Rootwise vs Phase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rootwise
This app helps you understand your body's wellness through personalized insights. It tracks food, hydration, sleep, energy, and cycle data, offering AI-driven nudges and pattern recognition without overwhelming you.
- AI-powered food logging with nutrition nudges
- Track hydration, sleep, and energy levels
- Symptom and mood journaling
- Period and cycle tracking with fertile window predictions
- Personalized wellness insights
- Integrates with Apple Health
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Rootwise is your everyday wellness companion for women and men — built to help you understand your body without the noise of a typical health app. WHAT IT DOES • Food log with AI — snap a photo or type what you ate. Get calories, protein, fiber, and personalized nutrition nudges. • Hydration, sleep, energy — log in seconds. Trends connect dots between your day and how you feel. • Symptom & mood journal — track mood, energy, cramps, bloating, headaches, and more. Spot patterns that step trackers miss. • Period & cycle tracking — log a period in one tap. See your phase (menstruation, follicular, ovulation, luteal), your fertile window, and ovulation predictions every day. Past-day editing built in. • Rooty insights — your wellness guide that surfaces what matters today. "Low protein so far." "Fatigue risk: only 5h sleep with high activity." "Period in 3 days, eat iron-rich foods." WHY CHOOSE ROOTWISE • Tailored to you. Hydration targets adjust to your body weight. Protein nudges fire when YOU are behind, not on a generic schedule. • Smart insights. Knows your nutrition, sleep, and energy patterns — and your cycle phase if you track it. • Privacy-first. Your health data is yours. We don't sell it, ever. • Calm by design. No streaks. No shame. No fitness-bro language. • Works alongside Apple Health for steps, sleep, and heart rate. WHO IT'S FOR Rootwise is built for women and men who: • Want a wellness tracker that respects their privacy. • Are curious how food, sleep, and energy affect how they feel. • Want a single calm app instead of three different trackers fighting for attention. • Care about understanding their body, not just measuring it. GET STARTED IN UNDER A MINUTE No account required to explore. Hook up Apple Health for automatic steps and sleep, log your meals, and Rooty starts learning your patterns from day one. — Rootwise is intended for educational and wellness purposes. It's not a medical device and doesn't replace professional medical advice. If you have a health concern, talk to your doctor. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rootwise.vercel.app/privacy
Phase
This app helps you track intermittent fasting and monitor your nutrition. It features an AI food scanner, calorie and macro tracking, and visual progress indicators for your fasting stages. Easily log meals, set custom fasting schedules, and view your body's estimated responses.
- Intermittent fasting timer
- AI food scanner
- Calorie and macro tracking
- Estimated fasting stages
- Custom fasting schedules
- Weight and water intake tracking
- Apple Health integration
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Start fasting. See what's happening during your fast. Scan your meals. Phase is an intermittent fasting tracker, fasting timer, calorie tracker, and AI food scanner built to make fasting simple. Instead of showing only a countdown, Phase helps you follow your fasting journey through estimated body stages while keeping your calories, macros, weight, and nutrition in one place. TRACK YOUR FASTING STAGES • Follow estimated stages as your fast progresses • See stages including Sugar Drop, Fat Burn, Ketosis, and Autophagy • Understand where you are in your fasting window • Track your fasting progress with a simple visual timer FAST YOUR WAY • Choose 16:8, 18:6, 14:10, 20:4, OMAD, or a custom schedule • Start and stop your fast in one tap • Explore different intermittent fasting protocols • Use Home Screen widgets for quick access • Build consistency with streak and calendar tracking SCAN FOOD WITH AI • Take a photo of your meal and let AI analyze it • Scan packaged foods by barcode • Search foods when you want to log manually • Get calories and macro information • Add meals directly to your food diary TRACK CALORIES & MACROS • Monitor daily calories • Track protein, carbs, fat, and fiber • Organize food by breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks • See your remaining daily calorie target at a glance TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Log your weight and follow your goal • Track daily water intake • Connect Apple Health to view your steps • Keep your fasting and nutrition progress together Phase combines an intermittent fasting tracker, calorie tracker, macro tracker, and AI food scanner in one simple app. No complicated routines. Just fasting, nutrition, and progress tracking in one place. Your body is already doing the work. Phase helps you follow the journey. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rootwise at none against Phase's shown. Rootwise also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Rootwise sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month and Phase sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rootwise against 5.0 for Phase. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rootwise | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enmanuel Solorzano Yasell | Ivan Hubar |
Customer experience
Rootwise
Phase
In-app purchases
Rootwise
- Rootwise Premium7 Days trial$8.991 Month
Phase
- Unlimited (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Unlimited (Yearly) Sale$14.991 Year
- Unlimited (3 Months)$24.993 Months
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- Unlimited (Yearly)7 Days trial$34.991 Year









