Mealime alternative
Looking for a Mealime alternative?
Mealime shuts down on 21 October 2026. Here is what happens to your recipes and plans, what to do before then, and an honest look at the apps people are moving to, ours included.
- Shutdown date
- 21 October 2026
- Official successor
- Meals Hub, inside Albertsons grocery apps
- Your data
- Deleted when the app shuts down
- Mealime Pro
- Free for everyone in its final weeks
What is happening
Is Mealime shutting down?
Yes. Mealime announced that the app would be discontinued on 21 October 2026. Albertsons Companies, the American supermarket group that bought Mealime in 2021, is moving its recipes to Meals Hub, a recipe and shopping feature inside its grocery apps such as Safeway, Albertsons and Vons.
For its final weeks, Mealime made every Pro recipe and feature free and stopped renewing paid subscriptions. It said personal data would be deleted when the app shut down, and its closing notice did not describe a way to export recipes, plans or shopping lists.
Meals Hub is a sensible choice if you shop at an Albertsons store: it is built around those shops and their products. If you live elsewhere, in Europe for instance, or you would rather plan your week somewhere that is not a supermarket app, you will want an alternative.
Your recipes
Bring your Mealime recipes before 21 October.
Mealime has no export button, but every recipe has a public page that its share link opens, and Mealpakt can read those pages. Paste the share links of your saved recipes, or simply their names, one per line, and Mealpakt brings them all over at once: ingredients, amounts, servings and steps, in metric units where Mealime has them, matched to your ingredients and ready to plan with.
On a computer it is quicker still: a bookmark button sends your favourites and the recipes you added to Mealime yourself in one click. The pages are expected to go offline with the app on 21 October, so do it before then. Mealime switchers are let into the beta straight away.
Before it closes
What to do before 21 October.
- Write down the dishes you cook again and again. Their names are enough for most planners to suggest something similar.
- Note your settings: diet, dislikes, allergies and household size. You will want them in whichever app comes next.
- Bring your saved recipes over: paste their share links or names into Mealpakt, or save your favourites as PDF from the browser. Mealime has no export, and your data is deleted at shutdown.
- Finish or copy your current shopping list.
- Give your week a new home before the old one disappears, so that no week goes unplanned.
Apps like Mealime
The best Mealime alternatives, by what you used it for.
Mealime did one thing beautifully: it turned a few chosen dinners into a tidy shopping list. Which app replaces it depends on what you valued most.
Checked September 2026 against public pricing pages, app store listings and Mealime’s closing notice. Prices change; spotted a mistake? Write to us and we will correct it. contact@mealpakt.eu
Why Mealpakt
A Mealime alternative that finishes the pack.
The same calm weekly rhythm
Like Mealime, Mealpakt starts from your tastes and turns the week into one shopping list. It goes one step further and proposes the whole week for you; change a single day in plain words.
The rest of the pack has a destination
A recipe asks for half a carton of cream. Mealpakt plans the week around the packs you actually buy, so the other half is already part of Thursday’s dinner.
Leftovers roll forward
Whatever is left at the end of the week becomes the starting point of the next plan, instead of a surprise at the back of the fridge.
Not a supermarket app
No ads, no retailer placements, no data sales. Designed, built and hosted in the EU, with EU providers.
Your recipes come along
Bring the recipes you saved in Mealime by share link or just by name, all at once. Photograph a handwritten card or your own notes, and it joins your library and your plans too.
Free during beta
Every feature, no limits. Afterwards an affordable base plan, announced well in advance, and your data can always come with you.
Honest about the gaps: Mealpakt runs on iPhone and in any modern browser, Android included, but there is no native Android app yet. The app interface is in English, and default pack sizes follow German supermarkets; you can change any of them.
Mealpakt and Mealime side by sideQuestions
Mealime’s shutdown and what comes next.
Is Mealime really shutting down?
Yes. Mealime announced that the app would be discontinued on 21 October 2026. Its owner, Albertsons Companies, is moving the recipes to Meals Hub inside its grocery apps.
What is Meals Hub?
Meals Hub is the recipe and shopping feature inside the grocery apps of Albertsons Companies, such as Safeway, Albertsons and Vons. Mealime names it as its successor. It carries the Mealime recipes and is built around those American supermarkets.
Can I export my Mealime recipes and meal plans?
Not from Mealime itself: it has no export, and it deletes personal data at shutdown. Each recipe has a public page that its share link opens, though, and Mealpakt reads those pages: paste your share links or just the names of your saved recipes, and it brings them all over at once, until Mealime closes on 21 October. Meal plans, shopping lists and settings cannot be exported; note down what matters.
Is Mealime Pro free now?
For its final weeks, yes. Mealime made every Pro recipe and feature free for everyone and stopped renewing paid subscriptions.
What is the best free Mealime alternative?
It depends on what you used Mealime for. If you want a planner that proposes the week and writes the shopping list in real packs, Mealpakt is free during beta, with every feature and no ads. Samsung Food has a free tier paid for with ads, and AnyList’s shopping list is free while its meal planning is paid.
Is there a Mealime alternative for Android?
Mealpakt runs in any modern browser on Android, so you can plan and shop from your phone; a native Android app is on our roadmap. Samsung Food, Plan to Eat, Eat This Much and AnyList all have native Android apps.
Is there a Mealime alternative for the UK and Europe?
Meals Hub is built around American supermarkets. Mealpakt is designed, built and hosted in the EU and keeps your data there. It plans in metric pack sizes; the defaults follow German supermarkets, and you can adjust any pack to match your own shop.
How is Mealpakt different from Mealime?
Mealime helps you pick dinners and builds a shopping list. Mealpakt plans the whole week around the packs you buy, so nothing is left half used, carries leftovers into the next plan, keeps portions within an optional calorie range and never shows ads.
Can I bring my own recipes to Mealpakt?
Yes. The recipes you saved in Mealime come over by share link or by name, all at once, until Mealime closes on 21 October. Your own recipes you photograph, from a handwritten card or your notes; you check what was read, and the recipe joins your library and your plans. Please only add recipes you are allowed to use.
When can I start with Mealpakt?
Mealpakt opens as a free beta. Leave your email address on the waitlist, and we will tell you the moment it opens. No card required.
Sources
Every figure on this page links to its source. Checked September 2026.
- Mealime: Mealime is moving to Meals Hub
Give your week a new home.
Join the waitlist and be among the first households to plan with Mealpakt. Free during beta, no card required.