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Save your recipes
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One week, one view, whole household
The family meal planner app for the whole house.
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A family meal planner is a calendar your whole household can see. In Chefless you drag recipes onto the week, give each meal its own servings, and everyone in your Kitchen sees the same plan, then one shopping list is made from it.
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One shared week. Everyone in the Kitchen sees the same calendar.
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Plan from recipes you already saved, not from a blank calendar.
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The shopping list is made from whatever the week holds.
How do I plan a week of meals?
Save the recipes you cook, drag them onto the days you want, and make one shopping list from the plan. Look at the week, month, or year, give each meal its own number of servings, and add the Tonight widget to your home screen so dinner is one glance away.
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Drag them onto the week
Open the schedule and drop meals onto days. Members suggest meals, the Head Chef or an Approver confirms them, and members can say whether they are coming.
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Shop from one list
Chefless adds the ingredients from every planned meal into a single shopping list. Whoever passes the store already has it in their pocket.
Plan together
Can the whole family share one meal plan?
Yes. A Kitchen gives the household one calendar. Members suggest meals, the Head Chef or an Approver confirms them, and Editors add meals directly. Members mark whether they are coming to a meal, and the Head Chef can tell everyone the food is ready with one tap. People join with an invite code.
- Roles for the Head Chef, Editors, and Approvers, so nobody breaks the plan
- Everyone in the Kitchen sees the same calendar, with who is coming to each meal
- Works across households, so you can plan the holiday menu with family abroad
What helps me plan faster?
Six shortcuts keep a busy week moving. Copy a past week into the one you are planning, get meal ideas when a day is empty, plan leftovers, set servings for each meal, switch between week, month, and year views, and see tonight's dinner with the Tonight widget on iPhone and Android.
Copy
Copy a week
Copy a past week of meals into the week you are planning. A preview shows exactly what lands where, and Undo stays for six seconds.
Ideas
Meal ideas for an empty day
When nothing is planned today, Home shows three recipes you could cook, each with a plain reason, and Plan it adds one to tonight in a tap.
Servings
Servings for each meal
Give every planned meal its own serving count, and the shopping list quantities follow it.
Widget
Tonight on your home screen
The Tonight widget shows tonight's planned meal with its photo and cooking time, and one tap starts Cook mode. It works on iPhone and Android.
Leftovers
Plan the leftovers
Cook once and eat again. Plan a meal's leftovers for another day and the shopping list covers both meals in one shop.
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Week, month, and year
See the plan by week, month, or year. Chefless Premium unlocks the full calendar, and a free account plans around today.
Grocery list
How does the grocery list work?
Pick the days you want, and Chefless makes one grocery list from the plan, adding repeated ingredients together. When the plan changes, update the list. It keeps the items you checked and the ones you added yourself. Use Send list to share what is left to buy with Messages, WhatsApp, or any app.
- Ingredients added together across every planned meal, sorted by aisle
- Quick add understands amounts like 2 eggs or 1.5 kg rice
- Everyone in the Kitchen can check items off the same list at the store
Meal planning, answered.
What is the best meal planning app for families?
The best family meal planner has to be shared, or one person ends up as the household secretary. In Chefless, everyone in your Kitchen sees the same calendar. Drag a recipe onto Tuesday and it lands on everyone's Tuesday, members can say whether they are coming, and the shopping list is made from the plan.
Can two people share a meal plan?
Yes. Create a Kitchen, share the invite code, and you both see the same calendar. It works for couples, parents and kids, housemates, and families in different homes. The Head Chef can let others add meals directly or approve the meals that members suggest.
Does Chefless make a grocery list from my meal plan?
Yes. Choose the days you want and Chefless makes one list from the recipes on them, adding repeated ingredients together. When the plan changes, update the list. It keeps the items you checked and the ones you added yourself, and Send list shares what is left to buy.
Can I plan meals for the whole year?
Chefless Premium unlocks the full calendar, with week, month, and year views. A free account plans from two days before today to two days after. The pricing page lists the other differences, and every plan includes shopping lists and Cook mode.
Can I use the meal planner without a connection?
Plan before you lose signal, because most of the planner needs a connection. Chefless opens with your account and the last Home feed you saw, and Cook mode keeps its steps and timers on your phone, so a dinner you have already started cooking keeps going.
Settle dinner once a week. Free on iPhone and Android.
Download Chefless, invite your household, and plan your first week tonight.
Free to download with no ads. Free accounts hold up to five recipes, a Kitchen of two people, and a five day plan, and Chefless Premium removes those limits.