Comparison

ChewClock vs Civa Dish & Day

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

Head to head
About

ChewClock

This app guides your meal pace with bite-by-bite timing to help you slow down and practice mindful eating. It allows you to set custom rhythms, track progress, and review meal summaries to build healthier eating habits and create a calmer mealtime experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable meal rhythm (chew count, duration, swallow time)
  • Timed and unlimited modes
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Meal summary review
  • Shareable summary cards
  • Build healthier eating habits
Features
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ChewClock helps you slow down, chew mindfully, and build a calmer eating rhythm—one bite at a time. Most of us eat too fast without noticing. ChewClock guides your meal pace with simple, bite-by-bite timing so you can practice mindful eating in daily life. What you can do with ChewClock - Set your own meal rhythm: chew count, chew duration, swallow time, and bite-prep time - Choose timed mode or unlimited mode based on your goal - Start, pause, and resume easily during meals - See clear real-time progress for your current bite and meal - Review your meal summary (duration, bites completed, total chews) - Share your summary card with friends or your coach Why people use it - Build healthier slow-eating habits - Improve meal awareness and reduce distracted eating - Support digestion-friendly eating pace - Create a calmer, more intentional mealtime experience ChewClock is designed to be simple, gentle, and practical—so mindful eating is easier to stick with every day. Note: ChewClock is a habit and wellness tool, not a medical device, and does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment.

About

Civa Dish & Day

This app helps food lovers manage their culinary journey. Track dishes you want to eat, recipes you've made, and plan future meals. It also helps you keep an inventory of your fridge with expiration reminders.

Highlights
  • Manage desired and cooked dishes
  • Schedule meals for specific dates
  • Track fridge ingredients
  • Receive expiration reminders
  • Save cooking memories
Features
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Civa is a local-first kitchen journal for dishes you want to try, meals you have cooked, meal planning, fridge ingredients, shopping and everyday food memories. Add photos, ingredients, instructions and notes to your recipes. Record home-cooked meals and dining out, track fridge usage and add purchased ingredients to your inventory. Optionally enable iCloud to sync your personal kitchen across devices using the same Apple Account, or continue using local features. Share a recipe or invite friends to choose dishes, and manage online links in Share Center. The shop offers optional paid decorations. Pumpkin Autumn includes three tablecloths and four plates and supports purchase restoration. Existing free tableware remains free. Export and import .civa kitchen backups. iCloud sync is not a historical backup; keep independent copies outside the app. No Civa account registration is required. Privacy: https://civakitchen.site/privacy Support: https://civakitchen.site/support

Screenshots

ChewClock3 screens
Civa Dish & Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Civa Dish & Day at every 2 days against ChewClock's monthly. Civa Dish & Day also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ChewClock's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ChewClock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Civa Dish & Day sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ChewClock against 5.0 for Civa Dish & Day. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of ChewClock's written reviews are positive against 88% of Civa Dish & Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChewClock ships an update monthly, Civa Dish & Day every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChewClock versus Civa Dish & Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChewClockCiva Dish & Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB107 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer和平 王炀薇 徐

Customer experience

ChewClock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Civa Dish & Day

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ChewClock

One-time1
  • 永久解锁$1.99
1 purchases

Civa Dish & Day

One-time1
  • Pumpkin Autumn$0.99

Questions

Is ChewClock free?
ChewClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Civa Dish & Day free?
Civa Dish & Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChewClock or Civa Dish & Day?
ChewClock and Civa Dish & Day are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do ChewClock or Civa Dish & Day have ads?
Neither ChewClock nor Civa Dish & Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChewClock or Civa Dish & Day?
ChewClock ships an update monthly, and Civa Dish & Day every 2 days. Most recently, ChewClock was updated on October 31, 2026 and Civa Dish & Day on November 7, 2026.

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