UPlate vs Pibu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UPlate
This app helps college students plan meals and track nutrition specifically for campus dining halls. It offers real-time menu information, AI-powered meal suggestions, and macro tracking that syncs with health apps. Users can filter menus by dietary needs and set personalized nutrition goals.
- Real-time dining hall menus
- AI meal recommendations
- Macro tracking
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Barcode scanning
- Dietary restriction filtering
- Meal logging streaks
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The only nutrition app built for campus dining halls. What Makes UPlate Different? - Real-time dining hall menus with calories, macros, ingredients & allergens - AI meal recommendations based on what's actually being served today - Built-in Macro Tracking that syncs with Apple Health Track Everything - Log dining hall meals with one tap - Scan barcodes for snacks & packaged foods - Track calories, protein, carbs & fat automatically - Auto-adjusts goals based on active calories burned Menu Filtering Filter by dietary restrictions, religious restrictions, or custom preferences. Reach Your Goals Bulking · Cutting · Maintenance · Weight loss · Muscle gain Set your targets. UPlate adjusts recommendations throughout the day based on what you've already eaten. Stay Consistent Meal logging streaks keep you accountable without the pressure. Stop guessing what to eat. Start eating with intention. Download UPlate today.
Pibu
This app analyzes your skin using AI from a selfie to create a personalized morning and evening skincare routine. It tracks your skin score over time and offers a private space for your skincare journey. Premium features unlock full analysis and product integration.
- AI-powered cosmetic skin scan
- Personalized daily skincare routines
- Skin score and progress tracking
- Private on-device photo history
- AI companion for skincare questions
- Shareable progress cards
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Pibu is your cosmetic skincare companion. Take a selfie and Pibu reads what is visible, oiliness, redness, hydration look, and texture, then builds you a morning and evening routine that fits your goals, your budget, and the time you actually have. Track your skin score over time, see what changed since your last scan, and keep a private, on-device photo history if you want one. Your photos are never stored on our servers, they are read once to build your routine, then discarded. What is inside: • A cosmetic skin scan powered by AI, oiliness, redness, hydration look, and texture, explained in plain language, never medical jargon. • A personalized routine that adapts as your skin changes. • A skin score and trend line, so progress is something you can actually see. • Ask Pibu, a friendly AI companion for quick skincare questions. • Shareable progress cards for the moments that feel worth celebrating. • A gentle, private space. No ads, no third-party tracking, your data stays yours. Pibu offers cosmetic guidance only. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition. For a skin concern that affects your health, please see a dermatologist. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Pibu Terms of Service: https://mypibu.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://mypibu.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pibu at 5.0 against UPlate's 4.4. Pibu also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). UPlate's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pibu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of UPlate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pibu's.
UPlate ships an update every 4 days, Pibu every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UPlate | Pibu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nathaniel Kemme Nash | Deepak Karani |
Customer experience
UPlate
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In-app purchases
UPlate
No in-app purchases
Pibu
No in-app purchases









