KidneyDiet vs Sodium Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KidneyDiet
This app assists individuals with kidney disease in monitoring key nutrients like phosphorus, potassium, and protein. It offers personalized daily guidelines, a comprehensive food database, and detailed nutrient tracking to support informed dietary choices. Users can also log favorite foods and share their progress with healthcare providers.
- Track phosphorus, potassium, and protein
- Personalized daily guidelines
- Extensive food and nutrient database
- Detailed nutrient intake charts
- Log favorite foods
- Email daily diary
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KidneyDiet® helps you watch the 3Ps. Phosphorus. Potassium. Protein. KidneyDiet helps people with kidney disease make better choices. Watching your nutrient intake and educating yourself about your nutrition needs changes during the course of kidney disease. Whether you are on dialysis or not, you must become aware of the following in your diet: PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM PROTEIN SODIUM FLUIDS KidneyDiet makes it easy to personalize your Daily Diary Guidelines and compare your nutritional intake against your doctor's recommendations. - KidneyDiet provides an extensive, comprehensive research-quality food and nutrient database. - Charts and tables provide clarity on your nutrition. - Nutrient tracking is comprehensive and shows insight into your intake of carbohydrates, glycemic index, glycemic load, fat, cholesterol, vitamins and minerals in the foods you eat. - Personalized guidelines tailor the app to meet your specific needs. - Keep a list of favorite foods. - Email your Daily Diary to yourself or your healthcare provider. ** Free 2-week trial! ** During the trial period all features are available. After the trial period, you will still have access to the "learning" section of the app which provides educational information about nutrients and you will still be able to search for foods, accessing an extensive database. Upon subscribing, you will once again have access to all features, unlocking your diary, favorites, charts, and customizing your nutrient guidelines. You will not be inconvenienced by advertising interrupting your app usage, ever. Eat right. Enjoy life.
Sodium Tracker
Monitor your daily sodium consumption by setting personalized targets and logging your intake. Review historical data to build healthier habits over time. Advanced features include food scanning, unlimited favorites, and a widget for enhanced tracking.
- Track daily sodium intake
- Set custom daily targets
- Review historical data
- Scan and search foods for sodium
- Save unlimited favorites and groups
- Sodium widget
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Sodium Tracker: Sodio allows you track your sodium intake throughout the day. You set a default target amount of sodium and then add sodium as you go. You can also set the target for a specific day. You can step back through the history of your sodium intake and encourage habits over time. The pro version of the app offers the following: - No ads - Scan and search foods for their sodium amount - Save unlimited favorites and groups - Unlock the sodium widget Privacy Policy: https://tenlabs.io/#sodium-tracker-privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
KidneyDiet and Sodium Tracker both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of KidneyDiet's written reviews are positive against 37% of Sodium Tracker's. KidneyDiet also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Sodium Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 321). 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
Both are free to download. KidneyDiet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Sodium Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for KidneyDiet against 4.5 for Sodium Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sodium Tracker has 1.6K ratings behind it against 321, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of KidneyDiet's written reviews are positive against 37% of Sodium Tracker's.
KidneyDiet ships an update every 3 months, Sodium Tracker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KidneyDiet | Sodium Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (321 ratings) | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better | 36.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 321 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 297 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kismetly, Inc. | Ten Labs Ltd |
Customer experience
KidneyDiet
Sodium Tracker
User reviews
KidneyDiet
From 321 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Tracks essential kidney nutrients (phosphorus, potassium, protein)
- 📊 Visual daily totals and progress tracking
- 🔍 Barcode scanner for quick food lookup
- ⭐ Favorites list for frequently eaten foods
- 📧 Email diary feature for sharing with healthcare providers
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes when viewing nutrition details or adding items
- 🔧 Inconsistent measurement units (grams, ounces, cups)
- 📉 Limited food database compared to competitors
- ❌ Cannot delete items from favorites list
- 🔐 Account creation required before trial
Sodium Tracker
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Helpful for tracking sodium intake
- 🚀 Comprehensive food database
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🐛 Unreliable barcode scanning
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🔒 Lack of customer support
- 💰 Deceptive pricing practices
Bugs and requests
KidneyDiet
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when clicking 'see all nutrition' or 'add to diary' buttons
- Barcode scanner not functioning (QR code error)
- Many foods display without portion size options
- Cannot add custom portion sizes for preset foods
- Login and password reset emails not sending
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- In-app purchases blocked with error notifications
- App becomes unstable after recent updates
- Inaccurate nutritional information compared to package labels
- Favorites automatically populated without user confirmation
- Cannot delete items from diary once added
- Food search returns irrelevant results (e.g., oatmeal cookies instead of oatmeal)
- Red warning indicators disappearing after app updates
- Subscription data lost after app reinstall
- Incompatibility with new iPhone models
Requested features
21 requests- Add carbohydrates and cholesterol tracking for diabetic patients
- Allow users to edit saved custom foods
- Ability to delete items from favorites without limitation
- Multi-year subscription discounts
- Recipe builder with automatic nutrient calculation
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- Meal-based logging instead of individual items
- Landscape orientation support for iPad
- Add sugar and calories to daily totals chart
- Flexible portion size entry (e.g., 4 ounces instead of 1 ounce)
- List view of daily foods with all nutrients visible
- Ability to mark nutrients as 'unknown' with daily flags
- Track blood pressure, pulse, weight, and temperature
- Weekly and multi-day intake review
- Recent/commonly-used foods quick access
- Better search functionality (e.g., 'apple' returns 'applesauce')
- Expanded restaurant menu options
- International food databases (UK, Australia, Hispanic foods)
- Dry weight tracking for dialysis patients
- Nutrient comparison tool to suggest healthier alternatives
- Custom measurement unit preferences
- Ability to add ingredients for automatic nutrient calculation
Sodium Tracker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Food database lacks information for many items
- Subscription renewal without user consent
- Inability to close subscription pop-ups
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to add custom foods to the database
- Option to copy/paste food entries across days
- Integration with Apple Health or other fitness apps
- More detailed reporting and analytics
In-app purchases
KidneyDiet
- Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$54.991 Year
Sodium Tracker
- Sodium Tracker Pro$4.991 Month
- Sodium Tracker Pro3 Days trial$23.991 Year
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