Comparison

Paine vs Daily Calorie Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Paine

Features
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Your one stop pain sharing app. Share your pain experiences with your closets ones and perhaps some medical advisors. So I think it’s about time that I share my story and my why. Back in September 2022 I suffered a hard attack, a minor one, but it still was a major life changer, a serious wakeup call. I went through medical treatment at the hospital, I got a balloon dilatation and 2 stents and then after a while I went through rehabilitation in the hospital, that consists of partly some teaching and a lot of exercising, and now on the other side I feel much better in all possible ways, I have dropped about 12 kg and I am good shape now. But it took about 6 months getting back in shape, physically and mentally and a long the way I had some heart / chest pain and because of that I was advised to write down when it was hurting, how, where etc like writing it all down “it gives us something to talk about when meet at the next appointment”, so I did and actually I decided to make an app for that, an Apple Watch app. Always available on the wrist also during night. The app is very simple and very effective, register when you feel pain, scale it, describe, basically answer all the questions and the pain is saved for later. You can see a list of registered pains and they’re editable, so please feel free to add more details later when you up to it. Those pains are shareable, either automatically or through individually sharing, add contacts and mark them as instant receivers or not, if a contact is marked as instant receiver, it means that if you register a severe pain, the app will automatically notify these contacts. Very important, because these contacts can then take action or help you take action or at least be there for you and probably help you make a decision about how to proceed. Register you pain and is it severe you will notify people about it. Regarding you entries, your data, it is saved within the Apple Private iCloud database, which means its very safe and only this app and on your behalf have acces to the data, and you can choose delete it all igen, its just fine, but the data is safe and is not like never been shared or viewed by any other. If you decide to add contacts to share the data with, it's up to you and only then will you data be shared. You as a user isn’t being monitored, you’re not part of any statistics. This is very important to me, you can trust Paine, this is true privacy. So as you can understand this app is close to my heart and my closest ones.

About

Daily Calorie Tracker

This app offers a straightforward way to monitor your daily calorie consumption. It allows for custom categories, quick calorie logging, and flexible serving size adjustments. Data syncs via iCloud, and a companion watch app is available.

Highlights
  • User-defined categories
  • Quick Log option
  • Customizable servings
  • Adjustable serving size
  • iCloud data sync
  • WatchOS app
  • Open source
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Daily Calorie Tracker (DCT) is a minimalist app for tracking your daily caloric intake. Features include: * Simple model of user-defined categories and servings. * ‘Quick Log’ option to add a raw calorie amount to a category. * Define your own servings, with handy presets. * Conveniently adjust serving size (aka intensity) when logging calories. * Your data syncs with your private iCloud account when a network connection is available. * An independent WatchOS app, so you can leave your phone at home. * Available separately as an independent iOS app. * Fully open source, where code is licensed with Mozilla Public License 2.0. DCT prioritizes convenience, quick interactions, and the basic needs of the casual calorie counter.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Calorie Tracker at none against Paine's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Calorie Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paine ships an update weekly, Daily Calorie Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Paine versus Daily Calorie Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaineDaily Calorie Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis SchmidtOpenAlloc LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paine

One-time1
  • Instant pain sharing$4.99
None

Daily Calorie Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paine free?
Paine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Calorie Tracker free?
Daily Calorie Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paine or Daily Calorie Tracker have ads?
Neither Paine nor Daily Calorie Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paine or Daily Calorie Tracker?
Paine ships an update weekly, and Daily Calorie Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, Paine was updated on November 7, 2026 and Daily Calorie Tracker on November 3, 2026.

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