Comparison

Spoons vs Marrowbone

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

Head to head
About

Spoons

This app helps autistic adults track their energy levels to identify patterns of burnout, sensory overload, and masking fatigue. By logging energy and triggers, users can gain insights to better pace themselves, set boundaries, and reduce exhaustion.

Highlights
  • Energy level tracking (0-10 slider)
  • Identify energy drains (sensory overload, masking, burnout)
  • Identify energy restorers (stimming, time alone)
  • Pattern analysis for triggers and recovery
  • Reflection cards for deeper insights
  • Offline functionality
  • Data export and import
Features
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Spoons is an energy tracker for autistic adults dealing with burnout, sensory overload, and masking fatigue. Diagnosed, self-identified, or still figuring it out. Log how much energy you have at any moment and see patterns around burnout, masking, shutdowns, and sensory overload. I built Spoons after years of autistic burnout and sensory overload, because the accommodations around me were not enough, and most autism apps on the app store are made specifically for kids, almost NOTHING out there exists for us. Spoons uses a 0-10 slider to track your energy at any moment. Simply slide and release. (Auto saves upon release) There is also a history view from the past 14 days right below the slider to view patterns on: What is draining you: — Sensory overload — Masking — Shutdowns — Autistic Burnout What may help restore you: — Stimming — Time alone — Reducing sensory input Over time, tracking can help you notice subtle drains, recovery patterns, and situations that cost more energy than they first seem to. Once you start seeing what drains your energy and what helps you recover, you can plan ahead, pace yourself, set boundaries, and make changes that reduce unnecessary exhaustion. — Taking time off work on very low-energy days — Removing routines that consistently drain you or create unnecessary friction — Can lead to fewer meltdowns, shutdowns, and burnout cycles, since your nervous system has less to "fight against". Spoons also includes reflection cards that makes discovering patterns and drains involves certain days, weeks, months, or even years much more obvious. Drains like: - Your Mondays tended to be lower recently ->Could correlate specific days that could involve more masking, and more sensory overload, which is usually subconscious and invisible - Higher-energy days were sometimes followed by lower days soon after. -> Could be a brief recovered period where you have more energy, but after masking or special interest engage, energy is lower for a certain period - |"Your lowest entries were lower than usual over the past few months".-> Could possibly indicate accumulated sensory overload which could make it hard to recover & deal with more masking or other types of sensory overload that drains you. These are made to be purely observational as well as actionable, not to point out context that it doesn't know. This can be very specific and are highly influential from the patterns on your energy you built over time, which helps can you help you plan ahead and self-accommodate yourself what is likely to have the best impact on your energy over time. Spoons has.. No accounts. No notifications. No streaks. No motivational messages. Just tracking your energy. No ads. Ever. Spoons works offline, and your data stays on your device. Export and import are always available, even without a subscription. Spoons includes 30 days of full access. No payment information is required to get started. Spoons is $2.99/month or $29.99/year. These prices never go up. Ever. Even if you stop paying and eventually want to come back. Regional pricing is available in 45+ countries to keep energy tracking more affordable globally. Starting once the sustainability threshold has been reached, 40% of Spoons revenue goes toward funding autism diagnoses for those of us who cannot afford them. I created this app to help us accommodate ourselves in a world that clearly doesn't do enough to help us. Terms of Service: https://getspoons.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://getspoons.app/privacy-policy

About

Marrowbone

Features
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A clearer picture of your dog’s everyday care. Track meals, nutrition, weight, body condition, activity and health in one thoughtfully designed place, then bring those records together to understand your dog more clearly over time. Whether you feed raw, fresh, wet, dry or a combination, Marrowbone is designed to support the way you care for your dog. MEALS & NUTRITION Log meals, treats and supplements and build a consistent picture of your dog’s feeding routine. Track different foods, quantities and feeding approaches, with support for raw, mixed and commercial diets. WEIGHT & BODY CONDITION Follow weight and body condition over time and see them alongside the feeding, activity and health records that give those changes context. ACTIVITY & HEALTH Record walks, runs, training and other activity, alongside everyday health observations and check-ins, creating a useful history of your dog’s routine and wellbeing. ONE CONNECTED RECORD Meals, weight, activity and health rarely exist in isolation. Marrowbone keeps them together, helping you look back at what has been happening and build a clearer picture of your dog throughout their life. GO FURTHER WITH MARROWBONE PLUS Marrowbone Plus turns your dog’s growing record into personalised insight, helping you understand meaningful patterns, changes and relationships across their care. With Plus you can: • Receive a personalised 30-day briefing across nutrition, weight, body condition, activity and wellbeing • Explore 7-day and 30-day Nutrition Intelligence • Discover supported patterns across food, digestion, stool quality, itching and energy with Health Insights • See how feeding, activity, weight, body condition and health connect with My Dog Over Time • Use the guided Body Condition Scanner to estimate and track Body Condition Score • Create supplement routines and scheduled reminders • Generate organised vet and nutrition reports • Share care with invited family members or caregivers • Create unlimited dog profiles BUILT FOR REAL DOG OWNERSHIP Dogs change. Routines change. Feeding changes. Marrowbone is designed to grow with them, from the next bowl to a longer-term picture of their everyday care. Start with your dog. Start with the next bowl. Marrowbone is designed to support record keeping and informed dog ownership. Body Condition Scanner results are estimates and should be considered alongside hands-on assessment. Marrowbone does not provide veterinary diagnosis or replace professional veterinary advice. Privacy Policy: https://marrowbone.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://marrowbone.app/terms

Screenshots

Spoons4 screens
Marrowbone4 screens

Verdict

The call

Spoons and Marrowbone are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Spoons sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Marrowbone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spoons ships an update every 10 days, Marrowbone every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Spoons versus Marrowbone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpoonsMarrowbone
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB127 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSpoonsMarrowbone Technologies Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spoons

Subscriptions2
  • Spoons Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Spoons Yearly$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Marrowbone

Subscriptions2
  • Marrowbone Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Marrowbone Plus Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Spoons free?
Spoons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marrowbone free?
Marrowbone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spoons or Marrowbone have ads?
Neither Spoons nor Marrowbone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spoons or Marrowbone?
Spoons ships an update every 10 days, and Marrowbone every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spoons was updated on November 5, 2026 and Marrowbone on November 5, 2026.

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