Comparison

Moderation Mindful Food Diary vs PrimalScan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Moderation Mindful Food Diary

This app offers a simple and joyful way to journal your eating habits without calorie counting. It focuses on mindful eating and provides insights into your patterns, helping you build healthy habits effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Easy meal logging
  • Mindful eating insights
  • Customizable tags
  • Weight trend tracking (Pro)
  • Siri Shortcuts & Widgets
  • Dark Mode
Features
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Make mindful eating easier with one quick healthiness check-in. Add tags or a note only when they help, then see your patterns and streaks emerge over time. No calories, macros, food database, account, or ads. A food diary should build awareness, not become homework. Moderation asks one simple question: was this meal healthy or unhealthy for you? Over time, those quick check-ins become trends you can understand and habits you can shape. No weighing every ingredient. No searching through endless food results. You decide how a meal felt, add only the context that is useful, and keep moving. LOG MEALS IN SECONDS • Log breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, or your own custom meals with one tap. • Mark each meal healthy or unhealthy based on your goals, not somebody else's formula. • Use reminders when they help, with extra nudges available for more accountability. • Work fully offline, so a weak connection never interrupts your diary. UNDERSTAND HOW YOU EAT OVER TIME • Review meals in a clear daily timeline and calendar. • See daily, weekly, and monthly healthiness patterns at a glance. • Build healthy-day streaks and get gentle encouragement when you are nearly back on track. • Explore tag insights to notice which situations, ingredients, places, or routines help or get in your way. • Follow weight trends with Apple Health, without turning every meal into a calorie calculation. ADD CONTEXT ONLY WHEN IT HELPS • Add custom tags for the details that matter to you, such as mood, location, ingredients, or how you felt. • Add a note while logging a meal, then read or edit it directly from the timeline. • Create custom meal types that fit your actual day instead of forcing a fixed meal plan. FIT AWARENESS INTO YOUR DAY • Log meals with Siri, Shortcuts, widgets, or the Action Button when opening the app would slow you down. • Ask Siri to show today's logged meals, or use Shortcuts to retrieve meals for a date range and filter them by healthiness. • Put healthiness, streak, and insight widgets on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Toggle meal notifications from Control Centre and let reminders adjust when your time zone changes. YOUR FOOD HISTORY STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Your food history and meal notes stay on your device. Moderation requires no account, sign-up, or social profile, and it contains no ads. WHAT USERS SAY “This is exactly what I was looking for. A very low-fi way to practice mindful eating.” EmilyLT, United Kingdom “It’s so quick to add & tag meals, which stops it being a burden that you eventually forget to do.” Ye-old-farm, United Kingdom “Easy to use especially when not a person who likes to track calories.” R.J.13766, United States TRY IT FREE, UPGRADE WHEN READY Start with the quick check-in and see whether the approach fits your life. An optional Moderation Pro subscription unlocks the complete personalisation toolkit, including unlimited custom tags, custom meal types, extra reminder nudges, premium themes, and alternative app icons. Access to Pro features requires a subscription. Availability and pricing can vary by country. Purchases are managed through your Apple ID, and Restore Purchases is available inside the app. Download Moderation and make your food diary the easiest part of eating more mindfully. Privacy Policy: https://www.pixelfolio.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.pixelfolio.app/terms.html

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PrimalScan

Features
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PrimalScan helps you understand how each meal fits your diet and goals. Take a photo or choose one from your library. PrimalScan analyzes the meal and gives you: • An instant meal score • Estimated calories, protein, fat, and carbohydrates • Vitamin and mineral insights • A clear explanation of how the meal aligns with your selected diet • Practical suggestions for improving the meal CHOOSE YOUR EATING STYLE Get analysis tailored to Primal, Carnivore, Mediterranean, and other supported nutrition approaches instead of generic, one-size-fits-all feedback. AI DIET COACH Ask questions about food, ingredients, meal choices, and your goals. Receive personalized guidance based on your selected diet and preferences. RECIPES MADE FOR YOU Generate meal ideas that match your eating style, goals, and available ingredients. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Save recent scans, revisit previous results, and follow your daily calories, macros, vitamins, and minerals in one place. PrimalScan is designed to make food decisions faster, clearer, and more personal—whether you are refining your diet, building better meals, or simply learning what is on your plate. Some features require a PrimalScan Pro subscription. Important: PrimalScan provides estimates and general educational information only. It is not medical advice and should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Nutrition estimates may vary. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before making major dietary changes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Moderation Mindful Food Diary4 screens
PrimalScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PrimalScan at 15.0 against Moderation Mindful Food Diary's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Moderation Mindful Food Diary sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PrimalScan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Moderation Mindful Food Diary versus PrimalScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModeration Mindful Food DiaryPrimalScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (112 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings112 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPixelfolio Inc.Maksym Saienko

Bugs and requests

Moderation Mindful Food Diary

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Crashes all the time
  • Loses days of data
  • Cannot log weight without enabling Apple Health
  • Time cannot be changed for logged meals
  • App asks for review before setup is complete
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  • UI doesn't handle skipping meals well

Requested features

12 requests
  • Ability to track images
  • Option to add a 'neutral' meal
  • Ability to remove test data
  • Streak freeze option (like Duolingo)
  • Allow streak to continue if unhealthy meal followed by healthy
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  • More instructions for getting started
  • Option to manage on watch
  • More tags and meal customization in free tier
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Ability to log specific food items
  • Ability to change logging time
  • More insights in future releases

PrimalScan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Moderation Mindful Food Diary

Subscriptions4
  • Moderation Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Moderation Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Moderation Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Moderation Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99
2 purchases

PrimalScan

Subscriptions2
  • PrimalScan Pro Monthly1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • PrimalScan Pro Yearly$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Moderation Mindful Food Diary free?
Moderation Mindful Food Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrimalScan free?
PrimalScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Moderation Mindful Food Diary or PrimalScan have ads?
Neither Moderation Mindful Food Diary nor PrimalScan shows ads.

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