# CalTrak: Calorie Tracker — Private calorie tracker

> Private iPhone calorie and macro tracker with AI meal logging and Apple Health sync. (iPhone/iPad app by Ryan Bulcher.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/caltrak-calorie-tracker/id6764352979 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ryan Bulcher](https://appshunter.io/developer/1606574003)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 44 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 35 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/caltrak-calorie-tracker/id6764352979/reviews.md

## What is CalTrak?

CalTrak is a calorie and macro tracker for iPhone. Log a meal by barcode, search, photo, or quick description. Watch your day take shape on a clean ring. See your week, month, and quarter at a tap. Everything stays on your device — no account, no subscription, no ads.

Completely free. No ads, subscriptions, accounts, or paid features. CalTrak includes an entirely optional one-time tip jar for anyone who wants to support development. Tips unlock nothing and are never expected.

FIVE WAYS TO LOG A MEAL
• Scan a product barcode — pulls nutrition straight off the label
• Search across Open Food Facts, FatSecret, and USDA FoodData Central
• Describe a meal in your own words ("chipotle bowl, double chicken, sour cream") for an AI estimate
• Snap a photo of a nutrition label, restaurant menu, or your plate — works with camera, photo library, or clipboard paste
• Enter a custom food in any unit: grams, ounces, cups, milliliters, servings, pieces

PERSONALIZED TARGETS
• Goal wizard uses the Mifflin-St Jeor equation plus your activity level to compute daily calorie and macro targets
• Higher protein during weight loss; sensible safety floors built in
• Re-runnable anytime — your last inputs are remembered

YOUR DAY, WEEK, AND QUARTER AT A GLANCE
• Macro ring tracks calories alongside carbs, protein, and fat
• Calorie trend chart with 7-, 30-, and 90-day toggles and your goal as a reference line
• Activity chart with matching toggles for calories burned and active minutes
• Per-meal averages, top foods, weight trend, body measurements
• Calendar heatmap of every day you've logged, with goal status at a glance

STREAKS THAT FORGIVE
• Logging streak with a daily-dot week view
• Earn a streak freeze every 14 days — automatically saves a missed day, up to two banked at any time
• Smart reminders fire around your typical meal times rather than at a fixed evening hour

DEEP APPLE HEALTH + WATCH INTEGRATION
• Auto-imports Apple Watch workouts with route maps for walks, runs, and rides
• Recognizes 50+ workout types with proper names and icons
• Calorie Burn Bonus credits genuine activity above your maintenance burn
• Writes logged nutrition, weight, and body measurements back to Health on your terms

PRIVACY-FIRST
• Your food log, weight, measurements, and history are stored locally on your device
• Search and AI lookups route through a stateless proxy that does not store request contents
• No account, no sign-in, anywhere
• No advertising, tracking, crash-reporting, or third-party analytics SDKs
• Full JSON export and import for portability

DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE
• VoiceOver labels and logical grouping across rings, charts, calendar cells, and food rows
• Honors Reduce Motion on every animation
• Dynamic Type-aware typography in primary flows
• Color-independent status indicators

Every feature is free and unrestricted. Optional one-time tips are available in Settings and unlock nothing.

## Key features

- Fast meal logging
- AI-powered meal descriptions
- Barcode scanning
- Macro tracking
- Calendar heatmap history
- Apple Health integration
- Private data storage

## Recent user reviews (7 of 7)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/caltrak-calorie-tracker/id6764352979/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 10/10

*2026-09-06*

This guy is giving you stuff that apps make you pay monthly for good man great app!!

### 5/5 — Awesome app!

*2026-09-01*

No BS no tricks after setting up your profile for 10 mins. The best free calorie app out there thank you so much Ryan.

### 5/5 — Love App

*2026-08-12*

Love app

**Developer response:** thanks so much!

### 5/5 — Truly a hidden gem

*2026-07-18*

I’ve been using this application for about 2 months now and honestly love it.
- great UI, and it just works
- low friction logging food
- more good things to say but above all, it’s being actively maintained and developed.
I have lots of appreciation for the developer(s) behind it.
Thank you.

**Developer response:** Thanks so much for the feedback! I will get started on all these suggestions right now! I love the ideas, expect an update soon :D

### 5/5 — Great calorie tracker

*2026-06-04*

I’ve enjoyed using this. Very clean layout and design and it does exactly what I need it to do. Thanks!

**Developer response:** Thanks so much for the review!

### 5/5 — Amazing and free.

*2026-06-01*

Very well designed, simple, and  have AI capabilities (text and images). I saw a positive impact on my eating from when I started using this app. There is actually more that’s happening inside this application which I love, but those are my highlights.

Areas of improvement:
1. Add a way to send feedback or suggestion about the application.
2. I would love it if the AI can create multiple inputs rather than putting everything into one meal
3. I would also highly like to see the trends of when I’m logging my food to have a better understanding of my cravings, natural fasting, and eating close to bed time.
4. Even though I activated the integration with Apple Health, I’m not sure the app is pulling the data.

**Developer response:** Thanks so much for the feedback! I will get started on all these suggestions right now! I love the ideas, expect an update soon :D

### 5/5 — CalTrak = Awesome

*2026-05-30*

I've been using CalTrak for a while now and honestly, it's been great. The app is simple, clean, and very user-friendly. 

One of my favorite things is that it's completely free and has no annoying ads.

My only suggestion would be to add hydration tracking (water intake). Also to be able to log our food/meal for the following day. Currently you can only log today’s food.

Other than that, this app is awesome and definitely deserves five stars. T to the developers!

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for the review! those are great suggestions , I will get working on hydration tracking as well! And to do more meal prep planning for future dates, great ideas! Ty

## Frequently asked questions about CalTrak

### How does CalTrak log meals so quickly?

CalTrak offers several fast logging methods, including barcode scanning for packaged foods, searching a comprehensive database, describing meals in plain English for AI-powered macro calculation, and manual entry with custom units.

### Does CalTrak track macros?

Yes, CalTrak allows you to set daily targets for calories, carbs, protein, and fat, and it updates your remaining budget in real-time as you log your food.

### How does CalTrak use Apple Health?

CalTrak integrates with Apple Health by reading your weight, body measurements, and workouts, and it writes logged food data back to Health for use by other compatible applications.

### Is my data private with CalTrak?

CalTrak is designed for privacy, with no accounts, logins, or ad tracking. Your data is stored locally on your device and synced via your private iCloud.

### What is the update frequency for CalTrak?

The app was last updated on June 9, 2026, indicating active development and support. The latest version is 3.1.

### What devices does CalTrak support?

CalTrak is available for iPhone and syncs across your iPhones via iCloud.

### What is the age rating for CalTrak?

CalTrak has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

### Does CalTrak have ads?

No, CalTrak is completely free of advertisements. The app is designed to be ad-free with no paid features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.5.1 — 2026-09-05

Tons of stability and performance improvements. Ui tweaks and cleanup.

### 4.5 — 2026-09-02

Recipes can now be logged by serving or grams, and AI results include individual ingredients plus one quick Tweak. This update also adds more exercise options, smarter goal planning, flexible unit settings, optional personal setup, and plenty of bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 4.4.1 — 2026-08-26

• Share PDF restaurant menus directly to CalTrak for AI-assisted nutrition lookup
• Update macros for scanned or searched items to fix external Database foods 
• Drinks remember your usual amount and offer common one-tap sizes
• Better layouts across compact, wide, and future device sizes
• Smoother history views and faster, more adaptable meal receipts
• An entirely optional one-time tip jar in Settings; tips unlock nothing and every feature remains free
• Additional layout, performance, and reliability improvements

### 4.4 — 2026-08-26

• Share PDF restaurant menus directly to CalTrak for AI-assisted nutrition lookup
• Drinks remember your usual amount and offer common one-tap sizes
• Better layouts across compact, wide, and future device sizes
• Smoother history views and faster, more adaptable meal receipts
• An entirely optional one-time tip jar in Settings; tips unlock nothing and every feature remains free
• Additional layout, performance, and reliability improvements

### 4.3 — 2026-08-20

New Review and meal sharing display! Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

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All apps by Ryan Bulcher: https://appshunter.io/developer/1606574003

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