4.0.8
2019-08-22
Menu Planner's pricing model is changing! The app itself is now free to install and all local features will be available at no cost. To support online syncing to the cloud, a subscription will now be required to sync your data and share between devices. This will allow me to continuing to offer and expand the online features going forward. Thank you for your continued support!
-Fixed some bugs that would cause Menu Planner to crash.
-Fixed some bugs with syncing.
-Added a new account screen. Now you can sign into your Menu Planner account and turn syncing on or off without having to sign out.
4.07
2018-12-11
Fixed an issue with overlapping dates on the mini calendar when moving or copying meals.
4.06
2018-12-03
Updated to work with newest iOS devices and some bug fixes.
4.05
2016-03-20
- When adding items to your shopping list from the Shopping screen, items that are already on your list will now be greyed out instead of hidden.
- Changing the pantry checkbox on the Pantry screen works correctly now when using the Simple Pantry.
- The app will now remember the last screen used when it restarts.
- Sharing a meal plan with the option to show Serving sizes works correctly now.
- Fixed a bug that could freeze the app when changing dates on the meal plan screen.
Thanks to everyone for their support. Please consider leaving a review if you find the app useful!
4.04
2016-02-11
- Week view is back for the iPhone version!
- You can now export month and week meal plans as PDF files.
- Editing recipe ingredients will now show the amounts correctly when changed.
- When adding a recipe to a meal plan, it will now default to 1 server instead of the number of servings assigned to the recipe.
- Fixed a sync bug that caused meals and items to duplicate at times.
- New filters were added to show recipes and pantry items that are uncategorized
- Templates are now sorted alphabetically
- Deleting a recipe will now refresh the list correctly.
- Fixed some formatting issues for iPad Pro
- Fixed a bug that caused the shopping list screen to crash the app for some users
- Removing categories from a recipe works without having to de-select the category twice
- Added a coupon button to the shopping list to indicate if an item has a coupon
There's a website available now for managing recipes. Go to http://menu-planner.com and click on the Sign In link at the top of the screen to get started.
Thanks to everyone for their support. Please consider leaving a review if you find the app useful!
4.0.3
2015-11-15
- Fixed an issues with recipe amounts not always showing correctly
- Shopping lists will no longer cut off the meal plan amounts if they are fractions.
- Added a share button to the meal planning screen that will now allow sharing by date range.
- Shopping cart can now be selected on the iPhone version.
- Added a print button to the iPhone meal plan screen that will print a monthly calendar.
- You can now change font size when displaying a recipe.
- Fixed some display issues on recipe list for smaller iphone screens.
- Recipes can now be arranged by name, category, rating, or last used date.
- Recipes now show last used date.
- Will now show the current date when the app starts up instead of the last viewed date.
4.0.2
2015-10-26
- Fixed data conversion bug that was changing recipe ingredient measurement units.
Shopping List Updates:
- Fixed crashing on shopping list screen
- Adding items to the shopping list can now be organized by shopping group or favorites
- The app will now remember the last store you had selected
- You can now tap on the meal plan info on a shopping list item to see where it's used in your meal plans.
- Shopping list items are now sized based on the text instead of shrinking the text to a tiny font
- Fixed a bug when moving meals to a different date.
- Fixed a bug when viewing recipes from the meal planner that would sometimes show the previous recipe's information.
4.0.1
2015-10-19
- Converting data from a previous version will no longer skip aisles and recipe notes. There's an option under Settings to re-convert your data if needed.
- Bug fixes
4.0:
Menu Planner has been 100% re-written from the ground up to take advantage of the newest iOS features and to bring a long overdue facelift! All of the features you already know and love are still here (although they may look a little different now!)
A few notable changes:
• Supports Apple Watch - you can view the day's meal plan and your shopping list on your wrist
• Multi-Profile support! If you plan meals for more than one person, you can now setup a separate profile to make planning for others simple and clean.
• Recipes can now auto-calculate their nutritional information based on their ingredients (as long as you've got nutritional values for those ingredients).
• iPhone version can now push daily nutritional data to the Apple Health App.
• Store your own bookmarks on the recipe import screen.
• Import recipes as links if you'd rather not import the whole recipe into Menu Planner.
• Recipes can now deduct quantities from your pantry.
• Many new filtering options when viewing your Recipes or Pantry.
• Entering serving sizes for foods and recipes is much simpler.
This is a huge update, and I appreciate the community's support and patience!
4.0
2015-10-17
Menu Planner has been 100% re-written from the ground up to take advantage of the newest iOS features and to bring a long overdue facelift! All of the features you already know and love are still here (although they may look a little different now!)
A few notable changes:
• Supports Apple Watch - you can view the day's meal plan and your shopping list on your wrist
• Multi-Profile support! If you plan meals for more than one person, you can now setup a separate profile to make planning for others simple and clean.
• Recipes can now auto-calculate their nutritional information based on their ingredients (as long as you've got nutritional values for those ingredients).
• iPhone version can now push daily nutritional data to the Apple Health App.
• Store your own bookmarks on the recipe import screen.
• Import recipes as links if you'd rather not import the whole recipe into Menu Planner.
• Recipes can now deduct quantities from your pantry.
• Many new filtering options when viewing your Recipes or Pantry.
• Entering serving sizes for foods and recipes is much simpler.
This is a huge update, and I appreciate the community's support and patience!
3.0.4
2013-12-08
- New icon!
- Tapping the refresh button on the items tab will no longer crash the app (iPhone version)
- Selecting an item from the online database to add to a meal or shopping list will now select the correct item.
- Turning off all nutritional info will now hide the nutrition bar on the item list.
- Devices running iOS 6.1 and lower will no longer crash when trying to select an image to assign to a recipe.
Please consider rating my app if you've found it useful!
3.0.3
2013-09-20
- Fixed some iOS 7 related display issues and bugs
- Fixed a bug where importing items to your shopping list from the meal plan would leave off some items .
- Fixed some bugs that could cause syncing or refreshing from the server to crash the app.
- Brand and Package size will now show up for non-food items on the Item list if those columns are selected
- Browsing recipes and items should be quicker. This will be much more noticeable by users with a lot of recipes and items (100+)
If you're finding Menu Planner useful, please consider rating it in the App Store!
3.0.2
2013-09-08
- Recipe ingredient amounts will now show their original values.
- You can now turn off the nutritional panel while viewing recipes. The option is under the app settings tab.
- Added an option under settings to display serving sizes in either decimal or fractions
- Fixed some bugs causing the app to crash when loading or planning meals.
- Viewing recipes assigned to an item on the iPhone will now show the ingredient list correctly.
3.0.1
2013-08-26
3.0.1 Update:
* Fixed a bug where some recipe ingredient amounts were displayed incorrectly
New in 3.0:
All of the popular nutritional fields have been added so you can track them on foods and recipes. And now you can search our own online database of foods and ingredients from within the app to make tracking quicker and easier!
If you find Menu Planner to be useful, please consider rating it in the App Store!
New Features in 3.0:
- Integration with a new, custom item database. You can search for items online and add them directly to your item list all within the app. The online database will grow quickly over time as more people use the app. It already has over 37,000 records, and it's growing every day!
- Track popular nutritional information and serving sizes for foods and recipes
- View meal plan notes on the month and week view (iPad version)
- You can customize the information you see on your items list, like specific nutritional values, brand name, etc.
- See how many items are on your grocery list as a badge on the app icon
- Scale recipes for different serving sizes
- A button has been added to reset all pantry counts
- You can now store additional fields for foods like brand and package size.
- You can now store the recipe source URL
- Barcode scanning has been re-worked and is integrated with the new online product database.
Bug Fixes in 3.0:
- Recipe import screen will no longer append ".com" to all addresses
- Fixed some syncing issues causing the meals to re-arrange themselves.
- Fixed a bug preventing recipes exported from Menu Planner from being imported again.
3.0
2013-08-22
All of the popular nutritional fields have been added so you can track them on foods and recipes. And now you can search our own online database of foods and ingredients from within the app to make tracking quicker and easier!
If you find Menu Planner to be useful, please consider rating it in the App Store!
New Features in 3.0:
- Integration with a new, custom item database. You can search for items online and add them directly to your item list all within the app. The online database will grow quickly over time as more people use the app. It already has over 37,000 records, and it's growing every day!
- Track popular nutritional information and serving sizes for foods and recipes
- View meal plan notes on the month and week view (iPad version)
- You can customize the information you see on your items list, like specific nutritional values, brand name, etc.
- See how many items are on your grocery list as a badge on the app icon
- Scale recipes for different serving sizes
- A button has been added to reset all pantry counts
- You can now store additional fields for foods like brand and package size.
- You can now store the recipe source URL
- Barcode scanning has been re-worked and is integrated with the new online product database.
Bug Fixes in 3.0:
- Recipe import screen will no longer append ".com" to all addresses
- Fixed some syncing issues causing the meals to re-arrange themselves.
- Fixed a bug preventing recipes exported from Menu Planner from being imported again.
2.8.71
2012-10-21
• Added support for the new iPhone 5
Bug Fixes:
• Meals will now appear in the correct order on the month and week views
• Tapping an item in the pantry list will no longer bring up the wrong item when using the advanced pantry.
• Meal Planning with advanced pantry will now deduct the correct quantity from your pantry inventory
• Moving items to your cart will now calculate the total cart amount correctly (this was an iPad only bug)
• Tapping the cancel button to clear your shopping list will actually cancel now
2.8.7
2012-09-17
• Will no longer prompt you to use the advanced pantry each time the app starts up!
• Tapping the meal planning screen (instead of using the "+" button) will no longer crash the app.
• No longer crashes on iOS 6
What's new in version 2.8.6:
• Advanced Pantry Features - allows you to track quantities of items in your pantries. To see all the advanced pantry features, visit the community site at www.menu-planner.com/community
• Manual recipe import - you are no longer restricted to the list of supported sites to import from! Use the manual recipe import to download a recipe from almost any site
• You can now track calories and "points" for foods and recipes. The meal planning Day view will also show your calorie and/or points totals for the day. You can also turn on/off and re-order those columns. There will be more nutritional information tracking coming soon!
• You can now select past dates when importing meal plans to the shopping list
• Store Aisle detail fields will now save correctly
• You can now group ingredients for a recipe by adding a Group Header - available when you tap the "+" button to add ingredients
• Tapping a meal type that has already been assigned in a meal plan will now allow you to change it to a different meal type
• When deleting items, you now have the option to replace it with another (merging). For example, if you have an item called "Garlic" listed twice and both are assigned to some recipes, deleting one will allow you to merge it with the second "Garlic". This will update any recipes the first one was tied to
iPad Version:
• You can now re-arrange meals within a meal type
• Added a font increase/decrease to the recipe view screen
• When viewing a recipe, the auto-lock can be disabled to prevent the device from automatically turning off. This feature can be toggled under the Setup tab
• New meal planning Day view to better use the screen space and to support calorie and point tracking
• No longer crashes when tapping "Add new group" from item's edit screen
• You can now export monthly and weekly meal plans from the iPad as a PDF and email it for those without AirPrint capable printers (use the print icon)
• Added the barcode scanner
Please remember to update your app store ratings - each update resets them! Thank you!
2.8.6
2012-09-06
Thanks to everyone for their great feedback!
What's new in version 2.8.6:
- Advanced Pantry Features - allows you to track quantities of items in your pantries. To see all the advanced pantry features, visit the community site at www.menu-planner.com/community
- Manual recipe import - you are no longer restricted to the list of supported sites to import from! Use the manual recipe import to download a recipe from almost any site
- You can now track calories and "points" for foods and recipes. The meal planning Day view will also show your calorie and/or points totals for the day. You can also turn on/off and re-order those columns. There will be more nutritional information tracking coming soon!
- You can now select past dates when importing meal plans to the shopping list
- Store Aisle detail fields will now save correctly
- You can now group ingredients for a recipe by adding a Group Header - available when you tap the "+" button to add ingredients
- Tapping a meal type that has already been assigned in a meal plan will now allow you to change it to a different meal type
- When deleting items, you now have the option to replace it with another (merging). For example, if you have an item called "Garlic" listed twice and both are assigned to some recipes, deleting one will allow you to merge it with the second "Garlic". This will update any recipes the first one was tied to
iPad Version:
- You can now re-arrange meals within a meal type
- Added a font increase/decrease to the recipe view screen
- When viewing a recipe, the auto-lock can be disabled to prevent the device from automatically turning off. This feature can be toggled under the Setup tab
- New meal planning Day view to better use the screen space and to support calorie and point tracking
- No longer crashes when tapping "Add new group" from item's edit screen
- You can now export monthly and weekly meal plans from the iPad as a PDF and email it for those without AirPrint capable printers (use the print icon)
- Added the barcode scanner
Please remember to update your app store ratings - each update resets them! Thank you!
2.8.5
2012-03-11
Thank you to everyone who is identifying issues and providing feedback, especially those who have signed up to become beta testers!
- Item headers and shopping lists now display correctly when using the Default theme
- Fixed some interface issues with the default theme
- Added some warnings about trying to sync over a cellular connection if the Sync only on WiFi option is set
- When the device goes to sleep with Menu Planner running, it will no longer crash as soon as you the device is turned back on.
- Updated the shopping list quantity screen to work with the newer quantity changes.
- Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash if it as syncing while you were adding meals to a meal plan.
- Fixed a bug with food items having blank names and crashing the app when tapping on the Items tab.
2.8.4
2012-02-20
- Fixed the crashing issue when importing recipes for devices not running iOS 5
- Fixed some syncing bugs
- The "Email My Password" button works now
New or Changed Features for 2.8.3:
Universal:
• Syncing has been completely re-designed and should be much more reliable
- If you were already setup to sync, you will be prompted to set it up again. This will make sure your data is setup with the new process!
- Items will sync in the background automatically as you make changes.
- If you enabled push notifications for Menu Planner, you'll automatically get changes from other devices also synced to your account.
- Background syncing can be disabled from the sync screen after syncing is setup (Sync Automatically setting). When this is turned off, you'll need to go into the sync screen and tap "Sync Now" before any changes are synced.
- Syncing over the cellular network is off by default, and can be changed from the sync screen after syncing is setup (Sync only on WiFi setting).
• You can now clear the date restriction on the shopping list or set the end date without importing anything to your list.
• Recipes can now be shared through email as attachments. Tap the email button while viewing a recipe to get the option to send it as an attachment. If the person recieving the email has Menu Planner installed, they'll be able to import it by opening the attachment from their device.
iPhone:
• You can now email your meal plans within a date range specified from the Meals tab.
iPad:
• You can now print a meal plan (iPad version only) from the Month or Week view. iOS devices can only print to printers that support AirPrint
Bug Fixes:
Universal:
• Moving a meal to a different date will no longer crash the app.
• The shopping list will no longer display duplicate items under every store, even if it's not assigned to that store.
• Prices displayed on the shopping list will now show Red if a different store has a lower price, black if the store you're viewing has the lowest price, or gray if the price is 0.00 for the store.
• Shopping Groups are now sorted by the order you put them in when viewing "All Stores" on the shopping list screen. (They were alphabetical before)
• When emailing the shopping list, items not assigned to a store aisle will not be included in the email.
• Re-ordering store aisles works now.
• Meal plan quantities should now calculate correctly when meal plans are moved, copied, deleted, etc.
iPhone:
• Switched to the newer calendars when copying or changing meals to another date.
• Added the missing Cancel button to the meal type selection screen when adding to a template.
iPad:
• Fixed the random crashing bug.
• From the meal planning day view, you can now Move or Copy an entire day's meals to another date.
• Item description will no longer disappear when changing the grocery group on a new item.
• Tapping the "Add new Store" item when selecting stores from the grocery list will now let you add a new store instead of doing nothing.
2.8.3
2012-02-17
New or Changed Features:
Universal:
• Syncing has been completely re-designed and should be much more reliable
- If you were already setup to sync, you will be prompted to set it up again. This will make sure your data is setup with the new process!
- Items will sync in the background automatically as you make changes.
- If you enabled push notifications for Menu Planner, you'll automatically get changes from other devices also synced to your account.
- Background syncing can be disabled from the sync screen after syncing is setup (Sync Automatically setting). When this is turned off, you'll need to go into the sync screen and tap "Sync Now" before any changes are synced.
- Syncing over the cellular network is off by default, and can be changed from the sync screen after syncing is setup (Sync only on WiFi setting).
• You can now clear the date restriction on the shopping list or set the end date without importing anything to your list.
• Recipes can now be shared through email as attachments. Tap the email button while viewing a recipe to get the option to send it as an attachment. If the person recieving the email has Menu Planner installed, they'll be able to import it by opening the attachment from their device.
iPhone:
• You can now email your meal plans within a date range specified from the Meals tab.
iPad:
• You can now print a meal plan (iPad version only) from the Month or Week view. iOS devices can only print to printers that support AirPrint
Bug Fixes:
Universal:
• Moving a meal to a different date will no longer crash the app.
• The shopping list will no longer display duplicate items under every store, even if it's not assigned to that store.
• Prices displayed on the shopping list will now show Red if a different store has a lower price, black if the store you're viewing has the lowest price, or gray if the price is 0.00 for the store.
• Shopping Groups are now sorted by the order you put them in when viewing "All Stores" on the shopping list screen. (They were alphabetical before)
• When emailing the shopping list, items not assigned to a store aisle will not be included in the email.
• Re-ordering store aisles works now.
• Meal plan quantities should now calculate correctly when meal plans are moved, copied, deleted, etc.
iPhone:
• Switched to the newer calendars when copying or changing meals to another date.
• Added the missing Cancel button to the meal type selection screen when adding to a template.
iPad:
• Fixed the random crashing bug.
• From the meal planning day view, you can now Move or Copy an entire day's meals to another date.
• Item description will no longer disappear when changing the grocery group on a new item.
• Tapping the "Add new Store" item when selecting stores from the grocery list will now let you add a new store instead of doing nothing.
2.8.2
2011-11-18
Thanks to everyone for the great feedback! If you enjoy the app, please rate it in the App Store!
iPhone & iPad:
• Item pricing! Now you can track item prices per store and see a running total in your shopping lists. You can turn the price option off from the "More" tab on the iPhone, or the "Setup" tab on the iPad.
• Generate your shopping list automatically from your meal plans! Now you can have Menu Planner create your shopping lists automatically based on your meal plans.
Fixed a bug with store aisles not syncing once in a while.
- You can now add ingredients from a recipe to the shopping list while viewing the recipe.
iPhone:
• App no longer crashes when trying to add a new Shopping Group
iPad:
• Adding recipe ingredients to the list from the meal plan when at the bottom of the screen won't hide the screen.
• When planning a meal, the buttons to add meals, notes, and perform actions should no longer stop working.
• Added Shopping group to the item's edit screen for iPad
• Fixed an issue that randomly caused the app to crash when the iPad was rotated
• Fixed a bug when adding notes to a meal that would sometimes not save the new note.
• Fixed some issues causing the app to crash at startup.
2.8.1
2011-11-01
Thanks to everyone sending the great feedback! Ratings in the app store are greatly appreciated!
If you find a problem, please send me an email - it's usually the only way I know there's a problem!
Overall:
* Favorites! Now you can flag items as favorites to make creating your shopping list easier! You can mark an item as a favorite from the Item list (iPad version), or by viewing the item's edit screen.
* General performance improvements and interface tweaks
iPad specific:
* Added email button for shopping lists.
* Recipe screens should no longer go blank when adding a new recipe. If you are still having this issue, please send me an email (
[email protected])!
* Fixed the bug causing new items to not save if one of the check boxes (food, ingredient, etc) was checked.
* Added "All Meals" for month view to display the whole day's meal plan.
* You can now change the font for the month view.
iPhone specific:
* You can now see which recipes an item is assigned to as an ingredient. This can be found on the item's edit screen.
* Fixed a bug where recipes wouldn't show up correctly when grouped by category.
* Grocery items should no longer be duplicated after preforming a sync.
2.8
2011-10-24
* This update fixes the crashing issue on iPads.
* Fixed a bug where selecting a meal type wouldn't add it to the meal plan.
* Fixed an issue where shopping list items could be duplicated after a sync.
* Added some additional visual items and some behind the scenes improvements.
Version 2.7 notes:
As always, I appreciate everyone's great feedback and support! I would also be grateful if you would rate it in the App Store if you enjoy using it.
* iPad version! This app is now a universal app with native iPad support. Please send me feedback and suggestions since it's an entirely new interface. (
[email protected])
* iPhone version now supports very basic barcode scanning for entering items. It only pulls the name and description at this point, and not all items will be scannable. You can find it on the item detail screen.
* Meal notes now display on the meal plan screen
* Fixed a bug where recipe images weren't always being synced.
* Some behind the scenes bug fixes and improvements.
2.7
2011-10-18
As always, I appreciate everyone's great feedback and support! I would also be grateful if you would rate it in the App Store if you enjoy using it.
* iPad version! This app is now a universal app with native iPad support. Please send me feedback and suggestions since it's an entirely new interface. (
[email protected])
* iPhone version now supports very basic barcode scanning for entering items. It only pulls the name and description at this point, and not all items will be scannable. You can find it on the item detail screen.
* Meal notes now display on the meal plan screen
* Fixed a bug where recipe images weren't always being synced.
* Some behind the scenes bug fixes and improvements.
2.6
2011-09-08
This update is a lot of bug fixes. Thank you to everyone sending those error logs, it helps a lot! If you enjoy using the app, I would be grateful if you would leave a rating in the App Store to help me out!
* Added a new calendar view on the meal screen (click the calendar button at the bottom). Let me know what you think of it
*Lots of bug fixes