useLadle: Meal Planner
Pantry-aware shopping lists
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Tell useLadle what you feel like cooking and Create with AI turns it into three ideas and a full recipe, ready for your weekly plan and grocery list.
useLadle is a meal planning app that turns the Sunday scramble into a calm, organized routine.
Plan your meals for the week, and useLadle automatically builds your grocery list organized by category.
MEAL PLANNING
• Plan 3, 5, or 7 days at a time
• Smart recipe suggestions based on what you haven't tried lately
• Scale recipes up or down for any serving size
• Set dietary restrictions and allergens once
• Save your favorite plans into templates
GROCERY LIST
• Auto-generated from your meal plan, ingredients combined across all recipes
• Send your list directly to Instacart in one tap
• Organized by category: Produce, Meat, Dairy, and more
• Mark pantry staples so they never clutter your list
• Swipe to collect items as you shop
RECIPES
• 200+ curated recipes from real food websites
• Web Import strips ads and clutter, saves just the ingredients and instructions
• Scan recipes from cookbooks or printed cards using your camera
• Search and filter by meal type, tags, dietary needs, and cook time
• Export your entire collection as a cookbook PDF
SYNC & ACCESS
• Cloud sync — plan on one device, shop on another
• Share your grocery list in real time
useLadle is designed for people who want to eat well without spending their whole week thinking about it. Free for 14 days, no credit card required.
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Create with AI. Describe what you want to cook, pick from three ideas, and get a full recipe with ingredients and steps.
Cookbook PDF and backup export now open the share sheet so you can save or send them. The cookbook has full-size pages, page numbers, and a clickable contents page.
Recipes with an excluded ingredient can be shown in the recipe picker, and excluded ingredients are flagged on your shopping list and in the cookbook.
Fixes for recipe imports, ratings, and date handling.
The developer, Ladle Limited Liability Company, 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:
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Ladle Limited Liability Company
- Size
- 9.6 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 16 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
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Ladle Pro Monthly $4.99
- 50 Photo Import Credits $6.99
- 25 Photo Import Credits $3.99
- 10 Photo Import Credits $1.99
- Ladle Pro Annual $41.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ladle Limited Liability Company