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Meal planner + grocery list

A family meal planner where the grocery list builds itself.

Drop recipes into the week. Ingredients flow into the shared grocery list, sorted by store department. Turn the whole list into a shoppable Instacart order in one tap — free.

One family account · No credit card · Free forever

Meal planning fails at the same place every time: writing the grocery list. You decide on tacos Tuesday and chicken Thursday, and now you have to walk through each recipe, write down what you don't have, and remember it at the store. By Wednesday you're ordering takeout.

FamilyDash links the meal planner to the grocery list directly. Add a recipe to a day, and its ingredients land in the grocery list — grouped by department (produce, dairy, frozen) so you walk the store in order. Adjust servings, swap a recipe, edit a quantity; the grocery list updates to match.

Free includes the meal planner, recipe box, grocery list, department sorting, and checkout to Instacart. Pro adds recipe scanning from a photo or TikTok video and auto-fill meal planning (one tap fills the week from your history). $4.99/month or $34.99/year, 14-day trial.

Drop a recipe → grocery list updates

Drag a recipe onto a day in the weekly planner. Ingredients auto-populate the shared grocery list, grouped by store department, with quantities scaled to your serving count.

Recipe scanning from photos and TikTok — Pro

Point your camera at a cookbook page or paste a TikTok URL. The recipe lands in your box in seconds, ready to drop into the planner.

Auto-fill the week from your history — Pro

One tap fills the week with recipes you've made before, balanced across cuisines and proteins. Grocery items are pre-generated. Useful for the Sunday-afternoon planning rush.

One-tap Instacart checkout — free

Turn your grocery list into a shoppable Instacart order in one tap, with items matched across ~1,000 retail banners. Free for every household, no upgrade needed.

Department-sorted grocery list — free

Produce, dairy, frozen, household. The list shows in store-walking order so you're not zigzagging. Adjustable per store — different layouts for Target vs. Kroger vs. Whole Foods.

Shared across the whole family

Anyone in the household — parent, partner, sitter, teen — can add to the grocery list from their phone. Updates land everywhere in real time, including on the fridge-mounted tablet.

Common questions

Does FamilyDash do meal planning and grocery list in one app?+

Yes — they're directly linked. Add a recipe to a day in the meal planner, and its ingredients automatically flow into the shared grocery list, grouped by store department. Edit servings, swap a recipe, or remove a meal — the grocery list updates to match. Both are free, and so is one-tap Instacart checkout; Pro adds recipe scanning.

Can FamilyDash send my grocery list to a store?+

Yes — and it's free for every household. The Shop on Instacart button turns your grocery list into a shoppable Instacart order, where you pick your store from around 1,000 retail banners and items are matched automatically. The grocery list also works perfectly for in-person shopping at any store — just check items off as you go.

Can I scan a recipe from a TikTok video?+

Yes — Pro feature. Paste the TikTok URL or share-sheet it into FamilyDash. The video's captions and audio get transcribed and the recipe (ingredients, steps, cook time) lands in your recipe box, ready to drop into the meal planner.

What's free versus Pro?+

Free: meal planner, recipe box, grocery list with department sorting, one-tap Instacart checkout, shared across all family devices. Pro ($4.99/mo or $34.99/yr): recipe scanning from photos/TikTok and auto-fill meal planning. 14-day Pro trial included.

Try it with your family today.

Free forever for your whole household — Instacart checkout included. Pro from $2.92/mo when you want recipe scanning and unlimited calendars.

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