grumbl. vs WeekPlate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Photo-based meal logging
- Automatic date/time detection
- On-device camera roll import
- Searchable notes and places
- Meal rating and grouping
- Local data storage
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grumbl. is a photo diary for the food in your life. Take a picture of what you're eating and grumbl. files it by day, meal and place. Months later, when someone asks "where was that ramen?", you'll know. There's nothing to count, nothing to fill in, and no account to create. LOG A MEAL IN ONE TAP • Snap it with the camera or pick photos from your library • The date, time and place come from the photo automatically • Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks are labeled for you • Several photos of the same meal stay together BRING IN THE PHOTOS YOU ALREADY HAVE • grumbl. looks through your camera roll and picks out the food • You choose what to add, and burst shots and duplicates are skipped • It all happens on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. FIND ANY MEAL AGAIN • A photo timeline, grouped by day • A month calendar with a photo for every day • A map of everywhere you've eaten • Search your notes, places and recipes KEEP WHAT MATTERS • Rate meals from one to five stars • Add a short note: who you were with, what to order next time • Save recipes for the dishes you cook and keep them in one place • Weekly and monthly recaps you can share as clean black-and-white cards PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no tracking, no account • Your photos and notes stay on your device • Photos are compressed to take up as little space as possible Privacy Policy: https://joongsukkie.github.io/grumbl/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://joongsukkie.github.io/grumbl/terms.html
WeekPlate
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Good food, planned ahead. WeekPlate is the friendly weekly meal planner for your household. PLAN YOUR WEEK • Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for every day • See at a glance who's eating — assign meals to family members • Copy meals or whole weeks forward YOUR MEAL LIBRARY • Save your everyday ideas with photos, notes and tags • Filter by category and tags to find the right dish fast • Quick-create meals right while planning PLAN TOGETHER • Share your household via iCloud and plan with your family • Everyone sees the same meals and the same week • Add people who don't use the app — kids and grandparents count too PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your data is stored on your device and in your personal iCloud • Works offline Everything in WeekPlate is free. If the app helps your week, you can support future updates with the voluntary WeekPlate Supporter subscription ($0.99/month, auto-renewing, cancel anytime in your App Store settings) — it unlocks nothing, but you get a crown. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: grumbl. at none against WeekPlate's 1. grumbl. also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. WeekPlate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. grumbl. asks for nothing beyond the download.
grumbl. ships an update every 3 days, WeekPlate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | grumbl. | WeekPlate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Austin Shin | Benjamin Cirmena |
In-app purchases
grumbl.
No in-app purchases
WeekPlate
- WeekPlate Supporter – Monthly$0.991 Month








