$40 down the drain on a meal prep app that couldn't handle leftovers

I signed up for that MealPrepPro app thinking it would save me time and money on groceries. Paid $40 for a yearly subscription after the free trial. The app kept suggesting I buy full jars of spices for single recipes, and it had no way to mark ingredients I already owned. I ended up with a pantry full of random stuff and still spent more than usual because it ignored leftovers. Last week I threw in items from my fridge and it just gave me an error message. Total waste of money honestly. Anyone else tried those meal planning apps and found they just don't work with real life cooking?

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jenny_carr5216d ago

Well have you actually tried planning your meals properly before blaming the app? I signed up for the same service and it worked fine for me. You're supposed to use the leftover feature in the settings menu, not just toss random items at it and hope for the best. The whole point is building a plan from scratch, not expecting the app to read your fridge like a mind reader. I saved about $30 a week after I took the time to enter my pantry staples upfront. Sounds like you skipped the setup steps and got frustrated when it didn't magically know what you already had.

andrewh9515d ago

I read a review from The Verge a few months back that said meal planning apps work best if you treat them like a tool, not a magic wand. They found that users who invested 20 minutes upfront entering their pantry items saved around 25% on their grocery bills. Your $30 a week sounds about right for that kind of effort. I think a lot of people just expect the app to do all the thinking and then get mad when it doesn't.