Empathize, by PETA vs Plate Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empathize, by PETA
This guided meditation program helps users cultivate empathy and compassion. It focuses on extending kindness to all sentient beings, with a special emphasis on chickens, highlighting their mistreatment. The app is designed for educational purposes to enhance mental well-being.
- Guided loving-kindness meditation
- Empathy building exercises
- Compassion for sentient beings
- Focus on animal welfare
- Mental well-being enhancement
- Educational content
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Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. It’s the basis of all caring relationships, and it’s important for our mental well-being. “Empathize by PETA” is a guided loving-kindness meditation program developed to help you build empathy. This short meditation series will show you how to connect with your empathy and extend the feelings of kindness and compassion associated with it to all sentient beings, especially chickens, who are among the most abused animals on Earth. PETA’s Empathize app is designed for informational and educational purposes and not intended to provide, and should not be relied on by a user to secure, any medical opinion, advice, diagnosis, treatment, or other services.
Plate Journal
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Plate Journal is your personal food journal — photograph every meal and capture how it made you feel. - Photo-first logging for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and unlimited Snacks - Rate each meal and track your mood — happy, neutral, sad, or disgusted - Add a meal name and notes about how the food made you feel - Browse your full history in a log grouped by day - Filter your log by meal type, mood, or minimum rating - Weekly Story card: see your top meals, mood summary, and streak for the past 7 days - Everything stays private on your device — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking Built with love for anyone who wants a simple, beautiful record of what they eat and how food affects them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Empathize, by PETA at 15.1 against Plate Journal's 17.0. 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.
| Parameter | Empathize, by PETA | Plate Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | Vikram Badrinarayanan |
In-app purchases
Empathize, by PETA
No in-app purchases
Plate Journal
No in-app purchases
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