OpenNutriTracker vs SparkyFitness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenNutriTracker
This app offers a straightforward way to monitor your daily food intake and analyze nutritional information. It features a food diary, custom meal planning, and a barcode scanner for easy logging. Prioritizing user privacy, it provides a completely free and ad-free experience.
- Nutritional tracking
- Food diary
- Custom meal planning
- Barcode scanner
- Privacy focused
- Open-source
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OpenNutriTracker is an open-source mobile application designed to simplify nutritional tracking and management. Whether you are looking to improve your health, lose weight, or simply maintain a balanced diet, OpenNutriTracker provides a minimalistic interface to easily track and analyze your daily nutrition. - Nutritional Tracking: Easily log your meals and snacks, and access a vast database of food items and ingredients to get detailed nutritional information. - Food Diary: Maintain a comprehensive food diary to keep track of your daily food consumption, habits, and progress. - Custom Meals: Plan your meals in advance, create personalized meal plans, and optimize them according to your dietary goals. - Barcode Scanner: Scan barcodes on packaged food items to instantly retrieve their nutritional information. - Privacy Focused: OpenNutriTracker prioritizes the privacy its users. It does not collect or share any personal data without your consent. - No Subscription, In-App Purchases, or Ads: OpenNutriTracker is completely free to use, without any subscription fees, in-app purchases, or intrusive advertisements.
SparkyFitness
View summarized health data from Apple HealthKit and optionally sync it to your self-hosted server for personal analysis. Track food, water, exercise, and calories burned. Requires a self-hosted server for synchronization.
- View health and fitness summaries
- Sync to self-hosted server
- Track food and water intake
- View exercise minutes
- View calories burned
- Apple HealthKit integration
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SparkyFitness is a companion app for your self-hosted SparkyFitness server. Log meals and workouts on the go, view daily nutrition and health summaries, and sync Apple Health data to your own server. Key Features * Daily dashboard with calorie balance, macros, and TDEE projection * Log food by search, barcode, or nutrition label scan * Build and reuse multi-ingredient meals * Track workouts with a built-in rest timer and reusable presets * Manage your foods, meals, exercises, and presets from the Library * Log weight, measurements, and water intake * Home screen widgets for calories and macros * Sync Apple Health data to your self-hosted server Important * Requires a self-hosted SparkyFitness server — not a standalone tracker. * Some features depend on supported devices and external data sources. Medical & Health Disclaimer * SparkyFitness is not a medical device. * Intended for informational and personal fitness tracking only. * Does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent medical conditions. * Not a substitute for professional medical advice — always consult a healthcare professional. Data & Privacy * Health data stays on-device unless sync is enabled, in which case it is sent only to your self-hosted server. * The developer does not collect, store, or share your health data. * See the privacy policy for more details.
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Verdict
OpenNutriTracker and SparkyFitness both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of OpenNutriTracker's written reviews are positive against 33% of SparkyFitness's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SparkyFitness holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of OpenNutriTracker's written reviews are positive against 33% of SparkyFitness's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OpenNutriTracker ships an update monthly, SparkyFitness every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenNutriTracker | SparkyFitness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Simon Oppowa | VANMUGHIL KRISHNAMOORTHY |
Customer experience
OpenNutriTracker
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In-app purchases
OpenNutriTracker
No in-app purchases
SparkyFitness
No in-app purchases
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