Comparison

Plate Pattern vs Soltide

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

Head to head
About

Plate Pattern

Easily log your meals by taking photos or writing descriptions. Get smart nutrition estimates for homemade food, restaurant dishes, and snacks. Track your daily eating patterns without guilt or pressure.

Highlights
  • Photo and text meal logging
  • Smart nutrition estimates (calories, macros)
  • Customizable meal timing
  • Daily and weekly pattern review
  • Save and log repeat meals
  • Data export to CSV
Features
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You track your steps, sleep, workouts, heart rate, and nearly everything your body does. But what you eat—the input behind all of it—can still disappear from the record. Plate Pattern gives you a clear, useful record of what you actually eat. It is a personal food notebook built for real meals: homemade food, restaurant plates, leftovers, snacks, and anything that does not come with a barcode or perfect nutrition label. CAPTURE ANY MEAL Snap a photo, describe your meal, or use both. Plate Pattern turns that context into an itemized smart estimate with calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, and fiber. Review every estimate and edit anything before you save. BUILD A DAILY RHYTHM Set the windows when you usually eat. Plate Pattern organizes meals as breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, or anything else—and can remind you around your routine. No streaks, badges, or guilt. SEE THE PATTERN Review today at a glance, follow your week, and browse your meal history. Set optional nutrition targets, see daily totals, and revisit the meals behind the numbers. Home Screen widgets keep today's totals close by. LOG FAMILIAR MEALS FASTER Save repeat meals and log them again without starting over. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Export your meal log to CSV at any time. Meal photos are processed for estimation and are not stored by default. Delete your account and its data from Settings whenever you choose. Plate Pattern is designed for useful consistency, not false precision. Nutrition values are estimates and may be inaccurate, especially when portion sizes or hidden ingredients are unclear. Review and edit before saving. Plate Pattern is intended for personal tracking and is not medical advice.

About

Soltide

This app guides you to optimal daylight exposure, especially during darker months. It provides personalized timing and duration for outdoor light sessions based on your location, weather, and personal goals like better sleep or increased energy. Features include daily light goals, streak tracking, and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Personalized daylight timing
  • Weather-integrated outdoor light guidance
  • Daily light goals and streak tracking
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • 14-day daylight forecast
  • Sun-break alerts (Pro feature)
  • Calendar integration for scheduling (Pro feature)
Features
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Morning sunlight, done right: daylight for your eyes soon after you wake — never a tan, never staring at the sun. Soltide is a daylight coach for the dark half of the year. It tells you the best time to get outside today, for where you are and the weather you’ll actually get. ONE CLEAR ANSWER • Open the app and see your next best light, such as 9:15–9:45, with how long to stay out and roughly how bright it will be. • Worked out from the sun’s path at your location and the hourly forecast, so a grey morning or a sunny spell changes the plan. • Pick a focus — steadier sleep, energy, brighter days or a daily habit — and the plan follows it: from the first light after you wake to the brightest hour of the day. MADE FOR WINTER • Daylight for the next 14 days, how fast the days are shrinking or growing, and a countdown to the shortest day. • A countdown to the next clock change. • When light is scarce, Soltide says so plainly and points you to the brightest part of the day. A HABIT THAT FORGIVES GREY DAYS • Start a session when you head out; a Live Activity keeps time on the Lock Screen. • A daily light goal, a 7-day chart and a streak of days with at least 10 minutes of daylight. • A reminder before your best light, plus a last call before sunset on days you haven’t reached your goal. • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and Siri and Shortcuts to start or end a session. SHARE YOUR LIGHT • A card with your month in light, your streaks and, in December, your Year in Light — as a picture or a short video, for Instagram Stories, Messages and more. • Put today’s minutes on a photo of your sky. Choose what shows: time, UV, sky, place. • Free for everyone. Made on your iPhone; only what you choose to share leaves it. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows your next best light and your day, and starts or ends a session with one tap. Complications keep the next window on your watch face. SOLTIDE PRO Yearly (first week free for new subscribers), or once for good (Lifetime): • Sun-break alerts: a nudge when a sunny spell is forecast in your free time. • Your whole day: other good times at lunch or after work, a sun path you can explore with a finger, and the sky hour by hour. Tap an hour to correct the sky if it looks different outside. Plus your day’s light plan in one timeline. • Plans around your day: Soltide reads busy times from Calendar on your iPhone and finds the light between meetings. • Travel and clock changes: a day-by-day light plan for new time zones, and a gentle 3-day shift before the clocks change. • Insights: your light over 30 and 90 days, next to your sleep from Apple Health. • Automatic tracking: Apple Watch Time in Daylight fills in your log, and the daylight you log is saved to Apple Health. • Plan up to 14 days ahead (free plans today and tomorrow). Today’s best light, UV and safety information, widgets, the Apple Watch app and the session timer are always free. HONEST ABOUT THE SUN • No tanning features, ever. When UV reaches 3, every suggestion says so and shows when to seek shade and cover up — and the warning follows the clouds and rain in the forecast. • Never look directly at the sun. • In winter, far from the equator, the sun is often too low for your skin to make much vitamin D. Soltide says so and suggests asking a doctor or pharmacist, not staying out longer. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking. • Your location is rounded to about 1 km on your iPhone, and only an approximate area is used for the weather. • Apple Health data stays on your devices. Weather data from Apple Weather. Soltide offers general wellness information, not medical advice. If you have health concerns, talk to a doctor. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plate Pattern4 screens
Soltide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plate Pattern at none against Soltide's 2. Plate Pattern also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Soltide's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Soltide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Plate Pattern asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plate Pattern against 5.0 for Soltide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plate Pattern ships an update every 2 weeks, Soltide every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Plate Pattern versus Soltide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlate PatternSoltide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB61 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFull Fat Ventures LLCKamil Popczyk

In-app purchases

None

Plate Pattern

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Soltide

Subscriptions1
  • Soltide Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Soltide Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Plate Pattern free?
Plate Pattern is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soltide free?
Soltide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plate Pattern or Soltide?
Plate Pattern and Soltide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Plate Pattern or Soltide have ads?
Neither Plate Pattern nor Soltide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plate Pattern or Soltide?
Plate Pattern ships an update every 2 weeks, and Soltide every 2 days. Most recently, Plate Pattern was updated on October 31, 2026 and Soltide on November 6, 2026.

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