Calorie Counter vs Minimal Calorie Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calorie Counter
Easily track your daily calorie intake without the need for registration. Start logging your meals immediately to support healthy eating habits. An optional premium plan removes ads and unlocks all features.
- Easy calorie counting
- No registration required
- Immediate use
- Ad-free premium option
- Unlock all features with premium
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Simply and easy-to-use calorie counter app. No registration required. So you can start using this app immediately. ■About Premium Plan This plan removes ads and unlocks all features. If you reinstall the app or switch devices, you can restore your purchase status for free. Please restore it from within the app using the same Apple ID you used for purchase.
Minimal Calorie Tracker
This app offers a simple and efficient way to monitor calorie intake. It features a clean design, customizable goals, and seamless syncing across devices. Focus on your nutrition without unnecessary complexity.
- Streamlined meal logging
- Minimalistic design
- Customizable calorie goals
- Seamless iCloud syncing
- Focus on nutrition
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Welcome to Minimal Calorie Tracker, where simplicity meets efficiency in calorie tracking. Our app is crafted for those who seek a straightforward approach to monitoring their calorie intake, without any added clutter. • Streamlined Tracking: Log your meals in seconds. No complications, just simplicity. • Minimal Design: Experience our clean and minimalistic design that keeps your focus where it should be - on your nutrition. • Customizable Goals: Tailor your calorie goals to suit your personal health journey. • Seamless iCloud Syncing: Your data is always with you, synchronized effortlessly across all your devices using iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minimal Calorie Tracker at none against Calorie Counter's 1. Minimal Calorie Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). Calorie Counter's advantage is ratings volume (369 vs 63). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Calorie Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minimal Calorie Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Calorie Counter against 4.8 for Minimal Calorie Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calorie Counter has 369 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Calorie Counter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Minimal Calorie Tracker's.
Calorie Counter ships an update every 5 weeks, Minimal Calorie Tracker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calorie Counter | Minimal Calorie Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (369 ratings) | 4.8 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 369 — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daiki Tsukuda | Andres Gandara |
Customer experience
Calorie Counter
Minimal Calorie Tracker
Bugs and requests
Calorie Counter
Reported bugs
4 issues- Graph display shifts zero point on certain days
- Subscription cancellation option not visible
- App will not sync across Apple devices
- No way to add weight tracking without logging a calorie entry
Requested features
10 requests- Save favorite meals for faster logging
- Ability to add entries to past days
- Protein and macro tracking
- Monthly and yearly chart views
- Long-term tracking data sorting (weeks, months, years)
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- Burned calories counter
- Water intake tracking
- Data export functionality
- Countdown calorie feature based on daily targets
- Ad removal option for paid version
Minimal Calorie Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calorie Counter
- Premium Plan$9.99
Minimal Calorie Tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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