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Your week’s meals, just the way you like them.
30 features · including 4 newWhen you arrive, pick your full week, or go straight to a family recipe, a dinner party, your recipes, Fridge Clear-out or ideas: nothing to set up first.
Where to find it Creating your planner › What brings you here?Popotam plans your week’s lunches and dinners around your tastes, with no account and no API key.
Where to find it Home › Create my plannerYour week’s meals laid out day by day, lunch and dinner alike.
Where to find it HomeSwap two meals, move a dish to another day or from lunch to dinner, ask for another idea, remove or add a dish, then save it all at once.
Where to find it Home › Edit my weekNot feeling a dish? Ask for another one without redoing the whole week.
Where to find it Home › a meal › Something elseYour bolognese made veggie, lighter, higher in protein, quicker or cheaper, with the numbers to prove it on every idea.
Where to find it Home › a meal › Something else › This dish, reworkedSay what you’d enjoy for this meal: Popotam searches with it, even a food you had excluded.
Where to find it Home › a meal › Something elseReplace a dish with a recipe from your cookbook, picked with a search, scaled to your household: the grocery list follows.
Where to find it Home › a meal › Something else › A dish from your cookbook?Friday pizza or grandma’s gratin: just write its name in the planner, no recipe, no generation.
Where to find it Edit my week › Add a dishOn an empty slot, bring back one of your classics, a cookbook recipe or a dish from a past week, with a search by dish or ingredient.
Where to find it Edit my week › Add a dishOpen an empty week and fill it by hand: the grocery list, stores and printing already work.
Where to find it Home › Your week is still emptyNothing appeals? Popotam plans the entire week again.
Where to find it Home › the week’s ··· › Redo my weekBegin with the rest of this week, or a full week from Monday.
Where to find it Creating your planner › StartTurn on automatic planning: your next week is ready on Monday.
Where to find it PreferencesEach week that ends brings a new one at the far end: you always stay a month ahead.
Where to find it PreferencesPlan four weeks ahead for a single shopping trip.
Where to find it Cook › Plan my monthChange a dish, cancel it or write its recipe before the week even starts.
Where to find it Home › next weekBrowse your weeks, in the planner and in the grocery list alike.
Where to find it Home › the weeksWhile your week is being planned, go wherever you like: it cooks on the planner and a banner follows you everywhere else.
Prefer your own assistant? Copy the prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude, then paste its answer.
Where to find it Creating your planner › My AIEmpty a week or start over, knowing exactly what is kept.
Where to find it Edit my week › Start overEating out? Cancel the meal: it leaves the grocery list and the budget.
Where to find it Home › a mealCheck off a meal as eaten on the home screen, and your day moves along.
Where to find it HomePopotam remembers your last three weeks and avoids suggesting the same dishes again.
Look back at a week, leave a note on it, cook a dish or the whole week again.
Where to find it Cook › Past weeksNot home for lunch? Uncheck the slots you don’t want planned.
Where to find it Preferences › Weekly rhythmFrom a solo meal to a big table, set the number of people.
Where to find it PreferencesA few questions (table, groceries, diet, plate, week) and your planner is ready, no account needed.
Where to find it Create my meal planTry the app with a real sample week before creating your own.
Where to find it Website home › See an exampleComing from one of the website’s sample menus? Your settings are already filled in.
Where to find it The website’s menusA list ready for the store, and what it costs.
14 features · including 2 newYour grocery list comes sorted by aisle, ready for the store.
Where to find it GroceriesShop at several stores: each one gets its share of the list, to send separately.
Where to find it Groceries › My storesEvery ingredient has its price, based on average store prices (Open Prices and INSEE): an estimate, and labeled as one.
Where to find it GroceriesWhat you already have at home leaves the list and the budget.
Where to find it GroceriesCheck off your items as you go through the store, week by week.
Where to find it GroceriesType “2 kg apples” or “laundry detergent”: the item gets an estimated price and lands in its aisle.
Where to find it Groceries › Add an itemShare it to Google Keep, WhatsApp or your notes, one line per item.
Where to find it Groceries › ··· › Send my listMerge your weeks into a single list: a shared item only shows up once.
Where to find it Groceries › the periodPick the first and last day on a calendar, even across two months: the remaining budget drops with every item you check.
Where to find it Groceries › the periodFrance, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland or the United States: prices and budget at that country’s level, in its currency.
Where to find it Groceries › Your countryShare ingredients across dishes: maximum, moderate or no optimization.
Where to find it PreferencesGo straight to the aisle you’re in, and its header stays on screen while you shop.
Where to find it GroceriesShop wherever you like: no partner chain, no commission.
Add a grocery reminder to Google Calendar, Outlook or an .ics file.
A recipe for every dish, and your own.
18 features · including 2 newMeasured ingredients, equipment, steps and tips, written on demand for every dish.
Where to find it Home › a meal › RecipeKeep the recipes you love, from one week to the next.
Where to find it My cookbookAdd your own recipes: ingredients, amounts, steps, and the price estimated for you.
Where to find it My cookbook › Add a recipeSnap grandma’s recipe card or record her telling it: Popotam writes it out, you check it, and the recipe goes into your cookbook with its memory.
Where to find it My cookbook › A family recipeOne step at a time, ingredients to check off, and timers that ring even with the recipe closed.
Where to find it Recipe › Cook step by stepOne recipe per screen, filtered by your diets and tastes: save it to your cookbook or put it in your planner.
Where to find it Cook › DiscoverPlace a saved recipe on the slot of your choice: the groceries follow.
Where to find it My cookbook › a recipe › Add to plannerTwo or four dishes from your cookbook come back each week, checked like the rest (diet, excluded foods, time, recently eaten).
Where to find it Preferences › Anti-repetitionAdd a saved recipe’s ingredients to your grocery list without changing your planner.
Where to find it My cookbook › a recipeTo write, quick, budget, vegetarian, or a search.
Where to find it My cookbookNewest, quickest, cheapest, or alphabetical.
Where to find it My cookbook“Birthday”, “Kids”, “Batch”… tag your recipes, then filter by tag.
Where to find it My cookbookA square card in Popotam colors, ready to post.
Where to find it Recipe › ShareIngredients to check off and numbered steps, on a single page.
Where to find it Recipe › PrintTell Popotam you have a Thermomix: every recipe opens a Cookidoo search for the same dish.
Where to find it Preferences › Your multicookerSaw a dish you liked on the website? Pick the day, and your week is planned around it.
Where to find it A recipe page › Add to my plannerA meal idea for tonight or tomorrow, no account needed: amounts for your table, price per serving and a grocery list to copy.
Where to find it Website › What’s for dinner tonight?Recipes, menus, meal prep plans, guides, tools and features, with veggie, quick, cheap and for-two filters.
Where to find it Website › SearchPopotam cooks for you, and for everyone at the table.
11 features · including 3 newChange the number of people, your diet or your weekly meals on the same screen as when you started, and save without redoing your week.
Where to find it My preferencesHalal, kosher, alcohol-free, pregnancy, nine common allergens: checked dish by dish, and what nobody at home likes kept out of every dish.
Where to find it Preferences › DietEvery suggested dish is checked (diets, excluded foods, maximum time) before it reaches you.
Foods you don’t like are strictly kept out of your menus.
Where to find it PreferencesVegetarian, gluten-free, no pork… your restrictions and preferences are taken into account.
Where to find it PreferencesAt every meal, every other meal or two to three times a week: kept dish by dish, lunch and dinner, or just one.
Where to find it Preferences › BalanceFavorite cuisines, spice level, adventurousness and foods to favor.
Where to find it Preferences › TastesMaximum cooking time, express evenings, your skill level and the equipment you have.
Where to find it PreferencesBalanced, high-protein, light or comforting: choose what your menus aim for.
Where to find it PreferencesChoose your household’s row of filters (time, diet, kind of dish, low price, freshness), saved with the planner.
Set the number of treat meals and the anti-repetition memory.
Where to find it PreferencesGuests coming? One menu for the whole table.
4 features · including 4 newOne menu for the whole table, from a single dish to a feast, on the date of your choice.
Where to find it Cook › We’re hosting!Build your meal dish by dish from the sleigh: menus, mains, yule logs, cookies and drinks, with each guest’s allergies and diets shown on every dish.
Where to find it We’re hosting! › Christmas dinnerOne shared menu by default, a veggie version only when needed, and “who eats what” plate by plate.
Where to find it Cook › We’re hosting!Host the same guests again without serving them the same dish, with the meal’s groceries, the time to sit down and who brings what.
Where to find it My cookbook › My tablesLess time in the kitchen, less waste.
11 features · including 5 newChoose the dishes to make ahead: Popotam spreads them over the week and times your session, with how long each container keeps, adapted to your kitchen (stovetop, oven, multicooker).
Where to find it Cook › Meal prepSay what you have on hand: Popotam suggests dishes with it and tells you what’s missing.
Where to find it Cook › Fridge raidA dinner cooked in double comes back the next day for lunch or dinner, and the groceries count both meals.
Where to find it Preferences › Your mealsEvery dinner is also cooked for the next day’s lunch, amounts and groceries included.
Where to find it Preferences › Your mealsOn any meal, a copy takes the next day’s slot, with an “Undo”.
Where to find it Home › a mealServe a dish a second time instead of another: within the next two days, it becomes leftovers.
Where to find it Edit my week › DuplicateYour list tells you what will be left of an opened can or tray, and your week uses up the rest in another dish.
Where to find it GroceriesReady-made sessions on the website, to drop into your week in one go.
Where to find it Website › Meal prep plansHens, vegetable patch, orchard: your produce goes first in your menus and leaves the grocery list and budget.
Where to find it Home › Your own produceSeasonal produce, meal prep, pantry to use up: set what matters to you.
Where to find it PreferencesThe day before, Popotam reminds you to soak tomorrow’s dried chickpeas or beans.
Where to find it HomeTogether, on all your screens, no account.
19 features · including 1 newSend, copy or show the link: everyone manages the planner from their phone, with no limit on people.
Where to find it Share this plannerWhat one person changes shows up for the others within seconds, and two changes made at the same time are both kept.
Your devices sync through a secret link, with no account or password.
Where to find it My accessNo account, no ads, no tracking cookies.
On a new device, paste your link or have it emailed to you.
Where to find it I have a plannerA single email address finds up to five planners.
Where to find it My accessJoin a planner by scanning its QR code, without leaving the app.
Where to find it I have a plannerSeveral planners on one device, each with its own name, and you switch between them in one go.
Where to find it Top › My plannersStart an empty planner: the others stay in your device’s list.
Where to find it Top › My plannersRemove a device without deleting anything online: the link still opens the planner elsewhere.
Where to find it My accessFree on Google Play, with the same planner as on the website.
Where to find it Google PlayOn your phone or computer, like a real app.
An icon, no browser bar, and offline access.
Your planner, grocery list and recipes stay available offline.
If you like, your phone lets you know when your week is ready, even after you’ve left the app.
Optional, with no newsletter and no marketing.
Where to find it My accessThe day ribbon, one visible action per item, and the rest in a sheet from the bottom.
On your phone, secondary options fit in a single button, and the planner’s name gets its space back.
In the app and on the website, with US or metric units on each device.
Where to find it English websiteAny recipe site or blog: amounts switch to grams and milliliters, the recipe is translated if needed, and the card goes into your cookbook.
Where to find it My cookbook › Add a recipe › ImportFrom a computer: recipes, diet, allergies and disliked foods move into Popotam before the service shuts down.
Where to find it Import from MealimeFrom your phone: the text is read without AI, and a plan’s titles find their public pages.
Where to find it Import from MealimeChoose the weeks, recipes and grocery list, with a live preview.
Where to find it Home › ··· › PrintDownload your document as a PDF, named after your planner and its week.
Where to find it Home › ··· › PrintKeep a file with all your data, and import it again whenever you like.
Where to find it My accessIn one click: your data stays on your device.
Where to find it My accessFor good, at any time, knowing exactly what is erased.
Where to find it My accessCalories, protein, carbs and fat for every dish, calculated from ANSES’s Ciqual table, never by AI.
Where to find it Home › a mealEach day’s total and the week’s average, lunch and dinner, with a day-by-day chart.
Where to find it HomeTell us what you would like Popotam to do. Many of the features on this page started with a message like yours.
Yes. All 117 Popotam features are free for everyone: no subscription, no paid tier, no ads. Popotam runs on donations from the people who use it.
No. Your planner lives behind a secret link, with no account or password. An email address is optional, only to find your planners again or get a reminder.
Yes: vegetarian, vegan, no pork, halal, kosher, gluten-free, lactose-free, alcohol-free, pregnancy and nine common allergens. Every suggested dish is checked before you see it, and foods you dislike are kept out of your menus.
Yes: write them in your cookbook, import them from a link (any recipe site or blog) or photograph a handwritten recipe card. Dishes from your cookbook then come back in your weeks.
Yes: the grocery list sorts itself by store, one main store and others for some aisles, and each store gets its share to send separately. Popotam works with any store, with no partner and no commission.
Yes: in any browser, installed on your home screen, or with the free Android app on Google Play. The same planner is shared with a link or a QR code, and what one person changes shows up for the others within seconds.
It plans the menus and writes recipes on demand. The code checks every dish (diet, excluded foods, time) before showing it to you; calories come from ANSES's Ciqual table, never from the AI, and prices from in-store price surveys (Open Prices and INSEE).
Kept up to date: newest feature added on November 2, 2026.