Comparison

PlateBird vs Brim

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

Head to head
About

PlateBird

Effortlessly track your nutrition with AI-powered food logging. Simply describe your meal or snap a photo for instant breakdowns of calories, macros, and micronutrients. Monitor progress with weight goals and daily summaries.

Highlights
  • AI-powered food logging via text, photo, or barcode
  • Detailed macro and micronutrient tracking
  • Weight tracking and goal setting
  • Apple Health synchronization
  • Daily logging streaks and milestones
  • Offline logging support
  • Light and dark mode interface
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PlateBird makes calorie tracking effortless. Just describe what you ate in plain English or snap a photo, and our AI instantly breaks down calories, protein, carbs, fat, and 20+ micronutrients. No tedious database searches. Just tell PlateBird what you had, or scan a barcode when it is easier. HOW IT WORKS: 1) Type what you ate, like "chicken sandwich with fries" or "grande oat milk latte" 2) Get an instant nutrition breakdown with calories, macros, and micronutrients 3) Track your progress with streaks, weight goals, and daily summaries Or snap a photo of your meal and let AI do the work. FEATURES: • AI-Powered Food Logging: Type naturally, snap a photo, or scan a barcode. PlateBird understands portions, brands, and restaurant meals. • Full Macro Tracking: Calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, sodium, and 20+ micronutrients at a glance. • Calorie Intelligence: Smart suggestions that learn your eating patterns. Bias correction keeps estimates accurate. • Weight Tracking: Log weigh-ins, set goals, and visualize your progress over time. • Apple Health Sync: Read and write weight, nutrition, and activity data to keep everything in one place. • Streaks & Milestones: Stay motivated with daily logging streaks and achievement badges. • Calorie Rollover: Bank up to 200 unused calories for tomorrow. • Beautiful Design: Clean, minimal interface that gets out of your way. Light and dark mode. • Offline Support: Log meals even without internet. They'll sync when you reconnect. • Privacy First: Food photos and text are processed by AI for nutrition analysis. Your account data is encrypted in transit. We never sell your data. PLANS: PlateBird is free to download. PlateBird Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription and includes: • Unlimited AI food logging • Full macro and micronutrient tracking • Apple Health sync • Priority support Your local price, billing period and any introductory offer available to you are shown in the app before you confirm a subscription. A 3-day free trial is available to eligible new subscribers. Trial eligibility and the terms shown at purchase apply. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when you confirm a purchase, or after your free trial ends if you start an eligible trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://platebird.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://platebird.com/privacy Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or feedback? Email us at support@platebird.com

About

Brim

Features
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Brim is a water tracker with no charts and no scolding. Your day is a glass, and the water rises as you fill it. Tap what you drank — 250 ml, 500 ml, whatever you set — and the water rises to meet it. That's the whole interaction. One tap, one second, and the level is the answer. The screen is the readout. From arm's length you can see where you are without reading a number, because the waterline is the number. Digits are there when you want them, at the top, in a size you can read across a room. A faint dashed line marks where the day's clock has reached. If you're ahead of it, the line is underwater and you never see it. That's the only pacing signal in the app, and beating it means seeing nothing at all. Reminders stay quiet when you're ahead. Drink a large bottle and the next few nudges simply don't arrive. Reach your goal and they stop for the day. Choose the hours you're awake and how often you want checking in — gentle, steady, or often. A Home Screen widget shows today's level at a glance, with buttons to log a drink without opening the app. Ask Siri, too. History keeps every day you logged, with a daily average and a count of days you reached your goal. There are no streaks in Brim and there never will be — a missed day is not a punishment. Millilitres or fluid ounces. Five water colors. Seven languages. Your day can start at 4am rather than midnight, so a late glass counts where you'd expect. Your water stays on this iPhone. No account, no sign-up, and none of your drinking data ever leaves the device. Brim is free, and shows one ad a day — a single one, when you reach your goal, never while you're logging. One payment removes it for good. No subscription, ever. Brim counts what you tell it, against a number you chose. It doesn't give health advice and it never will. Built for iPhone.

Screenshots

PlateBird4 screens
Brim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PlateBird at none against Brim's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. PlateBird sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Brim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PlateBird versus Brim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlateBirdBrim
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlateBirdYUBIN HONG

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PlateBird

Subscriptions3
  • PlateBird Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • PlateBird Yearly Discount$29.991 Year
  • PlateBird Pro Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
1 purchases

Brim

One-time1
  • Remove the daily ad$1.99

Questions

Is PlateBird free?
PlateBird is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brim free?
Brim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlateBird or Brim have ads?
Brim shows ads; PlateBird does not.

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