Food Planner

This app has changed how my family eats and shops. When I first reviewed this app, about 2 years ago, Tech support was very responsive and it was regularly maintained. I'm sorry to say that both of those have changed recently. When servers are down, there is no information on the website or social media acknowledging the problems or indicating when it will be up again.

App is handy with recipe, inventory and groceries sections, but it could look much better. I also tried to sign up but the app keeps showing there's an error. So I made an account via the website and tried to log in on the app - still doesn't work. Thus I'm not sure whether its worth the effort to invest my time in this app.

I used to love this app. It was my bible. But then it got abandoned, lost all my recipes and was never again allowed to sign in. I have been using it for over 2 years. Everyone now recommends Recipe keeper ? Thank you all who made this recommendation.

DO NOT BUY THIS!!!! This used to be a great app. I upgraded to the Pro edition and used it daily. Now it won't sync, you can't log in either within the app or online. Support WILL NOT respond to questions. I've just lost 2+ years of recipes. Save your time. I'm looking for a new recipe app.

Can't log in to desktop version, mobile app won't sync... keep getting "sync failed-malformed error". It was a pretty good app which is why I upgraded to pro version a few months ago. But now it won't work so it's worthless and "support" DOES NOT respond. Dont bother download

Everything in one !!!!

So upset! Used to love this app to keep my recipes portable. Kept meaning to go into the website and print my recipes just in case. Never did...and now can't log in and support for the app has ceased after the technology was sold. No idea how to export the recipes out of the app and so unhappy this has happened!

The reset button doesn't work I logged off and tried to log back in, I reset my password but then keep getting an error message. Also customer service doesn't respond back to your emails. Too bad because this was a useful app until I got locked out my account.

I have pro and I am unable sync across devices. I keep getting a setup failed error malformed response, feeling frustrated not helping with my meal planning anymore. It's made it more difficult! Please fix asap!

I was hoping this app would be an easy to use calendar to plan my weekly meals around. I found out that items seen in the web browser wouldn't show up on the calendar view in the app, rendering the mobile app virtually useless. I tried to remedy the problem by purchasing pro, which syncs your meal plans with Google calendar...24 hours later I have no data on Google calendar, and have wasted my money on another useless feature. Save your time and money, try another app.

Committing most of a day to inventory my kitchen. Not ONE thing I scanned was recognized. 5, maybe 10 things okay. But SALT come on! Then I decided to look at the reviews again just in case, and boom. New owners since I decided to use his app exclusively. Seems this app no longer has value to me or my family.

This used to be a great app. But ever since the owner sold it off no issues are being resolved or addressed. The app only gives an error "malformed response" when you try to sync or log in. I am no longer able to get all of the recipes I had saved. Extremely disappointing for someone who paid for the pro version. Don't bother with this app, there are many others out there that care about the impression they are making with consumers.

UPDATE 2-28-17, This app has stopped synching with the website and other devices. No response from the developer after many weeks. This used to be a great app, I wish it was still functional! ORIGINAL REVIEW: Very useful and simple. Its nice to be able to share with other family members. Purchased the pro version.

I was really pleased with this app at first, but when I sent question to their support address it bounced. If I can't add calories to my own recipes, then this isn't the app for me I have now uninstalled this app due to the complete lack of support from the providers. As mentioned above the support email bounced so I used the 'help' function on the app and had no response to that either. I have waited nearly three weeks for a reply, so I don't think I'm being unreasonable, I only want an answer to one straightforward question. This is the only app for which I've ever left poor feed back.

I love this app. It has an expansion on the Chrome book where I can just click on the button and it automatically imports the whole recipe. It lets me put in whatever I want and change existing recipes. It keeps everything organized and lets you meal plan. It even makes you a grocery list. I am going to get so much healthier now that I can keep track of everything I eat so well.

The pc app locked up frequently. I still don't know which abbreviation for tablespoon is a acceptable, which ends up being changed to tsp somewhat randomly and repeatedly. The Android app couldn't perform searches by tags, making it relatively useless if you have a lot of recipes. I do like the format of the recipes on the Android app, once they are finally entered and saved with the correct measurements.

Really dig the app so far! Except the whole barcode function would make the whole thing faster and easier, but when ever I scan something it tells me product not found.

Beware! DO NOT USE. DO NOT BUY. This really was the handiest app I had (on both phone & tablet). It made my life much easier when it came to shopping and planning/preparing meals. Unfortunately, support evaporated in early 2017. Developers unresponsive in addressing issues such as inability to sync. Feel screwed, since I purchased the "Pro" version. Lost dozens of recipes and hours of work. Developer should be sued for beach of contract. PISSED.

You know it's bad when you want to add "eggs and bacon" to your plan but can't without making a recipe for them. Seriously, not everything is a complicated recipe. Uninstalling because it can't handle non-recipe meals.

I already have a username but it is not allowing me to reset my password due to a system error. Shame really now uninstalled 5 months on and still the same issue

I build the shopping list from my inventory, then cross the items off the list to update my inventory. Only complaint is I wished the export function would include inventory items when I imported file to my new phone. Had to type them all in manually again.

Welcome Back Food Planner! Great way to store recipes found online. Nice shopping, planning and budgeting features. A powerful app that easily shares your shopping lists with others thru email. You can even make separate (simultaneous) shopping lists for different stores or activities ex. "camping", "arts & crafts" or "yardwork". The online syncability is also great, please continue to develop the manual recipe module.

Easy to use. Perfect for meal planning.

Love that you can import recipes.

DON'T Buy! The app called CopyMeThat is much better app than Food Planner. I have been trying to communicate with this company but seems that this company is to busy and does not follow through with their commitment. Surprisingly it a nice app but seems to small of a company to offer great customer service to communicate with their customers. With a million downloads it seems that if they charge only a dollar that would bring in over a million dollars to hire the amount of people to take care of their customers and bring more features out. If people are not willing to pay a dollar

Good App and does everything, I mainly use it for the food planner and recipe manager HOWEVER the grocery list is really frustrating and not a very use friendly interface. I am trying to consolidate the ingredients, planning and recipes in 1 app but I might have to go back to ourgroceries or outofmilk as they both have a widget you can easily and quickly add grocery items on. The widgets for food planner both have the same logo and are only a shortcut which is almost pointless. Really needs a refresh and some improvements.

Brilliant app! - my most used app. All issues associated with change of ownership seem to now be fixed. Program now syncs more quickly between devices. We plan our meals for the week and shop once a week. Saves us money, no food wastage. Bonus, if hubbie home before me he has the recipe on food planner, all the ingredients in fridge and starts cooking!

I loved having the menu planner and recipe index at my fingertips.Saved menus made it easy to plan weeks when life was too crazy to plan a menu. Then I got a new phone. I couldn't log in to my account, and the reset password feature didn't work. I had 3 years of recipes and menu plans loaded on it. I tried to contact support via my laptop with no response. I reinstalled it, but the recipe loader is so slow, I am about to go back to paper and pencil.

The developer has seemingly abandoned this app. The ability to log in has been gone for months. The developer has stopped posting updates on their Facebook page and is no longer responding to their emails. update: As of 2/26 they removed their Facebook page, where users were trying to share how to get their recipe data out of this app and discussing possible alternative apps. Check out Recipe Keeper - I found that it does everything this app does but better. Also, it currently works, and their developer responds to support requests.

I use this app all the time and all my regular recipes are saved in it. Very handy while shopping. And there are some things that bug me; for example, if I'm in the recipes list and want to add my own recipe - it just adds the title to the list, usually out of sight so I have to search for it, and only then can I add the detail! I know there is another route for adding recipes but still. Also when I name a saved weekly plan, I can't see my other plan names, which I like to number and name by season.

This app is no longer supported and they've shut down access to the server. 3 years of recipes up in smoke. Was recommended another app but an other unsatisified user and I'm very impressed. Much more organized and maintained and they are very responsive. Try Recipe Keeper...it's working for me and my family and the sharing is so very easy. I love it...but very disgusted with FoodPlanner app since I even paid for the Pro version...

Love it. Does exactly what I need it to do. Thanks sooooo much for the app. I updated this because I loved this app but moved to new phone and can no longer log in. I contact support daily but no response. So it seems like you should not trust your recipe storage with them sadly I must say goodbye. I changed rating because miraculously it let me log in and access my recipes. So love the app again.

DOA This app is done for. Check out Recipe Keeper instead. All the same features and great support. Plus you can import all your FP recipes if you've already been using FP. Just be sure to export a backup in FP (if you happen to still be logged in). I had been using this app for years and used to love it. But for months now I have been unable to upload any recipes or sync across devices. The developer used to be very responsive but is now not at all responsive.

My wife and the have been using this app for years. Great app to create both a grocery shopping list and weekly menu. Easy to use and great overall app. About a month ago app will not allow our account to sync from our 2 phones or even allow me to log in. I emailed the error that I am getting and have had no response. Great app so long as I can log into my account.

I was hopeful for this app. I love the recipe import, grocery list, etc. However it fails when trying to sign up to store and sync all the recipes, planning etc. Account doesn't work with Facebook login or email login. After looking at the developer social media, the app has been sold and the service has been shut down..

Great app, even better than the one I paid for last year because of the meal scheduling capabilities. My only complaint is that I can't organize my grocery list! Huge bummer!!! No drag and drop feature or even sorting by category. Fix this and it's a 5 star app in my opinion.

I am loving this app for all things related to feeding my family. I realized I needed an app where meal plans, recipes, and grocery lists based on recipes lived in the same place. This app does just that with an added bonus of inventory! Would give 5 stars but the recipe import function is very slow and doesn't always work.

Used to be my favorite up, my all-time go to. Now it will not allow me to delete crossed off groceries. Weeks have gone by without any pics from the developer. Do not purchase this app until you see reviews indicating it has been fixed.

The calendar feature on this app does exactly what I want it to. It's simple and easy to use, easy to switch plans around, easy to find things you entered earlier. The other features were not as impressive. On the inventory feature, for example, I made folders for food categories, but then found that you can't enter an item right into the folder. It goes to "all groups" and you have to move each item to the folder individually. What a pain! Worth getting app just for the calendar, though.

This app has really helped me! I always make a menu and up till now it was way time consuming and I had to transfer all my shopping lists to my phone. Now everything is in one place.