Cookrange vs. Eat This Much

Eat This Much automatically generates a plan from calorie/macro/grocery-budget targets and is reported to have been named the overall winner in CNN Underscored's 2025 roundup; its virtual pantry and grocery integration live behind Premium. Cookrange competes on the same axis — generating a plan from your own data with AI — but differs on barcode-based logging, on-demand plan regeneration, and a built-in gym/squad layer.

Eat This Much automatically generates a daily or weekly meal plan from calorie, macro, and grocery-budget targets. It’s reported to hold a 4.7-star App Store rating from more than 20,000 reviews, and to have been named the overall winner in CNN Underscored’s 2025 meal-planning app roundup. Cookrange competes on exactly the same axis — generating a plan from a user’s own goals with AI — but takes a different path on when the plan recalculates, how logging/grocery works, and whether a gym/social layer exists.

Comparison table

Area	Eat This Much	Cookrange
Plan generation	Generates a plan algorithmically from calorie/macro/grocery-budget targets	AI-generated weekly plan — built from your profile and goals, regenerated whenever you choose
Day-specific targets	Premium lets you set fixed, user-defined daily profiles like “Workout day”/“Rest day”	No fixed per-day profile; calories burned show up on top of today’s target through the day via Cookrange AI, and the target itself only changes when you regenerate your plan
Grocery/pantry integration	A virtual pantry accounts for what you already have, and can push your grocery list to Instacart (some sources also report Amazon Fresh integration)	Barcode (Open Food Facts), photo, quick add, recipe generation — one of five ways
Gym/social integration	No documented gym check-in or social accountability feature found as of 2026-08-05 — sources change	QR check-in, squads, shared streaks
Pricing	Has a free tier (daily plan generation, tracking, barcode); weekly planning, grocery integration, and day-specific profiles are Premium-only (publicly reported at roughly $5–15/mo)	Core features (logging, plans, recipes, community, streaks) always free; premium only buys more AI generations

Which one fits

Eat This Much’s algorithmic planning engine — automatic weekly planning that factors in your grocery budget, plus grocery integrations like Instacart — is a strong option for people who want to automate most of their shopping and are ready to pay for Premium to get it. For people who want to log a grocery product by barcode in seconds, stay motivated alongside gym friends, and use the core features without paying anything, Cookrange takes a different approach.

For a broader list of evaluation criteria, see what to look for in a nutrition tracking app.