Comparison

Lose It! vs Dining Note

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

Head to head
About

Lose It!

This app helps users achieve their weight loss goals by tracking calorie intake, nutrition, and exercise. It offers features like AI-powered meal logging, barcode scanning, and personalized diet plans to simplify the journey to a healthier lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Calorie tracking
  • Weight loss planning
  • AI voice meal logging
  • Photo meal logging
  • Barcode scanner
  • Macro and nutrition tracking
  • Intermittent fasting planner
Features
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Lose It! Is your personal calorie counter, diet planner, nutrition-focused food tracker and weight loss progress tracking app that helps you build healthy eating habits, stick to your diet program and reach your weight loss goals! Set your weight loss goal, get a personalized calorie budget, and track the food you eat, exercise, nutrients, macros, protein, carbs, and progress all in one place. We’re more than just a free calorie tracker. Complete your profile, and we’ll calculate a personalized daily calorie budget and weight loss schedule. Easily log and track your food, weight, activity, nutrition intake, macros, net calories, and intermittent fasting schedule—all in one place. Learn more about your nutrition needs, set achievable goals, manage your daily nutrition, and celebrate your progress with a personalized weight loss guide that helps you stay on track. SIMPLIFY YOUR WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY Lose It! makes weight loss manageable using the proven principles of calorie counting, calorie deficit, diet tracking and nutrition awareness. Set your weight targets, log healthy meals, discover nutrient dense foods to eat, and track nutrients to build healthier eating habits. NEW—GLP-1 SUPPORT Log your medication, view estimated GLP-1 levels, and see how each phase may align with your hunger and eating habits—all alongside your nutrition, weight, and activity tracking. AI VOICE & PHOTO MEAL LOGGING Quickly and accurately log healthy meals using your voice or a photo. Just speak into your phone or tap the camera icon to track food and count calories in seconds. Snap a photo, log a meal and simplify your nutrition and weight loss journey! LOSE IT! FREE BASIC FEATURES • Calorie Tracking – Utilize the calorie counter to make it easy to track meals and exercise and chart the data, directly from your phone • Weight Loss Plan – Build a weight loss plan based on your unique body composition, activity level and habits • Community Support – Add your friends and join support groups to stay motivated PREMIUM PLAN FEATURES • Photo Meal Logging – Log meals by taking a picture • AI Voice – Say “I had 2 eggs, toast with butter and jam” to log your meal • Barcode Scanner – Scan food barcodes or search our database of items and recipes • Advanced Tracking – Track macronutrients like protein, carbs, fat, sugar; as well as nutrition, vitamins, minerals, and other health goals and metrics, including blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, body measurements, sleep cycles and more • Intermittent Fasting - Set your fasting plan and track your fasts where you track your food • Meal Planning & Targets – meal targets help you calculate suggested nutritional content including macro, carb, protein and overall calorie intake. • Weight Loss Diet Plans – Identify what meals, fruits, lean meats, grains, and recipes are hindering or helping your weight loss progress. • Fitness App Syncs – connect fitness trackers, workout apps, and devices like Fitbit, Misfit, Garmin, Withings scales, Google Fit, Healthkit, and more to maximize your weight loss, gain or maintenance goals Since our launch in 2008 we have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, CNET, Buzzfeed, CNN, Shape, Good Morning America, and more. Lose It! has helped over 57 million users lose more than 150 million pounds. With a global food database of 56+ million items and recipes, tracking what you eat is simple and accurate. Choose from over 25 health goals and start seeing results in just three days of consistent tracking. The Premium subscription purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. The yearly subscription will automatically renew unless the auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the subscription period ends. Your premium subscription auto-renew can be turned off or managed in your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited after purchase. -- Full terms: http://loseit.com/terms

About

Dining Note

Easily track your daily food and drink intake, including meals and snacks. Record exercise, add photos, and set a password for privacy. Improve your eating habits with simple monthly statistics.

Highlights
  • Record meals and beverages
  • Track exercise
  • Add photos to entries
  • Password protection
  • Customizable themes
  • Monthly statistics
Features
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Try it with the help of the simple diet diary app, 'Dining Note.' Managing your eating habits is the start to a healthy diet. Record your diet every day and improve your eating habits. You can keep track of who you ate with and where you ate, as well as write simple diary entries. Features 1. Record breakfast, lunch, and dinner details 2. Record snacks, coffee, water, and other beverage intake 3. Record exercise details 4. Add photo function 5. Password setting function 6. Theme color change function 7. Simple monthly stats screen

Screenshots

Lose It!4 screens
Dining Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lose It! and Dining Note both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Dining Note's written reviews are positive against 54% of Lose It!'s. Dining Note also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Lose It!'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (782K vs 868). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Lose It! sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Dining Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Lose It! against 4.8 for Dining Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lose It! has 782K ratings behind it against 868, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Lose It!'s written reviews are positive against 94% of Dining Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lose It! ships an update every 6 days, Dining Note every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Lose It! versus Dining Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLose It!Dining Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (782K ratings) — better4.8 (868 ratings)
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews93.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings782K — better868
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFitNow4th May Games Inc.

Customer experience

Lose It!

All ratings781,976 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews3,965 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral9.6%
Negative36.5%

Dining Note

All ratings857 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews361 reviews
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.6%

User reviews

Lose It!

From 782K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Comprehensive food database
  • 💡 Helpful for weight loss
  • 🚀 Syncs with fitness trackers
  • 👍 Customizable goals and tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate calorie/nutrition data
  • 💰 Paywall for basic features
  • 📢 Intrusive ads and upselling
  • 🐛 Buggy performance issues
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with data sharing

Dining Note

From 868 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Straightforward interface
  • 💡 Flexible for recording food intake
  • 🚀 Minimal and non-intrusive
  • 👍 Doesn't focus on calories or weight loss

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 💡 Limited customization options
  • 💡 Lack of syncing between devices
  • 💡 No notes or mood tracking section

Bugs and requests

Lose It!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Barcode scanner not working
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health
  • Freezing and crashing on certain actions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add micronutrient tracking
  • Improve recipe builder functionality
  • Provide more personalized meal plans
  • Allow custom unit measurements
  • Implement a dark mode option

Dining Note

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Swipe up gesture to exit app sometimes doesn't work
  • Photo uploads can be unreliable or cause app to crash
  • Inconsistent behavior when trying to save entries

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit or delete entries
  • Implement time stamps for meals
  • Include option to export data
  • Add more drink categories beyond just water and coffee
  • Integrate with Apple Health or other fitness apps

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Lose It!

Subscriptions11
  • Lose It! Premium$9.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium$11.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium$15.991 Year
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  • Lose It! Premium$19.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium$23.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium$29.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium Features7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium$39.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium Features7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Lose It! Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time6
  • Course: Change Your Thinking$9.99
  • additional year of premium features$29.99
  • year of premium features$39.99
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  • Lose It! Premium Lifetime$49.99
  • Lose It! Premium Lifetime$59.99
  • Lose It! Premium Lifetime Subscription (Discounted)$99.99
1 purchases

Dining Note

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Lose It! free?
Lose It! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dining Note free?
Dining Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lose It! or Dining Note?
Lose It! is rated higher. Lose It! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 782K ratings, while Dining Note averages 4.8 from 868 ratings.
Do Lose It! or Dining Note have ads?
Both Lose It! and Dining Note show ads.
Which is updated more often, Lose It! or Dining Note?
Lose It! ships an update every 6 days, and Dining Note every 5 weeks. Most recently, Lose It! was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dining Note on October 24, 2026.

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