Apple Notes is free, already on your phone and can be shared. Many couples start there.
Where Notes works well
- Quick, free-form lists
- Sharing a note with one person
Where it falls short for cooking
- Recipes are pasted text, with no import from a link
- No meal plan: you'd need a separate note or calendar
- Ingredients don't go to the grocery list on their own
- Lists aren't sorted by aisle
Where Yumpair is different
Yumpair imports recipes from links, keeps a shared weekly plan, and sends ingredients to an aisle-sorted list in a tap. It's built for exactly this job, and for two people.