Comparison

grumbl. vs Morseled

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

Head to head
About

grumbl.

This app helps you remember the meals you've eaten by letting you log them with photos. It automatically detects the date and time and allows you to add notes, making it easy to recall past dining experiences without any judgment or complex forms.

Highlights
  • Photo-based meal logging
  • Automatic date/time detection
  • On-device camera roll import
  • Searchable notes and places
  • Meal rating and grouping
  • Local data storage
Features
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grumbl. What did I eat? grumbl. is a minimal, photo-first food diary for iOS. It exists to answer one question — the one you ask when someone says "what did we eat for our anniversary?" and your mind goes blank. No calories. No macros. No judgment. No forms. Just the meals you want to remember. LOG IN ONE TAP • Camera or library — your choice • Date and time detected automatically from each photo • Add a note for context ("mom's ramen," "anniversary at Marea") • That's it. No fields to fill out. IMPORT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE • You've been taking food photos for years — grumbl. scans your camera roll on-device and surfaces the meals • Review and add months of memories in seconds • Nothing is uploaded; the scan happens entirely on your phone FIND ANY MEAL • Chronological photo grid with sticky day headers • Month calendar with a thumbnail for every day • Search by note text or place • Jump straight to any past date REMEMBER THE DETAILS • Rate meals one to five stars • See where you ate — place names are read from your photos, on-device • Group several photos of one meal together • Share any meal as a clean black-and-white card DESIGNED TO LAST • Pure black-and-white interface — no clutter, no gradients • Futura + Helvetica Neue typography • Photos stored locally and compressed to save space • Your data stays on your device grumbl. is free, supported by a single banner ad. Your meals, notes, and photos are private — they live on your phone and are never sent to us. Privacy Policy: https://joongsukkie.github.io/grumbl/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://joongsukkie.github.io/grumbl/terms.html

About

Morseled

Log your daily meals with hand-drawn table illustrations. Personalize entries with tableware and share your food diary with friends. You can even submit your own illustrations to be featured.

Highlights
  • Daily food logging
  • Hand-drawn table illustrations
  • Customizable tableware
  • Personal diary function
  • Friend sharing
  • User-submitted illustrations
Features
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Remember all your days of food with a table for each day. Each daily table is drawn by a real person. If you like you can submit your own table illustration that might become the daily table used by everyone. Add tableware to your entry for the day to spruce it up or put your food on hand drawn plates. Use Morseled as a personal diary or connect with friends and share your tables.

Screenshots

grumbl.4 screens
Morseled4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Morseled at none against grumbl.'s shown. Morseled also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for grumbl. against 5.0 for Morseled. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

grumbl. ships an update every 2 days, Morseled daily. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
grumbl. versus Morseled: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametergrumbl.Morseled
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAustin ShinHUGH VINCENT KAVANAGH

Customer experience

grumbl.

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Morseled

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

grumbl.

No in-app purchases

None

Morseled

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is grumbl. free?
grumbl. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Morseled free?
Morseled is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, grumbl. or Morseled?
grumbl. and Morseled are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do grumbl. or Morseled have ads?
grumbl. shows ads; Morseled does not.
Which is updated more often, grumbl. or Morseled?
grumbl. ships an update every 2 days, and Morseled daily. Most recently, grumbl. was updated on September 17, 2026 and Morseled on September 17, 2026.

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