Hi all,
We’re excited to launch our brand new app design (on both iOS and Android!) to make data-driven healthy meal planning easier. We’re all about helping you feel your best through cooking and eating well--without spending hours searching for recipes and making shopping lists.
To do this, we use data about your lifestyle, preferences, and goals to design a custom meal plan for you each week. You can take your personalized grocery list to the store, or send it to Instacart with a single click (in 30 cities) for ingredient delivery in an hour. Your recipes scale to the optimal portion size of you + your family members.
What’s new:
* We’ve re-designed the app UX (let us know what you think!)
* We’ve added plans: whole30, ketogenic, low FODMAP, low carb, pre diabetes, and a few others.
* We’ve launched a ten-day free trial available to everyone (you should sign up for this on web or mobile web before downloading the app)
* We’ve updated our algorithms that remember what you have in your pantry and use ingredients across recipes each week to reduce food waste and save you money.
We're super inspired to make eating well and feeling great easier. Would love to answer any questions + thanks for checking it out!
-Christina
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@cbognet I'm really excited for the new app to launch on iOS. These are all things I've been waiting to see with the current app.. Love platejoy and happy to keep providing UX feedback.. - Love, consistent platejoy users + UX researcher ;)
@cbognet low FODMAP!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ my nutritionist bff is going to be so happy
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Listen to me!
You will want this to make your life easier! And it's better than any other meal plan apps I've ever tried!
I am not one person to be super sales-y at all and in fact it makes me uncomfortable. BUT PlateJoy is my one exception. I'm an active user and actually use it every week! I have tried other meal plans and yes some of them are okay, but here's what I like better about PlateJoy: The personalization. I am a relatively picky eater so it's been a nightmare with other plans, but not PlateJoy. I can exclude every thing I don't like! Then I can choose specific types of meal plans preferences; to mix things up I've gotten to try low sodium, low carb, ketogenic, paleo, clean eating. It even takes into account my preferences on leftovers, type of items (brown or white rice, type of milk, etc.), appliances, and variety. I can change my preferences at any time and choose what stays or goes in my meal queue. You can choose as many and as little days and meals or create two plans the same day and it doesn't upcharge you.
After I input the data, it automatically takes account of my preferences for me, organizes my recipes, and provides a shopping list. No fuss. Sometimes I tweak a recipe or double ingredients because I use it for meal prepping.
As a very busy person, PlateJoy makes my life easier. It can for you, too! If you're still hesitant, try the free trial! When I did, I stayed on because I was hooked by the personalization, affordability, and convenience.
@brea_ramos So kind of you to say these things, Brea, and we feel particularly special to have passed your "sales-y" threshold. Excited to keep making the product better for you in the future. <3
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I signed up for PlateJoy because it had Instacart integration and we were getting tired of spending a couple of hours every Sunday recipe hunting for new/different things. PlateJoy takes care of all of that for you and can tailor your recipes according to dietary goals, ingredient likes/dislikes, etc. What really ties it all together are the pantry & shopping list features that make using all of the stuff you've had in your pantry forever a reality and let's you spend about half the time in the grocery store. And, bonus, if you don't feel like shopping, you can one-click send the shopping list to Instacart. There's 3hr of my life back every week. When you have little kids, getting 3hr back is practically like adding an 8th day to the week. Thanks, PlateJoy!
@jacob_kitchel Thank you so much, Jacob!! Your kids are lucky to have parents that care so much about healthy food and we're honored to be able to help with this.
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PlateJoy has been a life saver many weeks for me and my family. Amazing menu's! I'm able to fluctuate my needs and get specialized meals direct from the staff. I recommend this app to all my friends and family!
@jj10brock So great to hear this, Julie. THANK YOU for recommending us!! <3
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A few products have changed my life so much that I have a hard time remembering how I managed before they came along: Uber is one of them, but PlateJoy is the one I can't live without. It makes eating healthy so easy and cheap that I can't stop recommending it to my friends. Admittedly every couple of months my wife and I do get tired of cooking and give it a rest for a week, but after that one week of eating out we're always eager to get back to the healthy delicious recipes that PlateJoy provides.
@carlos_ochoa Carlos!!! Muchas gracias!!!! I took a screenshot of your comment and sent it to my parents. <3 Thank you for the kind words!
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@cbognet On the contrary! Thank you for all your hard work! PlateJoy is amazing.
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I love PlateJoy! There's so much customization available and I love that I feel like I have control over my menu (unlike programs that have just a few options and they send you the ingredients). My husband and I used to hate putting together a meal plan and it'd be a long, drawn-out conversation every week trying to get the other person to do it. This is so simple and can be done in 30 seconds, plus it integrates to instacart so I can get my groceries ordered at the same time. This has been such a timesaver!
@katrina_price Love that we're saving you that conversation every week and so glad you're enjoying the Instacart integration (it's one of my favorite parts, too). Thank you!!
I love this, can't wait to try it for next week's meals. I've tried other meal planning services and they are good but take a lot of tweaking to deal with allergies and picky kids. Plus, the Instacart integration is 💥. One thing to note if you've never tried meal plans or Instacart...despite the costs you often save money in the end due to less food waste and avoiding impulse buys at the grocery store.
@kleneway Thank you, Kevin! We're all ears for feedback - can't wait for you to try it.
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I've had the app for a few months now, and it's been a dream. No more time wasted trying to find gluten free meals that don't cost an arm and a leg. I've even been able to start eating paleo (something I didn't think would be possible with an existing food restriction and a tight budget). The integration with Instacart makes checkout much easier than waiting in lines around NYC for hours. As the commenter said below, I get around 3 hours of my life back on weekends. PLUS I got to specify 30 min meals or less, so I actually have time to make dinners when I get home from work.
Ultimately, doing the math, it costs only a couple of bucks per week, and I easily make that up in the increased efficiency of using ingredients for multiple meals. Financially, it's a no-brainer that also adds some variety to your diet.
@gmbyphotographer This is awesome, Christina! I'm Paleo too (and we have the same name, #twins!) and love that you've been able to give this lifestyle a shot. Thank you so much for letting us know!!
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I love PlateJoy! I've used it for almost every meal for the past 6 months and have recommended it to several friends and family. Meal planning is super customizable for your preferences. We're vegan and have three kids age three and under, so no free time, and it has been a lifesaver for us. My favorite things about PlateJoy:
- saves lots of time I used to spend meal planning and creating grocery lists each week
- recipes are quick and include only the most essential ingredients
- amazingly, everything is tasty. Once, we loved a recipe so much we immediately made it again and brought it to a potluck that same day.
- great customer service. I receive a farm share and want to use certain ingredients each week. I reached out to see how I could do that with PlateJoy and heard back almost immediately.
- has helped us cut WAY down on takeout and frozen Trader Joe's food. I am 6 weeks postpartum, so this is no small feat.
- it's fun and exciting to see what your new recipes will be each week
Can't wait to see how PlateJoy evolves!
@rachelowitz This is such a sweet comment, Rachel - thank you so much. We have a new feature coming out in a week or so that I think you're going to like very much as well - will let you know when it's out. :D
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I signed up for PlateJoy after losing 20lbs. I didn't want to continue dieting but didn't know how to get myself back into cooking healthy meals. PlateJoy has been extremely successful in helping me maintain my goals. Not to mention I don't have to meal plan or be creative at meal time all I do is push a button and it's all laid out for me. We've also ended up saving grocery money because there are no more late last minute trips to the grocery store. Thanks PlateJoy
@jess_brink Whoo! Congrats on the weight loss, Jess. I started PlateJoy after losing 50 lbs myself and wanting to avoid the slippery slope of putting weight back on. So glad we're able to help with that. <3
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