FamilyPlate
About
Built by one household that was tired of the question.
FamilyPlate for iPhone (getfamilyplate.com) is made by David, an independent iOS and backend developer. It exists because his household asked each other "what's for dinner?" every evening — and the question got worse, not better, when their baby arrived.
The short story
Recipe apps didn't fix it. They added decisions — thousands of new dishes to scroll — when the problem was making one decision, once, together. What worked was embarrassingly simple: plan the meals the household already cooks, once, together. The only missing piece was a tool where both people could see and edit the same plan without a handoff text.
So David built it. One shared meal library, one weekly plan, a shopping list that writes itself — synced across the household, so when one person swaps Tuesday, the other's phone knows. That tool became FamilyPlate, and it went on the App Store in 2026 so other households could stop having the same conversation.
The facts
| App | FamilyPlate: Dinner Planner, on the App Store |
|---|---|
| Platform | iPhone and iPad, iOS/iPadOS 17.0 or later (no Android or web version) |
| Price | Free core — meal library, weekly plan, recipe import from links, household sharing. Pro is $3.99/month or $39.99/year and adds the shopping list with its cost estimate plus the AI features. It comes with a 14-day free trial that starts when you sign in with Apple, and one subscription covers the whole household. |
| Accounts | None needed to start planning. Sign in with Apple only, asked for when you share a household or start Pro. No passwords; your email address is never stored. |
| Sharing | Households join with a single-use 6-character invite code. Every member has equal permissions. |
| Privacy | No ads, no third-party trackers, no data sales. Full policy. |
| Made by | David, independent developer — design, code, and support are one person. |
What FamilyPlate is not
It is not a recipe app. FamilyPlate doesn't push new dishes at you or assume you want to become a different cook. It plans the meals you already make — because for most households, dinner isn't a discovery problem, it's a decision problem.
Say hello
Questions, bug reports, and ideas all land in the same inbox — David's. Use the contact form on the support page; every message gets read.
Ready when you are
Bring your household to the same table
Download FamilyPlate — the shared plan is free. Pro is there when you want it.
Download on the App Store