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Eat This Much review: the meal planner that does the thinking for you
What is the verdict?
Our verdict: get Eat This Much if you want your meals planned for you. It turns your calorie and macro targets into a daily or weekly plan with a grocery list attached, and that is what its happiest reviewers praise. Expect a paywall, the top complaint in its low ratings. If you only want to log what you eat in detail, pick Cronometer instead.
$14.99 a month, $99.00 a year, checked Oct 6, 2026 (example price)
How does Eat This Much compare with Cronometer?
| App | Price | Free tier | Platforms | Reviews analyzed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eat This Much | $14.99 a month, $99.00 a year, checked Oct 6, 2026 (example price) | Not listed | ios, android, web | 1100 (as of 2026-10-06) | Best for meal plans built from macro targets |
| Cronometer | $8.99 a month, $49.99 a year, checked Oct 6, 2026 (example price) | Not listed | ios, android, web | 1100 (as of 2026-10-06) | Best for detailed micronutrient tracking |
What are the pros and cons of Eat This Much?
Pros
- Builds meal plans from custom diets
Should you get Eat This Much?
Yes, if you want an app that decides what you eat. Eat This Much takes your calorie and macro targets and builds a daily or weekly meal plan, then hands you the grocery list. It is a planner first and a tracker second, and that is exactly what its happiest reviewers love about it.
Skip it if you mainly want to log what you already eat in fine detail, or if you want everything for free. For detailed logging, Cronometer is the better pick, and you can see the two side by side in the table above.
Our score is 7.1 out of 10: the mean store rating of 3.54 out of 5, put on a 10-point scale, from 1,100 reviews collected October 6, 2026. Source: App Store reviews and Google Play reviews.
What does it cost, and is there a free trial?
The app installs free from both stores. The monthly and annual price sits in the verdict box above, taken from the vendor site and checked October 6, 2026. It is marked as an example price until we confirm it on the vendor’s own pricing page. Our product file has no confirmed free tier or free trial, so check the sign-up screen before you commit.
Go in expecting a paywall. Of the 333 one- and two-star reviews, 90 (27.0%) mention the price, the paywall, a subscription or charges. Source: App Store reviews and Google Play reviews, collected October 6, 2026.
What does Eat This Much do?
The store listings describe automatic daily and weekly meal plans built from calorie and macro targets, a choice of base diet types with custom exclusions, a recipe library, and a grocery list with pantry tracking. The diet picker covers Anything, Keto, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo and Mediterranean, so it suits keto and plant-based eaters as well as anyone counting macros.
What do people love about it?
The plans and the food. Happy reviewers mention macro tracking, the recipes, how easy it is and the meal planning itself in close to equal measure, and almost one in five bring up the grocery list.
We counted themes by keyword tagging over the 642 four- and five-star and 333 one- and two-star reviews: a review matches a theme when its title or text contains one of the theme’s keywords, and one review can match more than one theme. Source: App Store reviews and Google Play reviews, collected October 6, 2026.
- Macro tracking: 186 of 642 (29.0%) mention macros, calories, protein or tracking.
- Recipes: 174 of 642 (27.1%) mention recipes, variety or meals being good or delicious.
- Ease of use: 166 of 642 (25.9%) mention it being easy, simple, intuitive or user friendly.
- Meal planning: 156 of 642 (24.3%) mention meal plans, planning, the planner or the menu.
- Grocery list: 112 of 642 (17.4%) mention groceries or the shopping list.
What do people complain about?
Mostly the paywall. After that the complaints thin out fast: a few about logins and crashes, some about food exclusions, and a handful about repetitive meals. Source: the same keyword method applied to the 333 one- and two-star App Store and Google Play reviews, collected October 6, 2026.
- Price or paywall: 90 of 333 (27.0%) mention the price, the paywall, a subscription, premium, charges, refunds or the cost.
- Login or crashes: 32 of 333 (9.6%) mention logging in, signing in, crashes, freezing, bugs or the app not working.
- Food exclusions: 25 of 333 (7.5%) mention exclusions, allergies, disliked foods or vegetarian, vegan, gluten or dairy settings.
- Recent update: 19 of 333 (5.7%) mention an update or a new version.
- Repetitive or odd meals: 15 of 333 (4.5%) call the suggested meals repetitive, the same, weird, odd, strange, unrealistic or random.
How do reviewers rate it overall?
Reviewers split, but the happy side is bigger. Of 1,100 reviews, 642 (58.4%) gave four or five stars and 333 (30.3%) gave one or two. In detail: 512 (46.5%) five stars, 130 (11.8%) four, 125 (11.4%) three, 109 (9.9%) two and 224 (20.4%) one, for a mean of 3.54. Source: App Store reviews and Google Play reviews, collected October 6, 2026.
The sample is 500 App Store reviews (December 12, 2018 to June 28, 2026) and 600 Google Play reviews (April 20, 2022 to October 3, 2026), covering 159 app versions. Store reviews lean towards very happy and very unhappy users, so the middle is thinner than it may be among all users. Source: App Store reviews and Google Play reviews; see How we research.
What changed recently?
The App Store listing shows version 2.0.167. Its release note, dated September 5, 2026, adds more options for grocery delivery in the US and Canada, which fits the app’s plan-then-shop focus. The listing returned only this one release note, so this page does not chart changes across earlier versions. Source: App Store listing, checked October 6, 2026.
Eat This Much or Cronometer?
They solve different problems. Eat This Much plans your meals; Cronometer logs them in depth. You can see it in what reviewers praise: 156 of Eat This Much’s 642 four- and five-star reviews (24.3%) mention meal planning, against 2 of Cronometer’s 745 (0.3%). Cronometer’s reviewers rate it a little higher overall, with a mean of 3.85 against 3.54. Source: Eat This Much reviews on the App Store and Google Play, Cronometer reviews on the App Store and Google Play, collected October 6, 2026.
If you are weighing trackers rather than planners, see which tracker wins for most people and for keto and low-carb.
How did we research this review?
The counts on this page come from public App Store and Google Play reviews, the App Store release note and the store listings, collected and sorted with AI assistance and checked against the evidence file. We do not test apps by hand. We did not analyze Reddit or forum threads, because Reddit blocks automated collection. The full method is on the how we research page.
Our bias. Eat This Much runs an affiliate program on Awin that pays a recurring commission, listed in our product file as recurring for the first 12 months, with terms not yet confirmed. Cronometer also runs an Awin program. The verdict on this page comes from the review evidence, not from the commission. See the affiliate disclosure.
What is our recommendation?
If you are tired of working out what to eat to hit your numbers, get Eat This Much. Download it free, build one week’s plan against your targets, and see whether the recipes suit you before you pay for the plan. If what you really want is a detailed food log, go with Cronometer instead.
What are the most common questions?
Is Eat This Much worth paying for?
It is if you want meals planned for you, which is what its four- and five-star reviewers praise most. If you only want to log food, the paid plan buys you features you will not use, so look at Cronometer instead.
Is Eat This Much free?
The app installs free, but our product file has no confirmed free tier or free trial, so the table shows it as not listed. Of the 333 one- and two-star reviews, 90 mention the price, the paywall or a subscription.
How much does Eat This Much cost?
The verdict box shows the monthly and annual price listed on the vendor site, checked October 6, 2026. It is marked as an example price until we confirm it on the vendor’s own pricing page.
Where does the 7.1 score come from?
It is the mean store rating of 3.54 out of 5, put on a 10-point scale. That mean comes from 1,100 App Store and Google Play reviews collected October 6, 2026.
Should I pick Eat This Much or Cronometer?
Pick Eat This Much if you want the app to decide what you eat and write the grocery list. Pick Cronometer if you want to log what you already eat in detail.
What do reviewers complain about most?
Price and the paywall come up most (90 of 333 one- and two-star reviews), then logging in or crashes (32 of 333). Counts are keyword matches, so one review can count under more than one theme.
Did Plate Scales test the app?
No, we do not test apps by hand. This review reports what store reviews, release notes and the store listings say, with counts.
Does Plate Scales earn money from this page?
Eat This Much runs an affiliate program on Awin that pays a recurring commission, so links on this page may become sponsored links. The verdict comes from the review evidence, not from the commission.
Where do the numbers come from?
- Eat This Much on the App Store (listing, reviews, release notes, screenshots), accessed October 6, 2026
- Eat This Much on Google Play (listing, reviews, screenshots), accessed October 6, 2026
- Eat This Much vendor site (listed price), accessed October 6, 2026
- Cronometer on the App Store (listing, reviews), accessed October 6, 2026
- Cronometer on Google Play (listing, reviews), accessed October 6, 2026
- Cronometer Gold pricing page, accessed October 6, 2026
Updates log. October 6, 2026: Rewritten in the site's new voice: verdict and score up front, who it suits and who should skip it, price first, a contrast with Cronometer and a closing recommendation. Every count is unchanged from the evidence file. October 6, 2026: Review counts replaced with keyword theme counts from the evidence file; mean rating stated as 3.54. October 6, 2026: Page drafted from 1,100 store reviews across 159 versions and 1 release note, collected October 6, 2026.