Eat This Much alternative — auto-planning that also tracks what you ate
Eat This Much builds automated meal plans but doesn't track intake. Swoodie plans and tracks — one app, full loop.
The bottom line
Eat This Much plans well but stops at the plan — no calorie counter, no scanner. Swoodie does the auto-planning too (trial, then Premium) and closes the loop with photo and barcode logging.
Eat This Much pioneered the "set your targets, get an auto meal plan" workflow, and it still does that job — with a full web app behind it.
What it doesn't do: log what you actually ate, scan food, or notice when reality diverges from the plan. Swoodie's AI Meal Planner does the same auto-planning (trial, then Premium) and adds photo, barcode and text logging.
Feature by feature
| Feature |  Swoodie | Eat This Much |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent free plan (not a trial) | Free — $0 forever | Free tier |
| Annual price | $39.99 / year | ~$48/yr |
| Monthly price | $9.99 / month | ~$5/mo |
| AI features without paying | 5 free one-time uses, no card | No AI features |
| AI photo calorie / meal scan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Multi-photo / multi-dish scan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Barcode scanner | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Log a meal you ate ("ate it") | Free — basic calorie logging | Planning only, no logging |
| Meal journal / food diary | Free: last 3 days · Premium: full history | |
| Recipe discovery / browse | Free — 8,000+ recipe library | Recipe database for plans |
| Swipe-to-choose recipe UX | Free | |
| Filter recipes by ingredients you have | Free — Discover Mode | |
| AI recipe generation (Chef AI) | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Import a recipe from a video / social post | Trial — 5 free saves, then Premium | |
| Hands-free voice cooking mode | Free | |
| Multi-day meal planner (1/3/7-day) | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Core feature — auto plans |
| AI-built meal plan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Algorithmic auto-planning |
| Auto-generated shopping list | Trial — built with the plan | Generated grocery list |
| Shopping list merges duplicate ingredients | Trial — built with the plan | Consolidated grocery list |
| Macro-targeted meal plans | Trial — built with the plan | Plans hit your targets |
| Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together) | Host: Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shared meal plan | Premium | |
| Separate macro targets per person | Premium | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Premium · Join: Free | |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | Tracker: Free · Coach quips: Premium | |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Free — core pairing + score | |
| Calorie & macro goal setting | Free | Set targets for planning |
| iOS app | ||
| Android app | ||
| Web app | Full web app |
Cost over time
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Over 2 years, Swoodie costs $79.98. Eat This Much costs $96.00 — you save $16.
Swoodie is $39.99/year — about $3.33/month billed yearly.
Eat This Much pricing verified May 2026 · source
Where Eat This Much wins
Eat This Much pioneered automated meal planning — set your targets and get a full week's plan and grocery list with no effort. For pure set-and-forget auto-planning it still does that job well, and it has a complete web app.
Honest scorecard
Where Swoodie wins
- Multi-photo / multi-dish scan
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Filter recipes by ingredients you have
- Import a recipe from a video / social post
- Hands-free voice cooking mode
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Shared meal plan
- Separate macro targets per person
- … and 3 more on the full matrix above
Where Eat This Much wins
- Shopping list merges duplicate ingredients
The verdict
Switch to Swoodie if…
you want auto-planning plus a calorie counter, photo scanning and recipe generation to see how plans land in reality.
Stay with Eat This Much if…
you genuinely only want set-and-forget auto-generated plans and don't track intake.
We put these comparisons together from publicly available information and each app's own website. Prices and features change — if you spot anything inaccurate or out of date, email support@swoodie.app and we'll correct it. We want this comparison to stay fair.
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