dietSNAPS vs Rainfall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Photo-based food logging
- Supports all diet plans
- Visual exercise tracking
- Email diet logs
- Export data via CSV
- Create PDF reports
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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
Rainfall
This app offers personalized daily mindfulness practices based on your iPhone's sensor data. It provides short guided meditations, soundscapes, and a weekly weather record for your mental state. Unlock longer sessions and more soundscapes with an optional subscription.
- Daily personalized mindfulness practices
- On-device sensor data analysis
- Guided meditations with multiple voices
- Ambient soundscapes
- Weekly mental weather record
- Customizable app icons
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Some days ask more of you than others. Rainfall notices — and meets you with one quiet, well-chosen practice, before you have to ask. A forecast, not a feed Open the app and Rainfall has already sensed the weather of your day — partly cloudy, building pressure, gentle rain — from signals already on your iPhone. No check-ins to remember. No streak to keep. No library to search. If the read doesn't fit, tap "not quite" and tell it what does. It remembers. One practice, chosen for you Each read offers a single short session from a library of original meditations — guided by one of seven distinct voices, set over original ambient beds. Three minutes when that's what fits. Twenty when the day calls for it. Nothing to scroll through unless you want to. Soundscapes to settle into When words aren't what you need, drift off to an endless soundscape — gentle rain, wind, and more — that plays on as long as you like. Your sky, your settings Choose one of five living-sky app icons — Sky, Dusk, Night, Mist, Dawn — so Rainfall sits on your home screen the way you'd like. The Climate tab keeps a quiet weekly record of your weather. The You tab holds your subscription and notifications. Built around one promise: this stays on your iPhone Rainfall reads your day's signals — heart-rate variability, sleep, calendar density — on-device. The raw signals never leave your phone. The Mind Weather inference happens locally. Your weather history syncs only through your own iCloud, never our servers. Mindful minutes are written to Apple Health, where you already trust them. Rainfall is suggestive — never diagnostic. It is not a medical device, a therapy, or a substitute for either. Rainfall Extended A subscription unlocks the longer sessions — 10 or 20 minutes — and every soundscape. The free tier stays free, always: the daily Read, the three- and five-minute sessions, and a soundscape to drift off to. No time limit, no pressure. Feelings are weather. Weather passes. We'll meet you on the other side. Terms of Use (EULA): https://rainfallmeditation.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://rainfallmeditation.com/privacy Rainfall Extended is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly). The price is shown in the app before purchase and charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rainfall at Free against dietSNAPS's $1.99. Rainfall also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). dietSNAPS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On 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
Rainfall is free to download; dietSNAPS costs $1.99 up front. Rainfall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. dietSNAPS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rainfall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dietSNAPS has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of dietSNAPS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rainfall's.
| Parameter | dietSNAPS | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | appsSNAPS | Alan Wizemann |
Customer experience
dietSNAPS
Rainfall
In-app purchases
dietSNAPS
No in-app purchases
Rainfall
- Rainfall Extended Monthly$4.991 Month
- Rainfall Extended Yearly$49.991 Year









