Is there a good app for generate a meal plan automatically?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
67
Opportunity /100
74
Demand /100
53
Competition /100
48
Execution gap /100
4
Apps serving it
13
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to generate a meal plan automatically, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom meal plan creation broken | bug | 1 | create custom meal plan does NOT work especially when you select let me pick meals |
| cant add recipe to meal plan to populate grocery list | missing-feature | 1 | I do not see how to add a recipe to the meal plan so that its ingredients will show up on the grocery list |
| meal plan requires printing/download to view | missing-feature | 1 | I have to print out my meal plan each week. It should be accessible on the app without downloading |
| cant add recipes to calendar for meal planning | missing-feature | 1 | I'd like to be able to do is to directly add recipes to my calendar so I can meal plan more easily |
| meal plan feature gives poor repetitive suggestions | missing-feature | 1 | Meal plan feature is absolutely useless... why is that the only suggestion for a weekly dinner plan? |
| no printable/full meal-plan view outside app | missing-feature | 1 | We want to see the entire meal plan easily and at a glance ... provide the recipes in the format we have used for years and we can print them out |
| cant create custom recipes only save meals | missing-feature | 1 | it was easier to add my own recipes instead of just being able to save meals |
| meal plans behind paywall | price | 1 | I don't like that u have to pay for the meal plans |
| cant copy/paste content for meal planning | missing-feature | 1 | Cannot copy and paste all content from mobile (for meal planning) |
| no shared synced account for meal planning | missing-feature | 1 | if my wife and I can't log into a synced account for meal planning then what's the point? |
| can't assign a recipe to next meal plan | missing-feature | 1 | I wish I could go the recipe and assign it to the next plan |
| cant create/save meals or recipes | missing-feature | 1 | I just wish that you could create meals so that you wouldn't have to add the ingredients every time |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factor_ Prepared Meal Delivery | 4.8★ | 237,141 | Free |
| HelloFresh: Meal Kit & Recipes | 4.7★ | 219,262 | Free |
| My Cafe — Restaurant Game | 4.7★ | 92,888 | Free |
| Microsoft Excel | 4.8★ | 1,405,035 | Free |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 67 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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