Comparison

Daily Calorie Tracker vs OnlyCals

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

Head to head
About

Daily Calorie Tracker

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Daily Calorie Tracker (DCT) is a minimalist app for tracking your daily caloric intake. Features include: * Simple model of user-defined categories and servings. * ‘Quick Log’ option to add a raw calorie amount to a category. * Define your own servings, with handy presets. * Conveniently adjust serving size (aka intensity) when logging calories. * Your data syncs with your private iCloud account when a network connection is available. * An independent WatchOS app, so you can leave your phone at home. * Available separately as an independent iOS app. * Fully open source, where code is licensed with Mozilla Public License 2.0. DCT prioritizes convenience, quick interactions, and the basic needs of the casual calorie counter.

About

OnlyCals

This app offers a straightforward way to log your daily calorie intake without requiring logins or subscriptions. It focuses on quick entry, providing a running total and optional features like meal naming and daily limits.

Highlights
  • Calorie tracking
  • Optional meal naming
  • Optional meal notes
  • Daily calorie limits
  • Progress updates
Features
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A simple calorie tracking app that does one thing only: tracks calories, and does so privately. Have you found yourself wanting an app to track your calories, only to be hit by a swarm of application solutions that require logins or monthly subscriptions? Have you ever found yourself saying "Oh for crying out loud I just want to enter my calories I don't need to put in all this macro information or navigate through a data or notify my friends on social media that I just consumed a home made hamburger, just let me enter my calories!"? If so, then OnlyCals is for you. Future updates will include data tracking, viewing trends, past meals, and more. But the core of the app will always be: an app that lets you quickly, easily enter your calories, get a running total of your calories for the day, and get on with your day. It's OnlyCals! Version 1.0 features: - Calorie Tracking - Meal naming (optional) - Note taking per meal (optional) - Daily calorie limits with progress update (optional)

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

Daily Calorie Tracker and OnlyCals are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Daily Calorie Tracker versus OnlyCals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Calorie TrackerOnlyCals
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpenAlloc LLCJOSEPH ANTOLICK

In-app purchases

None

Daily Calorie Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

OnlyCals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Calorie Tracker free?
Daily Calorie Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OnlyCals free?
OnlyCals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daily Calorie Tracker or OnlyCals have ads?
Neither Daily Calorie Tracker nor OnlyCals shows ads.

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