Track grocery prices
Add receipt items and MealCost builds a simple grocery price history over time.
Know what your meals really cost.
MealCost is a lightweight iOS app that helps you track grocery prices and meal costs using your own receipt data. Add a receipt, build meals from ingredients, or log dining out with a single total. Over time, you’ll see cost per meal, cost per person, and grocery price trends that are based on what you actually paid.
- Meal cost tracker: cost per meal and cost per person
- Grocery price tracker: simple price history from receipts
- Dining out totals with optional tip tracking
What you can do with MealCost
Clear numbers for real life—groceries, cooking, leftovers, and eating out.
Build meals from ingredients
Combine ingredients into meals and calculate what each meal actually cost based on past purchases.
Cost per person
Set servings so you can compare home cooking to dining out on an apples-to-apples basis.
Dining out totals
Log dining out with one total, and optionally track tip separately.
Trends that make sense
See how food costs change month to month—without spreadsheets.
Private by design
No weird tracking. MealCost is designed to stay lightweight and personal.
How it works
Start small. It gets better naturally as your history grows.
1) Add a receipt (or a total)
Enter grocery receipt items, or log a dining out meal with just the final total.
2) Create meals
Pick ingredients, set servings, and MealCost calculates cost per meal and cost per person.
3) Watch trends
Use your charts to spot what’s rising, what’s stable, and what’s worth adjusting.
About MealCost
MealCost was built for a simple reason: food costs are hard to “feel” until you can see them. Instead of guessing, MealCost helps you capture what you actually spent, then turns it into cost-per-meal numbers and grocery price trends over time. It’s designed to be quick to use, easy to understand, and useful even if you only track a few meals each week.
App screens
A quick look at what you’ll see inside MealCost.
Dashboard overview
Budget charts
Dining out and tips
Price change chart
Get MealCost
Start tracking your meal costs in minutes.
Email mealcostapp@gmail.com for support, feature requests, and feedback.