Comparison

Calo vs NOW!

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

Head to head
About

Calo

This app provides personalized, chef-cooked meal plans tailored to your nutritional needs and fitness goals. Meals are ready in 2 minutes and delivered daily, offering flexibility to adjust plans and track progress via HealthKit integration.

Highlights
  • Nutritional analysis
  • Personalized meal plans
  • Chef-cooked meals
  • 2-minute meal prep
  • Daily delivery
  • Flexible plan adjustments
  • HealthKit integration
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Calo analyzes your nutritional needs through our nutritionist-approved algorithm, then matches you with chef-cooked meals portioned to suit your body, fitness goals and taste buds! Each meal is ready in 2 minutes and delivered to you everyday. Achieve your fitness goals whether you'd like to lose weight, maintain weight or gain muscle. Full ease and flexibility, pause, swap meals or change your daily caloric intake anytime. Easily link calo with health app and track your progress. Calo is integrated with HealthKit, to collect your fitness activity and uses it for meal predictions to give you the most suitable meal every time according to your fitness goals.

About

NOW!

Features
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NOW! Send packages quickly and easily. Enter your pickup and drop-off locations, and our drivers will handle the rest. Fast, reliable delivery—anytime, anywhere.”

Screenshots

Calo4 screens
NOW!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Calo at none against NOW!'s shown. NOW!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

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

Calo ships an update every 5 days, NOW! weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Calo versus NOW!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaloNOW!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCalo Inc.ARMADA FOR WEBSITE DESIGN

Bugs and requests

Calo

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on login
  • Unable to swap meals
  • Delivery issues and missing utensils
  • Incorrect meal contents delivered
  • Inability to change account settings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more meal customization
  • Improve meal variety and rotation
  • Enhance delivery tracking and communication
  • Add more dietary and allergy options
  • Improve app stability and performance

NOW!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Calo

No in-app purchases

None

NOW!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calo free?
Calo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NOW! free?
NOW! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calo or NOW! have ads?
NOW! shows ads; Calo does not.
Which is updated more often, Calo or NOW!?
Calo ships an update every 5 days, and NOW! weekly. Most recently, Calo was updated on November 3, 2026 and NOW! on November 4, 2026.

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