Comparison

Handful vs Inner Studio App

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

Head to head
About

Handful

Effortlessly track your food intake by simply taking a photo of your meal with your hand in the frame. The app uses your hand as a scale for accurate portion estimates and provides detailed nutritional analysis, energy rings, and personalized insights to help you reach your health goals.

Highlights
  • Hand-calibrated portion analysis via photos
  • Nutrition label and barcode scanning
  • IN & OUT energy rings for calorie tracking
  • Quick log for favorite foods
  • 7-day calorie and macro insights
  • GLP-1 mode for specific medication users
  • Apple Health integration
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Handful is the simplest way to track what you eat — no food scale, no barcode hunting, no tedious searching. Just snap a photo of your meal with your hand in frame, and Handful does the math. YOUR HAND IS THE SCALE At signup, Handful calculates your hand dimensions from your height. Every time you photograph a meal, your hand becomes a calibrated ruler — giving you accurate portion estimates without any extra equipment. SMART SCAN — ONE BUTTON, THREE POWERS Point your camera at anything: - A meal → hand-calibrated portion analysis - A nutrition label → full nutrient breakdown - A barcode → instant product lookup IN & OUT ENERGY RINGS See exactly where you stand. The OUT ring shows calories burned from your daily metabolism, workouts, and movement (via Apple Health). The IN ring shows what you've eaten. At a glance, you know if you're on track. QUICK LOG Your most-used foods are always one tap away. Favorites rise to the top. Log a full meal combo in seconds. INSIGHTS THAT ACTUALLY HELP Track your 7-day calorie trend, macro split, eating patterns, and current streak. Pro users get 90-day history and a weight projection showing exactly when you'll hit your goal. GLP-1 MODE Built for users on Ozempic, Wegovy, or similar medications. Protein-first focus, suppressed reinforcement on low-protein meals, and a spotlight card to keep you on track. RECIPE BOOKS Save and organize your favorite recipes. Discover new ones. Log an entire recipe in one tap with a custom serving size. MEAL BUILDER Combine multiple foods into a saved meal. Build "My Breakfast" once, log it every day in one tap. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Handful reads your activity and writes every logged meal back to Apple Health — keeping your health data in one place. 5 THEMES Midnight, dark, ocean, sand, and snow. Your tracker, your look. FREE TO START 3 photo analyses per day, 10 saved meals, and 7-day insights — free forever. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited everything. No ads. No data selling. Ever. By subscribing, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Inner Studio App

Features
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Inner Studio is a nervous system app built with creatives in mind, and designed for every nervous system. Whether you’re preparing to perform, feeling stuck in the creative process, coming down from an intense day, or simply wanting to understand yourself better, Inner Studio gives you practical ways to notice what’s happening and explore what might support you. Rather than treating calm as the goal, Inner Studio is about building awareness, flexibility and choice. Inside the app, you can: • Explore nervous system states and learn how they can shape attention, energy, creativity and performance • Find somatic practices using movement, breath, orienting and the senses • Use tools designed for before and after performances • Explore Body Map practices for different areas of the body • Reflect through somatic journaling and daily insights • Find support for solo creative work and co-writing • Build a community • Explore monthly practices designed to invite curiosity and experimentation Inner Studio includes tools for moments of activation, shutdown, creative blocks, performance energy and everyday nervous system support, alongside practices for maintaining connection when things already feel good. You don’t always need to change what’s happening. Sometimes noticing what’s here gives you more options for what comes next. Inner Studio is an educational and self-exploration tool and is not a substitute for medical care, psychotherapy, diagnosis or treatment. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bird-apricots-zmfx.squarespace.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Handful4 screens
Inner Studio App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Inner Studio App at weekly against Handful's every 2 weeks. Inner Studio App also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Handful sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Inner Studio App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Handful ships an update every 2 weeks, Inner Studio App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Handful versus Inner Studio App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandfulInner Studio App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB106 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThomas CardassiDaya Rani Singh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Handful

Subscriptions2
  • Handful Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Handful Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Inner Studio App

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly subscription7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Handful free?
Handful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inner Studio App free?
Inner Studio App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Handful or Inner Studio App have ads?
Neither Handful nor Inner Studio App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Handful or Inner Studio App?
Handful ships an update every 2 weeks, and Inner Studio App weekly. Most recently, Handful was updated on October 16, 2026 and Inner Studio App on October 24, 2026.

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