Comparison

Mealyn vs Catcha

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

Head to head
About

Mealyn

Capture your meals with photos and notes to remember the moments around them. Organize meals, track expenses, and revisit memories through a personal timeline. AI assists with descriptions and weekly reviews.

Highlights
  • Photo food diary
  • AI-assisted descriptions
  • Expense tracking
  • Personal timeline
  • Weekly reviews
  • Shareable moments
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Remember the meal. Keep the moment. Mealyn is a photo food diary for capturing everyday meals and remembering the moments around them. Take a photo, add a note, and revisit the tastes, places, and memories that make up your everyday life. CAPTURE A MEAL Take a photo or choose from your library. Keep multiple photos together, add a personal note, and organize meals by date and time. Optional AI-assisted descriptions help put a moment into words. REVISIT YOUR MEMORIES Browse your Moments timeline or zoom through your personal photo wall. As your journal grows, explore preset questions about your saved meals, favorite places, and recorded spending. REMEMBER PLACES AND EXPENSES Keep lists of restaurants you have visited or want to try. Attach a receipt to a meal or enter its cost manually. Save everyday shopping receipts, review recognized details, and make corrections before confirming. WEEKLY REVIEWS Look back on a recorded week with a short AI review of your meals and highlights, including a summary of your recorded meal and shopping receipt spending. When you share a review, you choose whether spending is included. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Choose meals or restaurants to share with friends, enjoy their posts, or create a photo card to save and share elsewhere. There is no public community feed. MADE FOR IPHONE Use Home Screen widgets to revisit a meal or jump into the camera. Control Center and Lock Screen shortcuts make it easier to capture the next moment. FREE AND MEALYN PLUS Mealyn offers a Free plan and optional monthly or yearly Mealyn Plus auto-renewable subscriptions. Plus includes higher allowances for meal recording, AI descriptions, weekly reviews, and related food tools. Current benefits, prices, and billing periods are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled; manage or cancel them in your iPhone subscription settings. AI features require an internet connection. Generated descriptions and food estimates are informational, not medical or nutritional advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Catcha

Capture your meals and drinks as collectible stickers by automatically removing backgrounds. Organize your food discoveries into categories, rate flavors, and save locations on a map to revisit your tasting journey. Stay motivated with streaks and unlock badges.

Highlights
  • Capture meals and drinks
  • Automatic background removal for stickers
  • Sort discoveries into categories
  • Rate flavors and add notes
  • Save discovery locations on a map
  • Track daily streaks and unlock badges
Features
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Catcha turns every bite and sip into a collectible memory. Take a photo of what you eat or drink, and Catcha cuts the background so your food becomes a sticker-style discovery you can save, organize, and revisit anytime. ### BUILD YOUR FOOD COLLECTION • Capture meals and drinks in seconds • Remove backgrounds automatically for clean, playful stickers • Sort discoveries into categories • Rate flavors and add personal notes ### REMEMBER WHERE YOU TRIED IT • Save where each discovery happened on the map • Revisit favorites and compare tastes over time ### STAY MOTIVATED • Grow daily streaks • Unlock badges and collector titles • Track your tasting journey on your profile Catcha is your personal food discovery journal — simple, local, and designed to make trying new things more fun. Privacy: Your collection stays on your device. No account required. Terms of Use: https://talha-portfolioo.vercel.app/fudi/terms Privacy Policy: https://talha-portfolioo.vercel.app/fudi/privacy

Screenshots

Mealyn4 screens
Catcha4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Catcha at every 2 days against Mealyn's every 2 weeks. Catcha also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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. Mealyn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Catcha sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 Mealyn against 5.0 for Catcha. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mealyn ships an update every 2 weeks, Catcha every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mealyn versus Catcha: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMealynCatcha
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGUOHUA DINGTALHA PAKDIL

Customer experience

Mealyn

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

Catcha

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mealyn

Subscriptions2
  • Mealyn Plus Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Mealyn Plus Annual1 Year trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Catcha

Subscriptions2
  • Fudi Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Fudi Premium Yearly$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fudi Premium Lifetime$69.99

Questions

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

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