Comparison

Taste vs Limits

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

Head to head
About

Taste

Discover and save UI designs to train a personal AI model that understands your aesthetic. Upload your own work to build a portfolio and refine recommendations. Enhance your design vocabulary for AI-assisted development.

Highlights
  • Personalized AI design model
  • Save and upload UI inspiration
  • AI-powered design extraction
  • Build and showcase design portfolio
  • Trending design discovery
  • Sync across devices
Features
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Taste learns what good design looks like -- to you. Swipe through real UI work from the community. Save what inspires you. Upload your own screenshots. Every interaction trains a personal AI model that maps your design sensibility, so your feed gets sharper over time. Whether you're building with AI coding tools or designing by hand, Taste makes sure what you ship actually looks good. Swipe. Rate. Build your taste profile. Browse a stream of mobile, web, and dashboard designs from real products and portfolios. React with "Not for me," "It's OK," or "I love it." After 20 ratings, Taste generates a unique profile of your design preferences that improves with every swipe. Save inspiration from anywhere. Use the iOS Share Sheet to send screenshots from any app straight to Taste. Paste from your clipboard. Start a collection during onboarding by saving screenshots you chose for their design. Add an optional note about what caught your eye. AI-powered design extraction is available in the regular upload flow to pull out colors, categories, and tags. Build your portfolio. Upload your own design work to train Taste on what you create, not just what you like. Organize projects, set visibility, and let the model sharpen its recommendations based on both sides of your creative identity. Discover what's trending. Explore trending designs, search by tag or creator, and find portfolios from the community. Your feed evolves as your taste profile develops! Your design companion for AI-assisted development. Using Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any AI coding tool? Taste helps you build a design vocabulary so you can guide AI tools toward better-looking results. Save references, build moodboards, and develop the eye you need to ship polished products. Sync everywhere. Your account, library, and taste profile sync across Taste on iOS, macOS, and web. Free to start. Pro when you're ready. - 5 design extractions per month on Free - 100 extractions per month on Pro - Auto-categorization and batch import - Bring your own API key - Pro badge and hire directory listing - Faster profile regeneration and early access to new features SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Taste Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription. Two plans are offered: - Monthly: $14.99/month - Yearly: $99.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://buildwithtaste.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://buildwithtaste.com/privacy

About

Limits

Monitor your AI coding rate limits across multiple providers in one convenient dashboard. View session usage, weekly quotas, and reset timers with customizable widgets for at-a-glance updates. This app prioritizes privacy with on-device token storage and no tracking.

Highlights
  • AI rate limit monitoring
  • Session usage tracking
  • Weekly quota display
  • Reset countdown timers
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • On-device token storage
  • Supports Codex, Claude, Cursor
Features
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Limits shows your AI coding rate limits at a glance. See session usage, weekly quotas, and reset timers for the providers you connect, all in one place. Connect with secure sign in. Limits never sends your tokens to a server. Your tokens stay on your device in the Keychain, and your usage is cached on device so the widgets can read it. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your limits visible without opening the app. Live countdowns keep ticking between refreshes, so you always know how much you have left and when it resets. Supported providers: - Codex (ChatGPT) - Claude Code - Cursor - Grok - Antigravity Why you will like it: - One dashboard for every limit you care about - Ring and bar gauges that stay readable at a glance - Reset countdowns on your Home Screen and Lock Screen - Private by design, with no account required for Limits itself - No ads, no tracking, and no analytics Limits is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, Anysphere, Google, xAI, or any other provider. Provider names are used only to identify the services you choose to connect. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/stdeula/ Questions or feedback: hi@pranavkarthik.com

Screenshots

Taste4 screens
Limits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Taste at 5.0 against Limits's 4.5. Taste also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Limits's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 5) and chart position (#66 vs #199). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Taste sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Limits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Taste holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 22 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Taste versus Limits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasteLimits
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.5 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews—70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings522 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#199#66 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfinite Idea Machine LLCPranav Karthik Mruthyunjayan

Customer experience

Taste

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Limits

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Taste

Subscriptions4
  • Taste Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Taste Pro (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Taste Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Taste Pro (Annual)$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Limits

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Limits Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Taste free?
Taste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Limits free?
Limits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Taste or Limits?
Taste is rated higher. Taste averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Limits averages 4.5 from 22 ratings.
Do Taste or Limits have ads?
Neither Taste nor Limits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taste or Limits?
Taste ships an update every 3 days, and Limits every 3 days. Most recently, Taste was updated on October 10, 2026 and Limits on October 13, 2026.
Which is more popular, Taste or Limits?
Taste currently peaks at #199 in the App Store charts, and Limits at #66. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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