Buzz vs Frulo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buzz
This app helps you track your alcohol consumption mindfully, offering gentle visualizations and personalized recovery tips. It allows you to log drinks quickly, monitor progress against goals, and view historical patterns without numerical readouts.
- Gentle pace visualization
- Quick drink logging
- Track standard units and calories
- Drink-free day streak
- Morning recovery tips
- Calendar view of patterns
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Buzz is a mindful drink tracker that helps you drink less and live more. A CALMER WAY TO SEE YOUR NIGHT Buzz shows a gentle, non-numeric pace visualization on the home screen. An at-a-glance sense of where you are, without speed readouts or body-alcohol numbers. It's awareness, not a score. LOG YOUR DRINKS IN SECONDS Beer, wine, cocktails, spirits, and low or no-alcohol options. Pick from a fast catalog or add your own. Logged a drink late? Just log it for the past day. Your history stays accurate. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Standard units today and this week against a goal you choose • Calories from alcohol • Drink-free-day streak with a gentle moment when a run ends • Weekly and monthly patterns at a glance BUZZ PRO UNLOCKS THE FULL APP • Unlimited drinks per session (free tier logs three per night) • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Browse every past drinking night in your history • Monthly heatmap of your drinking pattern • Session insights and averages • Extended time periods (90 days, year, all-time) MORNING RECOVERY TIPS Gentle, personalized suggestions for hydration, nutrition, rest, and movement. So your next day starts well. CALENDAR AT A GLANCE See your drinking patterns over time in a weekly and monthly view. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your drink data stays on your device. No account required. IMPORTANT Buzz is a drink journal. It does not measure blood alcohol or impairment, is not a medical device, and must never be used to decide whether to drive, operate machinery, or take any action that could cause harm. If you have been drinking, do not drive. Terms of Use: https://github.com/AlbertoNoris/buzz/blob/main/TERMS_OF_USE.md Privacy Policy: https://github.com/AlbertoNoris/buzz/blob/main/PRIVACY_POLICY.md
Frulo
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Point your camera at your plate and Frulo's AI turns it into calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds. No database to dig through, no scale, no typing. Frulo is built for anyone who wants to eat with intent, whether the goal is to lose weight, hold steady, or gain weight and build muscle. It sets a daily calorie and macro target from your body, your activity and your goal, then makes hitting it the easy part. AI FOOD SCANNER • Snap a photo of any meal and get calories, protein, carbs and fat for what is actually on the plate • Adjust a portion and every number updates with it • Describe a meal in plain words when a photo is not practical BARCODE SCANNER • Point the camera at a packaged food and the full nutrition label lands in your diary • Snacks, drinks and supermarket meals logged in a second LOG WITH SIRI • "Hey Siri, log a bowl of oatmeal" and it is done, without touching your phone • Nothing to open, nothing to type YOUR AI NUTRITION COACH • Chat with a coach that already knows what you ate today • Ask what to cook tonight, how to hit your protein, or whether dinner still fits • It asks follow-up questions and answers with your own numbers, not generic advice CALORIES AND MACROS, BUILT AROUND YOUR GOAL • A clean daily diary for calories, protein, carbs and fat • Targets calculated for losing, maintaining, or gaining weight • Daily totals against your target, at a glance HEALTHY RECIPES • A library of recipes with calories and macros already worked out • From a high-protein dinner to a lighter lunch, each one ready to log in a tap PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE • Weight trend and where it sits on the BMI scale • Calorie averages and macro splits over weeks and months • Tell whether the week really went the way it felt HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your goal and get a daily calorie and macro target. 2. Log meals with a photo, a barcode, a sentence or Siri. 3. Follow the trend and ask your coach what to change. Download Frulo and find out what your plate is really made of. Frulo Pro is a subscription (monthly or yearly), managed from your Apple Account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Frulo at 5.0 against Buzz's 1.0. Buzz's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). 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. Buzz sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Frulo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Frulo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Buzz ships an update every 5 days, Frulo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buzz | Frulo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Stolen Spot S.R.L. | Alessandro Bortoluzzi |
Customer experience
Buzz
Frulo
In-app purchases
Buzz
- Buzz Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
- Buzz Pro Yearly Discount$12.991 Year
- Buzz Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
Frulo
- Pro Weekly$8.997 Days
- Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year








