Comparison

Pukono vs Nefrodiet

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

Head to head
About

Pukono

This app helps individuals with hypertension or renal disease identify safe and dangerous foods. It offers a food database, tips for reducing risks, and user-shared recipes and menus to make dieting safer and more varied.

Highlights
  • Food safety checker
  • Dietary risk reduction tips
  • Recipe and menu database
  • User-submitted recipes
  • Intuitive food search
Features
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Do you have hypertension or renal disease? Or do you take care of patients with these problems? PuKono is an application that will make it very easy for you to know which food is safe and which is dangerous. How many times have you avoided eating something that you really like because you didn’t know if it had too much salt? Or too much potassium, or phosphorus? How many times have you taken unnecessary risks by eating dangerous food without knowing? Make your diet varied and safe, just with a touch of your fingers, as easy as looking at a traffic light, write down any type of food that you can think about and PuKono will tell you if you can eat it safely, or better not, or if there is a way to make it safer if you want it so much. You will also be able to consult recipes and menus, and even send your own recipes to share them with other users around the world. PuKono is a free tool designed by prestigious health and food professionals with a great experience in managing patients with chronic kidney disease and hypertension. It contains an intuitive searcher with a huge database of food, a useful section with tips to reduce the danger of risky food and also a section where you can find recipes and menus elaborated by a professional team, or by other users that want to share their specialties. Cheer up and send us your own creation! If it is validated by a professional nurse team, everybody will be able to prepare it and say how do they like it! You will never have a boring diet again, or take unnecessary risks. With PuKono your diet (and your life also!) will be more fun and safe.

About

Nefrodiet

Features
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Nefrodiet es una herramienta para ayudar a los enfermos renales a alimentarse mejor. Está dirigida a pacientes en ERCA (prediálisis), en hemodiálisis o en diálisis peritoneal. Ha sido realizada por la Fundación Renal Española a partir de un programa diseñado y cedido por Fernando Martínez Casado, enfermo renal. Cuenta con el aval científico de la Sociedad Española de Nefrología (SEN) y de la Sociedad Española de Enfermería Nefrológica (SEDEN). Los datos que en ella se recogen están elaborados por Daniel Escobar Sáez, Pablo Estebala Alández, Nina Padrón Esaa, Victoria Meléndez Lancáster, Olivia Robles Serrano, Cecilia Ibáñez Varela y Eva Gil Sánchez en base a fuentes contrastadas (*) y supervisados por la Dra. Guillermina Barril (Nefróloga) y por Ángel Nogueira, María Delgado Gª de Polavieja y Soraya Escribano (Nutricionistas). La aplicación se encuentra en proceso de actualización y revisión continuos por parte de profesionales de la Nutrición, y anualmente se incluye alguna mejora en su funcionalidad y en su contenido. Los cambios efectuados son implementados cada año por Ángel Virseda Arribas (Cristaliza Servicios). Desde su lanzamiento en 2016, Nefrodiet ha sido elegida todos los años entre las 5 mejores Apps de salud de España por el isyscore, un baremo elaborado por la Fundación iSYS para evaluar aplicaciones y que tiene en cuenta, entre otros criterios, el interés popular, la confianza y la usabilidad. Esta información es meramente orientativa, EN NINGÚN CASO DEBE SUSTITUIR AL CONSEJO MÉDICO Y DE UN NUTRICIONISTA. El uso inadecuado de la misma no será responsabilidad de los desarrolladores ni de las sociedades científicas que la avalan. Nefrodiet está patrocinada por la Fundación Banco de Santander. Accede al vídeo tutorial: https://youtu.be/en2wx41LsqA

Screenshots

Pukono3 screens
Nefrodiet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pukono at 3 against Nefrodiet's 1. Pukono also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pukono ships an update every 4 months, Nefrodiet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pukono versus Nefrodiet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPukonoNefrodiet
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFundació AlthaiaSIC Cristaliza S.L.

In-app purchases

None

Pukono

No in-app purchases

None

Nefrodiet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pukono free?
Pukono is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nefrodiet free?
Nefrodiet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pukono or Nefrodiet have ads?
Neither Pukono nor Nefrodiet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pukono or Nefrodiet?
Pukono ships an update every 4 months, and Nefrodiet every 3 months. Most recently, Pukono was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nefrodiet on October 10, 2026.

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