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FAMILYWISE · PRACTICAL GUIDE

Planner

Choose a date and see the meals planned for that day. Keep the full week close by.

Choose this section in Your tools. Everyday Family planning and Pets are included with Free; expanded features need Plus.

About your app version

This guide previews the next planning layout. In earlier versions, tapping a date scrolls through the full week to its meals.

How to use it

  1. Switch Month or Week, then tap a date. The full date above the meal slots shows which day you are changing.
  2. Tap a breakfast, lunch or dinner slot to choose a saved food. Tap a planned meal to review it, change it or see its recipe.
  3. Full plan shows all dates in your plan; Selected day brings one day back into focus. Previous and Next use your saved planning week start.
  4. Grocery list uses the full date range shown for the plan, even when you are viewing one day. Review the generated list before shopping.

Try this

Save taco soup in Meals, choose it for Tuesday dinner in Planner, then create the grocery list for your plan. Ingredients marked as Household staples are left off the generated groceries.

Where it works

These steps are for the mobile app. Records you save locally stay on that device. To share household records, sign in and choose the correct household. Your plan, membership and permissions determine what you can open or change.

Free local planning saves changes on the device. The Account option View saved local setup opens a preserved view-only setup. Open your authorized family from Account → Sharing & sync when you need to make changes there.

Keep the explanation close

Use the i button on the matching app page for a short offline explanation. Settings → Help & about lets you hide or restore those buttons. Hiding help or a tool never deletes its saved records.

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Last reviewed October 22, 2026. Features vary by app version and access.