Nomkin vs Pawdometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Nomkin
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Nomkin is your cute buddy, making calorie tracking simple and fun. Tracking your food doesn't have to be boring, full of graphs, streaks to break and features locked behind a paywall. We made Nomkin to change all of this. There's no subscription, and everything is hand-drawn. Adopt a dog, a cat or a bunny, give them a name, and feed them by logging what you eat. All artwork is hand-drawn by a real person. That includes the Nomkins (your pets), backgrounds, accessories, decor, puzzles and icons. No AI features jammed in, and no photographing your dinner. Here are just some of the features in Nomkin. Automatically calculate your recommended calorie intake Complete the short onboarding and Nomkin does the rest, ensuring your calorie intake is where it should be to reach your goals. Scan a barcode to add food Point the camera at a barcode and the food is logged. Can't find an item? You can add anything manually with no limits, and you can manage your own quick add items, so the things you eat most are always a tap away. Track your daily steps Connect to your phone's step data and let Nomkin track your daily steps automatically. You even earn coins by hitting your step goal. Keep tabs on your water intake Easily keep track of your water intake with just a couple of taps. See everything from your Home Screen Put Nomkin on your Home Screen to check your food and steps at a glance, without opening the app. Earn coins just by using the app We reward you for coming back, logging your food and hitting your step goal. Coins can be earned every day, and they buy items in the shop for your Nomkin. Decorate your home Through daily collection of coins, purchase backgrounds, accessories and decor items to make your home unique. Collect daily hand-drawn puzzles drawn by real people Puzzles get completed and added to your collection just by hitting your calorie intake and achieving your steps. Every day a new random puzzle gets selected for you to add to your collection. Consider yourself an artist? We would love to feature your hand-drawn artwork as part of the puzzle collection, there's a link in Settings to send one in. Complete item sets to earn more coins Want to earn more coins? Simply complete collection sets to unlock bonus coins. Built for busy, distracted brains No streaks, no chains to keep going, no red numbers counting down. Miss a day and nothing breaks. Nomkin was made with ADHD in mind, so a half-filled bar still counts as a good day. Your data stays on your phone Nomkin works offline and keeps your food, steps and water on your device. There's no account to make and nothing to sign up for. Nomkin is here to make calorie tracking not so boring, helping you reach your weight goals with a bit more fun. We built Nomkin to be cute, hand-drawn, easy to use, a clean UI, no subscription and no streaks to break. Terms: https://www.nomkin.app/terms/ Privacy: https://www.nomkin.app/privacy/
Pawdometer
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A pixel-art corgi who lives on your phone and gently nudges you to walk more, sleep better and stress less. WALK MORE Your steps feed your corgi. The first treat of the day arrives at 1,500 steps, and more follow as you keep moving, up to five a day. Close your Activity rings for a bonus treat and a bowl of water. Hit your daily goal to grow a streak, with rest-day shields so one quiet day never erases weeks of effort, and your corgi suggests a harder or easier goal when your last four weeks say it's time. SLEEP BETTER Wear your Apple Watch to bed and your corgi's energy becomes your own battery, charged by last night's sleep, your heart rate variability and your resting heart rate. It runs down through the day and suggests a bedtime for when your energy runs low. Tap the bar to see exactly what charged it. STRESS LESS Your corgi reads your watch's daytime heart readings against your own normal and notices a tense day. It comes and sits with you and invites you to breathe together for a minute; the minutes are saved to Health as mindful minutes and top up the battery. A CORGI TO LOOK AFTER - Feed it, fill its water bowl, clean the yard, play fetch and give belly rubs. - Walkies: watch it trot along in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen. Walks from your Apple Watch, the Fitness app or other apps count too. - The walk home: every kilometre brings your corgi closer, with a postcard from each stop in its own words, painted by Image Playground on iPhones with Apple Intelligence. - Sunbathing: 20 minutes outdoors in daylight and your corgi lies in the sun. - Share your streak, badges and postcards as story pictures, and look back on your year together in December. ALWAYS WITH YOU - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: your corgi, its next treat, its battery and how calm you seem. - An Apple Watch app with Battery and Stress level pages and complications. - Made for iPhone Duo and iPad. - Gentle reminders, never more than two a day. KIND BY DESIGN Your corgi never dies and is never punished. On a quiet day it gets a little hungry and a little sad, and bounces back the moment you walk. A short night makes it tired, never sad, and a tense day brings it over to sit with you. ONE PRICE, FOREVER Try everything free for 7 days. Then adopt your corgi with a single purchase: no subscription, no ads, shared with your family. Your health data stays on your device. Pawdometer is a game, not a medical device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pawdometer at none against Nomkin's shown. Nomkin's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nomkin sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Pawdometer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nomkin ships an update every 2 days, Pawdometer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nomkin | Pawdometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alastair Cottenham | Dan Merlea |
In-app purchases
Nomkin
- A handful of coins$0.99
- A pocketful of coins$2.99
- A jarful of coins$5.99
Pawdometer
- Adopt your corgi$4.99









