# Plated: Meal Photo Diary — Journal for food & memory > Journal for food & memory (iPhone/iPad app by Chon Wai Tran.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plated-meal-photo-diary/id6790099546 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Chon Wai Tran](https://appshunter.io/developer/6775185355) - Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 116 MB - Languages: American English, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Released: 2026-08-28 - Data updated: 2026-10-15 ## What is Plated? Plated is a quiet, beautiful place to remember every meal. Snap a photo, jot a note, and tag the dishes and places you love — Plated turns everyday eating into a diary worth looking back on. No feed, no followers, no noise. Just your food, your way. FEATURES • Photo-first logging — add meals from your camera or library in seconds • Food Style — turn a meal photo into a styled food print, ready to save, share, or keep in your diary • Plates — every meal you keep is lifted off its photo onto today's plate, for friends to see until tomorrow night and stamp • Calorie estimates — tap once and Plated reads the photo to estimate the calories, or type your own number • Daily reminder — one gentle nudge at the time you choose, and none on days you've already logged • Photo or words — add meals from your camera or library in seconds, or just write what you ate • Tags & places — build your own palette of dishes, restaurants, and moments • Search — find meals by any mix of words, like "yakitori & Tokyo" • Calendar — see your month at a glance with photo day-covers • Collages — arrange meals into Grid, Polaroid, Film, and Washi-tape layouts (up to 6 photos) and save them to share • Monthly recaps — your month as a printed page, on cream, linen or ink paper • Home-screen widgets — your latest meals, and your week or month in calories • Import past meals — choose photos from your library and Plated uses each photo's time to sort it into the right day and meal • Traditional Chinese & English YOUR PLATE, RESTYLED Pick a meal photo, choose a look, answer a question or two, and Food Style turns it into a print worth keeping. Save it, share it, or add it straight to your diary. To create a style, that photo is sent to an AI service; nothing else leaves your phone. CALORIES, WITHOUT THE SPREADSHEET Add a photo, tap Estimate calories, and you get a number you can keep, edit, or replace by hand. Set your daily burn and every day tells you where it landed — over, under, or right on it. To estimate, a small copy of that photo leaves your phone for an AI service that reads it; nothing else does, and the whole feature is optional. YOUR DAY, ON ONE PLATE Every meal you keep is lifted off its photo and set on today's plate. Pick your plate, arrange your dishes, and share it with friends. They can see it until tomorrow night and leave a stamp, and then it clears for a new day. Your own diary keeps every meal. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your diary lives on your device. Create a free account only if you want encrypted cloud backup, calorie estimates, Food Style, or a group. We never sell your data or use it for advertising. PLATED PRO Upgrade for up to 100 photos a day, cloud backup, every collage style, unlimited tags and places, 300 calorie estimates a month, and 100 Food Style credits a month. Start with a 3-day free trial on the yearly plan. • Length: monthly, or yearly (auto-renewing) • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends • Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions Questions or feedback? Reach us any time from Settings → Contact & feedback, or find us on Threads and Instagram. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Plated Pro Yearly | $9.99 | per year | | Plated Pro Monthly | $1.99 | per month | ## Is Plated safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Plated. ## Is Plated legit? Plated: Meal Photo Diary has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Plated is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4.1 — 2026-10-14 Your day, on one plate. Every meal you keep is lifted off its photo and set on today's plate. Pick your plate, arrange your dishes, and friends can see it until tomorrow night and leave a stamp. No photo? Just write it. Forgot to take a picture? Tap +, switch to Words and write what you ate. It shows on your calendar as an emoji, and you can tap it to pick your own. A cleaner meal form. Write a caption and add #tags and @places as you type. Everything else sits in one toolbar at the bottom. Tables are making way for Plates. Tables close on 30 November. Until then you'll find them at the top of your calendar, beside Search. ### 1.4.0 — 2026-10-13 Your day, on one plate. Every meal you keep is lifted off its photo and set on today's plate. Pick your plate, arrange your dishes, and friends can see it until tomorrow night and leave a stamp. No photo? Just write it. Forgot to take a picture? Tap +, switch to Words and write what you ate. It shows on your calendar as an emoji, and you can tap it to pick your own. A cleaner meal form. Write a caption and add #tags and @places as you type. Everything else sits in one toolbar at the bottom. Tables are making way for Plates. Tables close on 30 November. Until then you'll find them at the top of your calendar, beside Search. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-06 What's new in 1.3 FOOD STYLE Your plate, restyled. Turn any meal photo into a styled food print: pick a look, answer a question or two, then save it, share it, or add it straight to your diary. DAILY REMINDER Never miss a plate. Pick a time and Plated gives you one gentle nudge a day. Already logged today? It stays quiet. UI & UX ENHANCEMENTS • Recaps now come out as a printed page, on cream, linen or ink paper with a real grain • Search with several words at once: "yakitori & Tokyo" finds the meals that match every word • Import up to 50 past photos at a time, each sorted into the right day and meal • A release-notes card on launch, so you never miss what's new • Find us on Threads and Instagram at the bottom of Settings • Many small polish and stability fixes ### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-26 New: Import past meals Bring your food history into Plated. Choose photos from your library and Plated uses each photo's time to sort it into the right day and meal. You can check and adjust everything before it's saved. Find it in Settings → Your data → Import past meals. (Plated Pro) Enhancements - Collages now save exactly as you arranged them, in every style. - Faster, more reliable connection for syncing and groups. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-24 Two new things, both optional. Leave them alone and Plated is the same quiet diary. CALORIES Add a photo, tap Estimate calories, and Plated reads the meal and gives you a number — keep it, edit it, or type your own instead. Set your daily burn and each day shows where it landed against it. Two new Home Screen widgets keep your week or your month in view. GROUPS For the dinner you're at right now. Start a table, share the key, and up to 8 of you post meals, messages and reactions to one place. 48 hours later everything there is gone, while your own journal keeps your meals. ALSO IN THIS VERSION • Swipe left or right inside a day to move between days • A user guide in Settings, with a picture of every screen • A display name, so people at your table know who you are • Notifications when something happens in a group • Weekly and monthly recaps polished, plus fixes throughout • A cleaner, calmer look: a refreshed calendar, a faster photo-first way to add meals, and a smooth zoom into each day. ## Apps similar to Plated | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dakka](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dakka/id6748601003) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Cooked: Recipe & Meal Planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cooked-recipe-and-meal-planner/id6756487375) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Food & Drink | | [CoffeeLover: Coffee Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coffeelover-coffee-tracker/id6760238275) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Food & Drink | | [FridgeCue: AI Fridge Recipes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fridgecue-ai-fridge-recipes/id6763841115) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [我要食壽司郎](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6799831742) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [MenuMeld – AI Meal & Calorie](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/menumeld-ai-meal-and-calorie/id6758939747) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Food & Drink | ## More apps by Chon Wai Tran - [HabitWave: Daily Habit Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/habitwave-daily-habit-tracker/id6775185353) All apps by Chon Wai Tran: https://appshunter.io/developer/6775185355 ## Related topics [photo diary meal](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/photo-diary-meal) · [meal tracker photo](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/meal-tracker-photo) · [food lover diary](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/food-lover-diary) · [food tracker photo](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/food-tracker-photo) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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