Comparison

ChowTracker vs PMDDly

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

Head to head
About

ChowTracker

This app helps you manage your nutrition and achieve your health goals through personalized insights and easy logging. Track meals, water, weight, and gain smart feedback on your eating habits. Unlock advanced features for a comprehensive wellness journey.

Highlights
  • Personalized nutrition goals
  • Quick meal and water logging
  • Extensive food database
  • Progress tracking with charts
  • Smart insights on eating patterns
  • Customizable meal saving
  • Weight and sleep tracking
Features
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ChowTracker: Nutrition & Meal Tracking Take control of your nutrition with ChowTracker, the intelligent food tracking app designed to make healthy eating simple and sustainable. Whether you're managing weight, building muscle, or improving overall wellness, ChowTracker provides personalised nutrition insights tailored to your unique goals. KEY FEATURES: • Personalised Nutrition Goals - Get custom calorie and macro targets based on your body, activity level, and goals • Quick Logging - Easily log meals, water intake, and weight with our intuitive interface • Food Database - Access thousands of foods with complete nutritional information • Progress Tracking - Monitor your journey with detailed charts and statistics • Smart Insights - Receive feedback on your eating patterns and nutrient balance • Custom Meals - Save your favourite meal combinations for faster future logging • Weight Tracking - Track your weight changes over time with visual progress charts • Daily Summaries - Get a clear breakdown of your daily nutrition at a glance PREMIUM FEATURES: • Barcode Scanner - Instantly log packaged foods by scanning their barcodes • Advanced Nutrient Tracking - Monitor micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals • Water Tracker - Set hydration goals and track your daily water intake • Sleep Tracking - Log your sleep to understand its impact on nutrition and wellness • Advanced Progress Reports - Access detailed insights and analytics about your nutrition journey • Fasting Mode - Switch to fasting mode to lock the app and only log what matters during your fast (water, sleep and exercise) ChowTracker respects your privacy. We don't sell your data or show advertisements. Your health information stays private and secure. Download ChowTracker today and take the first step toward healthier, more mindful eating! Privacy Policy: https://chowtracker.co.uk/privacy.php Terms of Use: https://chowtracker.co.uk/terms.php https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Powered by fatsecret nutrition API’ (www.fatsecret.com)

About

PMDDly

This app helps individuals track and understand Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). It offers tools for symptom logging, crisis support, and communication with loved ones, all while prioritizing user privacy. It aims to provide a supportive companion for managing PMDD.

Highlights
  • Cycle and symptom tracking
  • Weather-based cycle phase visualization
  • Personalized crisis plans
  • Journaling for future self
  • Partner sharing with privacy controls
  • Anonymous community support
  • Grounding and reality check tools
Features
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PMDDly — The Companion for Life With PMDD PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) isn't "bad PMS." It's a real, diagnosable condition that can turn the two weeks before your period into a fight for your life. PMDDly was built by and for people who live this — to help you track it, understand it, prepare for it, and get through it. Track what actually matters Log your cycle, symptoms, mood, and flow in seconds. PMDDly shows you exactly where you are in your cycle using a simple weather-based system — sunny, clearing skies, clouds rolling in, full storm — so you can see the pattern instead of feeling ambushed by it every month. Crisis tools for when it's too much Build a personal Crisis Plan on a good day — your calming words to yourself, your comfort toolkit, your reasons to stay — so it's there waiting for you on the hardest ones. Quick access to grounding tools and reality checks when everything feels urgent and nothing is clear. Write to the version of you who needs it Leave messages, photos, and voice notes for your future self — timed to arrive during your next hard phase, from the version of you who already knows what helps. Notifications that actually know your pattern Get gentle reminders to log your symptoms, alerts when your phase shifts, and a nudge when someone replies to your community post or likes what you shared. But PMDDly's notifications go further: write a message to your future self during a hard moment, and it can resurface automatically next cycle, at the same phase — "here's what helped you last time." Reflect on how a cycle went, and PMDDly remembers, so next time you're not starting from zero. All of this happens without exposing anything private. Your lock screen never shows symptom details, mood scores, or anything you wouldn't want a stranger glancing at your phone to see. Bring your partner in, on your terms Link a partner with a simple invite code, and they get their own view into your cycle — built to help them actually understand what you're going through, without you having to explain it in the moment. By default, they always see your current cycle phase and period dates, so they know at a glance whether today calls for extra patience or space. If you want to share more, you can turn on full symptom and mood history sharing — completely optional, off by default, and reversible any time from Settings. When it's hard and you need them, one tap sends a support request straight to their phone — a simple, private "I need you" notification. It never includes your symptoms, mood, or any health details in the notification itself; all of that stays inside your secure account, visible to them only through the app, and only to the extent you've chosen to share it. You're always in control: adjust what's shared, or disconnect the link entirely, at any time — no explanation needed, and nothing carries over once you do. A community that actually gets it Share, vent, and read from people living the same storm — anonymously if you want, with your own name if you don't. Post, comment, and connect with people who don't need PMDD explained to them. Nourish tab Track histamine and food triggers, plan meals, and build a food diary designed around how your body actually responds across your cycle — not a generic diet tracker. Your data stays yours No ads. No analytics trackers. No selling your data — ever. Your health data belongs to you: export it, delete it, or close your account entirely, any time, from Settings. PMDDly isn't medical advice and doesn't replace your doctor — it's the tool we wished existed while we were living this. Track it. Prepare for it. Survive it. And know you're not the only one. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ChowTracker4 screens
PMDDly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PMDDly at 100% against ChowTracker's 58%. PMDDly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ChowTracker's advantage is ratings volume (845 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. ChowTracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PMDDly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PMDDly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChowTracker has 845 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of ChowTracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of PMDDly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChowTracker ships an update fortnightly, PMDDly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChowTracker versus PMDDly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChowTrackerPMDDly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (845 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings845 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB54 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJamie BothamKarolina Slezinska

Customer experience

ChowTracker

All ratings845 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral24.2%
Negative17.7%

PMDDly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ChowTracker

Subscriptions2
  • ChowTracker Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • ChowTracker Annual Premium$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99
2 purchases

PMDDly

Subscriptions2
  • PMDDly Plus7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PMDDly Plus$59.991 Year

Questions

Is ChowTracker free?
ChowTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PMDDly free?
PMDDly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChowTracker or PMDDly?
PMDDly is rated higher. ChowTracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 845 ratings, while PMDDly averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do ChowTracker or PMDDly have ads?
Neither ChowTracker nor PMDDly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChowTracker or PMDDly?
ChowTracker ships an update fortnightly, and PMDDly every 11 days. Most recently, ChowTracker was updated on October 11, 2026 and PMDDly on October 12, 2026.

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