Comparison

Fastera vs Plate Journal

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

Head to head
About

Fastera

Features
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Fastera is a calm intermittent fasting app for iPhone and Apple Watch. Start and finish fasts quickly, track your progress at a glance, log weight with minimal friction, and review your history over time. Fastera is built to stay simple: โ€ข free to use โ€ข no ads โ€ข no account required โ€ข local-first and private โ€ข clean, Apple-native design`

About

Plate Journal

Features
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Plate Journal is your personal food journal โ€” photograph every meal and capture how it made you feel. - Photo-first logging for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and unlimited Snacks - Rate each meal and track your mood โ€” happy, neutral, sad, or disgusted - Add a meal name and notes about how the food made you feel - Browse your full history in a log grouped by day - Filter your log by meal type, mood, or minimum rating - Weekly Story card: see your top meals, mood summary, and streak for the past 7 days - Everything stays private on your device โ€” no accounts, no cloud, no tracking Built with love for anyone who wants a simple, beautiful record of what they eat and how food affects them.

Screenshots

Fastera4 screens
Plate Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Fastera at 3 against Plate Journal's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Fastera versus Plate Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFasteraPlate Journal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmed ErakyVikram Badrinarayanan

In-app purchases

None

Fastera

No in-app purchases

None

Plate Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fastera free?
Fastera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plate Journal free?
Plate Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fastera or Plate Journal have ads?
Neither Fastera nor Plate Journal shows ads.

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