How It Felt vs

See How You Eat vs Shutterbite: which journal fits?

How It Felt is a quiet, judgment-free journal for noticing how eating feels. See How You Eat builds a visual record from meal photos, with reminders and optional sharing. Shutterbite leaves more of the journal open to configuration, including tracking fields and review tools. The choice comes down to whether you want a picture-based timeline, a journal you can customise or a quiet check-in with local storage described in the privacy policy.

Mindful eating journal comparison

What each app optimises for

See How You Eat vs Shutterbite

See How You Eat is suited to a photo timeline that can include prompts and sharing. Shutterbite is suited to a journal where the fields and later review can be shaped around your preferences.

How It Felt

A quiet pause around a meal, with local storage and a few prompts about hunger, fullness, emotion and the senses. The privacy policy also describes service telemetry and ways extra copies can be created.

Side-by-side

Feature	See How You Eat	Shutterbite	How It Felt
Starting point	See How You Eat A visual meal diary built from photos.	Shutterbite A meal photo followed by tracking fields you can configure.	How It Felt Your experience of the meal, with optional sensory notes.
Prompts	See How You Eat Reminders, thoughts and recipes are described in the product materials.	Shutterbite Hunger, fullness, mood, why you ate and how you felt after eating are among the listed tracking options.	How It Felt Hunger, fullness, one named emotion and optional notes about taste, texture and setting.
Looking back	See How You Eat A daily view and progress chart let you revisit the meals you recorded.	Shutterbite The public materials describe stats and visual summaries for logged information.	How It Felt Entries can be reviewed by time period, without scoring or automated interpretation.
Guidance	See How You Eat Public materials describe reminders and a food-journaling course; you can decide whether they suit you.	Shutterbite Public materials describe goals, milestones and rewards; you can decide whether they suit you.	How It Felt Nothing is assigned for you to complete or keep up.
Sharing and privacy	See How You Eat The product page describes sharing a food-log PDF with a coach, doctor or friend; review the current privacy policy before recording sensitive information.	Shutterbite The App Store disclosure lists contact info, photos or videos, user ID and product interaction data as data that may be linked to you.	How It Felt No account for the journal; local storage and separate service telemetry are described in our privacy policy, along with exports and backups that can create extra copies.
Access	See How You Eat Free download; check the current store for plan and platform details.	Shutterbite The current listing says the app is free until 15 saved meals, then asks you to subscribe to continue saving more data.	How It Felt Free with ads; optional Supporter tier.
Clinical role	See How You Eat A consumer food journal rather than diagnosis or treatment.	Shutterbite A consumer food journal rather than diagnosis or treatment.	How It Felt A self-reflection journal rather than a clinical tool or replacement for care.

When to pick which

Pick See How You Eat vs Shutterbite if…

See How You Eat may suit you if returning to a visual meal timeline feels helpful, with reminders or sharing available when wanted.
Shutterbite may suit you if you would rather choose the prompts and information you review.
Check the current store and privacy information for either service before entering sensitive details.

Pick How It Felt if…

You want a journal with local storage and no account; review the privacy policy for telemetry, exports and backups.
You want to notice what a meal was like without being given a task to complete.
You want to be able to pause the practice whenever it no longer feels kind or useful.

Verdict

See How You Eat is the clearest fit for a visual record of meals, with reminders and sharing available. Shutterbite gives you a more adjustable photo journal and ways to look back at what you record. How It Felt is quieter: it asks about the experience of eating, uses local journal storage as described in its privacy policy and does not set progress for you to chase. If journaling makes eating feel more pressured, pause and talk with an eating-disorder-informed clinician.

Frequently asked

What is the main difference between See How You Eat and Shutterbite?

See How You Eat starts with a visual meal diary and adds reminders and sharing. Shutterbite gives more room to choose what the journal records and how you review it. Check their current official pages for exact features, plans and platform availability.

How is How It Felt different?

How It Felt is a quiet, non-clinical journal. Its privacy policy describes local journal storage, separate service telemetry and ways exports or backups can create extra copies; it does not ask you to follow a goal, course or milestone.

Does Shutterbite require a subscription?

Its current App Store listing says the app is free until 15 saved meals, then asks you to subscribe to keep saving more data. Check the listing and terms for current details in your region.

Can these apps replace professional care?

No. These are consumer journaling tools, not diagnosis or treatment. If eating or body image is causing distress, an eating-disorder-informed clinician can offer support.

Sources and review date

Use the linked product, store, terms and privacy pages for current details about features, access and data handling. Those details may differ by plan, platform or region.

Its product page describes a photo meal diary with reminders, progress views, notes and sharing. These are features stated by the publisher. [See How You Eat mindful eating features]
Use the current store listing to check platform, plan and privacy information for your region. [See How You Eat App Store listing]
Read the current policy before putting sensitive information into See How You Eat. [See How You Eat privacy policy]
Shutterbite describes photo journaling with contextual tracking, goals, stats and journal choices that can be customised. [Shutterbite product page]
The listing describes its tracking choices, rewards, stats and the threshold after which a subscription is requested. [Shutterbite App Store listing]
Read the terms before creating an account or storing journal entries so you understand the service conditions. [Shutterbite terms of use]
Review Shutterbite's current privacy information before recording sensitive details. [Shutterbite privacy policy]
Our policy explains local journal storage and separate service telemetry; exports or backups can make extra copies. [How It Felt privacy policy]

Last reviewed: September 15, 2026.

Learn the concepts

Plain-language explainers behind the comparison.

Try How It Felt

A calmer way to be with food.

How It Felt gives you a quiet place to notice a meal as you experienced it, without a target or routine to maintain.