If you're reading this because Mealime is shutting down, the important detail comes straight from Mealime: the app is discontinued as of 21 October 2026, and the team is moving people to Meals Hub inside US Albertsons-family grocery apps. That leaves people outside the US, in particular, looking for a new weekly planner.
What Mealime is: Mealime is a meal-planning app that builds weekly plans from its own recipe library and generates a matching grocery list, with dietary preferences, allergy filters, dislikes and serving sizes. Mealime's site states the app will be discontinued on 21 October 2026, that paid subscriptions are being wound down with Pro recipes and features opened to all users, and points people to Meals Hub inside Albertsons Companies grocery apps in the US.
Mealime's own notice states the app will be discontinued as of 21 October 2026, that paid subscriptions are being wound down and Pro recipes and features are becoming available to all users, and that its recipes continue inside Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies grocery apps (Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Jewel-Osco and other US banners).
That migration path is tied to US grocery chains, so it doesn't help cooks in Ireland or the UK. If you planned your week in Mealime, you'll need somewhere else to do it.
Mealime plans from a curated recipe library, filtered by preferences, allergies, dislikes and household size, and produces a tidy grocery list from the meals you pick.
Eat In AI starts from what you already own: type your ingredients or photograph the fridge, and it writes recipes around them, then turns a week of those into a plan and shopping list with allergy-aware checks on each recipe.
Where Mealime is strong: A large library of simple weeknight recipes, many of them around 30 minutes. Over 200 personalisation options covering plan type, allergies, dislikes and servings. A grocery-list workflow that millions of people found easy to stick to.
Mealime is the better choice if: You shop at a US Albertsons-family store and want your plan attached to that store's app — Meals Hub is the natural continuation. You only need a plan for the next few weeks and already know the Mealime recipes you like. You want a fixed library of human-written recipes rather than recipes generated for your ingredients.
Eat In AI suits you if: Mealime users who still want a weekly plan and shopping list after October 2026 — especially in Ireland and the UK — and who like recipes built around what's already in the kitchen.
Is Mealime shutting down? Yes. Mealime's own website states the app will be discontinued as of 21 October 2026, with paid subscriptions winding down and users pointed to Meals Hub inside Albertsons Companies grocery apps in the US.
What's the best Mealime alternative in Ireland and the UK? Meals Hub, Mealime's own successor, is tied to US grocery chains, so it isn't an option here. Eat In AI is built in Ireland, prices in euro, and covers the same weekly-plan-plus-shopping-list job while also generating recipes from ingredients you already have.
Will my Mealime recipes transfer to Eat In AI? No — there's no import from Mealime. Eat In AI generates recipes for your ingredients and preferences instead, and you can save the ones you like to your own collection.
How much does Eat In AI cost? Eat In AI offers Chef €2.99/mo, Master Chef €4.99/mo, Gourmet Chef €9.99/mo, each with a 7-day free trial. Free plan: 2 AI recipes a day.
Facts about Mealime on this page were read from mealime.com and Mealime's closure notice on 2026-09-06. Features and pricing change — check Mealime's own site for current details.