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Mealime alternatives (Mealime has shut down)
What happened: Mealime’s own homepage says: “Mealime will shut down on October 21, 2026.” Source: mealime.com (checked Oct 25, 2026). Coverage: dinnerplans.ai.
If you used Mealime to pick meals and get one grocery list, here are 14 active apps, with prices from their own pages.
Disclosure: MealConductor is our app. It’s listed first and badged; judge it with the same source links as the rest.
| App | What it does | Price (sourced) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MealConductor Our app | AI meal planner: a week of meals, batch-prep recipes, a cooking schedule and one aisle-sorted shopping list, with rule-based allergy screening. | Private beta | Join the MealConductor waitlist → |
| AnyList | Shared grocery lists with recipe saving and meal planning. | Free; Complete $9.99/year (household $14.99/year) source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Copy Me That | Recipe clipper, meal planner and shopping list. | Free up to 40 recipes; paid $1.00/month source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Eat This Much | Automatic meal planner that builds daily plans to hit calorie and macro targets. | Free; Premium $5.00/month (annual) source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| eMeals | Weekly meal plans by diet with shopping lists that send to grocery services. | From $4.99/month (12-month plan) source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Fit Men Cook | Healthy recipe and meal prep app from the Fit Men Cook recipe site. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| MealBoard | All-in-one recipe, meal plan and shopping list app for iOS. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Mealie | Open-source, self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner. | Open source | Visit ↗ |
| Ollie | AI family assistant over text that now covers meals and groceries alongside calendars and to-dos. | Free; Everyday $25/month; Always-On $100/month source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | Recipe manager with meal planning, pantry and grocery lists; free cloud sync. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Plan to Eat | Recipe saver, drag-and-drop meal planner and shopping list built around your own recipes. | $5.95/month or $49/year source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Potto | iOS meal planning app. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Prepear | Recipe organizer, meal planner and grocery list; Prepear Gold unlocks all plans. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Samsung Food | Recipe saving, meal planning and shopping lists (formerly Whisk). | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
Moving your Mealime routine
MealConductor builds a week of meals, a batch-prep schedule and one aisle-sorted list.
Join the MealConductor waitlist →FAQ
Is Mealime shutting down?
Yes. Mealime’s own homepage states that Mealime will shut down on October 21, 2026.
What is the best Mealime alternative?
It depends on what you used it for. For planning a full week with one shopping list and a prep schedule, MealConductor (our app) is built for that. For saving your own recipes, Plan to Eat, Paprika or Copy Me That. For macro-based plans, Eat This Much.
Are there free Mealime alternatives?
Several have free tiers, including Eat This Much, AnyList and Copy Me That, and Mealie is open source and self-hosted. Check each source link for current limits.