Bot My Meals

An AI meal planner the whole family approves

An AI meal planner for families plans the week's dinners from what your household likes and avoids, works around allergies, and turns the plan into a shopping list. Bot My Meals adds a shared approval step: a bot proposes seven dinners from your preferences and past weeks, everyone at home swaps or approves on their own device, and once the week locks you get recipes and one list split by the stores you use.

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How the bot plans your week

When you ask for a new week, the bot plans seven dinners from your household's preferences and past weeks. Each dinner comes with a title, who's eating, servings, cooking time, and a one-line description.

You set how many people eat each night. A night can be Off (no dinner planned), Solo, Couple, or Family, so the plan fits the week you have.

Save a favorite and the bot may suggest it again after a few weeks. Mark a meal "never again," and next week gets better. You can cook this week and plan next week at the same time.

Bot My Meals works for just you, a couple, roommates, or a family. Everyone opens the same app on their own phone, tablet, or computer, signs in with their own account, and sees the same week and the same shopping list.

Allergies and foods to skip

Add allergies and foods to skip, and every dinner is planned around them. You can change them anytime.

Bot My Meals plans around what you enter, but it isn't a safety system. If anyone at home has a serious allergy, check every ingredient and label yourself.

Everyone approves

Each person can swap or remove a night on their own device. A swap can include a short note, like "too heavy" or "want tacos," and everyone sees changes as they happen.

  • Just you? Approve on your own.
  • Sharing a household? Everyone approves before the week locks.

Recipes and a store-split list

Recipes and the shopping list come after the week locks. Before that, you see meal titles only.

Then the bot brings full recipes for every night and builds one shopping list for the week. You pick your grocery stores, and store names split the list, so each trip is simpler. You can text, save, or print the list.

We never invent grocery prices. The list shows what to buy and where.

How it differs from FamilyPlate, Mealime, and Paprika

Each of these apps helps with meals in its own way. Here is what each product says about itself on its own website or app store page, as of October 19, 2026. Where a product doesn't say, the table says "Not stated."

Bot My Meals FamilyPlate Mealime Paprika
What it is Household weekly dinner planner with one shared plan AI family meal planning app where everyone votes Meal planning app with recipes and grocery lists Recipe manager for organizing recipes, meal plans, and grocery lists
Who plans the week A bot proposes seven dinners from your household's preferences and past weeks AI generates a personalized 7-day meal plan You build a weekly plan from Mealime recipes, with over 200 personalization options You plan meals on daily, weekly, or monthly calendars, and can save reusable menus
How the household takes part Each person has their own account and device, can swap or remove nights, and approves before the week locks Share the plan with a link; everyone votes thumbs up, neutral, or thumbs down on each meal, with no account required for them Not stated Cloud sync keeps recipes, lists, and meal plans in sync across your devices
Allergies and diets Add allergies and foods to skip; every dinner is planned around them Supports dietary restrictions such as halal, kosher, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free Diet types plus allergy restrictions such as gluten, shellfish, dairy, peanut, tree nut, soy, egg, and sesame, and 119 ingredients you can mark as dislikes Not stated
Shopping list One list for the week, split by the stores you pick Automatically generated, organized by category, with local store links Automatically generated and sorted into categories Sorted by aisle, combines similar ingredients, supports multiple lists
Grocery prices Never invented Shows estimated costs per meal and per week Not stated Not stated
Open source Yes, MIT license Not stated Not stated Not stated
Where it runs Any phone, tablet, or computer with a web browser Web app iOS and Android iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows
Status Available Available; the site calls it a beta Mealime's website says it shuts down on October 21, 2026 Available; Paprika 4 is in open beta

How Bot My Meals works: the bot proposes the week, each person sees the same plan on their own device and can swap or remove nights, and the week locks once everyone has approved. Recipes and one store-split shopping list come after that. Because it's open source, you can also run the same app yourself for free.

Price

  • We host it: your own app at yourname.botmymeals.com. 7 days free, then $9.99/mo or $99/yr, plus tax where it applies. One plan covers everyone at home. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay $0. Try 7 days free.
  • Run it yourself, free: open source, on your own free Cloudflare and Supabase accounts, and our bot is free to add. See our open-source meal planner page or set up free.

Questions

  • Can my partner and the rest of the household approve the plan?

    Yes. Everyone opens the same app on their own device. Invite them with a link at no extra cost. When you share a household, everyone approves before the week locks.

  • Can it plan around allergies?

    Yes. Add allergies and foods to skip, and every dinner is planned around them. If anyone has a serious allergy, always check every ingredient and label yourself.

  • Do I need to download an app?

    No. It works in any web browser on a phone, tablet, or computer. You can add it to your home screen or install it from the browser if you like.

  • How much does it cost?

    The hosted plan is 7 days free, then $9.99/mo or $99/yr, plus tax where it applies. Running it yourself is free.

  • Does everyone need their own subscription?

    No. One plan covers everyone at home.

  • Does it show grocery prices?

    We never invent grocery prices. The shopping list shows what to buy, split by the stores you use.