A Plan to Eat alternative that plans dinner for you
Plan to Eat keeps the recipes you collect and gives you a calendar to drag them onto. Eatpace does the planning: it keeps the next few dinners ready, from 1246 of ours and your own, and the grocery list follows.
Free to start · Pro $39.99/year · 7-day free trial · Last checked · Sources
Eatpace and Plan to Eat, side by side
| What matters |  Eatpace | Plan to EatiPhone, Android and the web |
|---|---|---|
| Who plans dinner | EatpaceWe do. The next 2 to 7 dinners, starting tonight, with a swap for any night in one tap. Your first plan is free; every next one we plan is Pro. | Plan to Eat You do, by dragging recipes onto a calendar. |
| Recipes included | Eatpace1246 dinners with photos, plus your own. | Plan to Eat It is built around the recipes you save yourself. |
| Saving recipes | EatpaceRecipe sites, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and photos. Free: 10 from recipe sites and 3 from a video or photo, in total. Unlimited with Pro. | Plan to Eat A Recipe Clipper for any website, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. |
| How far ahead | EatpaceThe next 2 to 7 dinners. When a plan runs low, Pro has the next one ready; on Free you build the next one yourself. | Plan to Eat A week, a month or longer, with menus you can save and reuse. Plan to Eat’s edge |
| Devices | EatpaceiPhone. A partner can answer from a link in any browser. | Plan to Eat iPhone, Android and the web. Plan to Eat’s edge |
| How you pay | EatpaceFree to start. Pro is $39.99 a year or $4.99 a month. | Plan to Eat $5.95 a month or $49 a year, after a 14-day free trial. |
Where Plan to Eat is better
Plan to Eat runs on iPhone, Android and the web, and one account covers the household on every device. Its calendar goes as far ahead as you like, for a month of dinners or a holiday menu, and you can save a plan to use again. If planning is the part you enjoy, it is a good tool for it. Eatpace is iPhone only for now, and plans the next few dinners rather than the month.
What Eatpace adds A plan that fills itself
- The next few dinners, ready, starting tonight
- 1246 dinners to start from, with your own recipes next to them
- Swap any dinner in one tap: one like it, one quicker, one lighter
- Plan with a partner who joins free: I’m in or Pass on each dinner
- Learns your taste from a short taste test and your ratings after cooking
This is what “plans dinner for you” means.
Here are the next five dinners, starting tonight. Tap Swap on any night and pick one of three: one like it, one quicker, one lighter. The grocery list follows.
Real dinners from the catalogue. In the app, Free has 5 swaps per plan; Pro has unlimited.-
Tonight Honey Garlic Salmon -
Sat Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas -
Sun Caprese Pasta Bake -
Mon Beef and Bean Nachos -
Tue Spiced Eggplant Lentil Bowls
Bring the recipes you love
There’s no file import yet. Most recipes in Plan to Eat came from a website, so the link is the fastest way over.
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Step 1: Find where the recipe came from
Pick the recipes you cook most in Plan to Eat and find the website or post each one came from.
Start with your top ten -
Step 2: Paste the link in Eatpace
We read the page and save the recipe with its source. Free includes 10 saves from recipe sites; Pro has no limit.
Tap +, then Paste a link -
Step 3: No link? Scan the page
For a cookbook page, a printout or a screenshot, take a photo. Free includes 3 video and photo imports in total; Pro has no limit.
Tap +, then Scan a photo -
Step 4: Let it plan
Your own recipes can join the plan next to ours. Swap anything you’re not in the mood for.
Plan
Can I import my Plan to Eat recipes at once?
Not as a file yet. Paste the source link of each recipe, or scan a page with your camera. Free includes 10 saves from recipe sites; Pro has no limit. Free includes 3 video and photo imports in total; Pro has no limit.
Can I still plan a whole week?
Yes. A plan is the next 5 dinners by default, starting tonight; set it anywhere from 2 to 7 in Your rhythm. Your first plan is made for you, free; with Pro there’s a new one every week.
Do I have to use Eatpace’s recipes?
No. Plan from your own Cookbook, from our 1246 dinners, or both. Every saved recipe keeps its source, so you can always open the original.
Is Eatpace free?
Free to start. Your first plan is made for you, and after that you build each plan yourself, with the grocery list, cook mode and 5 swaps per plan. Free also holds 10 saves from recipe sites, 3 from a video or photo, and a Cookbook of 20 recipes. Pro is $39.99 a year or $4.99 a month for a new plan every week, no limits and inviting your partner, with a 7-day free trial once, on the yearly plan.
Is there an Android or web app?
Not yet. Eatpace is for iPhone. A partner without an iPhone can still say I’m in or Pass from a link in any browser.
- plantoeat.com/pricing $5.95 a month or $49 a year, a 14-day free trial without a credit card, iPhone, Android and the web, the Recipe Clipper, a shopping list by store and aisle.
- plantoeat.com A drag-and-drop meal planning calendar for any length of time, saved menus, one account for the family on all devices.
- Eatpace on the App Store Eatpace prices in US dollars. The App Store shows the price where you live.
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