Mealkit - Cook What You Have
What is Mealkit?
Builds three recipes from ingredients you photograph, scan, or type in, using what is actually in your kitchen.
Mealkit is a food and drink app that reads ingredients from a fridge photo, grocery receipt, barcode, or typed list. It generates three recipes from those ingredients, with an Easy or Chef option, meal filters, and a step-by-step cook mode with timers.
Pricing. Mealkit is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Cooking dinner from what is already in the fridge
- Using up ingredients from a recent grocery receipt
- Finding recipes without a shopping list or meal plan
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Why this app is in C tier
C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Mealkit scores 60 out of 100: rating 100, rating count 40, App Store search rank 0, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and C tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Mealkit turns whatever's in your fridge into dinner.
Open the fridge. Photograph what's inside - or scan a receipt, scan a
barcode, or just type it in - and Mealkit gives you 3 real recipes built
from what you actually have. Not a shopping list of things to go buy
first. Not a meal plan for a version of your kitchen that doesn't exist.
What's actually there, tonight.
Mealkit is a paid subscription app. Every membership starts with a 3-day
free trial, and continued access requires an auto-renewing subscription,
Mealkit Pro (full pricing below).
HOW IT WORKS
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Show Mealkit your kitchen.
Photograph your fridge or counter, scan a grocery receipt, scan a
barcode, or type your ingredients in by hand. Whatever's fastest for
you.
Get 3 recipes, built for what you have.
Mealkit reads your ingredients and generates three real recipes around
them - not around a product it wishes you'd bought. Pick Easy when you
want something fast and forgiving, or Chef when you want to put in more
effort. Filter by Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, or High-protein
depending on what you're cooking for.
Cook without losing your place.
A guided, step-by-step cook mode walks you through the recipe one step
at a time, with timers built in, so you're not scrolling back and forth
with wet hands.
Save what's worth making again.
Favorite the recipes that land, and they're there next time - no
rebuilding the same search.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Mealkit doesn't hand you a weekly grocery list or assume a pantry you
don't have. It looks at what's actually sitting in your kitchen right
now and works from there. You don't need to create an account to get
started - Sign in with Apple is optional, and it's only there to sync
your saved recipes across devices.
YOUR PRIVACY
Photos you take for ingredient scanning are used only to spot what's in
them - they're never stored or saved. Mealkit doesn't track you across
other apps or websites.
SUBSCRIPTION
Full access to Mealkit - generating recipes, guided cook mode, and
saving favorites - requires Mealkit Pro, an auto-renewing subscription.
Every membership begins with a 3-day free trial. After the trial, it
continues at $49.99 per year or $4.99 per week (one plan per trial).
Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at
least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel
anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free
trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
Terms of Use: https://getmealkit.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://getmealkit.app/privacy
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Questions about Mealkit
Do I need an account to use Mealkit?
No. You can start without an account. Sign in with Apple is optional and only syncs your saved recipes across devices.
Is Mealkit free?
The app is free to download. Full access, including recipe generation, guided cook mode, and saving favorites, requires Mealkit Pro after a 3-day free trial, at $49.99 per year or $4.99 per week.
Are the photos I take of my fridge stored?
The listing says photos taken for ingredient scanning are used only to spot what is in them and are never stored or saved. It also says Mealkit does not track you across other apps or websites.
Is Mealkit right for me?
Mealkit is built for cooking dinner from what is already in the fridge, using up ingredients from a recent grocery receipt, finding recipes without a shopping list or meal plan. It sits in the ingredient-based recipes list on AppTierList.
Is Mealkit worth it?
Mealkit is C tier, ranked #10 of 10 ingredient-based recipe apps with a score of 60 out of 100, from a 5.0 App Store rating across 1 ratings. 9 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does Mealkit compare to Lisa?
Mealkit is C tier at 60; Lisa is C tier at 61. Lisa ranks higher. Mealkit is free to download, with in-app purchases, Lisa is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Mealkit updated?
Mealkit was last updated on 2026-09-24, 52 days ago.
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All the facts
Ranking
- List
- Ingredient-Based Recipes (C tier, #10)
- Tier
- C (Situational)
- Score
- 60 / 100
- Rank in list
- #10 of 10
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 5.0 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 1
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Food & Drink
- Current version
- (52 days ago)
- Size
- 67 MB
- Requires
- iOS 16.4 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone
Links
- Developer pages
- Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking