Comparison

Bellybook vs Gemmy

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

Head to head
About

Bellybook

This app allows you to journal your culinary experiences, focusing on memories and emotions associated with meals rather than strict calorie counting. It uses AI to help organize your food history, create a personal recipe archive, and even track your coffee consumption.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted food journaling
  • Natural language meal recording
  • Lifetime food and recipe collection
  • Personalized coffee cup gallery
  • Capture meal memories and context
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Say goodbye to the lies and anxiety of calorie tracking. BellyBook is the app made for food lovers. Curate the world's cuisines you've savored throughout your life, with AI-assisted recording and organization. We believe true intelligence comes from human feelings, memories, and experiences. AI simply helps you organize, understand, and preserve these life moments around food. BellyBook captures more than just what you ate— it remembers where you were, who you were with, and what that meal meant to you. Core Experience Natural Food Journaling Record your daily meals in a single sentence. No forms needed—just chat about what you ate, and it's saved. AI understands your descriptions and fills in food details and stories. Lifetime Food Collection Through photos and recognition, build your personal recipe archive. From home-cooked meals to exotic flavors, gradually craft your culinary life story. Coffee Cup Collection Capture every cup of coffee you've enjoyed. AI automatically isolates and organizes them into your personal cup gallery. BellyBook Pro Unlock the complete food collection experience Expanded recording capacity Richer display options Continuous updates and member-exclusive features Subscription Terms: Subscription fees are charged to your App Store account and automatically renew 24 hours before the current period ends, unless manually canceled. Manage your subscription in App Store account settings after purchase. Current subscription periods cannot be canceled once activated, and any free trial will end upon paid subscription. Privacy Policy: https://bellybook.cn/article/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://bellybook.cn/article/user-agreement

About

Gemmy

Record your favorite meals, review each bite, and create a personalized food journal. Track your culinary experiences and discover new tastes.

Highlights
  • Save favorite dishes
  • Rate every bite
  • Build a food diary
  • Track taste preferences
  • Personalized food journal
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Save the dishes you love, rate every bite, and build a food diary that actually reflects your taste.

Screenshots

Bellybook4 screens
Gemmy2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gemmy at none against Bellybook's 6. Gemmy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Bellybook's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (111 vs 1). On price, 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. Bellybook sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Gemmy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gemmy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bellybook has 111 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bellybook ships an update every 4 days, Gemmy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bellybook versus Gemmy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBellybookGemmy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (111 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Diyu Network Technology Co., LtdGEMMY INC LTD

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bellybook

Subscriptions4
  • 月度会员$2.991 Month
  • 月会员$9.991 Month
  • 美食家年度会员$29.991 Year
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  • 年会员$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • 胃之书永久会员$29.99
  • 美食家永久会员$399.99
None

Gemmy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bellybook free?
Bellybook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gemmy free?
Gemmy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bellybook or Gemmy?
Gemmy is rated higher. Bellybook averages 4.6 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Gemmy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bellybook or Gemmy have ads?
Neither Bellybook nor Gemmy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bellybook or Gemmy?
Bellybook ships an update every 4 days, and Gemmy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bellybook was updated on October 21, 2026 and Gemmy on October 18, 2026.

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