Mello vs Vitra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mello
This app helps individuals with gastroparesis track meals and symptoms. It focuses on texture, fat, and fiber, offering insights into food tolerance and symptom trends. Features include meal templates, symptom logging, and a shareable dining card.
- Gastroparesis-specific meal logging (texture, fat, fiber)
- On-device gastric-ease scoring
- Integrated symptom tracking (nausea, fullness, bloating)
- Safe/Caution/Trigger food lists
- Menu Scan for restaurant menus (Pro)
- Shareable dining card
- Monthly Tolerance Report for doctors
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Mello is built for one condition: gastroparesis, where the stomach empties too slowly. Everything in it comes from what that does to a day. Three promises, and nothing else. EAT ENOUGH Most people with gastroparesis get far less than they need, and undernutrition is how this illness does real harm. So Mello plans the day rather than recording it. • Today shows what the day still needs: energy, protein and fluid. No upper limit, no red numbers, and no "too much" state anywhere in this app. • It front-loads the morning and softens the evening, because emptying is measurably better early and worse late. • "What can I eat now?" answers with three things that fit the hole in this meal — for the texture you are eating at the moment, at this hour, using foods your own log has proven. • A Kitchen of 120 gastroparesis recipes with their energy, protein, fat and minutes, filtered by texture and by what you need left out: dairy, gluten, added sugar, meat. • Type any dish — a takeaway, what the family is having — and Mello names the changes that make it easier. STAY SAFE • Red flags read from your own log: fluids not staying down, weight falling, dehydration building. • Write your flare plan on a good day — what you drink, what you take, when you go in, who you call — and Mello reads it back on a bad one, in your words, unchanged. • ER Mode: a one-page summary for the nurse at the emergency desk. What you kept down, what you took, what worked last time. • It counts the weeks on medications that have a limit, and raises the question before your appointment. • Notes to send to family, a restaurant or work, so the explaining does not fall due on your worst day. BE BELIEVED • A monthly Tolerance Report for your GI doctor: symptom trend, which foods sit well and when, how well you are nourished, weight, medication timing, and the questions worth asking. • Your own food list, grown only from your log — and a food can be won back. • If your gastroparesis is diabetic: Meals and blood sugar shows the pattern no general diabetes app looks for — sugar dipping early and rising hours later, because the meal had not arrived yet. LOG IN SECONDS • Meals by texture, fat, fibre and portion — what matters for a slow stomach. No calorie counting, and no FODMAP logic; that is the wrong model here. • One-tap repeats, or say a whole line: "half a bowl of oatmeal, nausea 3". • Record the meals you COULD NOT eat, and why. A meal you were too nauseated to face is data; a gap in the log is not. • On a flare day the screen collapses to a 3-tap flare log and four large buttons. • Your week sits on Today: tap any day to see what you ate and how it went. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your logs stay on your device and sync through your own private iCloud. Meal photos never leave your phone. • Only an anonymised summary is sent, and only when you choose to generate a report. FREE, AND PAID • Free and staying free: logging, your food list, the whole Kitchen, "what can I eat now?", the eating-enough check, every safety feature, the flare plan, and a full monthly report for your doctor. • Mello Pro adds a daily outlook from your own patterns, Menu Scan for any menu, per-food deep dives, medication trials, your full history beyond 30 days, and PDF export. • Pay once ($14.99) or subscribe ($5.99/month with a 7-day free trial, or $39.99/year). Mello is a wellness and self-tracking tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or provide medical advice, and its recipes are general suggestions rather than a personal diet plan. Always consult your clinician about your symptoms and treatment. LINKS • Website: https://www.velorahealth.io/mello/ • Privacy Policy: https://www.velorahealth.io/mello/privacy • Terms of Use: https://www.velorahealth.io/mello/terms • Support: https://www.velorahealth.io/mello/support Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings.
Vitra
This AI-powered health companion helps you easily track calories, macros, and micronutrients. It offers instant meal scanning via camera, a vast food database, and personalized daily nutrition insights to support your health goals.
- AI Meal Scanner
- Extensive Food Search
- Personalized AI Insights
- Bloodwork & Weight Tracking
- Custom Macro/Calorie Targets
- Daily Health Score
- Habit Tracking
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Vitra is your all-in-one health and nutrition companion, powered by AI. Track calories, macros, and micronutrients with ease. Scan meals instantly using your camera, search millions of foods and restaurant menu items, and get personalised AI-generated insights about your nutrition every day. FEATURES: • AI Meal Scanner — photograph any meal and instantly get a full nutrition breakdown • Food Search — search millions of foods including McDonald's, Chipotle, and more • Daily & Weekly AI Insights — personalised recommendations based on your actual data • Bloodwork Tracking — log and monitor your lab results over time • Macro & Calorie Targets — set custom goals with preset macro ratios or manual input • Weight Tracking — log your weight and visualise your progress • Daily Health Score — see how your nutrition stacks up each day • Habit Tracking — build and maintain healthy habits • Vitra Pro — unlock all features with a monthly or yearly subscription Whether you're focused on weight loss, muscle gain, or simply eating better, Vitra gives you the tools and intelligence to make it happen. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://myvitra.org/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vitra at 100% against Mello's 0%. Vitra also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mello sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Vitra sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vitra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vitra has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mello's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vitra's.
Mello ships an update every 10 days, Vitra every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mello | Vitra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ngo Pham Huy | Velora Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Mello
Vitra
In-app purchases
Mello
- Mello Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Mello Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year
- Mello Pro (one-off)$14.99
Vitra
- Vitra Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Vitra Pro Annual Subscription$89.991 Year









