Comparison

Bowelle vs Digest

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
Read full description

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

Digest

Effortlessly track your meals, symptoms, and bowel movements to identify specific ingredients causing discomfort. Receive personalized reports within a week to help you modify your diet and enjoy your favorite foods without worry.

Highlights
  • Meal logging via photos
  • Symptom tracking
  • Bowel movement logging
  • Personalized nutrition reports
  • Ingredient-specific analysis
  • Diet modification guidance
Read full description

Digest makes understanding your nutrition and digestive health effortless. Simply log your meals, symptoms, and bowel movements, and Digest analyzes your data to help you identify patterns between what you eat and how you feel. No complicated graphs or spreadsheets, just simple tracking and personalized insights. Logging meals is as easy as taking a picture. Over time, Digest helps you see which foods and ingredients may be associated with your symptoms, so you can make more targeted changes to your diet without giving up the meals you love. Track what you eat. Understand your patterns. Make more informed choices about your diet.

Screenshots

Bowelle4 screens
Digest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Digest at none against Bowelle's 10. Digest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Bowelle's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). On price, ads 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. Bowelle sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Digest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Digest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bowelle has 2.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bowelle ships an update every 8 days, Digest monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bowelle versus Digest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowelleDigest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.2K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.2K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB59 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBowelle ABAmeya Saraf

Customer experience

Bowelle

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

Digest

All ratings2 ratings
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

Digest

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
None

Digest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bowelle free?
Bowelle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Digest free?
Digest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bowelle or Digest?
Digest is rated higher. Bowelle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Digest averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bowelle or Digest have ads?
Neither Bowelle nor Digest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bowelle or Digest?
Bowelle ships an update every 8 days, and Digest monthly. Most recently, Bowelle was updated on October 26, 2026 and Digest on October 21, 2026.

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