Comparison

Calorie Diff vs Total Calories

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

Head to head
About

Calorie Diff

Easily track your daily calorie balance by viewing active, rest, and dietary intake. See your surplus or deficit at a glance, with optional macro tracking and historical data for the past month.

Highlights
  • Calorie surplus/deficit visualization
  • Active, Rest, and Dietary calorie tracking
  • Optional macro tracking (Carbs, Fats, Protein)
  • 7, 14, and 30-day calorie history
  • Apple Health integration
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This app is for users like me who want a quick glance at their daily calories. We have many nutrition apps out there, but not all of them display the complete picture, I wanted to easily be able to see whether or not I was sitting in a surplus or a deficit depending on my current training/nutrition goals. My preferred nutrition app only pulls in exercises, ignoring rest and general active calories, only giving part of the picture. This app simply pulls in the Active, Rest and Dietary calories from Apple Health and displays the combined Burned Calories, Consumed Calories and the difference between them. We optionally also display the 3 macros, Carbs, Fats and Protein, this can be enabled in the settings tab, where you will also need to set your goal values per day. On the history tab, you are able to view a list of your calories over the last 7, 14 and 30 days. --------------- Requirements --------------- This app requires that the device has the Apple Health app installed and access to the following permissions: - Active Energy - Resting Energy - Dietary energy Optionally, for those who also wish to view their Macros within the app, we would need the following permissions: - Carbohydrates - Protein - Total Fats ---------------------- Supported languages ---------------------- English German Spanish Hindi Arabic Portuguese French Russian Japanese Korean Malay Vietnamese Turkish Tamil Italian Polish Ukrainian Romanian Dutch Thai Hungarian Czech Swedish Hebrew Slovak Danish Finnish Norwegian Chinese (Simplified)

About

Total Calories

Track your daily calorie burn and step count directly on your Apple Watch face, Home Screen, and Lock Screen widgets. View trends, set goals, and export your data. An optional upgrade offers advanced insights like active vs. resting calories and net deficit.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch complications for calories and steps
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Daily calorie burn and step count display
  • 7, 30, 90, 365-day history views
  • CSV data export
  • Optional active/resting calorie breakdown
  • Net deficit calculation
Features
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Total Calories shows your daily burn and total calories burned (active + resting) plus step count on your Apple Watch face, Home Screen widgets, and Lock Screen for free. No subscription needed for the basics. No account. Your health data never leaves your phone. If you've ever wished your Apple Watch face just showed your total calories burned for the day, this is that app. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH (FREE) - Total calories burned complications for every watch face style: circular, rectangular, inline, and corner. - Live step count complication too. - Watch app shows today at a glance plus 30-day trends. - Goals you set on iPhone sync straight to the watch. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN & LOCK SCREEN (FREE) - Home Screen widgets in small and medium sizes. - Lock Screen widgets in circular and rectangular layouts. - Widgets respect the metrics you've turned on and the goals you've set. - Full daily totals visible without opening the app. THE DASHBOARD (FREE) - Total daily calories burned on one clean ring. - Daily steps with progress bar and goal. - Pacing indicator: are you ahead or behind your usual day at this time? - Pull to refresh. Tap the gear for settings. BODY PROFILE & BMI (FREE) - Your BMI, calculated from the height and weight already in Apple Health. - No Health data? Enter height and weight by hand instead. - BMI category reference, with a plain-English note on what the number does and doesn't mean. - Body fat percentage and calorie context are part of Vitals+. MACROS (VITALS+) - Protein, carbs, and fat beside your calories, read from the app that already logs your food to Apple Health. - Nothing to log twice. If it is in Health, it is here. - Track all three, or only the macro you actually count. - Optional gram goals, plus macro averages, charts, CSV columns, and PDF reports. HISTORY (FREE) - 7 / 30 / 90 / 365-day views and any custom date range. - Trend arrows, peak days, and clean bar charts. - CSV data export. GOALS THAT WORK FOR YOU - Optional daily calorie and step goals. - Or skip goals and use it as a clean counter — your call. - Pacing comparison: same weekday vs. all days, configurable lookback (14 / 30 / 90 days / 1 year). VITALS+ (OPTIONAL) A small monthly, yearly, or lifetime upgrade unlocks: - Macros: protein, carbs, and fat from the food you already log to Apple Health - TDEE and BMR reference figures: your 30-day maintenance and resting energy averages, straight from Apple Health - Body fat percentage alongside your BMI - Active vs. resting calorie breakdown - Net Deficit: calories burned minus food energy from Apple Health - Monthly Summary PDFs ready to share - Custom date-range PDF reports - Deep Trends: period-over-period comparison cards A free trial is offered to new subscribers. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Read-only Apple Health access. The app never writes to your health records. - Your health data is stored on your device and is never uploaded. - Reports are generated on-device. - No ads. No tracking. No accounts. - Purchases are processed by Apple and RevenueCat, which never receive your health data. Total Calories is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any medical condition. Always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice. Subscription Details Vitals+ is available as an auto-renewing subscription (Monthly or Yearly, both with a 7-day free trial) or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://jackwallner.github.io/vitals/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Calorie Diff4 screens
Total Calories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calorie Diff at none against Total Calories's 3. Calorie Diff also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Total Calories's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Total Calories sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Calorie Diff asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Calorie Diff against 5.0 for Total Calories. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Total Calories has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calorie Diff ships an update fortnightly, Total Calories every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Calorie Diff versus Total Calories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorie DiffTotal Calories
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReme Le HaneJack Wallner

Customer experience

Calorie Diff

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Total Calories

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Calorie Diff

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Total Calories

Subscriptions2
  • Vitals+ Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Vitals+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vitals+ Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Calorie Diff free?
Calorie Diff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Total Calories free?
Total Calories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calorie Diff or Total Calories?
Calorie Diff and Total Calories are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Calorie Diff or Total Calories have ads?
Neither Calorie Diff nor Total Calories shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calorie Diff or Total Calories?
Calorie Diff ships an update fortnightly, and Total Calories every 4 days. Most recently, Calorie Diff was updated on October 9, 2026 and Total Calories on October 14, 2026.

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