Comparison

Smart Strength vs 1500cals

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

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About

Smart Strength

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Smart Strength is a simple workout on the surface. Quick to create workouts, quick to edit and quick to delete workouts. However, many people use video for their workouts to ensure their form is perfect. Smart Strength allows you to add videos to each set and send them to anyone. Be it a coach, personal trainer, physical therapist or friend; they can see what you are doing and give you feedback. The best part. All workouts are private by default, so you don't have to worry about them being out there is the public's eye.

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1500cals

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1500cals is a calorie and exercise tracking tool I built after losing 50kg in 2022 through simply watching what I ate and starting to exercise. The main "trick" I uncovered is planning meals ahead. It sounds boring, but it's such a tiny effort for such life-changing rewards that it should be a no-brainer. Existing tools focus on tracking after eating - great for data, but it never helped me lock in a routine. I wanted to bring planning and tracking together in one easy app. This is 1500cals! HOW IT WORKS Plan your week with meals you already make and love. Add meals and snacks for each day. Connect Apple Health and your steps and workouts sync automatically - calories burned are deducted from your day like magic. 1. Sign in 2. Plan your week with meals, recipes or photos 3. Track snacks as you eat - or just snap a photo 4. Connect Apple Health 5. Eat, Exercise, Enjoy! SNAP & TRACK Point your camera at your plate and AI does the typing. 1500cals identifies the food in your photo and estimates the calories in seconds - snap, check, save. No searching databases, no weighing, no guesswork. It works when you're planning ahead too: photograph a meal once and it's ready to drop into any day of your week. FEATURES - Snap & track - AI food scanning turns a photo into calories instantly - Activity points - earn points for exercise and track your progress over time - Add your own meals, snacks and recipes - Create meal plans day by day, or copy a previous week - View detailed monthly stats for workouts, steps, and calories - 6-month visualisations that reveal patterns in your exercise and eating habits

Screenshots

Smart Strength4 screens
1500cals4 screens

Verdict

The call

Smart Strength and 1500cals are too close to call on the numbers: across 3 compared parameters โ€” price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Smart Strength versus 1500cals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Strength1500cals
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 8 months
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHelmet Head LimitedMiles Better Ventures Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Smart Strength

No in-app purchases

None

1500cals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Strength free?
Smart Strength is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1500cals free?
1500cals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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