eMeals - Healthy Meal Plans App Reviews

Developers need to listen to reviewers and update the app! Menus no longer automatically update, this has been happening for several months with no fix. Clicking on Check for New Menus does nothing. The only way to get new menus is to uninstall the app and reinstall it. Cmon!!

I have been an emeals subscriber for several years and liked it. Dont like that you cant use the app to see past recipes without a current subscription.

The recipes taste fantastic but there is no way to customize the plan for allergies or preferences.

This does it all - puts together a menu and shopping list. The app is easy to navigate. Meals are simple to make and Im impressed by the variety. The program saves me time and money, and the food is great...cant think of any downsides.

I love this app. I would like to be able to search for recipes using a primary ingredient though. Also, if an ingredient is used for more than one recipe, I dont like that it lists it more than once in the grocery list. For example, if two recipes call for half an onion, then half an onion is listed twice on the grocery list vs just listing onion once. Other than that, I love this app!

I am in the test phase of this membership so Ive only seen two menus and made two recipes but I must comment. The recipe total times are about right but add 5-10 mins to be sure. Hitting their times depends on your staging the prep as they did but they dont tell you how they staged it. The recipes are delicious and simple to follow. Clean-up is pretty minimal. I bought fewer groceries this week. If youre vegetarian youll recognize that these people have engaged someone to create their recipes who understands vegetarianism. The recipes are creative, not starch dependent, include protein sources. Very informed compared to similar services. The recipes also appear to be very calorie conscious and healthy. While I didnt choose that. Ill gladly take delicious AND healthy any day. My biggest gripe is that I signed up for the 1-2 portion option and have made two recipes. My fridge is STUFFED with food. I dont think of myself as a small portion eater but I could easily serve 4 people, with the recipes and maybe have left-overs. All in all at ~$4/ week.... I saved that on groceries alone and more if including decreased take-out that results from having a plan...and its definitely worth the peace of mind of not having to think about dinner. Sweet!!

If you are new to cooking, want to reduce meal planning time, and are willing to try new recipes- then this is the must have app for 2016. The grocery list saves you so much time ensuing all the items you need are in your kitchen when you are ready to cook a meal. I am not a cook and have recently switched to a vegetarian diet - this app has kept me on track. I dont think I would know what to eat or even how to prepare it without this app. Love love love it!!! Keep up the good work emeals- you people are amazing!!

The app is cool, but the subscription is hard to cancel and charges you automatically on an annual basis. You can turn off automatic payments in your App Store settings. If you dont, you will be charged $65/year. I dont know how this is ever allowed. Its dishonest.

I can NOT print out the shopping list. There is no option for this & no option to have it emailed either. Im so annoyed!!

Ive been using Emeals for over a year and a half and I LOVE it. I can switch around menus to find one I like that week. Ive been using the web based version until a few months ago. I love the app now. I used to print everything out, but now I just use the app. My husband can help with cooking, because I grocery shop, but out the items for dinner, and he can look up the recipe on his phone and know right where to start helping. Its a lifesaver for us!!

It didnt make it above freezing last night, so it was the perfect night for the Chicken and Dumplings. What a comfort meal! Its hard to believe it was low calorie, but it was! Thank you! In addition, I had been away on a trip and had to go to the grocery store the next day after work. How simple it was to go to the store, whip out my phone with the shopping list from emeals and get all of the shopping done in 45 minutes without forgetting anything! I had time to get home, unpack groceries, put them away, and cook the chicken and dumplings instead of picking up fast food! Thank you!

I was super excited to try this plan out. Im not good with creating new recipe or what to buy so this was perfect. I sought out paleo for weight loss and clean eating. I have lost 8lbs in 3 weeks my face has not broke out and I havent had head aches. My body is cleaned out from all the junk I had been placing in it. These recipes are so filling and good. I have my whole family on it my kids have enjoyed it too. Every week it is a new dinner I have yet to have a repeated meal in 4 weeks. Im looking forward to trying the breakfast and lunch menu next

I am into this going on almost a week and so far so good. We started midweek of the weekly menu which worked out because, being a picky eater, I saw the first meal and saw it wasnt for me. The previous weeks menu is listed with the current week so I just swapped one from the previous week with the current week. I have to say that I am loving the app. I just go to the cart and get what I need for the week. It lists what each item is for so if you dont do all the meals, you can get just what you need for the ones you do. The staples may drive your cost up initially if you werent a cooker to begin with because you dont have them in your cupboard or what you have is outdated, but you will be using those staples regularly so they wont be going to waste.

Ive been using emeals for 2 years now and I love it!! Very convenient, great recipes, and saves me $$ going to the grocery store. Would like to see a search for specific ingredients or recipes to find previous recipes that I didnt put in my favorites for when Im in the mood for something Ive had in the past. And the first time I open the shopping list things are grouped together like 2 sour cream containers but then I open it again and they are separate. Very frustrating. Fix these 2things and will get 5 stars.

When my fiancé first suggested this app, I couldnt imagine paying someone to plan my meals. However, after I gave it a try I felt like a fool for not trying it sooner! eMeals first gave me choices of my meal plans, then the app designed my grocery list for me (also allowing me to check off items as I got them, finally the recipe was easy for me to follow! Saving me time and money! Give eMeals a try - the 2 week free trial is worth the risk!

I have been using emeals for a year now and I love the classic family meal plan. We dont crave eating dinner out anymore because our food at home is so good. I also know nothing about cooking and I easily can follow all of the directions. I just discovered the emeals app and I love it, the shopping list feature is wonderful. I love how I can delete the food once I have put it in my shopping cart. I also love shopping for the food rather than the food ready boxes, like Blue Apron, because I can change the meals a little bit to meet my daughters (six and two) needs. Last, I love that the app archives your favorite recipes and old week shopping list/ meal plans. The meal planning is worth the $1 I pay a week, the app is just the cherry on top.

I have used emeals for over a year, and save a ton of time and money with this meal planning service. I just started using the app and I dont know why I waited so long. Over the past year, I have tried the simple gourmet, classic, 30 minute, and portion-control plans. The plans have a variety of meat/meatless options as well as synching up with store sales or seasonal fruits and vegetables (saving money and resulting in better tasting food IMO). I love that you can add recipes to your plan/grocery list for the week (keep what you like from the plan you are on or add recipes from a different plan). You can print the grocery list from your email, but it is static and I never buy ink. So I used to try to look at it on my phone in the store, which was really annoying/hard if I didnt want to make all the meals on my plan for the week. (Plus trying to zoom in and out to see the list on my phone. The app lets you check mark as you shop, highlighting whats left- and you can add in your own items to the list if you want to do all your shopping that day. We have been using the portion control plan (for 6), which we typically make in full and have 2 sets of leftovers. I like the recipes on this plan the best (health-wise and taste-wise). I lost 20 pounds of baby weight with the help of the meal plan (we had been eating out a lot before), not to mention the money we save eating at home. This is a time-saver and money-saver for me. Highly recommend!!

Ive been a subscriber to eMeals for over 2 years, with several different meal plans at the same time and believe its been a great help, HOWEVER, I get frustrated when the same meal appears on both meal plans (30 minute meals and kid friendly for example). Also as glad I am for the new updates that have been made, there is one OBVIOUS update that hasnt been done -the ability to make notes on any recipe. My family doesnt like spicy foods and I often have to reduce the amount of chilli powder called for. Ive even had to add thickener to some "stew" or casserole dishes because there is too much residual liquid. It would be wonderful to be able to add notes such as reduced seasonings/liquids. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE and this to the next update!

The app is just fine, but you need to create a native iPad app or build the current app to work on either device. I much prefer the larger screen when cooking. Thank you

The app said you could try the app and cancel at any time. However, it is difficult and time consuming to cancel. They wont allow you to do it on the site, you have to call during business hours 9-3 and talk to someone personally.