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Is there a good app for plan meals for the week?

Lacks Features: 35 apps already serve this, and 16 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.

37
Opportunity /100
56
Demand /100
73
Competition /100
45
Execution gap /100
35
Apps serving it
16
User reports mined

Data refreshed September 28, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.

What users complain about

The most common complaints behind apps that try to plan meals for the week, mined and clustered from real reviews:

Complaint areaTypeMentionsWhat a user said
no weekly meal plannermissing-feature2
is it possible to add a weekly planner where you can just click on the desired meal
simple recipes in meal plansother1
pas assez de recette simple dans les planning
daily meal-plan varietymissing-feature1
The same meal plan on each day
meal-selection week navigationbug1
When I go to select meals for one week, it will navigate to the incorrect week
time-appropriate meal suggestionsmissing-feature1
it would be nice if more meal options were presented in conjuction with the time
family-group sharing of meal plans/recipesmissing-feature1
the ability to share meal plans and recipes in a family group not just share a copy
updates block changing weekly mealsbug1
Updates don’t allow you to change weekly meals.
configurable cooking days per weekmissing-feature1
Es fehlt eine Einstellung, dass man auswählt wann man kochen möchte die Woche
meal reuse across the daymissing-feature1
A daily plan should be made of the similar meals
no exact meal count/quantity reference per weekmissing-feature1
no reference to exact meal count to reference week by week... no indication of quantity even if u get 2 or more of same dish
unrealistic meal recommendationsother1
this app told me to eat 10 egg whites, and 6 whole eggs in 1 day
hard to change meals, skip weeks, cancelux1
Hard to navigate, to change meal choices, to skip weeks, and to cancel subscription

Apps that already serve this

AppRatingRatingsPrice
TapCook: Budget Meal Plans4.71,857Free
Plan to Eat4.86,106Free
TGB: Meal Planner & Recipes3.06Free
NeatEat - Meal Planner4.9740Free
Simmerly: Meal Planner4.823Free
MealRoll: Weekly Meal Planner4.24$3.99
Six Sisters: Meal Planner5.022Free
eMeals - Healthy Meal Plans4.652,637Free

Should you build it?

Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 37 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.

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Who has tried building this

5 attempts, 4 dead and none above 40 stars; mostly stale planners, a low-traction space with no living leader.

ProjectStatusStarsStack
keenwilson/WhatsForDinner-WeeklyMealPlannerstale40JavaScript
zanix/MMM-MealieMenuactive22JavaScript
kaelspencer/MMM-PaprikaMenustale15JavaScript
code2rise/dietplannerstale4Java
tejasa97/meals_suggestorstale3Python

Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.

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