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

Lacks Features: 22 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.

42
Opportunity /100
61
Demand /100
68
Competition /100
50
Execution gap /100
22
Apps serving it
16
User reports mined

Data refreshed July 20, 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
Plan to Eat4.86,092Free
TGB: Meal Planner & Recipes2.04Free
MealRoll: Weekly Meal Planner4.24$3.99
Six Sisters: Meal Planner5.022Free
Feeding Littles: Meal Planner4.9159Free
eMeals - Healthy Meal Plans4.652,176Free
Zone Meal Planner1.01$1.99
Potto: Meal Planner & Recipes4.6831Free

Should you build it?

Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 42 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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