You've tried meal planning before. It worked for a week, maybe two, and then a late night or a sick kid or plain Wednesday exhaustion broke it. The groceries rotted. The delivery app won.
This moment — where the plan falls apart and takeout wins — isn't a failure of willpower. It's a design problem. Every system you've tried asks you to do seven things in a row: decide what to eat, find a recipe, figure out quantities, make a list, shop, cook, and use the leftovers before they rot. Miss one link and the whole chain breaks.
Chow connects the chain. Tell it who you're feeding, what you can't eat, and where you shop. It gives you a week of meals and one grocery list. Sunday handles Wednesday.
WHAT A WEEK LOOKS LIKE
Open Chow and your week is planned — portioned for your household, filtered for your allergies, matched to your store. very recipe comes from established food publications: real cooks, real kitchens, real ingredients. Nothing was generated out of thin air. Look for the Chow Approved badge to see recipes tasted by our Test Kitchen!
ONE GROCERY LIST, ACTUALLY USEFUL
• Sorted by aisle so you walk the store once
• Buy quantities that make sense
• A "Check you have" section pulls pantry staples off your shopping list
• By the end of the week the fridge is practically empty, because you used everything
THE PLAN BENDS
Life will rearrange your week. Chow expects that. Swap a meal you're not feeling. Skip a night you're eating out. Move Thursday's dinner to Saturday. The grocery list rewrites itself every time. A bad Tuesday doesn't blow up the rest of the week.
WHAT CHOW ISN'T
No calorie counting. No macro targets. No photographing your food. No infinite scroll of recipes you'll save and never cook. Chow answers one question — what's for dinner this week — and gets out of the way.
You don't have to become someone who loves meal planning. You just have to open the fridge on Wednesday night, exhausted, and find that Sunday already took care of it.
SUBSCRIPTION
Chow requires a subscription — there is no free tier. Choose weekly or yearly; the yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial. Prices are shown in the app before you're charged.
Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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This honestly feels like having a meal kit service except you can just buy everything from the grocery store you already shop at. I like being able to choose my budget, servings, and food preferences and then having the whole week planned out. You still get the convenience without paying meal kit prices every week. Definitely recommend if you want to cook more but hate planning out meals.
AMAZING APP
Arrianne Miller
Meal planning is usually one of those things I dread every week, but Chow makes it so much easier. I love having help figuring out what to make and keeping groceries organized without having to overthink everything. It’s simple, helpful, and honestly takes some of the mental load out of planning meals for the week!
AMAZING TIME SAVER!
CabTom5
The chow app has changed my meal prep and grocery shopping game! It’s taken the stress out of trying to figure out what to cook my family on those busy week nights plus the nightly “what do you want for dinner” I highly recommend this app it will make your life so much easier!
I actually use the recipes I save now
sophielovessadie
I used to save recipes all over TikTok, Instagram and random screenshots and then never make any of them. Chow makes it so much easier to keep everything organized and actually plan those recipes for the week
Dinner's planned. Groceries are one tap away.
Shop on Instacart. Send your whole grocery list, or just one recipe's ingredients, to Instacart in a tap. Plan it, tap it, done.
Cleaner ingredient lists. Recipes that print one amount two ways, like 500 g / 1 lb, now read as one tidy line, and when you scale a recipe every amount stays in step.
Your week stays put. A failed refresh no longer wipes your recipes, so the dinners you planned don't turn into "Meal unavailable".
Setup looks sharp. Titles line up from screen to screen, and the setup chart fits iPad.
Plan the week. Cook it. Shop it. Chow just got smoother.
Version 2.1.1
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Information
Seller
Flame Industries Inc.
Size
61.6 MB
Category
Food & Drink
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.