Comparison

Cicolator vs Calorie Stepdown

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

Head to head
About

Cicolator

Easily track your calorie intake by portioning meals, scanning nutrition labels, or describing food items. Save favorite foods for quick logging and view your progress with convenient widgets. Your data is private and processed on your device.

Highlights
  • Portion meals by weight or servings
  • Scan nutrition labels with camera
  • Save favorite foods for quick logging
  • Magic Entry for describing meals out
  • Home Screen widgets for progress at a glance
  • Syncs with Apple Health
  • On-device data processing
Features
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The best diet is the one you can stick to! Cicolator makes counting calories simple and precise, so you can keep eating the foods and meals you love. PORTION YOUR MEALS • Add each ingredient and its calories, then weigh the finished dish • Cicolator works out the calories in every portion, by weight or by servings • Cook Again keeps your ingredients, so next time you only weigh the new batch • Share a meal with a friend as a file they can open in Cicolator READ NUTRITION LABELS • Point your camera at a label, or choose a photo, and the calories and serving size fill in • Save it as a favorite, then scan the barcode next time to bring it right back • Labels are read entirely on your device FAVORITES FOR EVERYDAY FOODS • Save the snacks and staples you eat often • Log them by the serving, or by weight in grams or ounces • Sort by name or recently added, and search everything you've saved MAGIC ENTRY • For a meal out you can't weigh, just describe what you had • Apple Intelligence estimates each item, and you can adjust any of them before you log • Requires a device with Apple Intelligence FITS INTO YOUR DAY • See how much you have left at a glance, and swipe through your week • Home Screen widgets show today's total and your latest entries • Log from a Lock Screen or Control Center control, or with Shortcuts • Save entries to Apple Health as dietary energy, with edits and deletions kept in sync YOUR DATA IS YOURS • Your entries, favorites, and meals stay on your devices and in your own iCloud • Label reading and Magic Entry run on your device • Cicolator never reads your health data • No ads, no subscriptions, no sign-ups, and no tracking Available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

About

Calorie Stepdown

This app helps you manage your daily calorie intake to reach your goals. Set a daily limit and log your food to stay within your target. Once you hit zero, you've successfully met your goal for the day.

Highlights
  • Set daily calorie goals
  • Log food items
  • Track remaining calories
  • Reach zero to complete day
Features
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Calorie Stepdown is a daily calorie tracker to help you meet your daily calorie goals. Set your maximum allowed calories for the day and then add food items accordingly. When you reach zero, you're done!

Screenshots

Cicolator4 screens
Calorie Stepdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calorie Stepdown at none against Cicolator's 3. Calorie Stepdown also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Cicolator sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Calorie Stepdown 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 Cicolator against 5.0 for Calorie Stepdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cicolator ships an update every 8 months, Calorie Stepdown every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cicolator versus Calorie Stepdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCicolatorCalorie Stepdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFeatherhour LLCGreg Cheong

Customer experience

Cicolator

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calorie Stepdown

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cicolator

One-time3
  • A kind tip$1.99
  • A great tip$4.99
  • An amazing tip$9.99
None

Calorie Stepdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cicolator free?
Cicolator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calorie Stepdown free?
Calorie Stepdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cicolator or Calorie Stepdown?
Cicolator and Calorie Stepdown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Cicolator or Calorie Stepdown have ads?
Neither Cicolator nor Calorie Stepdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cicolator or Calorie Stepdown?
Cicolator ships an update every 8 months, and Calorie Stepdown every 2 days. Most recently, Cicolator was updated on November 7, 2026 and Calorie Stepdown on November 4, 2026.

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