Comparison

Mindful Eating vs MorselNote

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

Head to head
About

Mindful Eating

Features
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A calmer way to be with food. How It Felt is a mindful eating diary that asks how a meal made you feel — not how many calories it had. No tracking. No scores. No judgement. Just a private space to pause, notice, and reflect. If diet apps and calorie counters have left you anxious about food, this is something different. How It Felt is built for mindful and intuitive eating — a quiet companion for those navigating emotional eating, binge cycles, hunger cues, or recovery from a disordered relationship with food: a gentle food diary, an in-the-moment eating timer, and quiet weekly reflections. — LOG MEALS THE WAY THEY ACTUALLY FEEL — A few seconds per meal is enough. - Log a meal, snack, drink, or dessert with as little or as much detail as you like. - Note your hunger before and fullness after on a gentle scale — no numbers to hit, no goals to chase. - Choose from 28 emotions and 5 senses to capture how the moment felt. - Add an optional photo or short reflection. Skip anything you don't need. — A MINDFUL EATING TIMER — A 20-minute companion to slow down with. - Optional gentle prompts every 3, 5, or 10 minutes — texture cues, breath reminders, fork-down moments, body check-ins. - Soundscapes: silence, soft rain, nature, or white noise. - Vibration toggle and an intention you can set before you start. - A short reflection at the end — only if you want it. — REFLECTION, NOT METRICS — Awareness without ranking. - Calendar view to revisit any day. - Today, this week, and this month overviews. - Patterns in emotional eating, meal types, and hunger — framed as awareness, not performance. - Photos and timer stats grouped by period. - Gentle prompts that surface alongside the data, never over it. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Your reflections never leave your device. - All entries stored locally, on your phone only. - No cloud sync. No account required to start. - Optional app lock with Face ID or Touch ID. - Export your last 7 days as CSV or PDF anytime, free. - Delete a single entry, or wipe everything, with one tap. — BACKED BY RESEARCH — Every prompt and timing choice is grounded in peer-reviewed mindful-eating studies, including: - Kokkinos et al., 2010 — pace and satiety signals. - Kristeller and Wolever, 2011 — emotional check-ins and mealtime stress. - Robinson et al., 2014 — distraction-free eating and meal satisfaction. Sources are shown in onboarding so you can read them yourself. — FREE TO USE — The diary is free, including unlimited meal logging, the full mindful timer with all soundscapes, calendar and insights, reminders, app lock, and a 7-day CSV or PDF export. — OPTIONAL PREMIUM — A subscription keeps the space calm and ad-free, tunes affirmations to how each meal felt, and extends export beyond 7 days — your whole history, kept. Weekly, monthly, and yearly plans available, with a free trial. Cancel anytime. — A NOTE ON TONE — Neutral language throughout. No streaks to keep. No scores to chase. No "good" or "bad" foods. No before-and-after framing. Skip any field. Take a day off. The app waits for you. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are available in-app and on our website. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.howitfelt.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.howitfelt.app/privacy/

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MorselNote

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From food diary to dinner table, MorselNote keeps nutrition tracking, recipes, meal planning, cooking, and groceries together in one app. No accounts required. LOG WHAT YOU EAT • Scan UPC and EAN barcodes • Search packaged foods and USDA generic foods • Log servings, ounces, or grams • Save custom foods and reusable meals • Copy a previous day's entries when your routine repeats • Track calories, macros, fiber, sodium, added sugars, calcium, iron, potassium, and more PLAN WHAT YOU'LL COOK Use the weekly meal planner to look ahead instead of deciding at the last minute. Add recipes to a day, group several dishes into a menu, and move from a plan to a grocery list without retyping ingredients. BUILD YOUR RECIPE BOX Create recipes from scratch or import them from the web. Keep ingredients, servings, photos, and step-by-step directions together. Search by recipe name or enter ingredients separated by commas to find a useful match. Organize favorites and collections, then scale quantities for the number of servings you need. SHOP FROM YOUR PLAN Turn recipes, menus, and planned meals into an aisle-organized shopping list. MorselNote combines ingredients, helps account for pantry staples, and lets you check items off as you shop. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Cook Mode presents one clear step at a time, keeps the screen awake, and supports multiple concurrent timers. Timer alerts can notify you even when MorselNote is in the background. SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE Review calorie and macro trends across 7 days, 4 weeks, or 12 weeks. Daily goals and FDA Daily Values keep the numbers in context without turning every meal into a judgment. SYNC PRIVATELY OR SHARE A KITCHEN Your data stays on your device by default. Optional end-to-end encrypted vault sync keeps your devices current; MorselNote's service does not have the key. Shared Kitchen gives invited household members a separate encrypted space for recipes, menus, plans, and grocery lists. Personal diary entries and goals are never part of a Shared Kitchen. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE MorselNote works without an account and includes complete backup and restore. Food searches and barcodes are sent to MorselNote's search service and food-data providers only to return matches. Diary entries and goals are never used to select ads. The free app includes light, non-personalized inline banners; one lifetime purchase removes every banner permanently. Nutrition data can be incomplete or inaccurate, particularly for crowd-sourced foods. MorselNote is a general wellness tool and is not medical advice

Screenshots

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MorselNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MorselNote at daily against Mindful Eating's every 8 days. MorselNote also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Mindful Eating sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and MorselNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Eating ships an update every 8 days, MorselNote daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Mindful Eating versus MorselNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful EatingMorselNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVLADISLAVS PETKUNSJESSICA MORNINGSTAR DELANO

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mindful Eating

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$24.901 Year
1 purchases

MorselNote

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$9.99

Questions

Is Mindful Eating free?
Mindful Eating is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MorselNote free?
MorselNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindful Eating or MorselNote have ads?
Both Mindful Eating and MorselNote show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Eating or MorselNote?
Mindful Eating ships an update every 8 days, and MorselNote daily. Most recently, Mindful Eating was updated on October 25, 2026 and MorselNote on October 17, 2026.

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