Comparison

Jounreal vs Frulo

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

Head to head
About

Jounreal

Features
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Your journal. Your data. Yours alone. Life is a journey — and Jounreal rides along with you. Rate and write what changes, and the road to your goals gets a little closer. A few minutes a day is enough. THREE SIMPLE MODES • Journey — rate your day. Mood, energy, sleep and anything else that matters to you, on a simple scale. • Journal — write your thoughts. Short or long, your way, organized with tags. • Real — discover patterns. Charts, trends and correlations reveal what really drives your mood. BUILT AROUND YOU • Custom parameters — track what matters to you, from anxiety to hydration. Scales, yes/no or numbers. • Goals — set goals with a start and end, and check in daily: up, steady or down. • Calendar history — browse every day in a color-coded calendar and revisit or edit past entries. • Periods & context — mark medication, therapy or big events and see how they shape your data. • Themes — twelve themes, from warm sepia to cool nord. All free. • Gentle reminders — one local reminder a day, only if you forget. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Stays on your device — all entries live in a local database on your iPhone. No cloud. • Encrypted at rest — AES-256, with the key stored in your device's secure keychain. • No account, no tracking — no sign-up, no email, no third-party analytics. FREE TO START Everything essential is free, forever: unlimited Journey and Journal entries, full calendar history, up to 90 days of analysis, tags, goals and all 12 themes. JOUNREAL PREMIUM Removes the limits when you're ready: full data history in analysis, unlimited parameters (including custom ones), unlimited goals and time periods — and supports independent development. Premium is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jounreal.com/privacy Jounreal is a personal journaling and self-reflection tool, not a medical or diagnostic app. If you're in crisis, please reach out to a professional.

About

Frulo

Effortlessly track your food intake by simply taking a photo of your meal. The AI analyzes your plate to provide instant calorie and macronutrient breakdowns. Set personalized goals for weight loss, maintenance, or gain, and receive guidance from an AI nutrition coach.

Highlights
  • AI food scanner with photo analysis
  • Barcode scanner for packaged foods
  • Log meals with Siri voice commands
  • AI nutrition coach for personalized advice
  • Customizable calorie and macro targets
  • Healthy recipe library
  • Progress tracking and BMI analysis
Features
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Point your camera at your plate and Frulo's AI turns it into calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds. No database to dig through, no scale, no typing. Frulo is built for anyone who wants to eat with intent, whether the goal is to lose weight, hold steady, or gain weight and build muscle. It sets a daily calorie and macro target from your body, your activity and your goal, then makes hitting it the easy part. AI FOOD SCANNER • Snap a photo of any meal and get calories, protein, carbs and fat for what is actually on the plate • Adjust a portion and every number updates with it • Describe a meal in plain words when a photo is not practical BARCODE SCANNER • Point the camera at a packaged food and the full nutrition label lands in your diary • Snacks, drinks and supermarket meals logged in a second LOG WITH SIRI • "Hey Siri, log a bowl of oatmeal" and it is done, without touching your phone • Nothing to open, nothing to type YOUR AI NUTRITION COACH • Chat with a coach that already knows what you ate today • Ask what to cook tonight, how to hit your protein, or whether dinner still fits • It asks follow-up questions and answers with your own numbers, not generic advice CALORIES AND MACROS, BUILT AROUND YOUR GOAL • A clean daily diary for calories, protein, carbs and fat • Targets calculated for losing, maintaining, or gaining weight • Daily totals against your target, at a glance HEALTHY RECIPES • A library of recipes with calories and macros already worked out • From a high-protein dinner to a lighter lunch, each one ready to log in a tap PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE • Weight trend and where it sits on the BMI scale • Calorie averages and macro splits over weeks and months • Tell whether the week really went the way it felt HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your goal and get a daily calorie and macro target. 2. Log meals with a photo, a barcode, a sentence or Siri. 3. Follow the trend and ask your coach what to change. Download Frulo and find out what your plate is really made of. Frulo Pro is a subscription (monthly or yearly), managed from your Apple Account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Jounreal4 screens
Frulo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Jounreal at 16.4 against Frulo's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Jounreal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Frulo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Jounreal versus Frulo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJounrealFrulo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam PadusinskiAlessandro Bortoluzzi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Jounreal

Subscriptions2
  • Jounreal Premium$1.991 Month
  • Jounreal Premium$14.991 Year
4 purchases

Frulo

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Weekly$8.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Jounreal free?
Jounreal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frulo free?
Frulo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jounreal or Frulo have ads?
Neither Jounreal nor Frulo shows ads.

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