What was read
5 companies placed; 2 read during September 2026.
- MealimeOct 1, 2026
- Eat This MuchSep 30, 2026
- Plan to EatOct 1, 2026
- Plans nobody sticks toSep 30, 2026
- Busy families and people on a dietOct 1, 2026
Gaps closed and opened
No complaint theme was raised about two or more read companies this month. There is no previous month on record to compare against.
Who entered
5 companies placed (Mealime, Eat This Much, Plan to Eat, Plans nobody sticks to, Busy families and people on a diet); 0 products sighted by a search and not yet read.
Pricing moves
1 of 5 read companies have a pricing entry on record; 3 pricing changes recorded across 1 company this month.
- Eat This Much [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026 · 3 changes this monthThird-party sources report Eat This Much Premium is priced at roughly $14.99/month or $9/month standard, discounted to about $5/month on an annual plan, with a free tier limited to generating one day of meal plans at a time. source
What users raised
26 themes raised by users; the most raised: apps shutting down / discontinuing service (1 of 5), can't add own recipes in free tier (1 of 5), Dated interface/design (1 of 5).
- apps shutting down / discontinuing service 1/5
- can't add own recipes in free tier 1/5
- Dated interface/design 1/5
- Difficult to edit imported recipes 1/5
- excessive cookware/equipment per meal 1/5
- Free tier is dinner-only / limited recipes 1/5
- inconsistent or poorly ordered recipe steps 1/5
- limited recipes/features behind paywall 1/5
- Meals Hub replacement feels retailer-driven, not planning-focused 1/5
- More manual effort required than automated competitor apps 1/5
- No built-in recipe discovery/library (must bring your own recipes) 1/5
- No calendar/day-of-week view for meal plans 1/5
- No data export or account transfer before shutdown 1/5
- No free tier after trial 1/5
- no import of personal recipes 1/5
- No manual recipe import on free tier 1/5
- No photo import for physical recipes 1/5
- nutrition info locked to pro version 1/5
- Opaque/per-client Professional tier pricing 1/5
- Oversized/poorly organized grocery lists 1/5
- overwhelming ingredient/recipe volume 1/5
- Pantry tracking out of sync 1/5
- poor pantry-awareness in shopping lists 1/5
- Recipe quantity mismatches (e.g., ingredient over/underestimation) 1/5
- Repetitive or bland recipe suggestions 1/5
- Tedious food exclusion process 1/5
Funding by quarter
Withheld: something was read in 1 of the last 8 quarters. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
The ledger this month
8 observed claims recorded this month, 2 sources that did not answer.
- COMPLAINT · 4
- PRICING · 3
- DISCOURSE · 1
How big this market is, as its publishers state it
No market-size figure has been recorded for this level yet. Not read is not zero.
Research-house estimates for this sector, carried side by side under each house’s own name. Estimates of one market can differ several-fold; none is averaged, and none is Forge’s.
No publisher is named for this level yet, so there is nothing to read from. Publishers are authored in the taxonomy and arrive with a deploy.