Plan to Eat alternative
A Plan to Eat alternative that plans from your fridge
Start free. Snap what you have and get a week of meals that use it up.
Plan to Eat is a meal planner for the recipes you collect, at $5.95 a month or $49 a year after a 14-day trial. Pantry Pic has a free tier on iPhone and Android. It plans your week from a photo of your fridge, keeps your own recipes and adds only the missing items to your shopping list.
Download Pantry Pic directly from your preferred app store:
Free on the App Store and Google Play
Inside Pantry Pic
Plan from what you have
Inside Pantry Pic.
Dinner ideas built around your fridge, next to the recipes you saved.
Your week on one screen. Move a meal to another day in a tap.
Only the missing items, grouped by aisle.
One step at a time, with timers built in.
Side by side
Pantry Pic and Plan to Eat compared
Where recipes come from
Generated for your ingredients, plus your own
Your own recipes only
Knowing what you have
A pantry built from a photo, a receipt or a barcode
A manual staples list
Adding recipes
A photo, a link or pasted text
Browser extension, share sheet, link, text and photo
Bulk import from other apps
Meal planning
Drag-and-drop calendar
Shopping list
Only the missing items, grouped by aisle
Built from your plan, grouped by category
Platforms
iOS and Android
Web, iOS and Android
Price
Free tier, then subscription or Lifetime
$5.95 a month or $49 a year, after a 14-day trial
Which one suits you
When Pantry Pic is the better pick
You want to start on a free tier.
You want meal ideas from what is already in the fridge, not only recipes you saved.
You want your pantry filled from a photo or a receipt.
When Plan to Eat is the better pick
You plan at a computer. Plan to Eat has a full web app and a browser extension.
You have a big collection to bulk import from another app.
You want nutrition totals on your planner and grocery delivery.
FAQ
Plan to Eat questions
As checked on 21 October 2026, $5.95 a month or $49 a year, or $54.99 a year through the App Store. There is a 14-day free trial.
No. It has one paid plan after the trial. Pantry Pic has a free tier.
No. You plan with recipes you add yourself. Pantry Pic suggests meals from what is in your fridge as well as keeping your own.
One at a time, from a link, a photo or pasted text. There is no bulk import.
Pantry Pic has a free tier on iPhone and Android, then a subscription or a one-off Lifetime plan.
Plan to Eat is built for people with a big recipe collection. Pantry Pic is built for the fridge you already have.
Sources: Plan to Eat pricing, Plan to Eat help: costCook Something Amazing with What You Already Have
Join the movement to reduce food waste and make mealtime easier. Pantry Pic turns your pantry into a recipe book, one snap at a time
Download Pantry Pic directly from your preferred app store:
Free version available • Upgrade anytime
