Author
Arnaud Joubay
Maker of No Meat Today. More about me at sowenjub.me.
Flexitarian by accident: what tracking taught me
Nobody plans the ham sandwich. Years of building a meat-tracking app taught me that meat habits are mostly invisible — and that noticing beats willpower.
Naomi's planet: why cows measure your progress
Most trackers measure progress with streaks and charts. I chose cows on a planet instead. Here's the thinking behind No Meat Today's strangest design decision.
2026.8
⚡ Improvement Better contrast for food labels 🐛 Bug Hunt The No planet keeps rotating after you return to the app
2026.7
⚡ Improvement The onboarding experience got better for people in a hurry. Playing the coin sound won't hinder the app's performance anymore The button to r
2026.6
✨ New Environmental Impact: Explore CO₂, water, and animal impact in History, with trends, detailed calculations, and customizable factors 🐄 Cow care New
2026.5
⚡ Improvement Fixed background issue when searching for food on iOS 26 Fixed delay before premium status activation at launch
2026.4
💬 Texts Fixed some wording issues
2026.3
✨ New A brand new onboarding, including some exclusive new energies! From the Population tab, you can now see how many of the various energies you managed
2026.2
✨ New You can now customize the food items. Hide the built in ones, rename them, or create your own categories and their items. You can also customize the
2026.1
Critical fix: the app was crashing at launch on iOS 18 and prior versions
2026.0
A brand new App Icon Liquid Glass design across the UI: tab bar that minimizes on scroll, translucent toolbars, and more A new collectible cow with a glass
2025.12
🐛 Bug Hunt "Oyster" and "Oyster Mushrooms" had the same identifier iCloud synchronization could crash Weekly view on watchOS was not updating
2025.11
⚡ Improvement Improved the position of the coin moon on iPad in landscape 💬 Texts Simplified Chinese
2025.10
🐛 Bug Hunt Fixed a bug in the allocation of special cows: if one is missing, simply edit the day's meals add and delete a meal and the problem should sort
2025.9
🐛 Bug Hunt Fixed a critical bug on iOS 15: the app would crash on launch because of the tool detecting crashes, oh the irony… Fixed a bug on iOS 16: the t
2025.8
⚡ Improvement Preparatory work for upcoming OS updates 🐛 Bug Hunt Fixed a crash that was happening when the app was in the background
2025.7
🐛 Bug Hunt Fixed the layout of the History tab on iPad Fixed the tint color that was not applied correctly everywhere
2025.6
🐛 Bug Hunt Corrected a date display problem for users located west of GMT.
2025.5
✨ New This update completely overhauls the History view to give you a clearer picture of your consumption. 1/ A brand new History view that will give you a
2025.4
✨ New This update brings the watchOS app to a new level and a playful iOS/watchOS coin to help you decide whether or not to give in to temptation. 1/ Redes
2025.3
⚡ Improvement Disabled proactive purchase restoration just visit the bottom of the Paywall if needed
2025.1
🐄 Cow care New in April: A cow to celebrate 700 ratings! Please do keep them coming, they're very important for the application's visibility... and good f
2025.2
✨ New The application will now open in the last used tab. For those who prefer to keep an eye on their history at all times, this will make things easier.
2024.13
✨ New A new icon for the History tab. This is just to get you used to it, the old icon will be used for a new tab 🤫. More daily messages
2024.12
Fixed the animation in the settings header
Where does meat pollution come from?
According to the FAO, in 2017, 323 million tons of meat were produced in the world. Each year, 65 billion animals are killed for human consumption (2,000 animal
2024.11
Hey! At the moment I can only work with one hand, due to a broken arm. In other words, I'm pretty slow. For the anecdote, I had an X ray check up on the da
2024.10
✨ New Log your meals by adding No Meat Today to the Control Center Dark and tinted app icon variants watchOS: new interactive widget with tiny planets to l
2024.9
⚡ Improvement Fixed Gorilla Day images
2024.8
🐄 Cow care A cow to celebrate the Olympics on Aug 11 if you updated after that, clear your meals and add them back and you'll get it ✨ New A link in the s
2024.7
⚡ Improvement The visionOS app has been greatly refined because I've finally been able to test it with Vision Pro! The 3D model of Naomi can now be rotated
2024.6
🐄 Cow care A cow will celebrate the discovery of X rays Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895. Thanks Lulu for the suggestion! ⚡ Improvement When yo
2024.5
🐄 Cow care Naomists premium users get access to a new energy that they can transfer to any cow! Just open the profile of a cow and change their energy. ✨
2024.4
✨ New An iPad version of the app 🐄 Cow care 600 Stars: No Meat Today has passed the 600 stars mark, thank you so much! A cow will celebrate this achieveme
2024.3
🐄 Cow care Earth Day 2024 April 22 : last minute change for the Earth Day 2024 cow, since the theme was revealed to be about plastics this year. World Gor
2024.2
✨ New Support for VisionOS: say hi to Naomi in 3D really! ⚡ Improvement Cow sharing has been corrected and improved. Share them online, they love to roam!
2024.1
🐄 Cow care More special cows than ever before! Some have new designs, some are re editions and some are entirely new! ✨ New When you open the description
2023.15
💬 Texts Fixed the name of the Appniversary Cowliday Thanks Filip Improved consistency of German texts Thanks halsdran 🐛 Bug Hunt When a meal was open, it
2023.14
⚡ Improvement Nicer presentation of provided Shortcuts
2023.13
🐄 Cow care New cows, including one celebrating the release of iOS17 ✨ New The Today Widget became interactive, shows more planets, more infos and supports
2023.12
🐄 Cow care Updated Crush's look the "cow" you can attract on Orangutan Day. My new app No Treat Today is just around the corner, you'll soon be able to co
2023.11
✨ New Improvements in the Today view bubble: Tap the day overview icon top right : you will get more details about what happened to your cows that day. Sli
2023.10
✨ New The speech bubble now shows the rings summary for the day 🐛 Bug Hunt Changing the month in the meal list masked the meal description. 💬 Texts One o
2023.9
Big design refresh! 🎨 Cowsmetic The Meals list accessible from the top left button of the Today view finally looks like what I imagined initially. It has
2023.8
⚡ Improvement Improved the touchable area of the button to add food portions The meals history button is easier to tap Settings for the birthday cow, units
2023.7
⚡ Improvement In the meals history, meals are now sorted by their occasion. This way, Breakfast will always come before Lunch, even if you entered them in
2023.6
🐛 Bug Hunt In the meals list, the dates didn't account for the timezone Thanks Nyki & Matt Food items would not show up sometimes ⚡ Improvement Fixed the
2023.5
🐄 Cow care I added 5 new cows, don't miss them! - A cow to celebrate to have passed the 400 reviews (I'll try to do that every 100 reviews from now on!) - Inte
2023.4
This update is a new start with the possibility to record more information about your meals. The difficulty was to keep the ultra fast and simple mode (\"yes/no
2023.3
OK, this is an update I didn't expect to make, but I discovered that the birthday cows weren't working in 2023 and I didn't want to wait another minute to fix t
2023.2
The next update will add the ability to add more details to your meals. Beta testing has started (contact me to be part of it). In the meantime, here is an upda
2023.1
Happy Moo Year! I wish you many delicious meals, good health, and a peaceful mind. Great things are planned for this year, I can't wait to share them with you.
2022.32
My little family caugth a seasonal bug. As an indie, this kind of thing means there's no one left to do the work. Thankfully, everyone is doing better ☺️ ⚡ Impr
2022.31
A much smaller app, and even cuter cows. ⚡ Improvement · The application is 50 to 75% smaller. On an iPhone 14 Pro, that's like going from 72 MB to 22 MB. This
2022.30
⚡ Improvement · App version check is refreshed when the app becomes active 🐛 Bug Hunt · In the cards of the frightened cows it was indicated that they were sti
Plant-based for new moms
As a new mother, it is important to prioritize nutrition in order to support your own recovery and provide the best nutrition for your baby. The postpartum peri
10 reasons to eat less meat (without stopping)
1. Eating less meat is better for the environment. The production of meat, especially beef, requires a significant amount of resources, including land, water, a
2022.29
⚡ Improvement · On the Apple Watch, widgets are smarter about the selected tab when opening the app 🐛 Bug Hunt · Rounding errors could lead to unattributed cow
2022.28
✨ New · If a new version of the application is available, it will be displayed in the Settings. This should help you make sure your app is always up to date wit
2022.27
Did you notice that we went from version 4.23 directly to version 2022.27? I changed my marketing version numbering scheme. I'll now be using the year and a num
4.23
An update taking advantage of the new features of iOS 16.1, but which you can enjoy in part from iOS15! Cows are eager to do activities with you and to be even
4.22.1
Farewell iOS14, this is your last update. I'm sorry. I did my best to support iOS14 as long as I could, but it's becoming a hindrance to the development of the
4.22
✨ New - The Watch app can now display upcoming Cowlidays. Swipe left to right to reveal it, or use the countdown widget. ⚡ Improvement - The Cowlidays Widgets r
4.21
🐄 Cow care - More cows for the end of 2022 ⚡ Improvement - A fancier bug report interface 🐛 Bug Hunt - The app was unusable under iOS14: a side effect of the
4.20.2
⚡ Improvement - Improves data verification when there are empty days 🐛 Bug Hunt - The missing cow detector was miscalibrated. If you were missing cows, record
4.20.1
🐛 Bug Hunt - Widgets were not displaying data
4.20
🐄 Cow care - Halloween Season & cow 💬 Texts - More puns
4.19
You asked for them, here they are: 🎂 Birthday Cows! ✨ New - Birthday Cows: you can now get a cow on your birthday! If your birthday was earlier this year, don'
4.18.2
⚡ Improvement - Diet and Goal list previous values to see how they evolved over time ## 🐛 Bug Hunt - The history was not displaying cows in some cases because
4.18.1
✨ New - Two more shortcuts to get a status of a given day, or remove meals 🐛 Bug Hunt - Home screen widgets were blank when they were supposed to display a cow
4.17.4
🎃 Autumn cows. Some of them at least, there will be more! 🐄 Cow care 4 special cows, new, refreshed or making a comeback 🐛 Bug Hunt Saving what meat is
4.17.3
I'm trying to erradicate bugs as I prepare for the next big releases. ⚡ Improvement - For Siri, I added translations of the app name in all languages. But I als
4.17.2
🐛 Bug Hunt - Changing the past could lead to inextricable situations. It's not as if a plethora of films and series hadn't warned us. At least one more critica
4.17.1
It's mostly about bug fixes. 🐄 Cow care - The identity card of Energized cows now features the description of the associated special day. - Thanks @Gorlock and
4.18
This update takes advantage of the new features in iOS16 to make it always easier to reach your goals and master your diet. ✨ New Overview Widget: keep an
4.17
A refreshed Today view! Will you spot a shooting star? ✨ New - In the Population view: a section dedicated to the special cows you attacted - Thanks Lily - An i
4.16
This update includes a big improvement: a better cow allocation logic that may well earn you more cows. These changes are retroactive: a recount will take place
4.15.1
⚡️ Improvement - Background stars animation is more energy friendly - Thanks Axel - The default reminder is now set to 8:30pm instead of 6pm 🐛 Bug Hunt - Bette
4.14.0
✨ New 100 Alternative App Icons to make the app fit on your main Home Screen it is on your main Home Screen, right?
4.15
🐄 Cow care - 9 Exclusive cows for the summer 🐛 Bug Hunt - Newsletter registration is working again - Thanks Baptiste! - There was a time zone issue when displ
4.14.1
🐛 Bug Hunt Fix performance for the App Icons Gallery 4.14 ✨ New 100 Alternative App Icons to make the app fit on your main Home Screen it is on your main
All you need to know about honey
"Hey honey, wanna go on a honeymoon!" · "Are you asking because I'm sweet, or because I'm good for your health?" · "Both! And you're also quite good for the e
4.14
# ✨ New - 100 Alternative App Icons to make the app fit on your main Home Screen (it is on your main Home Screen, right?)
4.13
🐄 Cow care · 🍩 Donut day · Sushi 2021 had lost her energy! It's back, she's doing fine. ✨ New · Well, these *Release notes* · On a Cowliday, the corresponding
4.12
🐄 Cow care · Bee Day · Environment Day · Sushi Day · Refreshed the look of the yearly cow · Three cow names to celebrate users continuously helping the app (Sa
4.11
Italian and Spanish localization!
All you need to know about chocolate
Easter, Christmas, stress, coffee time, there are a ton of occasions to eat chocolate. But by the way, what's the impact of chocolate? On your health, on the en
4.10
🐄 Cow care · Earth Day (Apr 22) ✨ New · View Forecast details in the History view · More details in data export 🎨 Look & feel · Changed icon when restoring Na
Earth Hour - How much meat is it worth?
Earth Hour was launched in 2007 by WWF as a symbol of international unity and our ability to act on the challenges of climate chang
4.9
🐄 Cow care · Spring Day (Mar 20) · Earth Hour (Mar 26) · Easter Sunday (Apr 17) 🐛 Bug Hunt · Timezone issue in Population view and Cowliday notifications 🎨 L
4.8
🐄 Cow care · Strawberry Day (Feb 27) · Black History Month (Feb 28)
4.7
🐄 Cow care · Valentine Day · Women Day 🐛 Bug Hunt · Purchase status would sometimes behave erratically
4.6
🐄 Cow care · Perseverance Day · Cheese Lovers Da 🐛 Bug Hunt · Crash when trying to show a cow on iOS 14 · Subscription would default to Monthly instead of Yea
4.5
🐄 Cow care · Apps's Birthday · Ugly Chritmas Sweater Day · Winter Solstice · Candy Cane Day · New Year 2022 🐛 Bug Hunt · It's possible to rename cows again! *
4.4
🐄 Cow care · Pretzel cow to celebrate German culture · Yin Yang cow to celebrate Chinese cultu 🎨 Look & feel · Indicator for unseen Forecasts 💬 Texts · Germa
4.3
🐄 Cow care · Vegan Day cow · Fix Picasso color 🎨 Look & feel · Support for larger font sizes · Feature card design · Forecast view · Title of Inhabitant in Da
4.2 - Picasso, Halloween and weather forecast
I'm still playing catchup with all the cows I had planned for this month, so this update added 2 more, bringing the total of cowlidays for October to 5, which i
4.1 - Thanksgivings
This update came shortly after the 4.0 because I wanted 4.0 to be all about iOS 15, but Canadian Thanksgiving being on October 11, I had to make sure you all wo
4.0 - iCloud meets iOS 15
This update is packed with new features and improvements: · Two special cows to celebrate iOS15 + Apple-related daily messages · iCloud sync: this took a LOT of
3.13
🐄 Cow care · Cow for Orangutan Day (Aug 19, 2021) · Cow for Honey Bee Day (Aug 21, 2021) · Cow for Tofu Day (Sep 1, 2021)
3.12
🐄 Cow care · Improved cow for Watermelon Day (Aug 3, 2021) 🐛 Bug Hunt · Remove past cowliday notifications
3.11
🐄 Cow care · Cow for International Sushi Day (Jun 18, 2021) · Cow for World UFO Day (Jul 2, 2021) · Cow for Eat Beans Day (Jul 3, 2021) · Cow for Watermelon Da
3.10
🐛 Bug Hunt · Number of days in history view ⚡️ Performance · When moving out from the question view
3.9
✨ New · import backups 🐛 Bug Hunt · crash when saving planet position · refresh population view · days translation in history view · special cows showing up to
3.8
🐄 Cow care · Cow for International Women's Day · Cow for Mario Day · Cow for Easter · Cow for Earth Day · Cow for Star Wars Day
3.7
🐄 Cow care · Cow for Chinese New Year 🐛 Bug Hunt · number of days in the history takes time zone into account for the current month. · handle all cases of ema
3.6
🐄 Cow care · Xmas theme with special silliness · Cowliday Alert notification 🐛 Bug Hunt · Review button
3.5
🐄 Cow care · Cow for Ugly Sweater Day
3.4
🐄 Cow care · Cow for the App Birthday
3.3
✨ New · Random cow names! 🐛 Bug Hunt · Improves widget update when quickly typing several meals one after the other
3.2
🐄 Cow care · Pardon Me Cow
3.1
🐄 Cow care · Halloween Theme + Cow · Product Hunt Cow ✨ New · Show the headcount next to each section names in the Population view · Link to the shop with prin
3.0
🐄 Cow care · Vegetarian Day · Steve Jobs Day ✨ New · Add Widgets 🐛 Bug Hunt · bug when removing all favorites · bug when changing day that would add forecast
2.4
🐄 Cow care · Stupid Question Day
2.2
🐄 Cow care · World Environment Day 💬 Texts · Fix typos
2.3
🐄 Cow care · Mark Hamill's Birthday cow ✨ New · Sort cows by name or arrival ⚡️ Performance · Improve planet rotation 🎨 Look & feel · Fix cow names on smaller
2.1
🐄 Cow care · Bantha cow ✨ New · Seasonal Themes with custom colors, moon and silliness · Show upcoming Cowlidays · More silliness · Share cow button · Add vari
2.0
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1.0
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Origin Story
Pre-release My 2017 new year resolution was to eat less meat for various reasons, even though I lived in the Limousin region and was famous for my BBQ. This dec
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