Hestia: Meal Planner & Grocery
Healthy family meals for less
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Hestia is more than a meal planner. It plans every meal around your family, health goals, pantry, local prices, and leftovers, then builds your grocery list
$90 a week on groceries for a family seems impossible right? Well, we want to prove it.
Feeding a household is a hundred small decisions that never stop. Who is home tonight? What can everyone eat? What is already in the kitchen? Which store makes the week cost less? Where do the leftovers go?
Hestia carries the week for you:
plan → comparison shop → cook → leftovers → pantry → next plan
SEE WHAT A FULL WEEK CAN COST
Hestia’s modeled testing covers one million planned weeks across 20,000 fifty-week runs spanning supported household configurations.
In that testing, a family-of-four week on the Thrifty tier averaged about $90, with mains and sides included. That is roughly $140 below the $230 USDA Thrifty benchmark used in the comparison.
Estimates stay labeled. Observed prices stay tied to the store where they were seen. Receipt review records what households actually paid. As more households contribute local prices, Hestia builds a sharper picture of grocery costs across stores and communities.
That is why the first month is free. Put Hestia’s plan beside your receipt and let the numbers speak.
MORE THAN A MEAL PLANNER
Most meal apps hand you recipes and stop. Hestia keeps going.
It plans around your actual household: who is eating, dietary settings, allergens, foods to avoid, calorie and protein targets, food-cost tier, pantry coverage, and how leftovers will be used.
Then it totals every ingredient across the week, subtracts what you already have, converts the rest into realistic package quantities, sorts the list by aisle, and shows which meals each item supports.
HOW HESTIA THINKS ACROSS THE WEEK
Hestia does not treat every meal like a separate shopping trip.
Suppose Monday’s breakfast needs eggs and milk, and the week also includes bread. When another meal still needs to be chosen, Hestia can consider a nutritionally suitable recipe that uses those ingredients, such as French toast, but only when it fits the household’s dietary and nutrition requirements.
Six eggs already in the refrigerator? They come off the list before you shop. A package leaves extra? Hestia shows the likely remainder. Monday’s chili makes extra servings? They can already have a place at Tuesday’s lunch before the list is built.
The goal is simple: buy with a plan, use more of what you buy, and give every purchase more than one chance to become a meal.
COMPARE THE WHOLE BASKET
One cheap item does not make a cheap grocery trip.
For supported stores and products, Hestia prices the complete planned basket so you can see where the whole week may cost less. The recipes can stay while the cart changes.
Compare the lowest-priced option, Hestia’s Pick, and a higher-scoring choice with the price difference in plain view.
PRICE AND NUTRITION, TOGETHER
The Ember Score grades supported recipes and products from 0 to 100 using nutrient composition and processing information, then explains the result. You choose the balance for your household.
REAL WEEKS CHANGE
Someone working late? A child at practice? Fewer people home for dinner?
Update attendance or swap a dish. Hestia adjusts the week and refreshes the list.
FROM RECEIPT BACK TO PANTRY
Shop by aisle, cook supported recipes step by step, and review your receipt.
Hestia can record what you paid, match supported purchases to the plan, add them to the pantry, and sharpen future estimates. Modeled testing tracks planned leftovers and pantry carryover. Actual results vary.
MAKE HESTIA EARN MONTH TWO
Your first month is free. No payment method is required, and the free month ends automatically.
Afterward, Premium is available as an optional auto-renewing monthly subscription, with the price shown in-app.
Give Hestia a try in your household for one month. Let it carry the decisions, compare the basket, show its work, and earn month two.
Results vary.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
This update is pure polish:
• Fixed a glitch on iOS 26 where editing a pantry item right after adjusting it could close the editor
• Improved VoiceOver support in Wallet rewards and receipt review
• Sharper, easier-to-read text on the meal attendance screen
Thanks for cooking with Hestia.
The developer, Hestia Labs LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Purchases
- Financial Info
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Search History
- Browsing History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
- Other Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Hestia Labs LLC
- Size
- 44.1 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- This app is rated 9+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Parental Controls
Contains
Advertising
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Hestia Premium Monthly $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hestia Labs LLC