Comparison

Intuitive Eating Buddy vs SCALA

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

Head to head
About

Intuitive Eating Buddy

This app helps you develop a more natural and intuitive relationship with food by tracking meals, body cues, and lifestyle factors. It aims to quiet the "food noise" associated with dieting and calorie counting, promoting sustainable weight management through awareness and personalized challenges.

Highlights
  • Log meals, hunger, and fullness
  • Track mood, workouts, sleep, and drinks
  • Add context with notes and tags
  • Identify eating patterns over time
  • Choose personalized challenges for change
Features
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Did you know that only 2 in 10 people who diet or count calories manage to keep the weight off? And, at the same time, more than 3 in 10 people end up gaining more weight than before they started. So chances are, dieting or counting calories will leave you worse off overall. Eating Buddy offers a different approach Your body is designed to regulate weight naturally. But highly processed foods, dieting, and chronic stress can override its signals to a point where eating feels out of control. That’s where Eating Buddy steps in. It helps you return to a more natural, intuitive way of eating through awareness. How it works Log meals and body cues in seconds: Quickly log meals, hunger, and fullness to build awareness. Track what affects your eating: Note mood, workouts, sleep, and drinks to see what influences how you eat. Reflect and organize: Use notes or tags to add context and categorize meals. See Patterns over time: Eating Buddy helps surface patterns so connections become easier to notice. Choose challenges that fit you: Based on your patterns, pick supportive challenges to focus on one small, meaningful change at a time. If you are tired of starting over with dieting and want a calmer, more sustainable way to relate to food, download Eating Buddy now to get started. -------------------------- We offer monthly and yearly subscription plans for our optional challenges system. Both plans include a one-week free trial. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our terms of use at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula and our privacy policy at https://www.eatingbuddy.app/privacy-policy .

About

SCALA

Discover how your body uniquely reacts to food. Log meals, track your energy levels, and uncover personalized patterns to improve daily focus and stability without needing any sensors.

Highlights
  • Log meals via photo, voice, or text
  • Track post-meal energy and mood
  • Identify food-related energy patterns
  • Receive a daily energy stability score
  • No external sensors required
  • Personalized insights into food reactions
Features
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Most people don't fail because they lack motivation. They fail because tracking food becomes a chore. SCALA fixes that. Log any meal in seconds — snap a photo, scan a barcode, speak it, or tap from your saved meals. No searching. No friction. Just done. Track calories, macros, and food quality all in one place. SCALA's UPF Load score shows how processed your diet really is, so you see the full picture beyond just calories and macros. Built for people who want results, not another app to manage. WHETHER YOU'RE CUTTING, BULKING, OR MAINTAINING SCALA works for weight loss, muscle gain, body recomposition, and anyone who wants to understand their nutrition better. Log your protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sodium, and sugar — all tracked automatically with every meal. LOGGING THAT ACTUALLY FITS YOUR LIFE Photo food logging — snap any meal, get instant macros Barcode scanner — millions of foods, one scan Voice logging — just say what you ate Meal prep — save once, log forever Manual entry — search our food database instantly BEYOND JUST CALORIES UPF Load score — see how processed your daily diet really is Health score per food (1-10) Net carbs tracking Daily macro targets and progress Weekly nutrition insights THE EASIEST MACRO AND CALORIE TRACKER YOU'LL EVER USE No complicated setup. No overwhelming dashboards. Just fast, effortless nutrition tracking that helps you hit your goals and actually stick to it. Download SCALA for free and start tracking today. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Intuitive Eating Buddy4 screens
SCALA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Intuitive Eating Buddy at 89% against SCALA's 0%. Intuitive Eating Buddy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (190 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Intuitive Eating Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and SCALA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intuitive Eating Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intuitive Eating Buddy has 190 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Intuitive Eating Buddy's written reviews are positive against 0% of SCALA's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intuitive Eating Buddy ships an update every 3 days, SCALA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Intuitive Eating Buddy versus SCALA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntuitive Eating BuddySCALA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (190 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings190 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSagital SRLFlow Labs Oy

Customer experience

Intuitive Eating Buddy

All ratings190 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%

SCALA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Intuitive Eating Buddy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App kicks user out after logging a meal (recent update)
  • Nothing happens when clicking 'log meal' button
  • Notes and tags not displayed in timeline (initially)
  • Dates in timeline are a day behind

Requested features

25 requests
  • Add 'bites' as a unit of measure
  • Allow soft drinks to be added to total drinks
  • Discourage eating when 'ravenous'
  • Allow selection of multiple hunger levels for prompts
  • More articles within the app
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  • Community feature for users to connect
  • Ability to add movement not tied to Apple Watch (manual add)
  • Sync data between devices
  • More analysis and recommendations in reports
  • Make it a one-time payment ($24.99) instead of subscription
  • Add a button for medication/vitamins and water logging
  • Create a separate app for medication, vitamins, and water
  • Log hydration
  • Change 'Satisfied' to 'Slightly full' or 'Satiated' on fullness scale
  • Option to choose how you're feeling *after* eating
  • Ability to adjust the time of logged food
  • More options for describing food amounts (cup, tablespoon)
  • Option to take a picture of the meal and add to log
  • Change timeline order so most recent meal is at the bottom
  • Expand serving/after meal dropdown on 3D Touch or long press
  • Option to select how you're feeling without logging meals
  • More options for reasons for eating when not hungry
  • Integrate with Apple Health for hydration and workout data
  • Set reminders for regular check-ins
  • Display notes and tags in the timeline

SCALA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Intuitive Eating Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Challenges Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Challenges Plan7 Days trial$19.991 Year
2 purchases

SCALA

Subscriptions2
  • SCALA Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SCALA Annual Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Intuitive Eating Buddy free?
Intuitive Eating Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SCALA free?
SCALA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Intuitive Eating Buddy or SCALA?
Intuitive Eating Buddy is rated higher. Intuitive Eating Buddy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 190 ratings, while SCALA averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Intuitive Eating Buddy or SCALA have ads?
Neither Intuitive Eating Buddy nor SCALA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intuitive Eating Buddy or SCALA?
Intuitive Eating Buddy ships an update every 3 days, and SCALA every 2 weeks. Most recently, Intuitive Eating Buddy was updated on October 16, 2026 and SCALA on October 7, 2026.

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