Comparison

Portions vs Points Diary

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

Head to head
About

Portions

Effortlessly plan your meals, track your macros, and generate grocery lists that update automatically. This app adapts to your eating habits, allowing for easy changes and personalized profiles for each family member. Features an AI assistant for recipe creation and plan adjustments.

Highlights
  • Dynamic macro recalculation
  • AI-powered meal planning
  • Real-time grocery list generation
  • Personalized user profiles
  • Custom and imported recipes
  • Kitchen inventory tracking
  • Instacart integration
Features
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Portions is a meal planner that follows how you actually eat. Build the week you want, change it as often as you like, and your macros recalculate and your grocery list follows with every edit. Plan for yourself, or give each person you feed their own Profile and targets on the same plan. Change anything and the nutrition keeps up. Swap an ingredient, resize a portion, rework a library recipe or build your own from scratch. Portions recalculates calories and macros with every change, so the numbers you see reflect the plan you have now. Ingredients you don't eat, like frying oil you pour off, can be left out of the nutrition and still stay on your grocery list. Sage makes the changes for you. Sage is the AI assistant who comes with Premium, and she doesn't just chat. Ask her to add oatmeal to Tuesday's breakfast, move Friday's dinner to Saturday or halve a portion, and she updates the plan. Describe a dish you're craving and she writes the recipe with ingredients and steps, adds a picture and opens it ready for you to save. She can also update your grocery list and Kitchen Inventory or swap an ingredient in a planned recipe. Every change appears on one card, and nothing is saved until you confirm it. Your grocery list rewrites itself. The Real-Time Grocery List updates the moment your plan changes. Add a meal, resize a portion or remove a dish, and the list follows. Keep track of what's at home in your Kitchen Inventory and Portions subtracts it, so you buy only what the plan still needs. When it's time to shop, send the list to Instacart. One plan for everyone you feed. Give each person a Profile with their own calorie and macro targets. Everyone can eat the same dinner or something different, and each Profile's nutrition recalculates with every swap. Cook once and spread the leftovers across whichever days and Profiles you like. Features at a glance • Week Planner: every meal of the week on one screen. • Day Planner: one day in detail, with its calories and macros alongside. • Sage (Premium): the AI assistant who edits your plan, writes recipes and keeps your grocery list and Kitchen Inventory up to date. • Profiles: separate calorie and macro targets for each person, on one shared plan. • Custom Recipes: build your own or rework one from the library, with nutrition that updates when you change an ingredient. • One-Time Substitutions: swap an ingredient for this week's plan without changing the original recipe. • Recipe Import: paste a link and bring in the recipe's ingredients, steps and nutrition. • Public Recipe Library: a growing collection of recipes ready to plan. • Real-Time Grocery List: updates whenever your plan changes. • Kitchen Inventory: track what you have at home, and the grocery list subtracts it. • Instacart Export: send your grocery list to Instacart to order. • Saved Meal Plans: save the meals that worked, then bring back a whole week or only the breakfasts. • Leftover Planning: cook once and plan the leftovers into any day of the week. Plans and pricing Portions has two plans, and each starts with a 30-day free trial. • Basic: $4.99/month or $49.99/year, for up to 2 Profiles. • Premium: $9.99/month or $99.99/year, for up to 9 Profiles, with Sage. Basic includes every feature above except Sage. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel through your App Store account. Privacy Policy: https://portions.app/privacy Consumer Health Data Policy: https://portions.app/health-data Terms of Service: https://portions.app/terms Start your free trial and plan meals your way.

About

Points Diary

Features
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Points Diary makes tracking your daily food points simple, fast, and stress-free. Whether you're managing your weight or just eating more mindfully, it turns nutrition labels into a single, easy number — your points. HOW IT WORKS Points Diary calculates points from the protein, carbs, fat, and fiber in your food. Add items in seconds and watch your daily budget update in real time. FEATURES • Barcode scanning — scan any product and get its points instantly from a global food database • Points calculator — enter nutrition values and get points automatically • Built-in food guide — hundreds of common foods with ready-made points, no typing needed • Personal daily budget — a target calculated from your profile (age, height, weight, and more) • Full history — see everything you ate, grouped by day, with running totals • Fast manual entry — add any food in a few taps WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Clean, distraction-free design • Works offline for manual entries • No ads • Your data stays on your device TRY IT FREE Start with a 7-day free trial. Continue with a simple monthly subscription to keep tracking. Subscription details: • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account • Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings Privacy Policy: https://www.nyystudio.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.nyystudio.com/eula DISCLAIMER Points Diary is not associated with, affiliated with, or endorsed by WW International, Inc. (Weight Watchers) or any related entity. The points method used is based on publicly available information only and does not represent any official program. Results are for personal information only and are not nutritional or medical advice.

Screenshots

Portions4 screens
Points Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Points Diary at 15.5 against Portions'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Portions sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Points Diary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Portions versus Points Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortionsPoints Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB34 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMoonlighter Apps LLCAdi Zarko

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Portions

Subscriptions4
  • Basic (Monthly)1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium (Monthly)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Basic (Annual)1 Month trial$49.991 Year
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  • Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$99.991 Year
1 purchases

Points Diary

Subscriptions1
  • Points Diary Premium$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Portions free?
Portions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Points Diary free?
Points Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Portions or Points Diary have ads?
Neither Portions nor Points Diary shows ads.

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