Calorie Stepdown vs The Deficit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Set daily calorie goals
- Log food items
- Track remaining calories
- Reach zero to complete day
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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!
The Deficit
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Understand your calorie balance. Log food your way. The Deficit brings your calorie intake, energy expenditure and progress together in a clear daily overview, using Apple Health data from the apps and devices you already use. SEE THE BIG PICTURE • Follow your calorie balance across days and custom date ranges. • See intake, macros, resting and active energy, and exercise. • Set a goal and compare your estimated progress. Days with incomplete intake can be excluded from the balance calculation. AGENTIC FOOD TRACKING — OPTIONAL, EFFORTLESS Tell the AI agent what you eat and how much, and it logs the meal for you. Dictate foods and gram amounts, or photograph a nutrition label and say or type “Log 200 g of this food.” The agent reads the label, calculates the portion and adds it to your diary. If something is unclear, it asks a follow-up question. • Log meals by typing, dictating or taking a photo on iPhone or iPad. • Ask follow-up questions in chat or start a live voice conversation. • Review and edit portions and nutrition values. • Reuse familiar foods from your food memory. • Keep your diary and conversation in sync across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. KEEP YOUR EXISTING TRACKER Prefer another food app? Turn off food tracking and continue using The Deficit as your Apple Health calorie-balance overview. YOUR CHOICES Sign in with Apple keeps your account connected across devices. AI processing requires a separate permission. Apple Health access and optional cloud Health summaries remain under your control. You can delete your account in the app. AI uses credits. New accounts receive welcome credits; additional packs are available as one-time in-app purchases. Purchased credits do not expire while your account exists. At zero credit, AI pauses; your existing data and manual features remain available. Internet access is required for AI and cloud synchronization. Nutrition values and projected weight changes are estimates. Check suggested foods and portions before relying on them. The Deficit is not a medical device and does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Calorie Stepdown at every 2 days against The Deficit's every 17 months. The Deficit's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Calorie Stepdown ships an update every 2 days, The Deficit every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calorie Stepdown | The Deficit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Greg Cheong | 5 LADISLAV HRBACEK |
In-app purchases
Calorie Stepdown
No in-app purchases
The Deficit
No in-app purchases
Questions
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