PlateJoy alternative — the service shut down in 2025
PlateJoy closed on 1 July 2025 and its site is offline. If you're looking for a replacement, here's what actually fills the gap.
The bottom line
PlateJoy shut down on 1 July 2025. The honest question is not 'PlateJoy or Swoodie', it is what replaces it: a planner with one merged shopping list, plus calorie tracking and a couples mode PlateJoy never had — free to start, no account, no 50-question quiz.
If you came here looking for PlateJoy, the short version is that it is gone. RVO Health acquired it in 2021, the app was pulled from Google Play in March 2025, and the service shut down on 1 July 2025. platejoy.com no longer resolves. Its recipes were migrated into the Wellos app, which is a different product with a different focus.
It was a good service, and its users are not wrong to miss it: thorough, nutritionist-informed plans and a grocery-delivery integration that genuinely saved time. What follows is not a takedown of a dead competitor — it is what to do next.
Swoodie covers the part people used PlateJoy for — a plan for the week and one consolidated shopping list — without the long setup quiz, and adds what PlateJoy never had: calorie and macro tracking, recipes generated from what is actually in your fridge, and Swipe Together, where two people pick dinner on their own phones. The recipe library and tracking are free with no account.
Features evolve fast
Swoodie ships new features regularly, so this page may not reflect the very latest. The homepage is always up to date — check there for everything Swoodie does today.
See the latest on the homepage →Feature by feature
| Feature |  Swoodie | PlateJoy |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent free plan (not a trial) | Free — $0 forever | Service shut down 1 July 2025 |
| Swipe-to-choose recipe UX | Free | |
| Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| iOS app | App delisted | |
| Android app | Pulled from Google Play, March 2025 | |
| Web app | platejoy.com no longer resolves |
Where PlateJoy wins
PlateJoy built genuinely thorough, nutritionist-informed meal plans, and its grocery-delivery integration was ahead of its time. Its users lost something real when it closed. That it shut down is not a knock on the product — services like it are expensive to run, because a good recipe library needs actual nutritionists and editors behind it.
Honest scorecard
Where Swoodie wins
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Multi-person session (family / friends)
- Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score)
The verdict
Switch to Swoodie if…
you were a PlateJoy user and need a replacement — you want the week planned, one merged shopping list, and (unlike PlateJoy) the calorie tracking in the same app.
Stay with PlateJoy if…
there is no staying. PlateJoy is offline. If its recipe library is what you miss specifically, those recipes moved to Wellos — a wellness-coaching product, not a planner.
Made up your mind? Start free.
Swoodie plans the week, tracks what you eat and lets two people pick dinner together. The recipe library and tracking are free, no account needed — every scan carries a Blood Sugar Score, six Kitchen Tools work offline, and Premium is free for 7 days on the yearly plan.
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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