Comparison

Plate Journal vs NoBS Fasting

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

Head to head
About

Plate Journal

Features
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Plate Journal is your personal food journal — photograph every meal and capture how it made you feel. - Photo-first logging for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and unlimited Snacks - Rate each meal and track your mood — happy, neutral, sad, or disgusted - Add a meal name and notes about how the food made you feel - Browse your full history in a log grouped by day - Filter your log by meal type, mood, or minimum rating - Weekly Story card: see your top meals, mood summary, and streak for the past 7 days - Everything stays private on your device — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking Built with love for anyone who wants a simple, beautiful record of what they eat and how food affects them.

About

NoBS Fasting

Features
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Minimalist, privacy-first intermittent fasting tracker. Local data only. No b******t. Just Fasting. Tired of intermittent fasting apps requiring forced cloud registrations, selling your personal data, and blocking essential timer features behind expensive monthly subscription paywalls? NoBS Fasting is an anti-bloat, distraction-free utility designed for individuals who value simplicity, efficiency, and absolute privacy. THE ZERO-TELEMETRY MANIFESTO • 100% Offline-First: All of your historical fasting metrics, timer logs, and current streaks are kept strictly inside your phone’s secure local storage database sandbox (Room DB). • Zero Cloud Accounts: No sign-ups, no tracking cookies, no invasive third-party analytics SDKs, and no background network telemetry signals. • Complete Data Ownership: Your data remains under your personal custody and control at all times. • Zero Forced Ads: No distracting banners or algorithmic pop-ups cluttering your visual landscape. INTUITIVE METABOLIC METRICS • Clean Matte Interface: A high-contrast, distraction-free timer loop designed to help you check your current fast state at a single glance. • Dynamic Visual States: The interface smoothly adapts as your body progresses through different biological phases—transitioning seamlessly into extended target tracking environments if you cross into overtime. • Simple Notifications: Purely local background system alerts remind you when your target fast achievements cross key intermittent milestones (16:8, 18:6, etc.). TRANSPARENT & INDEPENDENT This application is completely free to install with every single functional feature unlocked right out of the box. There are no hidden paywalls. If you find genuine value in independent, lightweight software and want to support ongoing infrastructure maintenance, optional developer tip tiers are available within the app settings interface. Take back your personal privacy. Strip away the corporate software bloat and focus entirely on your metabolic health journey.

Screenshots

Plate Journal4 screens
NoBS Fasting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plate Journal at none against NoBS Fasting's 3. On price, ads, device support 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. NoBS Fasting sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Plate Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Plate Journal versus NoBS Fasting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlate JournalNoBS Fasting
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVikram BadrinarayananDIEGO MANUEL FORTES

In-app purchases

None

Plate Journal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

NoBS Fasting

One-time3
  • Support Tier 1$0.99
  • Support Tier 2$4.99
  • Support Tier 3$19.99

Questions

Is Plate Journal free?
Plate Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoBS Fasting free?
NoBS Fasting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plate Journal or NoBS Fasting have ads?
Neither Plate Journal nor NoBS Fasting shows ads.

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