CartBrain: Meal Plan & Budget

The Boss Factory

About this app

CartBrain plans your family's whole week of meals around the money you actually have — and the prices at the stores you actually shop.

Tell it who's eating, what your budget is, and which stores are near you. CartBrain builds a week of real meals, prices them against current local flyer deals, and hands you an organised shopping list split by store.

★ BUILT AROUND YOUR BUDGET
Set what you can spend this week. Every plan is built to fit it, using what's on sale near you and what's already in your pantry. You see the running total before you shop — not a surprise at the till.

★ REAL FAMILIES, NOT SERVING SIZES
Adults, teenagers, school-age kids and toddlers all eat differently. CartBrain sizes portions from each person's age, and handles allergies, diets and the food your kids will genuinely eat.

★ SCHOOL AND DAYCARE LUNCHES
Nut-free, cold-only, no reheating, thermos or no thermos — set it once per child and every packed lunch respects it. Rotating shifts are handled too.

★ YOUR SHOPPING LIST WORKS IN THE STORE
Grocery stores have terrible reception. CartBrain's list is saved on your phone, so you can tick items off with no signal at all — and everything syncs the moment you're back online. Close the app mid-shop and nothing is lost.

★ BREAKFAST, LUNCH, SUPPER AND SNACKS
Plan whichever meals you want. Regenerate a day you don't like, swap a single meal, or lock the ones everyone loved.

★ IT LEARNS YOUR HOUSEHOLD
Loved meals come back. Rejected ones don't. Must-have items — the specific snacks and brands your family insists on — are added to every list automatically and counted in the budget.

★ BILINGUAL
Entirely available in English and Canadian French. Switch any time.

WHY PEOPLE USE IT
• Stop staring into the fridge at 5pm
• Stop overspending on groceries without knowing where it went
• Stop buying what you already have
• Get the week's cooking decided in a few minutes

Start free — no credit card required. Live flyer deals cover Canada and the United States; meal planning, budgeting and shopping lists work anywhere in the world.

PRIVACY
Your household's information stays private to your account and is never sold. No ads. No tracking. Delete your account and all your data at any time, from inside the app or at cartbrain.ca/account/delete.

Questions? [e-mail]

What’s new

Setup now asks for your town before you finish — without it we can't find the stores near you or price your week, and people who skipped it were left unable to make a plan at all.
Your store list now opens with real grocery stores instead of gas stations and pharmacies.
Better grocery pricing: no more absurd quantities, wholesale case prices are no longer quoted for a single pack, packed lunches and snacks are budgeted for, and leftovers are no longer added to your shopping list.