Comparison

Milk Buddy vs Chuw | Food Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Milk Buddy

Features
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Milk Buddy is the breastfeeding app that tracks your feeds, pumping and bottle feeds, and predicts your baby's next feed. As a new parent, you want to know: when did my baby last feed? When is the next feed due? How much am I pumping on average? Milk Buddy has the answers, not just by tracking but by thinking along with you. WHAT MILK BUDDY DOES FOR YOU • Predicts the next feed based on your baby's own rhythm • Tracks breastfeeding: which breast is next and how long you feed • Tracks pumping: how much you pump, per breast • Tracks bottle feeds, with breast milk, formula or both • Keeps count of your milk stash, so you know what is left • Logs nappies • Shows trends and insights, such as your baby's day and night rhythm • Points out patterns that may fit a growth spurt or a dip in your milk supply • Shares a daily breastfeeding fact, backed by lactation consultants and La Leche League HANDY ON YOUR PHONE • Home screen widget: see the last and next feed at a glance • Live timer on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island while you feed • Notifications and a weekly overview • Sign in with Face ID or Touch ID • Available in English and Dutch Whether you exclusively breastfeed, pump, use formula or combine: Milk Buddy adapts to your situation. Privacy comes first: your data is sent encrypted, your feeding data is stored on servers in the EU, and we don't sell it or use it for advertising. Free to download. Some features belong to the optional Premium subscription. Download Milk Buddy and discover how reassuring it is when an app truly thinks along with you. With love, Team Milk Buddy (also known as Melk Maatje) Privacy Policy: https://melkmaatje.app/juridisch?tab=privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chuw | Food Scanner

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Understand your food. Feel good about every chuw. Point your camera at a label, a piece of fruit, a meal you've cooked, or a recipe. Chuw scores it from 0 to 100 and explains exactly how it got there. Try your first scan without creating an account. Most food apps reduce food to a letter or colour based mainly on nutrients. That does not tell you how processed something is, what has been added, or whether it suits your priorities. Chuw looks at the full picture and shows its working, backed by science. A score that actually helps See one clear score from 0 to 100, broken down line by line. Find out which ingredients helped and which brought the score down. Front-of-pack claims are checked against what is actually in the product. Made for your priorities Choose from six focus areas: gut, energy, heart, brain, hormones, and muscle. Chuw evaluates food against the priorities you choose, rather than a generic average. More than barcodes Scan packaged food, loose produce, a plated meal, or a recipe you found online. If it's food, Chuw can help you understand it. What's in the app • A food diary that updates from your scans • Side-by-side product comparisons • Recipes based on what you already have at home • A week planner: dinners for the evenings you cook, lunches you cook once, and one shopping list for the week • A shopping list that scores items as you add them • Shared shopping lists and recipes for your household, updated live • Receipt scanning that scores your entire shop • Insights, with a weekly reflection on what you ate Free and Premium Free includes three scans per day. A new account starts with two weeks of Premium, no card needed. Premium includes up to 30 scans per day, plus recipes and a week planner, a scored shopping list, receipt scanning, product comparisons, claim checking, and one change to try each week. Premium also covers up to five people you invite, for the shopping lists, recipes, week plan and pantry you share. Plan the week together, or just share the shopping list. Chuw is a wellness app, not medical advice. It uses AI to read labels and may misread or miss information, including allergens. Always check the physical label, especially if you have an allergy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Milk Buddy4 screens
Chuw | Food Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Milk Buddy at none against Chuw | Food Scanner's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Chuw | Food Scanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Milk Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Milk Buddy ships an update every 4 days, Chuw | Food Scanner weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Milk Buddy versus Chuw | Food Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMilk BuddyChuw | Food Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMelk MaatjeErik Overweter

In-app purchases

None

Milk Buddy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chuw | Food Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Chuw Premium$2.991 Month
  • Chuw Premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Milk Buddy free?
Milk Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chuw | Food Scanner free?
Chuw | Food Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Milk Buddy or Chuw | Food Scanner have ads?
Neither Milk Buddy nor Chuw | Food Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Milk Buddy or Chuw | Food Scanner?
Milk Buddy ships an update every 4 days, and Chuw | Food Scanner weekly. Most recently, Milk Buddy was updated on October 20, 2026 and Chuw | Food Scanner on October 24, 2026.

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