The family meal planner that counts who’s home

Everyone Helps Plan, and DinnerCount Does the Math

Set up your family once, and every recipe and the shopping list are sized to fit. When someone’s out or guests are coming, change just that night. Your whole family plans the week together on their own phones, with more than 400 recipes or your own.

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Everything is open for 14 days with just an email address. There is no card and nothing to cancel.

After the trial, it’s $9.99, paid once.

Prefer an app? DinnerCount is on Google Play too.

Read the transcript

For years, my wife and I cooked the same ten dinners, because those were the ones we knew how to shop for. So I built DinnerCount. It’s a cookbook that plans the week with you. At our house, we plan on Sunday, and everyone picks a dinner.

You set up your family once, and every recipe is sized to fit who’s eating. If two guests are coming on Saturday, add them to that night, and the recipe and the list are sized for seven.

The shopping list for the whole week is already built, grouped by aisle. I place one grocery order, and I know we have what we need for every dinner.

At six o’clock, the steps open in large print, with timers ready to go. DinnerCount has 400 recipes, and there are no ads. You can add your own favorites, too, from a link, a photo, or by pasting them in.

You can try all of it free for two weeks. Cook for exactly who’s home.

A Recipe Serves Four, but Which Four?

Most recipes assume that everyone eats the same amount. DinnerCount sizes each dinner to the people who are actually at your table.

Cooking for Five Tonight, or Four?

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.

Bring your own favorites, too. Add a recipe from a link, a photo, or pasted text, and it’s sized for your family like the rest. You can also edit any of ours and save your own version.

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415 Recipes, Ready to Cook

You don’t have to search the internet or copy recipes from a blog. DinnerCount comes with 415 dinners, 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.

One Shopping List, Grouped by Aisle

Every dinner you plan adds its ingredients to one shopping list, sized to your family. If three dinners use ground beef, you see one line with the total and which dinners need it. Spices and other pantry items sit at the top under Check the Pantry First, so you can tap the ones you already have. Everything else is grouped by aisle and ready for the store.

Plan as Much of the Week as You Like

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.

Cook It Step by Step

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.

Make It Look the Way You Like

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.

Questions and Answers

What is DinnerCount?: DinnerCount is a family cookbook and meal planner that sizes every dinner to the people who are home that night. You set up each person once, and DinnerCount works out how much to shop for and how much to cook. The result is one plan for the week and one trip to the store.
How were the recipe images made?: The image on each of our recipes is an illustration made with an image tool. It gives you an idea of the finished dish, so yours may look a little different. The recipes themselves are real, and you can add your own photos to your own recipes.
How does the free trial work?: Everything is open for 14 days: more than 400 recipes, the weekly plan, the shopping list, and sharing with your family on their own devices. It needs an email address, with no card and nothing to cancel. When the trial ends, you can buy DinnerCount for $9.99, once. If you don’t, your plans stay on your device and Backup still exports everything, but planning and sharing stop.
Where is my information kept?: Everything you enter is saved on each device, in the browser or the app, and, once you sign in, in your family’s own private household on our servers, which is what lets every device in your home see the same plan and the same list. That is true during the free trial and after you buy. We do not show ads, and we do not sell anything about your family to anyone. The Privacy Notice has the full details.