Comparison

Calorie Counter vs Looli

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

Head to head
About

Calorie Counter

Track your food intake and nutrition with a comprehensive calorie counter. Log meals quickly using a barcode scanner, photo analysis, or search. Monitor macros, vitamins, minerals, and more with detailed insights and progress charts.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanner
  • Meal Scan (photo logging)
  • Macro and protein tracking
  • 108 nutrient tracking
  • Progress charts
  • Professional Connect
  • Meal planner
Features
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MyNetDiary is the calorie tracker you'll actually stick with: fast, accurate, and ad-free. Log meals in seconds with the free barcode scanner, Meal Scan (just photograph your plate), or quick search. Then get on with your day. Trusted by 32 million people. Named the top weight loss app by Forbes Health (2025). Scored highest of 30 apps for behavioral strategies in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The New York Times called it simpler, quicker, and better-looking than the competition. Featured in Today's Dietitian. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH Accuracy: MyNetDiary runs on a staff-verified food database of over 2 million foods with up to 108 nutrients per entry, built on USDA and NCC research-grade sources, the same databases used in clinical research. Most apps rely on crowdsourced data full of duplicates and errors. Our team reviews and updates 2,500-3,500 foods every day. An independent 2026 study in Nutrition and Health found MyNetDiary's calorie totals within 5 calories of the reference records and rated it highest of 17 apps for overall quality. Speed: In our January 2026 test, we logged the same 127 foods in every major app over a week. MyNetDiary took 31% fewer taps than the most popular calorie tracker. Results: In a peer-reviewed JMIR study of 5,132 MyNetDiary users (2026), those who tracked food 6-7 days a week lost 11.33% of body weight on average over 6 months. Value: The free version is generous, with barcode scanning, full macro tracking, 108 nutrients, and water tracking. No ads, no account required, no paywall tricks. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE • Unlimited food diary with search, favorites, recent meals, and copy-from-day. • Free barcode scanner with accurate nutrition data from the verified food database. • Voice logging. • Macro tracking, planning, and protein tracking. • 108 nutrients - deep, accurate nutrition tracking (vitamins, minerals, omegas, amino acids). • Exercise tracking. • Water tracking. • Calorie calculator. • Customizable dashboard. • Weight loss progress charts and reports - no chart caps. • Custom foods and recipes. • Food sharing with friends and family. • Apple Watch app and widgets. • Apple Health sync: writes 51 data types, reads 14. • Coaching tips, meal reminders, shopping list. • Logging streaks to keep you going. • Professional Connect: share your diary with a dietitian, coach, or doctor. Used by dietitians and health professionals at no cost. • In-app Community. • Articles by Registered Dietitians. • Works offline. PREMIUM • Meal Scan: snap your plate and log it, matched against the staff-verified database. • GLP-1 Companion: nutrition-first support for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, and other semaglutide or tirzepatide medications, with protein targets and muscle protection while you lose weight. • Calorie and macro cycling. • Autologging: your regular meals logged automatically. • Intermittent fasting. • Advanced Autopilot, adaptive TDEE: estimates your actual energy expenditure from logged food, exercise, and Trending Weight and updates calories and macros weekly. • Health tracking: measurements, blood pressure, blood glucose, A1C, ketones, and more. • Medications and diabetes tracking. • Sync with Fitbit, Garmin, and Withings. • Trend Analysis to spot patterns and optimize. • Meal Planner. • Recipe import. • 600+ recipes and diet plans by Registered Dietitians: High-Protein, Low-Carb, Keto, and more. PREMIUM PLUS: AI COACH AI Coach is built on 20 years of nutrition expertise. • Daily guidance based on what you actually ate, not just what you planned. • AI voice logging: describe your meal out loud. • Meal suggestions matched to your calorie budget and preferences. • AI Restaurant Menu Scan: find the best options when eating out. Results may vary. MyNetDiary does not provide medical advice. All product names, logos, and brands are the property of their respective owners. Research: www.mynetdiary.com/research.html Terms of Use: www.mynetdiary.com/terms.html

About

Looli

This app offers a holistic approach to health and wellness, combining nutritional science with personal intuition. It provides expert-backed guidance, recipes, workouts, and tools for habit tracking and self-reflection to foster balanced well-being.

Highlights
  • Expert-crafted recipes and meal planning
  • Functional and science-based workouts
  • Feelings-based goal and habit tracking
  • Shame-free journaling for reflection
  • Mood tracking and mental health check-ins
Features
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Welcome to Looli, your complete feel-good health & wellness companion! No single approach works for everyone– it’s about finding habits that uniquely satisfy you. Which is why we take a behavior-based approach focused on how you feel in your body and how you take care of yourself. By merging nutritional and wellness science with intuition, Looli empowers you to tune into your body’s natural signals and foster balanced well-being. Get researched-backed guidance, tips, and tools from our Registered Dietitians, Personal Trainers, and Health & Wellness Experts to take the exhaustion and overwhelm out of your journey. Whether you’re just starting to dive into your own health & wellness journey or have been at it for years, The Looli App will help guide & fine-tune your journey, setting you up for a lifetime of feel-good wellness. Inside Of The Looli App You’ll Find: RECIPES & MEAL PLANNING Take the guesswork out of meal planning and explore our extensive Registered Dietitian crafted recipe index of balanced, protein & fiber forward, affordable & accessible ingredients only recipes. Generate a custom grocery list off of your planned items to make shopping a breeze, saving both time and money. WORKOUTS Our workouts are fun, functional, and designed by Personal Trainers using the most up-to-date fitness science and techniques to maximize your efforts. Commit to a curated 4 week plan, explore the individual workout library, or hop in for bite-sized, 6 minute “snacks”, choose whatever fits your schedule and needs. Schedule them into the app on your chosen workout days, if you like, as well as get motivating reminders to help. GOAL & HABIT TRACKING Finally make your own self-care a priority with our feelings-based approach to habit tracking. Instead of just checking a box, you’ll set your own goals (i.e. “Drink 2 water bottles daily”, “BodyBlast workouts M/W/F”) and reflect on how doing or not doing them impacts how you feel. Change up your goals and habits at any time depending on what you find most helpful or are needing at that time. JOURNAL The key to long-term, sustainable habit change and motivation is reflection. Easily reflect on habits, behaviors and choices in a shame-free environment since of our journal. Your entries provide tools & resources to help guide you when you need it most. MOOD BAR Keep tabs on how you’re feeling each week by taking a peek at your Mood Bar, which compiles all of your reflections into an easy-to-digest summary. This will allow you to see when your self-care is slipping and allow you to make adjustments before it takes its toll. MENTAL HEALTH At Looli we believe that caring for your mind is just as important as your body. Which is why we provide you with an easy way to check in with yourself on a daily basis to take note of and manage emotions, sleep patterns, stress levels and more. EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Get more of the Looli content you love by unlocking bonus content such as extended podcast interviews, resources, tools, and advice. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Get ready to see why so many choose to view their wellness journey through Looli-colored glasses. You’ll witness your own powerful transformation and feel how everything shifts when you start taking care of yourself. To access all of our features and content, subscribe to The Looli App on a monthly or yearly basis. Our pricing is designed to be affordable and accessible, ensuring wellness is within everyone’s reach. Join us now and redefine your health & wellness journey with the Looli state of mind! Privacy Policy: https://withlooli.com/privacy-policy/ Subscription Terms & Conditions: https://withlooli.com/terms-conditions/

Screenshots

Calorie Counter4 screens
Looli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Calorie Counter at 166K against Looli's 127. Calorie Counter also leads on chart position (#22 vs unranked). Looli's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Calorie Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Looli sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Calorie Counter against 4.7 for Looli. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calorie Counter has 166K ratings behind it against 127, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Calorie Counter's written reviews are positive against 92% of Looli's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calorie Counter ships an update weekly, Looli fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Calorie Counter versus Looli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorie CounterLooli
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (166K ratings) — better4.7 (127 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews92.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings166K — better127
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#22 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB51 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMyNetDiary Inc.Colleen Christensen Incorporated

Customer experience

Calorie Counter

All ratings166,458 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews3,994 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.0%

Looli

All ratings127 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.7%

User reviews

Calorie Counter

From 166K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast barcode scanning
  • 📊 Comprehensive data and analytics
  • 💪 Helped with weight loss and healthy habits
  • 🌟 Great app overall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent steps tracking
  • 📉 Reduced free features over time
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with data access
  • 💰 Expensive premium subscription

Looli

From 127 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Bite-sized lessons
  • 💡 Supportive community
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
  • 💡 Comprehensive resources

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔍 Lack of filtering options for recipes
  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes
  • 🔍 Limited content for certain topics

Bugs and requests

Calorie Counter

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with logging in and account management
  • Incorrect food data and nutrition information

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more exercise options
  • Improve recipe and meal planning features
  • Allow more customization of nutrient targets
  • Integrate with other health apps/devices

Looli

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • App crashes when trying to update focus or view research notes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more video accessibility features (captions, speed control, etc.)
  • Expand content to include more diverse perspectives (disability, autism, etc.)
  • Integrate a more robust community feature within the app

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Calorie Counter

Subscriptions7
  • MyNetDiary Premium3 variants$8.991 Month
  • Premium Plus$14.991 Month
  • MyNetDiary Premium$29.991 Year
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  • MyNetDiary Premium2 variants$39.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium$59.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • 3-months Subscription$23.99
  • 12-months Subscription$59.99
13 purchases

Looli

Subscriptions13
  • Looli Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.001 Month
  • No Food Rules TOOLS (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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  • Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription $14.99$14.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription $19.99$19.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription $29.99$29.991 Month
  • Month Subscription$39.991 Month
  • LOOLI Annual7 Days trial$59.001 Year
  • No Food Rules TOOLS (Annual)7 Days trial$90.001 Year
  • Yearly Subscription $99.99$99.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$149.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$299.991 Year

Questions

Is Calorie Counter free?
Calorie Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Looli free?
Looli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calorie Counter or Looli?
Calorie Counter is rated higher. Calorie Counter averages 4.8 out of 5 from 166K ratings, while Looli averages 4.7 from 127 ratings.
Do Calorie Counter or Looli have ads?
Neither Calorie Counter nor Looli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calorie Counter or Looli?
Calorie Counter ships an update weekly, and Looli fortnightly. Most recently, Calorie Counter was updated on September 25, 2026 and Looli on July 5, 2026.

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