Daily Calorie Tracker vs Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Calorie Tracker
This app offers a straightforward way to monitor your daily calorie consumption. It allows for custom categories, quick calorie logging, and flexible serving size adjustments. Data syncs via iCloud, and a companion watch app is available.
- User-defined categories
- Quick Log option
- Customizable servings
- Adjustable serving size
- iCloud data sync
- WatchOS app
- Open source
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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.
Time
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Free on Apple Watch: ▪ Heart rate and motion monitoring for DREAM and LIGHT SLEEP wake-up modes. ▪ HealthKit-personalized sleep detection for smart wake-up timing. ▪ Dream audio notes to support recall and lucid dreaming awareness. Subscription on iPhone and iPad: ▪ Reality check notifications to train awareness and support lucid dreaming habits. ▪ Dream journal with text and audio. ▪ Track focus sessions with daily history. ▪ Capture task notes with text and audio recordings. ▪ Follow timer progress in real time with Live Activity and Dynamic Island. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Calorie Tracker at none against Time's 1. Daily Calorie Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Time sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.00 per month. Daily Calorie Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Calorie Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Calorie Tracker | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenAlloc LLC | Andrii Ponomarov |
In-app purchases
Daily Calorie Tracker
No in-app purchases
Time
- Subscribe7 Days trial$2.001 Month
Questions
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