PlateJoy alternative
PlateJoy has closed. Grocerplan still plans your week and sends the list to Instacart.
PlateJoy's notice said it would no longer be available after July 1, 2025. Grocerplan is a free web meal planner: seven dinners, one grocery list, and Shop on Instacart.
July 1, 2025
the date after which PlateJoy's notice said it would no longer be available as an app or website
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ONE GROCERY LIST
Every ingredient for the week, sorted by aisle
Check it off in the store, print it, or send it to the store you choose.
For a weekly meal plan with a grocery list that still goes to Instacart, try Grocerplan, a free web meal planner: it plans seven dinners for your household and opens one list for the week on Instacart, where you choose the store and check out. PlateJoy's own notice said it would no longer be available as an app or website after July 1, 2025, and that its recipes were moving to the Wellos app. Grocerplan's catalog is small (137 recipes), and it runs in the browser, with no App Store or Google Play app.
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How Grocerplan compares
Grocerplan
PlateJoy (closed)
Status
Active
No longer available as an app or website after July 1, 2025, its notice said; platejoy.com no longer loads (checked Oct 7, 2026)
Price
Free. Grocerplan may earn a commission when you check out on Instacart.
Closed. Its notice said subscriptions would end July 1, 2025, with pro-rated refunds for time paid past that date
Where it runs
Any phone or computer browser. No App Store or Google Play app
Was an app and a website, per its notice
Recipes
137 recipes (78 dinners, 29 lunches, 20 breakfasts, 10 snacks)
Its notice said they were moving to the Wellos app
Personalization
A profile per person: diet, allergens and dislikes. 10 diets plus classic, 9 allergens; some diets still have few recipes (see Honest limits)
A quiz about favorite ingredients, allergies, family size, appetite, weight loss goals and schedule, per its 2016 press release
Send the list to a store
Instacart: you choose the store and check out there. Or print the list for any store
Instacart, an integration announced in its May 2016 press release
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What Grocerplan does
Set your household's diets, allergens and dislikes once. Plan my week picks seven dinners from Grocerplan's recipes, sizes each one for the people you feed, and combines the ingredients into one grocery list sorted by aisle. Check it off in the store, print it, or tap Shop on Instacart.
Seven dinners in one tap, swappable one by one
A profile for each person in the household: diet, allergens and dislikes
One grocery list for the week, sorted by aisle
Shop on Instacart: choose the store and check out there, or print the list
Estimated calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving on every Grocerplan recipe
Switching from PlateJoy
1.
Write down what PlateJoy knew about you: diets, allergies, dislikes, and how many people you cook for.
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Sign up for Grocerplan and enter them. Each person in the home can have their own profile.
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Have favorite recipes from other websites? Paste their links under Recipes, then Add recipe, then Import from link: up to 10 links at once, 30 a day. You add imported recipes to a plan yourself.
4.
Tap Plan my week, then swap any dinner you don't want.
5.
Open the grocery list and tap Shop on Instacart. Choose the store, add to cart and check out on Instacart, or print the list.
Who should choose Wellos instead
PlateJoy's notice said its recipes were moving to the Wellos app, and that PlateJoy users would get an email with free access to Wellos. Wellos's site describes weight-health support: goal setting, weekly lessons and meal planning with recipes and menus, plus coaching or clinical care for some people, depending on their benefits. Getting started means signing in, answering a few health questions and being matched to a program. If a weight-health program appeals and you want to follow PlateJoy's recipes, start there; its price and any grocery store handoff are not stated on its site. Choose Grocerplan for a free weekly plan, one grocery list, and the store you pick on Instacart.
Honest limits
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A website, not an App Store or Google Play app (it works in your phone's browser).
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A small catalog: 137 recipes, 78 of them dinners.
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Keto, Low Carb, Paleo, Whole30 and Mediterranean have few recipes so far, so plans for them mix in other dinners, and the Plan screen says so.
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Plans follow your diets, allergens and dislikes, not weight or calorie goals. There is no coaching or nutritionist.
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We cannot check recipes you import for allergens; you confirm them yourself. The planner picks only from Grocerplan's recipes, and the Plan tab's picker hides imported ones while you have allergies set.
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The Instacart handoff works in the United States only.
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One login per household, and one week planned at a time.
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No export button yet; ask us for a copy of your data.
Questions
Did PlateJoy shut down?
Yes. PlateJoy's notice said it would no longer be available as an app or website after July 1, 2025, that subscriptions would end that day with pro-rated refunds for time paid past it, and that its recipes were moving to the Wellos app.
PlateJoy shut down. What should I use instead?
It depends on what you used it for. For a weekly meal plan and a grocery list you can send to Instacart, Grocerplan is free and gives each person in the home their own profile. For PlateJoy's recipes and a weight-health program, its notice pointed users to Wellos.
Is there a PlateJoy alternative that still sends the list to Instacart?
Yes. Grocerplan plans seven dinners, builds one grocery list, and Shop on Instacart opens that list on Instacart, where you choose the store, add to cart and check out. Grocerplan never places an order or takes payment. PlateJoy had announced its own Instacart integration in 2016.
Where did PlateJoy's recipes go?
PlateJoy's notice said they were moving to the Wellos app, and that PlateJoy users would get an email with free access to Wellos. Wellos's site describes weight-health support with goal setting, weekly lessons and meal planning.
Is Grocerplan free?
Yes. It never takes payment; you pay on Instacart when you check out there. Grocerplan may earn a commission when you check out on Instacart.
Is there an iPhone or Android app?
Not in the app stores. Grocerplan runs in the browser on any phone or computer, so there is nothing to download.
Sources
PlateJoy: notice that PlateJoy is being discontinued (support.platejoy.com), read Oct 7, 2026PlateJoy: press release on its Instacart integration, May 4, 2016, read Oct 7, 2026Wellos: home page, read Oct 7, 2026Facts about PlateJoy come from its closing notice, its May 2016 press release and our own check that platejoy.com no longer loads; facts about Wellos come from its home page. All were read or checked on October 7, 2026. Grocerplan is not affiliated with PlateJoy, Wellos, Eat This Much, Apple or Google; their names are trademarks of their owners. Instacart® is a registered trademark of Maplebear Inc.