Comparison

Bowelle vs Ploply

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

Head to head
About

Bowelle

Easily track your food, mood, and symptoms to identify patterns and potential triggers. Visualize your health data with beautiful charts and export it to share with healthcare professionals.

Highlights
  • Food and symptom tracking
  • Mood and water intake logging
  • Stress level monitoring
  • Bowel movement diary
  • Customizable fields
  • Visual trend charts
  • Data export for doctors
Features
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Bowelle is designed to be the quickest, most easy-to-use food & symptom diary on the App Store. Beautiful visual representations make it easier to discover patterns and determine how you feel over longer periods of time. You can track how you feel, what you eat, water intake, stress levels, bowel movements, notes and custom fields you define. By keeping a diary, you may learn significantly more about your patterns and possible triggers. Bowelle offers: A record of: • How you feel • What you eat • Water intake • Stress levels • Bowel movements • Notes • Custom fields Charts • Visual representations allow you to determine trends and overlap different data types. Daily average • The daily averages are easily accessible from the side menu. • They are also configurable and can be based on the past 7, 14 or 30 days. Alternatively, you can base it on all existing data. History • Use the detailed history to see all data. • Filter it by what you are interested in to narrow down the scope. • Export your data via email and share it with your doctor, nutritionist or dietitian. Apple Health • Sleep, step count, water and weight Download Bowelle now and start keeping a journal today! --- A word from the developer "It is stunning to read studies indicating that as many as 10-20% of the world’s population have IBS. The symptoms can vary so considerably from individual to individual that one may wonder if it is even the same condition. I created Bowelle because there is a need for a fresh and modern approach in the marketplace. If you are reading this, chances are that your symptoms are affecting your life more than you like. By keeping a record every day, my hope is that you will identify some of the triggers causing your symptoms. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to drop me a note at feedback@bowelle.com. I will listen to everything coming my way." - Robert Gummesson --- Terms of Use: https://bowelle.com/terms-of-use/

About

Ploply

Monitor your digestive health with a private tracker for bowel movements, symptoms, food, and hydration. Identify patterns and make informed decisions about your gut health. Secure your data with PIN protection.

Highlights
  • Log bowel movements with detailed parameters
  • Track food and hydration intake
  • Record medications and set reminders
  • Monitor mood and digestive symptoms
  • Identify patterns between diet and symptoms
  • Secure data with PIN protection
Features
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Understand your digestive health with clarity. Ploply is a structured and private digestive health tracker designed to help you monitor bowel movements, symptoms, food intake, hydration, and medications. Whether you're managing IBS, tracking irregularity, or monitoring your overall gut health, Ploply gives you organized, reliable records — all in one place. Comprehensive Tracking • Log bowel movements with detailed parameters • Track food and hydration • Record medications and reminders • Monitor mood and digestive symptoms Identify Patterns Understand correlations between food, hydration, symptoms, and bowel activity. Make informed decisions based on your own data. Privacy by Design Your health data stays yours. Ploply does not sell personal information and is built with privacy as a priority. Enable PIN to secure the access to Ploply. Designed for Consistency Clean interface. Fast entry logging. Structured records you can rely on. Take control of your digestive health today. Ploply is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition, and it does not replace professional medical advice.If you have any health concerns, please consult a qualified healthcare professional before using this App.Ploply is intended for personal tracking and informational purposes only. It has not been certified as a medical device by the FDA or any other regulatory authority.Use of this App is at your own risk. The creators are not responsible for any direct or indirect damages resulting from its use. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and privacy: https://www.pata.dev/ploply-terms-and-condition https://www.pata.dev/ploply-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Bowelle4 screens
Ploply4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bowelle at 4.7 against Ploply's 3.8. Bowelle also leads on ratings volume (2.2K vs 4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Ploply's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bowelle sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Ploply sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bowelle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bowelle has 2.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Bowelle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ploply's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bowelle ships an update every 8 days, Ploply every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bowelle versus Ploply: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowellePloply
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.2K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB65 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBowelle ABCarlo Palumbo

Customer experience

Bowelle

All ratings2,248 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews577 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.9%

Ploply

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bowelle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with data display or loading

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add time stamps for symptoms
  • Option to track exercise, medications, and other health factors
  • More detailed food logging with food database integration
  • Sync across multiple devices
  • Expanded customization options in free version

Ploply

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Bowelle

Subscriptions9
  • Bowelle Premium$2.491 Month
  • Bowelle Premium1 Month trial$3.491 Month
  • Bowelle Premium$3.991 Month
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  • Bowelle Premium$4.993 Months
  • Bowelle Premium3 Months trial2 variants$6.993 Months
  • Bowelle Premium$7.993 Months
  • Bowelle Premium$9.991 Year
  • Bowelle Premium1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • Bowelle Premium$17.991 Year
2 purchases

Ploply

Subscriptions2
  • Ploply Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Ploply Pro Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Bowelle free?
Bowelle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ploply free?
Ploply is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bowelle or Ploply?
Bowelle is rated higher. Bowelle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Ploply averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Bowelle or Ploply have ads?
Neither Bowelle nor Ploply shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bowelle or Ploply?
Bowelle ships an update every 8 days, and Ploply every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bowelle was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ploply on October 24, 2026.

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