Comparison

Skill Notes vs Meal Photo Diary

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

Head to head
About

Skill Notes

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- Daily records  ・Tap the “+” at the top right of the main screen and select “Make a record” to select and add the date you want to record.  ・ Tap the date you added to go to the screen where you record what you learned on that day.  ・ Tap the button at the bottom of the screen to send the contents of the day to the summary screen.  -Review summary  ・ Return to the main screen, tap “+” at the upper right of the screen, and select “Check the summary” to move to the summary screen.  ・ In the summary screen, the contents sent for each date are recorded.  ・ Tap the button at the bottom right of the screen to edit the contents of the summary freely, and tap the button at the bottom left to delete the contents of the summary at once.  -Delete item  ・ If you want to delete the added date, tap "Edit" at the top left of the main screen and select the item you want to delete. Please contact us in the review section or this DM. https://twitter.com/corasck

About

Meal Photo Diary

Features
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Press the ate button to record what you eat. You can add up to 10 eaten items. Records and data are stored in iCloud. ・Record meal 1. Press the “mea”l button. If you press/tap for a long time, step 2/step 3 will be skipped. The current date and time will be set. 2. Select the year, month, and day and press "Next". 3. Enter the time and press OK. 4. Enter what you ate and press the save button. ▼ Sorting order You can change the sort order of the table by pressing the arrows (↓↑) to the left of the year and month. ▼Remarks 1. Press the Edit button. 2. Click “Edit remarks”. 3. Edit the remarks and press OK. ▼Photo 1. Press the photo button. 2. Select a photo and press Add. You can add up to 3 photos. ▼Delete 1. Press the Delete button. 2. Confirm the content to be deleted and press the delete button. ▼Add user Tap the user icon at the top. If you add a name from Add User, you can record them separately. To edit, tap Edit/Delete User to open the editing screen. You can switch users by tapping the user name in user selection. ▼Create PDF file (top right menu) Create a PDF file. You can create a PDF file by specifying the year and month. If you want to print, please share the PDF file to an app that can print and then print. ▼Dark mode (top right menu) Select dark mode ON/OFF from the menu on the top right Press Dark Mode to switch to a screen display with a color scheme based on black. If you press Light mode, the screen will be displayed in the normal white color. ▼Delete all records (top right menu) From the top right menu, select Erase all data You can delete all records. ・Model change data migration For users with the same Apple ID Because records are stored in iCloud View the same recording on a new iPhone/iPad 【Terms of Use】 This app complies with the Apple Standard Terms of Use (EULA). Please refer to the link below for details: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Skill Notes4 screens
Meal Photo Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skill Notes at none against Meal Photo Diary's 1. Skill Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence 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. Meal Photo Diary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Skill Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skill Notes ships an update every 3 months, Meal Photo Diary every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Skill Notes versus Meal Photo Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkill NotesMeal Photo Diary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKazuya FujitaYUTAKA IZUMIYAMA

In-app purchases

None

Skill Notes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Meal Photo Diary

Subscriptions1
  • Ad-Free (1 Month)$0.491 Month

Questions

Is Skill Notes free?
Skill Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meal Photo Diary free?
Meal Photo Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Skill Notes or Meal Photo Diary have ads?
Meal Photo Diary shows ads; Skill Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Skill Notes or Meal Photo Diary?
Skill Notes ships an update every 3 months, and Meal Photo Diary every 4 months. Most recently, Skill Notes was updated on October 19, 2026 and Meal Photo Diary on October 16, 2026.

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