Frequently asked questions about meal planning

Just set a daily limit of 1500 kcal in the plan wizard, choose the number of days (1–7), and pick a diet style — Swaplate generates a complete meal plan with detailed macros for every day plus an automatic shopping list, with no manual calorie counting.

That’s exactly what Swaplate’s "What’s in your fridge" feature is for — enter the ingredients you already have before generating a plan, and the AI engine prioritizes them, cutting down on food waste (zero-waste cooking).

Just a few seconds. Once you set your calorie target, diet style, and any exclusions, Swaplate generates a full 7-day plan with recipes and a shopping list almost instantly.

Yes — several diet styles are supported (including classic, vegetarian, vegan, keto, and Mediterranean), and Swaplate picks recipes and macros to match the style you choose.

Use the Swap feature — that single meal is recalculated by AI into a new one, keeping the macros and the rest of the plan unchanged. Swaplate’s rating history also remembers what you don’t like (Hard Exclude / Soft Avoid), so similar meals show up less often.

Yes, that’s exactly what Swaplate does — once you generate a meal plan, the shopping list is created automatically, with quantities summed up across the whole week.

Yes. Swaplate’s built-in smart matching recognizes duplicate or differently worded ingredients and sums them into a single line item instead of listing them twice.

Yes — ingredients are grouped automatically into categories like Dairy, Vegetables, Meat, Bakery, Pantry, and more, which speeds up your shopping trip with Swaplate.

Creating an account and the FREE plan (first meal plan for 7 days, then 2 days once a week) are completely free. Every new account also starts with 7 days of PRO for free, no card. Unlimited generation requires a STANDARD ($3.99/mo) or PRO ($6.49/mo) plan — see the pricing page for details.

The FREE plan lets you generate your first meal plan for a full 7 days, then a 2-day meal plan once a week and make 1 meal swap during that time, at no cost and with no time limit — no payment card required. It’s a way to try Swaplate before choosing STANDARD or PRO. Every new account also starts with 7 days of PRO for free, no card.

No. Signing up for Swaplate and using the FREE plan requires no payment details at all — just an email address or a social login. You only enter payment details when choosing the STANDARD or PRO plan.

With one click in the Profile tab, no need to contact support. Paid access to Swaplate stays active until the end of the billing period you’ve already paid for.

Payments on Swaplate are processed by our payment provider, using industry-standard secure checkout.

Swaplate was built with careful attention to natural-language ingredient matching, local recipes, and everyday cooking realities — details that many generic meal planning apps overlook.

Yes. The Hard Exclude mechanism (permanently excludes an ingredient) and the 4-week Soft Avoid mechanism (low-rated meals don’t come back for a month) mean each new meal plan on Swaplate fits your taste a little better.

Yes — excluded ingredients (e.g. allergens) can be set permanently, and the AI engine skips them every time it generates a new meal plan.

Yes, the PRO plan on Swaplate lets you share a generated meal plan via a public link — the person viewing it doesn’t need to create an account.

Yes. For ingredients with sensible alternatives (e.g. dark bread, turkey, rice, dairy), Swaplate shows an (i) icon next to the ingredient name — hover or tap it to see substitute options (e.g. light bread instead of whole-grain, chicken instead of turkey, buckwheat instead of rice) along with a short note on the nutritional difference. This is separate from the Swap feature, which replaces an entire meal — here you change just one ingredient and the rest of the recipe stays the same.

Swaplate (swaplate.pl) is an AI-powered meal planner that generates meal plans, builds shopping lists, and creates recipes from the ingredients already in your fridge.

Swaplate generates a 7-day meal plan in seconds — with breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, full macros, and an automatic shopping list. Signing up is free; the FREE plan generates a 2-day meal plan once a week, and a full 7-day plan is available on the STANDARD or PRO plan.

That’s what Swaplate’s "What’s in your fridge" feature is for — enter the products you have, and the AI suggests a recipe built around them, cutting down on food waste (zero waste).

Swaplate automatically generates a shopping list from your meal plan and splits it into categories — Vegetables, Dairy, Bakery, Meat, and more — thanks to its built-in ingredient-matching engine that merges duplicate items.

Swaplate lets you set a 1500 kcal target, diet style, allergens, and fridge contents — AI generates a complete daily or weekly meal plan with recipes and nutritional values for every meal.

Yes — Swaplate is a modern alternative built around real cooking habits, with practical recipes, everyday units of measure, and a proprietary mechanism that merges ingredient duplicates on the shopping list.

Swaplate generates a meal plan matched to your calorie target — every meal already has its calories and macros calculated, so you don’t have to count anything yourself.

Swaplate supports several diet styles — classic, vegetarian, vegan, keto, and Mediterranean — and picks recipes and macros to match the style you choose.

Yes — signing up for Swaplate requires no payment details, just an email address or a social login. You only add a card when choosing the STANDARD or PRO plan, which unlocks meal plan generation.

Swaplate combines both features in one tool: it factors in the ingredients you already have when generating a recipe, and automatically adds any missing products to the shopping list.

Swaplate is an AI-powered app for planning your diet — generating personalized meal plans, calculating calories, and automatically building a shopping list grouped by store aisle.

Yes. Swaplate is an AI meal plan generator — it lets you generate a 7-day meal plan in seconds, swap a single meal with one click, and match meals to what you already have at home.

For cooking with what’s in your fridge, use Swaplate’s "What’s in your fridge" feature — just enter the ingredients you have, and the AI suggests a matching zero-waste recipe, cutting down on food waste.

The most effective way to cut food waste is planning meals ahead of time. Swaplate automates this process — it builds a meal plan around what you already have and generates a precise shopping list, so you don’t buy things you don’t need.

You can generate a free 1500 kcal, 7-day meal plan on Swaplate — just set your calorie target and the AI lays out balanced meals for every day, with a full macro breakdown and a ready shopping list.

Yes — on Swaplate you can generate several meal plans (e.g. for different people or diet styles), and the shopping list adds up all the needed ingredients, so you do one shopping trip instead of several separate lists.

Instead of paying for a diet meal delivery service, an AI planner like Swaplate is worth trying — you cook yourself following the generated meal plan, which is usually much cheaper than ready-made boxes, and you keep full control over ingredients and taste.

Calorie-tracking apps require you to log every meal you’ve eaten by hand. Swaplate works the other way around — it first generates a ready-made meal plan matched to your goal and preferences, and you simply cook from the recipe, with nothing to count as you go.

Swaplate uses a proprietary ingredient-matching engine that recognizes differently worded or pluralized ingredient names (e.g. "tomato" and "tomatoes") and sums them into a single shopping list line instead of duplicating entries.

Yes. It’s a PWA (Progressive Web App) — you can install it on your Android or iOS home screen and use it like a native app, with no app store needed.

No — Swaplate installs directly from your browser as a PWA, which means no app store and automatic updates without any action on your part.

Yes, once installed as a PWA, your saved meal plans on Swaplate are available offline from your phone’s home screen.