Fastera vs Plate Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Fastera
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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: โข free to use โข no ads โข no account required โข local-first and private โข clean, Apple-native design`
Plate Journal
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Fastera | Plate Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ahmed Eraky | Vikram Badrinarayanan |
In-app purchases
Fastera
No in-app purchases
Plate Journal
No in-app purchases









