# Pick Your Plate! vs First To Life

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pick Your Plate! at none against First To Life's 1. Pick Your Plate! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). First To Life's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. First To Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pick Your Plate! asks for nothing beyond the download.

First To Life holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First To Life has 26K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Pick Your Plate!'s written reviews are positive against 39% of First To Life's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Pick Your Plate! ships an update every 7 months, First To Life fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Pick Your Plate! | First To Life |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.3 (23 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pick-your-plate/id1471647935/reviews) | **[4.7 (26K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-to-life/id1593290421/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 23 | **26K** |
| Positive reviews | **50.0% of reviews** | 39.3% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | **No** | Yes |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | **Fortnightly** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 123 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | [Smithsonian Institution](https://appshunter.io/developer/370564865) | [SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1499845738) |

## What reviewers say

### Pick Your Plate!

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pick-your-plate/id1471647935)

Explore global cuisines and learn about nutrition by planning healthy meals from different countries. Meet daily nutritional needs and stay within budget while discovering diverse foods and cultural influences. This educational game is designed for both classroom and home use.

**Highlights:** Global meal planning, Nutritional guideline exploration, Budgeting with local currency, Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals, Interactive gameplay, Embedded tutorial

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


### First To Life

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-to-life/id1593290421)

Guide swimmers through challenging levels, collecting units to create and customize your own babies. Battle armies and bosses in a fun, satisfying experience with many levels.

**Highlights:** Create and customize babies, Swim through obstacles, Collect units, Battle armies and bosses, Challenging levels, Satisfying gameplay

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| No Ads | $2.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Fun game concept
- 🤩 Relaxing gameplay
- 💯 Smooth animations

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🤬 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and crashes
- 🤯 Laggy performance
- 🤒 Game freezing issues

**Reported bugs**

- Game resets progress after updates
- Ads causing game to freeze or crash
- Inability to progress past certain levels

**Requested features**

- Reduce number of ads
- Improve game stability and performance
- Add option to disable ads for a fee


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Pick Your Plate! free?

Pick Your Plate! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is First To Life free?

First To Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Pick Your Plate! or First To Life?

First To Life is rated higher. Pick Your Plate! averages 4.3 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while First To Life averages 4.7 from 26K ratings.

### Do Pick Your Plate! or First To Life have ads?

First To Life shows ads; Pick Your Plate! does not.

### Which is updated more often, Pick Your Plate! or First To Life?

Pick Your Plate! ships an update every 7 months, and First To Life fortnightly. Most recently, Pick Your Plate! was updated on November 3, 2026 and First To Life on November 13, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*