Project Renew vs DietGen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Renew
This app supports a health study by monitoring social environments through GPS location. Participants are aware of potential battery impact from continuous background GPS usage.
- GPS location monitoring
- Social environment tracking
- RENEW Study support
- Yale University research
- University of Georgia research
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This application is an Activity Space App for the RENEW Study through Yale University and the University of Georgia. The goal of RENEW is to learn more about how social environments impact health and requires monitoring through the GPS location in the background and may affect the battery life. The study participants are already aware of these requirements. Disclaimer : Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
DietGen
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DietGen helps you make everyday food choices a little easier. Get daily meal ideas, track what you eat, and keep an eye on your calories and macros in one simple app. The app is designed to support healthier eating patterns over time. It suggests balanced meals, lets you log your own foods, and shows how everything adds up over the day so you can stay aware of your intake and progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DietGen at every 5 weeks against Project Renew's every 3 months. Project Renew's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Project Renew ships an update every 3 months, DietGen every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Renew | DietGen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vista IT Solutions, LLC | Yibin Wang |
In-app purchases
Project Renew
No in-app purchases
DietGen
No in-app purchases
