Your meal plan
How do I build a fresh plan? (Premium)
By the Platify team
On Premium, tap the plan button to start a fresh week: pick one or two recipes for each meal type, review your whole week, then save it. From then on, a new plan is automatically built for you after every weekly check-in. Free members keep the plan they got at onboarding for this week in their Diary; this article covers building a brand new one, which needs Premium.
How do I pick my meals?
Choose one or two recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and any snacks. If you pick two for a meal type, they alternate across the week, so you get variety without picking seven separate meals.
What happens when I review my week?
Before anything is saved, you see the whole week laid out day by day, with each meal's title and calories. Only once you confirm does the plan actually save.
Do I have to build a plan every week?
No. After you complete your weekly check-in, your next week's plan is built for you automatically and is ready in the Plan tab, so you only need to pick meals by hand when you want to change things up.
Can I add a single recipe to next week?
Yes. Open any recipe and tap Add to plan. The main button adds it to this week on the days you pick; below it, "Save to my next week plan" puts the recipe into the same meal slot on every day of next week, so a dinner you like becomes next week's dinner. If a meal is already planned in that slot, you'll see it above the new recipe along with how many days it covers, and nothing changes until you tap Replace. Once it's saved, the Plan tab opens on next week so you can see the result.
If next week doesn't have a plan yet, there's nothing to save into, so the app says "No plan for next week yet" and offers Build next week. That opens next week in the Plan tab, where you can build it, then come back and save the recipe. Next week's plan is also built for you automatically after your weekly check-in. If next week's plan exists but doesn't include that meal, the message offers Open next week instead, so you can add the meal there first.
Can I add or remove meals in my plan?
Yes, in next week's plan. Tap + Add a meal to add a snack; a plan holds six meals a day at most. To remove a snack, swipe it all the way to the left, or press and hold it and tap Remove. Breakfast, lunch and dinner stay in every plan. Either change rebuilds next week with the new number of meals a day and replaces any swaps, ingredient edits, saved recipes and shopping list changes you'd made for next week, so you're asked to confirm first.
This week's plan stays as it is. Nothing can be removed from it, so swipe a meal all the way to the right to swap the recipe instead. If next week's plan hasn't been built yet, the app tells you next week isn't ready.
Building this way, and rebuilding your plan automatically each week, needs Premium. Your first plan from onboarding stays free to use from the Diary. See the related articles below for the full free versus Premium breakdown.
Frequently asked
Can I build a plan on the free plan?
No. Building a new plan is part of Premium. You keep the plan created for you at onboarding in your Diary for this week, where you can log it and swap a meal.
Do I have to build a plan every week myself?
No. Once you're on Premium, a fresh plan is built for you automatically after each weekly check-in.
Can I add a recipe to next week's plan?
Yes, on Premium. Open the recipe, tap Add to plan, then "Save to my next week plan". It puts that recipe in the same meal slot on every day of next week, then opens next week in the Plan tab. If something is already planned in that slot, you'll be asked to confirm before it's replaced. If next week has no plan yet, tap Build next week in the message that appears and build it first. It's also built for you after your weekly check-in.