Key facts

Platform: iPhone (requires iOS 15 or later)
Category: Food & Drink
Availability: US App Store, launched October 30, 2026
Price: Henry Pro is 14 days free, then $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year; Family Sharing supported
Publisher: Double Springs Technology, LLC
Contact: hello@henry.kitchen
Web: henry.kitchen
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id6771762463

Descriptions

Short description

Henry is an iPhone app that plans a family's weeknight dinners. Tell Henry who's at your table, what each person likes and won't touch, and which nights are packed. Henry plans the week around all of it, with an alternate for the picky eater, and builds one grocery list you can send to Instacart in a tap. It remembers your family from week to week.

Longer description

Every family has the 5 p.m. question, and it usually lands on one parent: what's for dinner, who will actually eat it, and what still needs buying. Henry takes that job. You set up your household once: each person's tastes and dislikes, plus any allergies and restrictions. Henry reads which nights are busy and plans the week accordingly, with quick dinners, leftovers or a night off where the calendar is full, and an alternate plate when one child won't eat the main dish. Swap any meal you don't like. When the week looks right, Henry turns it into one grocery list you can send to Instacart in a tap. Henry plans around the allergies and restrictions you enter; always check every label.

Boilerplate

Henry is an iPhone app that plans a family's weeknight dinners around everyone at the table and the family's busy nights, then turns the week into one grocery list. Henry is published by Double Springs Technology, LLC. henry.kitchen

A line from the team

"Every family asks 'what's for dinner?' every night, and the answer usually falls to one person. We built Henry to take the whole job: who eats what, which nights are busy, and what to buy." (the Henry team)

What Henry does

Plans for everyone at your table: each person's tastes and dislikes, with an alternate for the picky eater.
Fits your week: busy nights get quick dinners, leftovers or a night off.
One list, straight to Instacart: every ingredient for the week on one list, sent in a tap.
Swap anything: tap a meal you don't like and Henry replaces it.
Remembers your family: the household profile carries from week to week.

Henry plans around the allergies and restrictions you enter; always check every label.

Screenshots

Eight clean captures for articles. Tap any image for the full-resolution PNG.

Captioned App Store set

Video

Meet Henry — 30 secondsDownload

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Vertical 9:16 versions shown; 4:5 versions are in the ZIP.

Fact sheet & logos

PDF

Fact sheetOne-page PDF

App icon1024 px PNG

Lockup — lightPNG · SVG

Lockup — darkPNG · SVG

SVG lockups and the QR code (light, dark, QR) are in the ZIP too.

From the beta

In Henry’s beta, two-thirds of families said they had been spending more than 30 minutes a week deciding dinners and building the grocery list; 40 percent spent more than an hour.

“A great resource for meal planning when you are burnt out being the one deciding what everyone eats.”— a Henry beta tester

“Great for helping busy families plan meals based around schedules and preferences.”— a Henry beta tester

“It has been a lifesaver and such a time saver. It's basically your little helper and makes meal planning and prep actually fun.”— a Henry beta tester

Testers were compensated by BetaTesting for participating; quotes shared with permission.

Story angles

Taking “what's for dinner?” off one parent's plate: the planning, the remembering and the grocery list, handled.
An AI built for one job: unlike a chat thread, it remembers your family from week to week and turns the plan into a grocery list you can send to Instacart.
One table, different eaters: each person's tastes and dislikes, plus an alternate plate for the picky eater.
Built around busy nights: quick dinners, leftovers or a night off when the week is packed.
An indie app from a small team.

For journalists

Who makes Henry? A small independent team at Double Springs Technology, LLC. We keep individual names off our materials.
Is it AI? Yes. Henry uses AI to build each week’s plan from your family’s profile.
How is it different from asking a chatbot? Henry remembers your family from week to week. It plans around each person’s tastes and dislikes, the allergies and restrictions you enter, and your busy nights. Then it turns the week into one grocery list you can send to Instacart.
What happens to my family’s data? To plan meals, Henry sends OpenAI the household details you enter (first names or labels, tastes and dislikes, allergies and restrictions, busy nights, cooking preferences and your feedback on meals), and we ask for your explicit consent before any of it is sent. We don’t send your name, email or payment details, and OpenAI doesn’t use data submitted through its API to train its models. Full policy: henry.kitchen/privacy.
Which grocery service? Instacart, for now.
Android or iPad? Not yet; iPhone only for now.
Review access: complimentary full-access codes on request — email hello@henry.kitchen with the subject “Henry review code”. We reply within one business day and can set up a demo household for testing.

News

October 30, 2026 — Henry launches on the US App Store.

Brand and trademarks

Write the name as “Henry”. The full App Store name is “Henry - Family Meal Planner”.
Please don’t alter the icon or the butler mark.
Henry and the Henry butler logo are trademarks of Double Springs Technology, LLC.

Partnerships

Creators, brands and partners: hello@henry.kitchen.