Comparison

Plate Journal vs Calorie Diary

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

Head to head
About

Plate Journal

Features
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Plate Journal is your personal food journal โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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

Calorie Diary

Features
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Calorie Diary: Snack Tracker helps you understand YOUR snacking habits - no strict calorie counting, no guilt. WHY CALORIE DIARY? Most apps make you count every calorie. We believe real change starts when you understand your own patterns, when and how often you reach for food. That's why we track habits, not just numbers. KEY FEATURES - Log snacks in seconds from a database of 300+ foods with smart search - Habit analytics - discover your riskiest hour of the day and day of the week - Body tracking - weight, waist, and hips with clear charts - 19 badges and achievements to keep you motivated - 5 color themes - green, blue, black, purple, pink - Add your own custom snacks and meals to the database - Google Drive backup - your data stays safe - Fully localized in English, Slovak, German, Polish, and Spanish WHO IS IT FOR? Anyone who wants to better understand their relationship with food, not a diet plan, but a diary that reveals your behavior patterns. CALORIE DIARY PRO Unlock unlimited stats, advanced analytics, and an ad-free experience with a yearly or lifetime subscription. Track your habits. Understand yourself. Change what you want to change.

Screenshots

Plate Journal4 screens
Calorie Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Calorie Diary at 3 against Plate Journal's 1. Calorie Diary also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
Plate Journal versus Calorie Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlate JournalCalorie Diary
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVikram BadrinarayananPC News, s. r. o.

In-app purchases

None

Plate Journal

No in-app purchases

None

Calorie Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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