A family meal planner that runs in your browser
DinnerCount has 400 recipes, and it sizes every amount to your family. When someone is out for the night, it adjusts the recipe and your shopping list for you.
You can set up your family and plan a week for free. You don’t need an account, a credit card, or a download.
The price is $17.99 through October 21 and $24.99 after that. You pay once, and there is nothing to cancel.
Most recipes assume that everyone eats the same amount. DinnerCount sizes each dinner to the people who are actually at your table.
Say taco night is planned for your family of five: two adults, two teenagers, and a little one. When one of the teenagers has practice, you mark them as out for that night. DinnerCount lowers every amount in the recipe, from the ground beef to the taco shells, and your shopping list changes to match.
Each person gets one slider, and you set it once. A big eater counts for more, and a small child counts for less. These are not calorie targets. They simply tell DinnerCount how much to shop for and how much to cook.
You don’t have to search the internet or copy recipes from a blog. DinnerCount comes with dinners, breakfasts, sides, and desserts that are ready to use. Every recipe is written in plain English and has an illustration that gives you an idea of the finished dish. Each one also shows how long it takes and how it is cooked, and every amount is already sized to your family.
If three dinners this week use ground beef, the list adds them into one line and tells you which dinners it is for. Pantry items that most kitchens already have, like paprika and chicken broth, are kept in a separate section below the list. You can add any of them with one tap. The list is grouped by aisle, so it is ready to take to the store.
Choose a dinner for any night you want to plan, and leave the other nights open. If you would like ideas, tap “Build my week,” and DinnerCount suggests dinners for the open nights. Your shopping list is built from the dinners you chose. If you swap a dinner or mark someone as out, the amounts and the list update on their own.
DinnerCount also helps at six o’clock, when dinner actually gets made. Cook mode shows the steps in large type, marks the one you are on, and includes a timer when a step needs one.
Each person in your family can choose a color theme and light or dark mode on their own device. DinnerCount remembers the choice on each device, so it always opens the way they like it.
The free version is a real way to try DinnerCount.
The full version is the one built for feeding a family every week.
| DinnerCount Features | Free Version | Full Version |
|---|---|---|
| Recipes | 40 | All 400 |
| New recipes we add | Not included | Included during your first year |
| Family sharing | Not included | Everyone in your home sees the same recipes, weekly plan, and shopping list |
| Devices | One | Every device in your home, with up to ten signed in at once |
| Where your recipes and plans are saved | Only on that one device | In your account, so they are on every device and safe if a phone is lost or replaced |
| Add a recipe from a web link | No | Yes |
| Add a recipe from a photo of a recipe card | No | Yes |
| Change our recipes to make your own versions | No | Yes |
| Price | Free | $17.99 one time |
DinnerCount works on any phone, tablet, or computer with a web browser.
Watch one family’s first five minutes with DinnerCount. They set up who is home, plan the week, build the shopping list, cook a dinner, and add a recipe of their own.
DinnerCount was built by a dad in Virginia who cooks for a family of five. He built it because the math of feeding them kept coming out wrong, and because he wanted the whole family to have a say in what’s for dinner. It is made by Human Messenger LLC, a small company, and a real person answers the email at support@dinnercount.com.
One purchase covers your whole family.
The price is $17.99 through October 21 and $24.99 after that. You pay once, and you have fourteen days to change your mind.
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