--- title: "Plan to Eat: search popularity worldwide" description: "Plan to Eat is a meal planning app. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/plan-to-eat" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Plan to Eat: search popularity worldwide Plan to Eat is a meal planning app. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Brand**: Plan to Eat - **Market**: Global - **Measured month**: Sep 2026 - **Share of Search among meal planning apps**: 10.2% ## Where the brand sits | Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Meal planning apps | 6 | 10.2% | 8.1K | - [Meal planning apps](/demand/global-en/categories/meal-planning-apps) ## Top meal planning apps in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Plan to Eat appeared in all five answers. Plan to Eat is the fifth most recommended of the eight. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Paprika | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | AnyList | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Samsung Food | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Mealime | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Plan to Eat | 5th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | eMeals | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Eat This Much | 7th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Yummly | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about meal planning apps - Asked ChatGPT "Which meal planning app should I use?": 1. Paprika, 2. AnyList, 3. Samsung Food, 4. Eat This Much, 5. Plan to Eat - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best meal planning apps?": 1. Paprika, 2. AnyList, 3. Samsung Food, 4. Plan to Eat, 5. Eat This Much, 6. eMeals, 7. Mealime - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best meal planning app for weekly dinners?": 1. Plan to Eat, 2. Paprika, 3. eMeals, 4. AnyList, 5. Mealime - Searched Google, AI Overview "meal planning apps": 1. Mealime, 2. Paprika, 3. Samsung Food, 4. AnyList, 5. Plan to Eat - Searched Google, AI Overview "meal planner app": 1. Mealime, 2. Paprika, 3. Samsung Food, 4. AnyList, 5. Plan to Eat Not named in any answer: Yummly. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How has branded search demand for Plan to Eat changed worldwide over the last 12 months? - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Plan to Eat worldwide held steady at 8.1K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Plan to Eat’s share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide increased from 3.6% to 10.2%. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Plan to Eat’s share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide peaked at 10.2% in September 2026 and was lowest at 1.6% in March 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Plan to Eat rose from 7th to 6th among meal planning apps worldwide. ## How did search popularity change for meal planning apps worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Paprika overtook Plan to Eat to rank 5th among meal planning apps worldwide, with 10.2% of the searches. - In September 2026, Mealime gained share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide, from 9.2% to 12.5%. - In September 2026, AnyList gained share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide, from 16.9% to 18.7%. - In September 2026, Plan to Eat gained share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide, from 9.2% to 10.2%. - In September 2026, Yummly gained share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide, from 7.5% to 8.3%. - In September 2026, Eat This Much lost share of searches among meal planning apps worldwide, from 30.9% to 22.8%. ## Historical estimated branded-search demand | Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 3.6% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | Meal planning apps | 9.9K | 4.1% | 6 | | Dec 2025 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 4.1% | 6 | | Jan 2026 | Meal planning apps | 9.9K | 3.2% | 7 | | Feb 2026 | Meal planning apps | 6.6K | 1.7% | 7 | | Mar 2026 | Meal planning apps | 6.6K | 1.6% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | Meal planning apps | 6.6K | 6.6% | 7 | | May 2026 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 7.3% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 9.4% | 4 | | Jul 2026 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 10% | 4 | | Aug 2026 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 9.2% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | Meal planning apps | 8.1K | 10.2% | 6 | ## How are Plan to Eat’s branded searches counted? Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Plan to Eat’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading. - “plan to eat” ## Which meal planning apps compete with Plan to Eat? - [Eat This Much](/demand/global-en/brands/eat-this-much) - [AnyList](/demand/global-en/brands/anylist) - [eMeals](/demand/global-en/brands/emeals): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/emeals-vs-plan-to-eat - [Mealime](/demand/global-en/brands/mealime): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/mealime-vs-plan-to-eat - [Paprika](/demand/global-en/brands/paprika): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/paprika-vs-plan-to-eat - [Yummly](/demand/global-en/brands/yummly): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/plan-to-eat-vs-yummly - [Samsung Food](/demand/global-en/brands/samsung-food): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/plan-to-eat-vs-samsung-food ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Cite this page Brandwave. 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