Calories vs StepMelon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calories
Track your daily calorie intake to manage your weight or stay in shape. Calculate your daily limit using BMR and monitor your BMI to determine if a diet is needed. The app supports metric and imperial units and allows data export via email.
- Daily calorie tracking
- BMR calculation for daily limit
- BMI calculation
- Email data backup
- Metric/Imperial unit switching
- iPad multitasking support
- Apple Watch app
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Is it time to think about your weight?. If you plan to start a diet or just want to stay in shape this application is for you. Track your daily calories. Set your limit and see whether you can stay below. More features: - Calculate your daily limit with the help of the basal metabolic rate (BMR) method - Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) to see whether you should start a diet - E-Mail the data for backup and further processing - switch between metric and imperial units - support for the iPad multitasking (split view, ...) Apple Watch version: - see how much money is left and the limit - watch app and glance interface for a quick lookup
StepMelon
Track your daily steps and fitness goals with a fun watermelon theme. Features customizable watch face complications, iPhone home screen widgets, and detailed analytics. Integrates with Apple Health for seamless data syncing.
- Watch face complications
- iPhone home screen widgets
- Three-goal tracking
- Weekly trend charts
- CSV/JSON data export
- Streak tracking
- Seasonal badges
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Walk with friends, celebrate wins, and make every step count. StepMelon turns your Apple Watch into a joyful step companion with three-goal tracking, streaks, badges, and a refreshing watermelon theme. NEW: Social walking features! Add friends, discover walkers, join groups, share activity, and celebrate progress together. Celebrate wins with milestone badges and shareable cards for daily progress, weekly trends, streaks, and achievements. Track minimum, daily, and stretch goals so your plan can fit rest days and active days alike. See progress on your iPhone and Apple Watch with clear charts, widgets, and complications. StepMelon integrates with Apple Health and keeps analytics on-device. Your step history stays private and under your control. Privacy Policy: https://stepmelon.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: StepMelon at Free against Calories's $0.99. StepMelon also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 8 months). Calories's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ratings volume, ads, 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
StepMelon is free to download; Calories costs $0.99 up front. StepMelon sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Calories asks for nothing beyond the download.
StepMelon holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Calories ships an update every 8 months, StepMelon every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calories | StepMelon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Matthew Harris |
Customer experience
Calories
StepMelon
In-app purchases
Calories
No in-app purchases
StepMelon
- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year









