Mealbird
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The iOS meal planner · on the App Store · US

Stop tracking.
Start auto‑planning.

A week of meals that provably hits your protein and calorie targets — on your budget, at your store. Every number is computed from USDA data and checked by arithmetic, never guessed by AI.

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The Mealbird home screen: a “Week plan ready” banner reading “Your week is all set! Every day hits your protein and calorie targets”, a strip of seven checked days, and Sunday at 166g protein and 1,733 kcal, in band, with its three meals as photos

Every one of the seven days hits the targets — I added up every gram.

Protein 160–172g · 1,710–1,800 kcal · est. $74.80 groceries

Sun166.31,733
Mon166.41,781
Tue164.61,723
Wed165.51,744
Thu165.21,755
Fri163.71,796
Sat164.71,754
A real generated week (July 2026) for a 160g-protein, 1,800-kcal cut on a $75 budget. Grams of protein per day; the marker shows where the day landed inside the band. Grocery figure is a disclosed estimate from average US prices.

AI meal apps guess.
Mealbird does the math.

We tore down the popular AI meal planners and re-added their numbers. One “840-calorie” dinner summed to 990. A “135g protein” serving contained about 55g. The plans looked confident; the arithmetic didn’t hold.

Mealbird’s numbers can’t drift, because the AI never writes them. It only chooses real ingredients and amounts — every macro you see is computed from USDA FoodData Central, and a plan that misses your targets never reaches your screen.

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nutrition numbers written by an AI

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USDA-verified ingredients in the app

7/7

days checked — never fudged into an average

The math sheet: each ingredient’s protein and calories computed line by line from its USDA FoodData Central record, summing to 49.6g protein and 409.8 kcal

Tap any number in the app and it shows its work — down to the USDA line.

The last step of setup, “Lock it in”: a green check over “Your targets are set”, 180g labelled protein floor, every day, 1700 kcal a day, and below it the editable list of answers — goal, protein floor, calories, which meals we plan

Every day.
Not on average.

A weekly average hides the days you fell short — and never tells you which ones they were. Mealbird treats your protein number as a floor that every single day has to clear, not a total to balance out by Sunday.

A week where three days miss and four overshoot averages out perfectly. It also isn’t the week you asked for. So the validator checks all seven, and a week that misses one never reaches you.

How it works

  1. 1

    Set your targets

    Or let a disclosed formula compute them — your call, always editable.

    The Targets step: 180g protein and 1,700 kcal per day, marked as computed and editable, with the formula disclosed line by line — base burn, activity, the cut, and protein at 1g per pound
  2. 2

    We build and verify your week

    Every day checked by arithmetic against your bands — never vibes.

    Wednesday’s plan: 165g protein and 1,744 kcal, marked in band, with three meals shown as photos with their protein, calories and cook time
  3. 3

    Shop once, cook easy

    Aisle-sorted list with real pack sizes, honest prices and what each pack lasts — or send it to DoorDash.

    The shopping list: $74.80 of food this week, inside a $75 budget, $130.83 at checkout, a “Get it delivered” card that sends the list to Target on DoorDash, and aisle-sorted produce with pack sizes and how long each lasts

Your list, on DoorDash · US

Your week,
delivered.

One tap copies your list — pack sizes and our estimates included — and opens DoorDash on your store. Paste it into DoorDash’s grocery search once and the whole week comes to your door. About two minutes.

Your store isn’t on DoorDash? Pick one that is. Nothing is ordered until you check out in DoorDash, and our estimate stays the in-store number — DoorDash’s shelf prices and fees are its own.

The “Get it delivered” sheet over the shopping list: “Your week, delivered. Two minutes in DoorDash, and the whole list comes to your door”, a Target card marked On DoorDash with a Change store link, “What we send: 32 items with pack sizes and our estimates, $130.83 est. in store”, and a note that DoorDash’s shelf prices and fees are its own
Your store, if DoorDash carries it, and exactly what we send: every item still to buy, with its pack and our estimate.
Step 3 of 3 of the walkthrough: DoorDash’s own list box, the Mealbird bird pointing at it with “Paste the list here, then Start shopping”, and underneath the button “Copy list and open DoorDash” with the line “Nothing is ordered until you check out in DoorDash”
Three pictured steps inside DoorDash itself, then one button that copies the list and opens the app on your store.

DoorDash is a separate service with its own prices, fees and checkout. Mealbird sends the list; the order is yours to place there.

A week you’ll actually cook

Twenty-one meals is a lot of cooking — unless the plan is built to repeat. Mealbird reuses dishes on purpose, so one batch covers four meals and the week gets shorter than the total suggests.

The Blueberry Protein Yogurt Bowl recipe: a photo of the dish, 5 minutes, 49g protein, 410 kcal, a “How we compute this” link, and gram-exact ingredients
Every recipe carries its macros, its ingredients to the gram, and a link straight to the arithmetic behind them.
The week overview: 11 dishes, 21 meals, a note that four dishes repeat — the yogurt bowl four times, one batch covering all of them — and each day’s meals with their protein and calories
11 dishes cover 21 meals. The app names what repeats, so one batch covers every one of them.

One subscription, the whole week

All 7 days with full macros, the aisle-sorted shopping list, every recipe, and the arithmetic behind each number.

We build nothing until you subscribe. There’s no half week and no teaser plan — generating a validated week costs us real money, so we’d rather charge for it than pretend it’s free.

Best value

Yearly

$29.99/year

About $2.50 a month, billed once a year. It starts today and says so before you buy. Cancel anytime.

Monthly

$9.99/month

It starts today and says so before you buy. Cancel anytime.

Questions worth a straight answer

The things people ask before they trust a meal planner with a week of their food. More in support.

How is Mealbird different from an AI meal planner?

The AI never writes a nutrition number. It only chooses real ingredients and amounts; every gram of protein and every calorie you see is computed from USDA FoodData Central and checked by arithmetic. We re-added the numbers in the popular AI meal planners and they didn’t hold — one “840-calorie” dinner summed to 990, a “135g protein” serving contained about 55g.

Do I have to log or track my food?

No. You set your protein and calorie targets once and Mealbird builds a week that hits them, so there is nothing to weigh, scan or log after the fact. It is a meal planner, not a food tracker.

Can I set my own protein and calorie targets?

Yes. Enter your own numbers, or let a formula we disclose line by line compute them for you. Either way the targets stay editable, and changing them affects the next week you build.

Does every day hit my protein target, or just the week on average?

Every day. Your protein number is treated as a floor each of the seven days has to clear, not a total to balance out by Sunday. A validator checks all seven days against your bands, and a week where one day misses never reaches your screen.

Where do the nutrition numbers come from?

USDA FoodData Central. Each meal’s protein and calories come from multiplying the grams in your portion by the USDA entry for that ingredient. Tap “How we compute this” in any recipe to see every line of the arithmetic, including the USDA record number.

How much cooking is a week of meals?

Less than twenty-one meals suggests. Mealbird reuses dishes on purpose, so a typical week is about 11 dishes covering 21 meals — roughly seven hours of cooking — and the app tells you upfront what repeats and what it saves you.

Are the grocery prices real?

They are labelled estimates based on average US prices, refreshed regularly — not live prices from your store, and we say so everywhere they appear. The shopping list separates the food you will eat this week from what the packs cost at the till, because a bottle of oil comes whole and the rest counts toward later weeks.

Can I get the groceries delivered?

Yes, through DoorDash, in the US. The shopping list has a “Get it delivered” button: it copies your list — pack sizes and our estimates included — and opens DoorDash on your store, where you paste it into the grocery search box once. About two minutes. If your store isn’t on DoorDash you pick one that is. Nothing is ordered until you check out in DoorDash, and DoorDash’s shelf prices and fees are its own — our estimate stays the in-store number.

What does Mealbird cost?

$29.99 per year or $9.99 per month. Neither plan has a free trial: billing starts when you subscribe, and the price is shown before you buy. Both are auto-renewable subscriptions billed by Apple, and you can cancel anytime from your iPhone’s Settings.

Is Mealbird on Android?

No. Mealbird is an iPhone app, on the US App Store, and it needs iOS 17 or later. There is no Android version and no date for one — we would rather say so than take an email for a release we cannot promise.

Get your first week

On the App Store now, for iPhone. Pick a plan and your first validated week is built in about two minutes.

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Dark mode from day one.

The Mealbird home screen in dark mode: the same week strip of checked days and Sunday’s validated meals