All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: Chefgood $11.50 a meal on a 10-meal order, Papa Macros $13.50 a meal on a 10-meal order and THR1VE $12.95 a meal on a 10-meal order.
Chefgoodready-made
Papa Macrosready-made
THR1VEready-made
Prices checked 24 August 2026
Side by side
Chefgood vs Papa Macros vs THR1VE compared
Green: best value in the row, shown only when every service has one
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers
Chefgood
$11.50Lowestper meal, on a 10-meal order
Papa Macros
$13.50per meal, on a 10-meal order
THR1VE
$12.95per meal, on a 10-meal order
What the price is based on
Chefgood
10 meal plan (5 dinners + 5 lunches) on an ongoing weekly subscription. Individual meals are priced $11.20 to $13.90, most sitting around $11.75, with a 2% discount applied at the 10 meal size. The advertised $10.98 per meal applies only to the cheapest meals.
Papa Macros
A la carte menu pricing: individual meals sell for $12.50 to $14.95, so about $13.50 per meal for a mixed 10-meal order before the 5% over $150 volume discount. No fixed box sizes are sold.
THR1VE
10 meal box on an ongoing weekly subscription, published per meal rate. The 14 meal box, described as the most popular, works out at $12.50 per meal.
First-order offerNot included in the ongoing price
Chefgood
Refer a friend credit: $50 for you and $50 for your friend during a limited-time promotion, with $20 off a first order advertised elsewhere.
Papa Macros
$10 store credit for new customers who complete the exit feedback form. Ongoing order-value discounts of 5% off over $150 and 10% off over $250.
THR1VE
Starter Box at $109.95 for 10 meals on a first, one-time order. New customers can also get up to $30 off a first box, tiered $0, $10, $20 and $30 at 10, 14, 18 and 25 meals.
Minimum order
Chefgood
5 meals per week
Papa Macros
$99 before shipping and discounts
THR1VE
10 meals
Delivery fee
Chefgood
Free shipping on recurring orders of $125 or more; shipping charged otherwise.
Papa Macros
Greater Sydney $13.50 per delivery, all other areas $15.95 per delivery. Subscribers pay shipping on the first order only, then renewals ship free. Stockist and pick-up locations are free.
THR1VE
Free shipping on every subscription order. One-time orders pay shipping calculated from the delivery address. $89 minimum food order applies.
Order without a subscription
Chefgood
YesSubscription also offered
Papa Macros
Yes
THR1VE
Yes
Delivery
Chefgood
Papa Macros
THR1VE
Delivers to
Chefgood
NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT
Papa Macros
NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT
THR1VE
NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, ACT
Delivery days
Chefgood
Papa Macros
Monday to Wednesday, Sunday
THR1VE
Saturday
Order cut-off
Chefgood
11:30pm Wednesday for the following week's delivery
Papa Macros
10pm AEST Thursday for the following week
THR1VE
Tuesday 9:00pm AEST for first and one-off orders; ongoing subscriptions bill Monday 9:30am AEST and can be edited or skipped until then
Food and nutrition
Chefgood
Papa Macros
THR1VE
Meal type
Chefgood
Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
Papa Macros
Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
THR1VE
Ready-made mealsReady to eat
Fresh or frozen
Chefgood
Fresh
Papa Macros
Fresh
THR1VE
Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it
The ongoing price at a typical order size: per meal for ready-made meals, per serving for meal kits. First-order offers and delivery fees are not included. Prices checked 24 August 2026. Confirm at checkout.
Highlights
Green cells mark the lowest published price, the highest customer rating, the largest menu, the highest minimum protein, our highest score, and a Yes where the services differ. A row is only highlighted when every service compared has a value for it. Prices in different units and ratings from different review platforms are not highlighted.
Customer rating
Out of 5, with the review count and the platform the rating is from. It is a customer rating, not our score.
Our score
Out of 100: customer rating (35 points, weighted by review volume), disclosure of macros, calories and a real price (20), price against services of the same type (15), menu size (10), ordering flexibility (10) and delivery reach (10). Where a provider publishes nothing for a criterion, it is dropped and the rest are rescaled.
