Step 1
Stock your pantry
Scan a barcode, snap a nutrition label or type a product name — MealMate fills in the energy and macros for you.
No card. No trial timer.
The free meal planning app that starts with your pantry
Plan a whole week of meals around food you already own, see the calories and macros for every person at the table, swap ingredients for lighter ones and shop only what is missing. Free to start, and you can install it on your phone from this page.
- Email signup, nothing to cancel
- Works offline as an installed app
- Your data stays yours
Pantry in, plan out — four steps
Step 2
Plan the week
Drop recipes into breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack slots. Daily calories and each person's portion update live.
Step 3
Swap for lighter
CalorieSave suggests lower-calorie versions of the ingredients you planned, with the saving shown per item.
Step 4
Shop only the gaps
One tap turns the week into a shopping list of what your pantry is actually missing, grouped by store.
Calorie swaps, shown per ingredient
Cutting calories should not mean cutting meals. CalorieSave compares each ingredient against lighter products in the same category and ranks them by what you would actually save.
- Per-ingredient kilojoule, calorie, protein, carb and fat difference before you commit.
- Swap inside a recipe, in the pantry or straight on the shopping list.
- Barcode and AI label scanning fill in the nutrition so comparisons are real, not guessed.
Pantry-based planning that reduces waste
Your pantry holds real weights, not just names. Cooking a planned meal takes the grams it used back out of stock, so next week's plan already knows what is left.
- Plan meals from what you have, with shortages flagged before you cook.
- Shop the week in one tap — only the gaps, grouped by the store you shop at.
- Out of ideas? Generate a recipe from the exact items in your pantry.
What you get for free
Everything you need to start logging what you eat.
- Unlimited meal, drink and water logging
- 25 of your own products, 3 recipes
- 1 person with daily macro targets
- 1 grocery list, 30 pantry items
- Weekly planner for the current week
- 1 AI scan a month (label, menu/receipt or product photo)
- Last 7 days of insights
Upgrading is optional — it unlocks planning any week, unlimited recipes and products, more AI scans and household sharing.
Questions people actually ask
- Is the meal planner really free?
- Yes. Create an account with an email address — no card, no trial countdown. The free plan covers unlimited meal and drink logging, 25 of your own products, 3 recipes, a grocery list, 30 pantry items and planning for the current week.
- How is this different from other meal planning apps?
- Most planners hand you someone else's recipes. MealMate plans around the food you already own: it reads your pantry, works out what a planned week is short of and only puts those items on your shopping list.
- What are calorie swaps?
- Every ingredient can be compared against lighter products in the same category. CalorieSave ranks the alternatives and shows the exact kilojoule, calorie and macro difference per ingredient before you commit to the swap.
- Do I need to weigh everything?
- No. Products keep their own serving and pack presets, so a plan can be built in portions and packs. You can refine weights later if you want tighter numbers.
- Can I install it on my phone?
- Yes. MealMate is a progressive web app — install it straight from this page and it opens like a native app, offline shell included.