Comparison

Calo vs زادي

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

Head to head
About

Calo

Get personalized, chef-cooked meal plans tailored to your body, fitness goals, and taste. Meals are ready in 2 minutes and delivered daily, offering flexibility to adjust your plan anytime. Seamlessly track progress by linking with your health app.

Highlights
  • Nutritional analysis algorithm
  • Chef-cooked, portioned meals
  • Ready in 2 minutes
  • Daily meal delivery
  • Weight loss, maintenance, muscle gain plans
  • Flexible plan adjustments
  • HealthKit integration for progress tracking
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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

زادي

Discover healthy, easy-to-make halal recipes tailored for the GCC and Middle East. Achieve your health goals with simple ingredients, nutrition tracking, and step-by-step guidance.

Highlights
  • Healthy halal recipes
  • Nutrition and calorie tracking
  • GCC & Middle Eastern inspired meals
  • Beginner-friendly recipes
  • Arabic & English support
  • Easy meal preparation
Features
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Zadi helps you discover healthy, delicious, and easy-to-make halal recipes designed for everyday life in the GCC and Middle East. Whether your goal is weight loss, healthier eating, or balanced nutrition, Zadi gives you carefully selected recipes with simple ingredients, full nutrition information, and step-by-step cooking instructions — in Arabic and English. PLAN YOUR WEEK Set up your nutrition profile — goal, diet style, favourite cuisines, allergies and dislikes — and let Zadi build a weekly meal plan around it. Swap any meal, add your own, and plan up to four weeks ahead. SHOP FASTER Turn your plan into a grocery list in one tap. Tick items off as you shop, add your own, and your edits survive when you regenerate the list. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Cooking mode shows one large step at a time and can be controlled hands-free with your voice, so you never touch your phone with messy hands. FEATURES • Healthy halal recipes from the GCC and Middle East • Personalised weekly meal planner • Auto-built grocery list • Nutrition and calorie information for every meal • Step-by-step cooking mode with voice control • Favourites, and a featured meal of the day • Full Arabic and English support • Sign in with Apple or Google Zadi is designed for people who want healthier eating habits without complicated diets or hard-to-find ingredients.

Screenshots

Calo4 screens
زادي4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: زادي at 100% against Calo's 52%. زادي also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Calo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

زادي holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calo has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Calo's written reviews are positive against 100% of زادي's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calo ships an update every 5 days, زادي daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Calo versus زادي: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaloزادي
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCalo Inc.Ahmed Almustafa

Customer experience

Calo

All ratings1,671 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive52.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative40.0%

زادي

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

زادي

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Calo

No in-app purchases

None

زادي

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calo free?
Calo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is زادي free?
زادي is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calo or زادي?
زادي is rated higher. Calo averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while زادي averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Calo or زادي have ads?
زادي shows ads; Calo does not.
Which is updated more often, Calo or زادي?
Calo ships an update every 5 days, and زادي daily. Most recently, Calo was updated on October 29, 2026 and زادي on October 24, 2026.

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