mycos vs macalo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mycos
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◆mycosでできること◆ *コスメの写真、名前、ブランド、色、購入日、金額、カテゴリー、優先度などの登録 *使用期限の設定・通知 *バーコードでの商品検索 ◆コスメの期限について◆ *購入日、開封日、カテゴリーを参照して、アプリが自動で計算(あくまで指標) *期限はあなた好みに変更できる *嬉しい通知機能あり!もちろんOFFにすることも◎ ◆タグ機能◆ *登録したコスメにタグ付けをすることで、必要な情報をすぐに絞り込み検索できる *種類豊富なタグ一覧 ・名前 ・ブランド名 ・購入日 ・開封日 ・有効期限 ・カテゴリー ・金額 ・色 ・色番号,名前 ・優先度 ・メモ欄 *持ってない欲しいコスメなども登録できるよ ◆カレンダー機能◆ *【mycos】のカレンダー機能で購入日、開封日、有効期限が一目でわかる! *いつ、どれくらい、いくらで買ったかなど細かい表示も◎ ◆カスタマイズ◆ *見た目をカスタマイズして、あなただけのオリジナルコスメBOXを! *女性に嬉しい!さまざまなカスタマイズセット↓ (いつでも変更可能!) ・表示するタグ ・並び替え ・コスメタイルの大きさ ・フォント ・文字の大きさ ◆お問い合わせ◆ mycosでは皆様の貴重なご意見をお待ちしております。いつでもお気軽にお問い合わせください。 https://forms.gle/mxkerB2e9rKW8pwK7 ◆利用規約◆ https://github.com/Good-Bye-Univ-life/mycos-terms/blob/main/terms.md
macalo
Log your meals with AI-powered calorie and macro estimation. Earn energy from your logged calories to craft and collect virtual sweets. Visualize your daily nutrition and track progress with widgets.
- AI-powered calorie and macro estimation from meal photos
- Calorie energy for virtual sweet crafting
- Sweets collection with limited editions
- Daily nutrition visualization on calendar
- Home screen widget for progress tracking
- Barcode scanning for food logging
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Log your meals and their calories become energy to craft sweets. macalo is a calorie tracking app that turns "eating" into "creating." ◆ Just snap a photo — AI estimates your calories Simply take a photo of your meal and AI automatically estimates calories and macros (protein, fat, carbs). Text input and barcode scanning are also supported. ◆ Your calories power the sweet-making process The calories you log become energy that drives the sweet-crafting process. With each step completed, your sweet gets closer to being finished. ◆ Sweets Collection Completed sweets are added to your collection. Collect all kinds of sweets! Limited-edition sweets may appear from time to time. ◆ Visualize your daily nutrition Review your daily calorie intake on the calendar. Check your macro balance at a glance. ◆ Widget support Track your sweet-crafting progress anytime with a home screen widget.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: macalo at none against mycos's shown. mycos's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. mycos sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and macalo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mycos ships an update every 4 days, macalo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mycos | macalo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kotaro Shinoda | Raizo Kawaguchi |
In-app purchases
mycos
- プレミアムプラン - 1ヶ月7 Days trial$0.991 Month
macalo
- macalo Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- macalo Premium (Yearly)3 Days trial$54.991 Year
- 1 Sugar Gem$0.99
- 5 Sugar Gems$2.99
- 10 Sugar Gems$5.99









