall, no subcription, no "unlock premium recipes" nonsense.
App privacy
The developer, Andrew Kershaw, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Other User Content
- Identifiers: Device ID
Used for: App Functionality
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