Eat This Much alternatives: dinner planning without the macro target
Eat This Much is a calorie and macro meal generator with a free daily plan. These alternatives plan family dinners and grocery lists without making protein grams the first input. Stay with Eat This Much if hitting 90 g of protein is the job. MyFitnessPal, Lose It, Carb Manager, Cronometer and Cal AI are food loggers, not listed here as dinner planners.
Pricing comparison
Eat This Much: free forever at $0.00 a month; Premium $5.00 a month on the pricing page; help center also lists $59.99 a year or $14.99 month-to-month, a 14-day Premium trial and a 30-day refund. Carby: $39.99 a year after a 3-day trial. eMeals from $4.99 a month on a 12-month term. Plan to Eat $49 a year. The Dinner Daily $58 a year. Meals Hub free.
| App | Starter price | If you stay a year | Trial | Refunds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eat This Much | Free forever plan at $0.00/month. Premium listed at $5.00/month on the pricing page. | Help center (updated May 5, 2026) lists Premium at $59.99/year or $14.99 month-to-month. The pricing page shows $5.00/month. Read the checkout you see. | Free forever plan needs no trial. Help center says Premium includes a 14-day free trial. | Help center: no-questions-asked 30-day refund if you email support. Cancel during the Premium trial to avoid the first charge. Website, iOS and Google Play each have their own cancel path. |
| Carby | $39.99/year after a 3-day trial on web yearly checkout | $39.99 if you stay on the web yearly plan after the 3-day trial | 3-day trial on the web yearly offer visitors actually see. Monthly ($9.99) and weekly ($4.99) plans also exist. Read the checkout. | Web Stripe charges: email within 30 days of the charge for a refund. App Store charges go through Apple. Cancel during the trial and you are not charged. |
| eMeals | As low as $4.99 a month on a 12-month term, or $37.50 for 3 months | $59.88 if you stay 12 months at the advertised $4.99/month 12-month rate. Repeating the $37.50 3-month plan four times is $150. Grocery is extra. | 14-day free trial. Terms say the card is collected at signup and charged when the trial ends unless you cancel. | Cancel during the trial: no payment. Cancel after the trial: eMeals says you do not get a refund of subscription payments. Cancel at least 48 hours before renewal. App Store purchases follow Apple's terms. |
| Plan to Eat | $5.95/month or $49/year after a 14-day trial with no card | $49 if you pick yearly. $71.40 if you stay on monthly at $5.95 for 12 months. | 14 days, no credit card. Their pricing page says there is nothing to cancel if you stop. | 60-day money-back guarantee, no-questions-asked, on plantoeat.com purchases. Yearly does not auto-renew unless you turn auto-renew on. |
| The Dinner Daily | $24 for three months or $58 for a year | $58 on the annual plan. Repeating the $24 three-month plan four times is $96. Grocery is extra. | 14-day trial. FAQ: a credit card is required; no charge until day 15; cancel during the trial and you are not charged. | Terms (updated 1-1-2020): no charge if you cancel in the first 14 days. After that, no refund; access continues until the end of the paid term. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel in Account Settings. |
| Mealime / Meals Hub | Free in Meals Hub, including recipes that used to need Mealime Pro | $0 for Meals Hub. Mealime Pro subscribers are not charged further fees before the October 21, 2026 shutdown. | Meals Hub is free. No Carby-style trial. | Not applicable to a free successor. Mealime paid billing is winding down per the closing notice. |
Grocery purchases are extra on every row. Read the checkout you actually see.
What each tool is best for
- Family dinners under a grocery budget: Carby
- Carby does not count calories you already ate and does not generate a full-day macro plan. It plans dinners and one list around a store and a spending limit. Compare
- Food-style dinner plans with optional delivery: eMeals
- Low Carb, Keto, Low Calorie and other styles exist on eMeals, but the product is weekly dinners plus a shoppable list, not a leftover-aware macro generator. Compare
- Your recipes plus nutrition totals: Plan to Eat
- Plan to Eat includes nutrition facts and daily macros on the planner, and still starts from recipes you save. 14-day no-card trial. Compare
- Five family dinners from store sales: The Dinner Daily
- Reduced Carb and other filters exist. Nutrition values are ballpark figures for the meal. The product is a sales-based dinner menu, not a calorie tracker. Compare
- Free recipes and a shopping list: Mealime / Meals Hub
- Meals Hub keeps Mealime planning at $0. Dietary preferences are supported. It is not a macro calculator. Compare
Verdict
Keep Eat This Much if the plan must hit calorie or macro numbers. Choose Carby for grocery-budget family dinners. Choose eMeals for pickup. Choose Plan to Eat if you already clip recipes and still want nutrition totals. Do not replace a logger like MyFitnessPal with Carby and expect a food diary.
See Carby vs Eat This Much side by sideSources checked October 20, 2026: Eat This Much pricing · Eat This Much homepage · Eat This Much help: what you get · Eat This Much help: cancel any time · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 981637806 · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 6779585429 · Carby billing policy · Carby refund help · eMeals homepage FAQ · eMeals terms of use · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 575756462 · Plan to Eat homepage · Plan to Eat pricing · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 1215348056 · The Dinner Daily FAQ · The Dinner Daily pricing · The Dinner Daily terms · Mealime closing notice · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 1079999103. Competitor facts come from those public pages and US iTunes Lookup. Missing cells were omitted, not guessed.