Personal Chef · Nym and Eat This Much
Nym vs Eat This Much for dinner tonight
You’ve got chickpeas, spinach, a can of tomatoes and some yogurt, two hungry people and 25 minutes. Marlowe, the Personal Chef Nym, turned that into dinner. Eat This Much starts from a calorie target.
For dinner tonight, pick Nym. Marlowe made a 20-minute dinner for two from what you had, with no shopping. Pick Eat This Much if you eat to a calorie target.
The same request to both
“I've got chickpeas, spinach, a tin of tomatoes and half a tub of yogurt. Two of us are hungry and I've got about 25 minutes. What can I make? We have rice, pasta and the usual spices too. Nothing too spicy please.”
What you got from Marlowe
Marlowe answered with a creamy tomato, chickpea and spinach dinner over rice. It serves two, takes about 20 minutes and needs no shopping.
Start the rice first. Then warm cumin, coriander and sweet paprika in oil, add the tomatoes and chickpeas, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the spinach until it wilts.
The tip worth keeping: take the pan off the heat before the yogurt goes in, and stir a spoonful of the hot sauce from the pan into the yogurt first so it doesn’t split. Pasta works too.
What you’d get from Eat This Much
Eat This Much starts with a calorie target, not what’s in your kitchen. Its planner asks for a diet, a calorie target and how many meals a day, then builds a day of meals.
Your chickpeas would go in its virtual pantry, which the weekly planner uses first. That’s a Premium feature, like weekly plans and grocery lists. On the free plan you plan one day at a time.
Nothing on its site answers “what can I make tonight with this” in one step. That’s a lot of settings for a can of chickpeas.
What changes for you
What it asks you first
Nym
Just what you have and how long you’ve got. Spices are whatever’s already on your shelf.
Eat This Much
Your calorie target, diet type and meals a day. To use your pantry, you need Premium and you fill it in first.
The plan
Nym
Your Nym can build you a private app for meal plans. It keeps the evenings you cook and what’s in your kitchen, saved between visits. It counts as one of your two personal apps on Free or five on Plus. Coming from MyFitnessPal or Lose It!? Your Nym brings your history over.
Eat This Much
Planning the week is what Eat This Much is built for. You get weekly plans with leftovers and nutrition on every meal, from its own database.
Groceries
Nym
Your Nym writes the list from your plan. Connect Instacart and it fills your cart. Nothing is bought until you approve.
Eat This Much
You get the grocery list straight from the plan. On the web, Premium members can send it to Instacart in one click.
Nutrition
Nym
Nym has no food database. If you want calories, your Nym can add a column for them, and you look the numbers up together.
Eat This Much
You see nutrition on every recipe. On its pricing page, Premium is $5 a month if you pay yearly. In the App Store it’s $8.99 a month, and you can try it free for 14 days.
The two side by side
| Detail | Nym | Eat This Much |
|---|---|---|
| You ask with | What you have and how long, in a sentence | Diet type, calorie target, meals per day, prep time, cooking skill, pantry |
| You get | One dinner with the method, sized to your time | A day (free) or a week (Premium) of meals with recipes and nutrition |
| Your pantry | Whatever you name; it remembers the staples you always keep | A virtual pantry the planner uses first, on Premium |
| The week | A private plan app, saved between visits | Weekly plans on Premium |
| Groceries | A list on request; fills your Instacart cart, and you approve the order | A list from the plan; Instacart export on the web, Premium |
| Cost | Free $0; Plus $20 and Pro $60 a month | Free one day at a time; Premium $5 a month yearly or $8.99 monthly |
| Platforms | Web; desktop app (Mac, Windows, Linux); text or call from your phone | iPhone, Android, web |
When to pick Eat This Much instead
Eat This Much is the better choice if you eat to a calorie target and want nutrition on every recipe, with the week planned for you. Nym has no food database. For dinner from what’s already in your kitchen, use Nym.
Next step
Read Marlowe’s dinner on the Personal Chef page, then try the meal planner here with the evenings you actually have.
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Sources
- Eat This Much: planner inputs and pantry
- Eat This Much: how-to (prep time, cooking ability, blocking foods, meal layout)
- Eat This Much: FAQ (free vs Premium, pantry priority, Instacart export)
- Eat This Much: pricing
- Eat This Much on the App Store
Reviewed . Read Marlowe’s full answer on the Personal Chef page and check Nym pricing.
