# Real Plans - Meal Planner

> Meal Planner & Grocery List

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id899058990](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id899058990)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id899058990`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Holistic Squid, LLC
- **Category:** Food & Drink
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (2,170 ratings)
- **Version:** 15.23
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-25
- **First published:** 2015-06-12
- **Size:** 100 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/real-plans-meal-planner/id899058990)
- **Website:** [https://realplans.com](https://realplans.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://realplans.com/privacy](https://realplans.com/privacy)

## Description

Real Plans is a meal planning app that helps families consistently enjoy healthy, home-cooked meals. Our award-winning planner features over 2000 recipes, customizable diet filters, portion sizing, and quick plan creation so you can eat well with less time spent browsing. 

When you build a plan, a complete grocery list is generated automatically, with options for extra items and easy delivery in-store or via Amazon/Instacart. Full nutrition info, waste reduction, and support for Whole30, low-carb, gut-healing diets, and dietary restrictions help you reach your goals.

## Rankings

- #39,205 — Overall

## Review summary

Real Plans is strong for auto shopping lists, Whole30 meal planning, leftovers, and supportive onboarding. However, recurring complaints focus on high cost and billing/refund hassles, frequent instability and update issues, a clunky UI, limited recipe variety, and some diet-type confusion. Overall, it’s a powerful planning tool when it works, but cost, reliability, and usability hinder broad satisfaction.

### Pros

- Automatic, customizable shopping list generated from meals
- Whole30-compliant automated meal planning with easy editing and leftovers
- Efficient weekly planning with leftovers and grocery optimization
- Easy import of external recipes and ability to add personal recipes/recipe integrations
- Responsive customer support and helpful onboarding

### Cons

- Expensive subscription with recurring billing and frequent cancellation/refund problems
- Frequent app instability and update-related blocking (crashes, not working, performance issues)
- Clunky, non-intuitive UI with slow navigation and problematic editing/search
- Limited recipe variety and need for add-ons or paid extras to access more recipes
- Confusion or misalignment around diet types (e.g., Whole30 options) and expectations

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id899058990)