Comparison

dietSNAPS vs Waveflow

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

Head to head
About

dietSNAPS

This app offers a unique approach to diet tracking by using photos of your food before you eat it, rather than counting calories or weighing portions. It supports various dietary plans and allows you to visually log meals, drinks, and exercise. Share your progress or export data for further analysis.

Highlights
  • Photo-based food logging
  • Supports all diet plans
  • Visual exercise tracking
  • Email diet logs
  • Export data via CSV
  • Create PDF reports
Features
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dietSNAPS is not your average diet & food tracker. We don’t count calories. We don’t weigh our portions. We do something very different: we STOP and LOOK and take a picture of every bite BEFORE we eat it. Believe it or not, there have been studies that have found that the act of taking a picture before you take a bite is more effective than simply keeping a written journal.*  Already following a particular plan? dietSNAPS works with every program: from Paleo and Keto to DASH and 5:2, from Weight Watchers to Jenny Craig, to simply just eating clean, dietSNAPS works with you and the way you eat.  We hear everyday from the dietSNAPS community about how easy it is to use and how thrilled they are that they can FINALLY stick to keeping a journal. We look forward to hearing from you too.  DESCRIPTION:  • The easiest way to track your diet on the iPhone  • Use your camera to visually keep track of what you eat, drink, your exercise and more  • Email your dietSNAPS log to your nutritionist, personal trainer, doctor or diet buddy  • Export your log via .CSV and view your log (no photos) in Excel or other spreadsheet software  • Create PDF reports of your log USE dietSNAPS TO:  • Track your diet to help you lose weight  • Share your dietSNAPS photos on Facebook and Twitter  • Track your exercise • Keep track of food allergies and intolerances  • Monitor your IBS symptoms  • Keep a photographic journal of your culinary adventures ~ Bon Appétit! • Use the journal function to write how your day was, how you were feeling and how your diet was impacted  USER REVIEWS:  “This is the first diet tracker that I’ve been able to stick with for more than a few days!” by lillith99 (5 Stars) “I’m using it to keep track of my blood sugars and my food intake. Works great!” by Ktgirl4him (4 Stars) “Simple, fun, easy! Just what I was looking for…Taking pics of the food I eat daily is so much easier to keep track without the hassle! THANK YOU!!!” By Jmmall (5 Stars) “Well done and reliable app. This is a great and simple app that does exactly what I need it to do and nothing more. Really awesome…Sometimes simple and reliable is the best – and this is one of those. A fave!” By Agdamella (5 Stars) -- For more information, please visit us online at www.dietSNAPS.com.  To fan us on facebook, please visit us at www.facebook.com/dietSNAPS *If you’d like to read more, visit http://bit.ly/a2sK4H or http://nyti.ms/9IIX3t

About

Waveflow

Amplify your gratitude practice with daily prompts and a supportive community. Share your journey visually with friends and family, and discover the science-backed benefits of consistent gratitude for improved well-being and connection.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling prompts
  • Gratitude community
  • Visual sharing with friends/family
  • Accountability buddies
  • Follow friends' journeys
  • Themed gratitude rotations
Features
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Amplify your gratitude practice with Waveflow’s gratitude community. Waveflow offers creative daily journaling prompts and an opportunity to celebrate and visually share your gratitude journey with your family and friends too. We apply the latest science to our gratitude framework. Expressing gratitude consistently with a community is a superpower, improving everything from our feelings of social connection to presence-based awareness. To maximize the effects of the practice, we guide our community through a thoughtful rotation of gratitude themes including: gratitude for the environment, gratitude for other people, and gratitude for ourselves. Sharing gratitude can cause synchronized activation in different parts of our brains, illuminating reward pathways and the hypothalamus. Gratitude can boost serotonin and trigger our brain stems to produce dopamine, our ‘pleasure’ neurotransmitter. In short, the more consistently we practice gratitude, the better we feel. Waveflow helps users to deepen their gratitude practice by offering features including accountability buddies and the chance to ‘follow’ friends and family along their gratitude journey. Accountability keeps us true to the practice, because consistency in a gratitude practice (finding something good, even when it’s hard) is necessary to enrich our lives in the most helpful way possible. This way, we garner inspiration and joy from our family and friends’ reflections too. Consistently celebrating and sharing the light in our lives has the power to change the way we see the world. Download Waveflow today and encourage a friend or family member to join you on your daily gratitude journey. Visit our website at waveflowapp.com to learn more about Waveflow and our community offerings.

Screenshots

dietSNAPS4 screens
Waveflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Waveflow at Free against dietSNAPS's $1.99. Waveflow also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 26 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). dietSNAPS's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Waveflow is free to download; dietSNAPS costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Waveflow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of dietSNAPS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Waveflow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dietSNAPS ships an update every 26 months, Waveflow every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
dietSNAPS versus Waveflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdietSNAPSWaveflow
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings824 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperappsSNAPSWeaveLines

Customer experience

dietSNAPS

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative10.5%

Waveflow

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

dietSNAPS

No in-app purchases

None

Waveflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is dietSNAPS free?
dietSNAPS costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waveflow free?
Waveflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, dietSNAPS or Waveflow?
Waveflow is rated higher. dietSNAPS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Waveflow averages 5.0 from 24 ratings.
Do dietSNAPS or Waveflow have ads?
Neither dietSNAPS nor Waveflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dietSNAPS or Waveflow?
dietSNAPS ships an update every 26 months, and Waveflow every 4 months. Most recently, dietSNAPS was updated on September 24, 2026 and Waveflow on June 24, 2026.

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