Susten vs Cherrypick
Cherrypick and Susten both turn your meals into a supermarket shop. In Cherrypick, you pick each meal and its servings, then shop at Tesco or Sainsbury's. Susten plans your week for you, to your calorie and macro targets. It gives each person at your table a small, medium or large portion.
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Which suits you
Choose Cherrypick if
- You want to pick every meal yourself.
- You want recipes from chefs such as Mary Berry, Rick Stein and Yotam Ottolenghi.
- You want to add your own recipes.
- You shop in store and want your list split by aisle.
Choose Susten if
- You want the week planned for you.
- You eat to calorie or macro targets.
- The people at your table eat different amounts.
- The people at your table avoid different foods.
We checked Cherrypick's website, app store listings and app on 7 October 2026.
Susten plans each day to your targets.
Cherrypick asks for goals, such as more protein or fewer calories, and uses them to choose which recipes it shows. You pick the meals. Susten works out your daily targets from your answers, or takes your own. Then it plans each day to them.
Your targets: 2,200 kcal and 140 g protein
Breakfast · SmallBanana & pecan overnight oats385 kcal
Lunch · LargeGreek yoghurt & avocado tuna salad786 kcal
Dinner · SmallCrisp panko chicken katsu592 kcal
Snack · MediumBanana protein shake398 kcal
Calories2,161 of 2,200 kcal
Protein142 of 140 g
An example day we built by hand from real recipe figures. Susten picks a small, medium or large portion of each recipe to bring the day to your targets. It plans carbs and fat too.
In its appGoals that choose which recipes it shows
- More veg
- Less meat
- Fewer carbs
- Fewer calories
- More protein
- Less fat
Checked in Cherrypick's app on 7 October 2026. It asks for no calorie or macro target. It doesn't make a plan: you pick the meals and their servings. Its recipes show calories and macros in the app.
Each person gets their own portion.
Cherrypick's household setting is a number of adults and children. You set the servings for each recipe. Susten gives each person at your table a small, medium or large portion. Your shopping list covers every portion.
Beef chilli with kidney beans
Beef mince per portion
- You, small68 g
- Alex, large136 g
- Ella, medium91 g
A small portion is about three quarters of a medium. A large is about one and a half. The shopping list covers all 3.
Recipe for 4Chilli Con Carne (by Sainsbury's)
Beef mince per serving
- Serving 1125 g
- Serving 2125 g
- Serving 3125 g
- Serving 4125 g
Cherrypick's recipe page lists 500 g of beef mince for 4 servings, which is 125 g a serving. Its app has no portion size for each person (checked 7 October 2026).
What you pay
Cherrypick's free version has fewer recipes. Its app sells two subscriptions: Cherrypick Plus and Cherrypick Pro. Susten charges nothing during early access, and you buy your food at Tesco or Sainsbury's.
- Susten is free during early access. You don't need a card, so nothing charges you when it ends.
- You pay your supermarket for your food. Susten shows its shelf prices. With a Tesco Clubcard or a Nectar card, you can switch to their member prices.
- You buy whole packs. Cupboard items like oil and spices last longer than one week.
- Any delivery or collection charge is extra.
Subscriptions on the UK App Store- Cherrypick Plus£2.99, £4.49, £5.99, £20.99 or £41.99
- Cherrypick Pro£10.99
- The App Store doesn't show how long each subscription lasts.
- Cherrypick's terms offer new users a 14-day free trial.
- You pay the supermarket for your food.
- Prices from Cherrypick's UK App Store listing, 7 October 2026.
Point by point
What it is
sustenA meal planner. It plans your week and writes your Tesco or Sainsbury's shopping list.
A meal planning app. You pick recipes, and it adds their ingredients to a supermarket basket.
Supermarkets
sustenTesco and Sainsbury's. Ocado is coming soon.
Tesco and Sainsbury's. You can book a Sainsbury's delivery slot in the app.
Meals it covers
sustenBreakfast, lunch and dinner for every day you plan, and snacks if you want them.
Recipes for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, sides, desserts and snacks. You pick each meal and its servings. It doesn't make a plan for you.
Who it feeds
sustenYou and up to 10 others. Each person gets a small, medium or large portion.
A household of adults and children. You set the servings for each recipe. It has no portion size for each person.
The menu
susten180 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
1,680 recipe pages on its website, including recipes by Mary Berry, Rick Stein and Yotam Ottolenghi.
Your goals
sustenPlans each day to your own calorie and macro targets. Without targets, you pick your portion size.
Goals such as more veg, fewer calories or more protein choose which recipes it shows. It asks for no calorie or macro target. Its recipes show calories and macros in the app.
Diets and allergies
sustenVegetarian, vegan or pescatarian. It leaves out allergens such as gluten, dairy, nuts, egg and sesame. A shared meal leaves out what anyone eating it avoids. Always check the label on the pack.
You set diets and dislikes for the household. It has no profile for each person. Its recipe search filters dairy free, gluten free, pescatarian, vegan and vegetarian recipes.
The shopping
sustenSusten matches your ingredients to Tesco or Sainsbury's products, with pack sizes and prices. You add the list to your basket, in about three minutes.
Cherrypick matches each ingredient to a supermarket product, with its pack size, number of packs and price, and shows a total. You can swap products and change amounts.
Cost
sustenFree during early access. You pay your supermarket for the food you buy.
Its free version has fewer recipes. Its app sells Cherrypick Plus (£2.99 to £41.99 on the UK App Store) and Cherrypick Pro (£10.99). The listing doesn't say how long each lasts.
Delivery
sustenYour supermarket delivers, or you collect. You book the slot with them.
Your supermarket delivers, or you collect.
How Susten works
- 1
Tell Susten about your table.
Your goals, your diet and who you cook for. Each person gets their own portion size.
- 2
Susten plans your week.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, to your targets and how you like to cook. Swap any meal you don't fancy.
- 3
Susten writes your shopping list.
Susten matches each item to a Tesco or Sainsbury's product and shows its price. You add them to your basket in about three minutes.
It's free while we build it. You don't need a card.
Tesco Chicken Breast Fillets 320gIn 3 recipes · £3.50/ea×2£7.00
Tesco Pure Vegetable Oil 1LIn 2 recipes · £1.85/ea×1£1.85
Big & Fresh Barn Eggs Large 10 PackIn 1 recipe · £2.15/ea×1£2.15
Tesco Plain Flour 1.5KgIn 2 recipes · £0.85/ea×1£0.85Questions about Susten and Cherrypick
A good week starts with one decision, not seven.
Answer a few questions. Susten plans your first week.
- No card needed
- Free while we build it