Platter's Wine Guide vs Intermittent Fasting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Platter's Wine Guide
Explore South African wines with detailed reviews and producer information. Save your favorites, rate wines, and discover wineries with navigation tools. Access the latest data annually.
- Over 8,000 wine reviews
- 900+ producer details
- Winelands travel information
- User wine ratings
- Virtual wine collection
- Social media sharing
- Geo-location for wineries
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Platter's by Diners Club Wine Guide 2024 - Everything you want to know about South African wine PLEASE NOTE -- THIS APP IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD BUT THEREAFTER A PAID SUBSCRIPTION TO PLATTER'S DATA IS REQUIRED. A SUBSCRIPTION IS VALID FOR ONE YEAR AND INCLUDES ACCESS TO THE WEB-BASED GUIDE (WWW.WINEONAPLATTER.COM) Since 1980, Platter's hardcover book has been the winelover's essential guide to exploring the world of South African wine, including reviews of over 8,000 wines by a team of expert judges and key information about more than 900 wine producers. This app is “Platter's in your pocket", with the latest wine descriptions and ratings, plus updated winelands travel information at your fingertips. To note: 1. Platter's app has been developed for the latest phone software versions and all features may not work on earlier versions. 2. The app data is replaced annually at launch of the new printed guide. A subscription allows access to the data for one year from date of subscription purchase, whereafter you will need to renew your subscription. 3. Occasionally there may be wines that are not in the database. Usually this is due to producer non-submission or wines not being ready for review by our tasters. You are welcome to email us to check. 4. Users of the web-based version of the guide (www.wineonaplatter.com) can log in to the app using their current Platter's username and password. The app features: - The wine descriptions and ratings for the latest edition (2022), plus all the reviews since 2008 - Search for wines using detailed drop-down menus - Winery overviews and essential information (owner, winemaker, viticulturist etc) - Tourist information such as tasting lounge opening hours, visitor attractions and amenities - Facility to rate the wines yourself - Facility to save your favourite wines and thereby build a virtual collection - Facility share your wine discoveries on social media - Easy winelands navigation via Google maps - Find wineries near you with built-in geo-location
Intermittent Fasting
This app helps you start and maintain intermittent fasting routines. It provides daily reminders, notifications for fasting completion, and monthly overviews to keep you motivated. Users report improved focus and reduced cravings.
- Daily fasting reminders
- End fasting notifications
- Monthly progress overview
- Improved focus
- Reduced cravings
- Calorie intake decrease
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Start now with the intermittent fasting app! App functions: • daily reminder • notify when finished (end fasting directly in the notification) • monthly overview for motivation My experiences: • better Focus! • no crawings • automatic decrease of your calorie intake I recommend to drink just water for the first hours in the morning. Later it's perfect to add coffee or tea. (Don't use milk or sugar while fasting!)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Intermittent Fasting at 58% against Platter's Wine Guide's 12%. Intermittent Fasting also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Platter's Wine Guide's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Platter's Wine Guide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Intermittent Fasting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Intermittent Fasting holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Platter's Wine Guide's written reviews are positive against 58% of Intermittent Fasting's.
Platter's Wine Guide ships an update every 6 weeks, Intermittent Fasting fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Platter's Wine Guide | Intermittent Fasting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Platter SA Wine Guide | Tobias Zimmermann |
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Platter's Wine Guide
Intermittent Fasting
In-app purchases
Platter's Wine Guide
- Monthly Subscription$2.491 Month
- Annual Subscription$9.991 Year
- 12 month Platter's subscription$9.99
Intermittent Fasting
- Remove ads$2.99
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