# Prepear Meal Planner & Recipes

> Meal Planner, Grocery List, Recipes, & Cooking - Simplified

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.prepear.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.prepear.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.prepear.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Prepear
- **Category:** FOOD\_AND\_DRINK
- **Downloads:** 174,737
- **Rating:** 3.76 / 5 (1,083 ratings)
- **Version:** 26.4.14
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-06
- **First published:** 2017-10-18
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prepear.android)
- **Website:** [https://www.prepear.com/](https://www.prepear.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.prepear.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.prepear.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Save and organize your favorite recipes from anywhere by collecting them into Cookbooks for simple meal planning. Share Cookbooks with friends and collaborate to build collections so you never lose a recipe.

Plan meals with an intuitive Meal Planner, drop recipes into your week, and quickly add ideas. Automatic Grocery Lists categorize ingredients for efficient shopping, with options for delivery or curbside pickup. Get personalized meal ideas and cook with a clear recipe screen that shows ingredients and steps together while you cook.

## Rankings

- #170,207 — Overall
- #50 — Food and drink (Gross)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_PROFILE`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.prepear.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

The Prepear app is valued for its long history, broad recipe library, and meal-planning capabilities, with many users enjoying adding personal recipes and using the free version. However, it has widespread reliability and UX problems: sign-in glitches and login frequency, crashes after updates that can erase data, UI elements blocked by device navigation bars, data/account losses, and contentious pricing with auto-renewals. These issues appear across multiple reviews, driving some users to seek alternatives unless fixes stabilize the app.

### Pros

- Long-running app with years of use and a loyal user base.
- Large, community-driven library of recipes from many contributors.
- Effective meal planning and easy organization of personal recipes.
- Ability to add your own recipes and access external recipes.
- Free version provides solid functionality.

### Cons

- Frequent login/sign-in issues, with buttons hidden or blocked by device navigation bars.
- Crashes and instability after updates, including loss of work when saving or creating recipes.
- Data loss or account problems, with recipes or meal plans disappearing.
- UI/UX problems where the app's controls are obscured by the device's bottom/navigation bars.
- Subscription pricing, auto-renewals, and refunds issues, plus perceived devaluation of features.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.prepear.android)