Comparison

Ingrecare vs PlateKeep

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

Head to head
About

Ingrecare

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Ingrecare helps you understand your food experiences at the ingredient level. Log what you eat and how you feel, discover recurring ingredients, and review your recent 72-hour journey to notice patterns that matter to you.

About

PlateKeep

Features
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PlateKeep is a private visual food diary. Photograph a meal, add an optional note or tag, and keep going. Your photos stay on your iPhone. No account. No calorie counting. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log a meal in seconds with the camera or your photo library • Browse Today and a visual calendar • Add optional meal types, tags, and reflections • See local weekly patterns without nutrition scores • Save meals you want to repeat • Export a PDF report or JSON/CSV data when you want it • Optional lifetime Pro for full history, extra tags, and data exports WHAT WE DON'T DO • No calorie or macro tracking • No food recognition or nutrition database • No account or cloud food profile • No social feed PRIVACY Meal photos, notes, custom tags, search text, and diary entries stay on your device. Core logging works offline. Product analytics are optional and never include food photos or diary content. Questions: support@platekeep.app Privacy: https://platekeep.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Ingrecare4 screens
PlateKeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ingrecare at none against PlateKeep's 1. Ingrecare also leads on device support (3 vs 1). PlateKeep's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. PlateKeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ingrecare asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ingrecare ships an update every 2 months, PlateKeep every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Ingrecare versus PlateKeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIngrecarePlateKeep
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJoungwon YoonOneSip Technologies Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Ingrecare

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PlateKeep

One-time1
  • PlateKeep Pro Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Ingrecare free?
Ingrecare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlateKeep free?
PlateKeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ingrecare or PlateKeep have ads?
Neither Ingrecare nor PlateKeep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ingrecare or PlateKeep?
Ingrecare ships an update every 2 months, and PlateKeep every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ingrecare was updated on October 4, 2026 and PlateKeep on October 10, 2026.

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