Comparison

Purple Carrot vs SipNote

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

Head to head
About

Purple Carrot

This app simplifies plant-based eating with curated meal kits, grab-and-go options, and pantry staples delivered weekly. Subscribers can easily plan meals, access chef-inspired recipes, and manage their deliveries and preferences.

Highlights
  • Shop curated plant-based meals and products
  • Access chef-inspired recipes
  • Craft weekly meal plans
  • Schedule and manage deliveries
  • Manage user preferences
Features
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Purple Carrot delivers a plant-based lifestyle without compromising on taste. Our weekly menus of plant-powered recipes, grab-and-go meals, and pantry staples are unmatched and delivered directly to your door. Our iOS app streamlines the meal-planning process. Current subscribers can: - Shop a variety of curated plant-based meals & products - Access inspired recipes created by our award-winning chefs - Craft a meal plan with our weekly menus - Schedule and manage deliveries that come right to your door - Manage your preferences and more! Current subscribers can download the app and log in using the same account information they use on purplecarrot.com—no need to create a new password! About Us: Purple Carrot has been a leader in the plant-based space since 2014. We make it easy to eat more plants, with everything you need all in one place and delivered directly to your door. The Purple Carrot app brings the best-of-the-best in plant-based food right to you. The food you want, the taste you deserve: that’s what Purple Carrot is all about. Learn more at www.purplecarrot.com.

About

SipNote

Features
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SipNote is a beautifully designed caffeine and beverage tracker for coffee, tea, milk tea, and energy drink lovers. Built local-first for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Snap a photo of any drink — on-device OCR auto-fills brand, drink, and size. No typing. No cloud upload. Your data stays on your device. — WHAT MAKES SIPNOTE DIFFERENT — • PHOTO LOG WITH ON-DEVICE OCR Point your camera at a cup, receipt, or label. SipNote recognizes hundreds of brands — Starbucks, Luckin, HEYTEA, Naixue, Manner, KFC, plus generic coffee shops and bottled drinks — and fills in caffeine content automatically. Vision framework runs on your device. Nothing uploaded. • REAL-TIME CAFFEINE METABOLISM A live curve shows the caffeine currently in your bloodstream based on half-life math. The 'clear by HH:mm' estimate tells you when your level will drop below the sleep-safe threshold — so you know whether to drink another coffee. • APPLE WATCH NATIVE Glance at your current caffeine level on the watch face. Modular, Modular Compact, Modular Large, Corner, Inline, Circular, Graphic Bezel, Graphic Corner, and Graphic Circular complications all supported. Series 9+ Double Tap gesture logs your most-frequent drink. • BOBA, MILK TEA, AND ASIAN BEVERAGES Unlike Western trackers that treat boba as 'generic tea,' SipNote ships with 30+ Asian beverages and brands native — naixue boba, HEYTEA cheese milk tea, KFC iced coffee, popular bottled teas, and more. • NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ACCOUNT. Everything you need to log and view is included at no additional purchase. Optional one-time Pro in-app purchase adds bedtime alerts, full unlimited history, drink map, CSV export, and Apple Watch quick-add tiles. • PRIVACY BY DEFAULT 100% on-device storage. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud round-trips. iCloud sync is optional and end-to-end-encrypted by Apple. We literally cannot see your data. — WHO IS SIPNOTE FOR? — • People who want to know whether their afternoon coffee will affect sleep • Boba and milk tea drinkers who track Western caffeine apps fail • Pregnant or trying-to-conceive folks watching daily caffeine intake • Anyone reducing caffeine without going cold turkey • Anyone who has tried HiCoffee, RECaf, Caffi, or UpCoffee and wanted something faster to log into — PRICING — Daily logging and basic features are included at no additional purchase. One-time Pro in-app purchase — never a subscription. Pay once, own forever. — FEEDBACK — Made by one person (Peter Zhang). Every email at obeliskclubclub@gmail.com gets read and replied to personally. The next version is built from your feedback. Learn more: obelisk.club/sipnote Privacy Policy: https://obelisk.club/sipnote/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://obelisk.club/sipnote/terms

Screenshots

Purple Carrot4 screens
SipNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purple Carrot at none against SipNote's 1. Purple Carrot also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SipNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Purple Carrot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Purple Carrot versus SipNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPurple CarrotSipNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThree Limes永 张

Bugs and requests

Purple Carrot

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and log-out issues
  • Inability to update delivery address or order details
  • Inconsistent behavior between app and website
  • Meal customization options not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to view past week's recipes in the app
  • Notification preferences for order deadlines and updates
  • Improved navigation and user experience in the app
  • Integration with more payment options (e.g., American Express)
  • Better filtering and sorting options for meal selection

SipNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Purple Carrot

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SipNote

One-time1
  • SipNote Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Purple Carrot free?
Purple Carrot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SipNote free?
SipNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Purple Carrot or SipNote have ads?
Neither Purple Carrot nor SipNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Purple Carrot or SipNote?
Purple Carrot ships an update every 2 weeks, and SipNote every 2 weeks. Most recently, Purple Carrot was updated on October 27, 2026 and SipNote on October 25, 2026.

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