Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen vs Complement Well
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen
This app helps users track daily intake of 12 key healthy foods recommended by Dr. Greger. It also includes a weight tracker with HealthKit integration, based on principles from "How Not to Diet."
- Daily food tracking
- Dr. Greger's 12 recommended foods
- Weight tracker
- HealthKit integration
- 21 Tweaks feature
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Keep track of the foods recommended by Dr. Greger in his New York Times Bestselling book, How Not to Die, and now his new book, How Not to Diet. The 21 Tweaks feature, based on How Not to Diet, also provides a weight tracker. The weight tracker can use HealthKit to either save manually entered weight values or to read weight data from HealthKit enabled scales. In the years of research required to create the more than a thousand evidence-based videos on his website NutritionFacts.org, Michael Greger, M.D, FACLM, has arrived at a list of what he considers the most important foods to include in a healthy daily diet. Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen details the healthiest foods and how many servings of each we should try to check off every day. He explains his rationale in his book How Not to Die. All his proceeds from his books, DVDs, and speaking engagements are all donated to charity. NutritionFacts.org is a non-commercial, non-profit, science-based public service provided by Dr. Greger, providing free daily updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos. He has nearly a thousand videos on every aspect of healthy eating, with new videos and articles uploaded every day. Like this app, everything on the website is both free of ads and free of charge.
Complement Well
Achieve your health and fitness goals with personalized plant-based meal plans and 1:1 coaching. Track your progress daily, join community challenges, and connect with like-minded individuals to thrive on a plant-based diet.
- Personalized 1:1 coaching via in-app texting
- Month-long plant-based meal plans by Registered Dietitian
- Daily progress tracking
- Global community support
- Mind+body community challenges
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What we deliver: - Results! First and foremost, we help you thrive and feel your best on a plant-based diet. - Personalized 1:1 coaching. Our team of Certified Coaches are available through our custom in-app texting service. We’ll do whatever it takes to ensure you thrive on a plant-based diet! - Month-Long Plant-Based Meal Plans. Choose from four meal plans designed to fit your lifestyle, written by a Registered Dietitian. - Daily progress tracking. Upload meal information and follow your progress in real-time through our in-app daily tracker. - Community of like-minded friends. What's better than a global community to fall back on, ask questions to, and celebrate wins with? Having that community at your fingertips at all times. - Access ongoing mind+body community challenges. Throughout the year, join health and wellness challenges engineered to help you reach your goals. The best part? This formula works. Reach your health and fitness goals with Complement Well. IMPORTANT: To treat any medical problems, please seek a licensed physician's advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. Please find more information about how to best implement health decisions, here: https://lovecomplement.com/pages/app-health-notice
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen at 92% against Complement Well's 35%. Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Complement Well's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.5). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Complement Well sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen has 12K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen's written reviews are positive against 35% of Complement Well's.
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen ships an update every 4 months, Complement Well every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen | Complement Well |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (12K ratings) — better | 3.4 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.2% of reviews — better | 35.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NutritionFacts.org | 8020 Plants LLC |
Customer experience
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen
Complement Well
Bugs and requests
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Date/time tracking issues
- Inconsistent checkbox behavior
- Crashing or freezing on some devices
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to track progress over time
- Allow custom items/goals to be added
- Integrate with other health/fitness apps
- Provide personalized serving size recommendations
- Add more food categories and variety
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- Include recipes and meal ideas
- Develop an Apple Watch version
Complement Well
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen
No in-app purchases
Complement Well
- 80/20 Plants Subscription$13.991 Month
- Complement Well Premium7 Days trial$28.991 Month
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