Comparison

Midtown vs InstaCal

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

Head to head
About

Midtown

Manage your club membership with ease. Book classes, reserve amenities, and discover events. Stay informed about club news and exclusive offers.

Highlights
  • Book classes
  • Reserve amenities
  • Discover events
  • Manage account
  • Exclusive offers
  • Club news updates
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Elevate your Midtown Athletic Club Membership with our exclusive app. Seamlessly book classes, reserve amenities, discover exciting events, and manage your account. Enjoy exclusive offers, access your account history, and stay up-to-date on club news. Download now and make the most of your Midtown Athletic Club Membership.

About

InstaCal

This AI-powered nutrition tracker uses photo scanning to instantly analyze your meals and provide macro breakdowns. Connect with friends through a social feed, discover local food options on a map, and gain insights from a virtual dietitian.

Highlights
  • AI photo meal analysis
  • Social food feed
  • Food discovery map
  • Multiple logging options
  • AI dietitian chat
  • Health and fitness app sync
Features
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InstaCal: The Social App for Food & Fitness Food is social. Your nutrition app should be too. InstaCal is where you see what your friends are actually eating, find your next meal from real plates near you, and log your own food in seconds with AI. Not a tracker with social bolted on, a social app where the content is what people eat. A FEED BUILT AROUND FOOD Follow friends and see every meal they log, with full macro breakdowns. Like, comment, and bookmark the ones that inspire you. Share yours on cards designed to post anywhere. You choose who sees each meal: your feed, your profile only, or only you. YOUR OWN COACH, IN YOUR DMS InstaCal Coach is an AI dietitian that reads every meal and workout you log and leaves a short note: what worked, what to fix, what to eat next. It recaps your day, week and month. Ask it anything. 6 WAYS TO LOG • Photo Scan - snap your plate, AI breaks down every ingredient • Barcode Scanner - scan packaged food in seconds • Nutrition Label Scanner - point and done • Food Search - describe it in plain English, adjust the portion, log it • Build a Meal - combine ingredients your way • Saved Meals - one tap to relog your go-to's Fix with AI: "the chicken is 8oz, add ranch." See exactly what changes before it's applied. TRACKING THAT READS AT A GLANCE Your day in boxes: calories, macros, streak, burned, distance, goals and body weight. Swipe through your week Monday to Sunday. Tap any box for full charts and the Coach's read. FOOD AND FITNESS, FINALLY TOGETHER Connect Apple Health or Strava, or type "ran 5k in 28 min" and it's logged. See calories burned next to calories eaten, with splits, pace, heart rate zones and elevation on every run. Set weekly training goals and watch them fill. EVERY ROUTE ON ONE MAP Your runs and rides draw themselves in as you scroll, and one map shows every route you've ever recorded. DISCOVER MEALS NEAR YOU Open the Map to see real meals logged around your city. Find your next lunch spot based on what people actually ordered, photographed and loved. Explore shows you plates that fit the macros you have left today. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Set a target like "run 50 miles this month" and race your friends, or go head-to-head on points where everyone is scored against their own goals. Join public seasons with the whole community. MESSAGE YOUR PEOPLE DM friends one-on-one or in groups. Reply to stories, react, share meals and workouts straight into a chat. EARN YOUR BADGES 88 achievements to unlock as you log, cook, compete and keep your streak alive. Then get your month, wrapped: a story of your meals, miles and streaks, ready to share. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets for today's calories, your streak, a one-tap Log a meal, friends' latest plates and your last workout. Lock Screen too. YOUR PROFILE, YOUR RULES Public or private, you choose who sees what. Add your Instagram and website. Follow friends, creators, athletes and dietitians, or keep it to your close circle. FREE FOREVER Unlimited logging by photo, search or Build a Meal. The full social feed, Explore, stories, challenges, achievements, DMs, widgets, Wrapped and saving meals. Coach notes on every meal and workout, and Fix with AI, included. INSTACAL PRO UNLOCKS • Barcode and nutrition label scanning • One-tap relog, duplicate and edit your saved meals • Unlimited Coach chat, plus weekly and monthly recaps • Full insight pages: calories, macros, streaks, distance, training, trends and progress • Meal scores, pace zones and your last six runs • Nearby slides and your personal meal map Free to start. One subscription unlocks everything. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Midtown4 screens
InstaCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: InstaCal at 5.0 against Midtown's 4.2. InstaCal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). Midtown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (74 vs 24). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. InstaCal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Midtown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InstaCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Midtown's written reviews are positive against 100% of InstaCal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Midtown ships an update monthly, InstaCal every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Midtown versus InstaCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidtownInstaCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (74 ratings)5.0 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better24
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB93 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTennis Corporation of AmericaDigital Delight LLC

Customer experience

Midtown

All ratings74 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative27.8%

InstaCal

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Midtown

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen issues and connection problems
  • Lack of information about assigned courts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to add classes/events to personal calendar
  • Improve account and transaction history accessibility
  • Add court reservation and selection functionality
  • Implement digital membership barcode

InstaCal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Midtown

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

InstaCal

Subscriptions2
  • InstaCal$7.991 Month
  • InstaCal3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Streak Restore$0.99

Questions

Is Midtown free?
Midtown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InstaCal free?
InstaCal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Midtown or InstaCal?
InstaCal is rated higher. Midtown averages 4.2 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while InstaCal averages 5.0 from 24 ratings.
Do Midtown or InstaCal have ads?
Neither Midtown nor InstaCal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Midtown or InstaCal?
Midtown ships an update monthly, and InstaCal every 2 days. Most recently, Midtown was updated on August 20, 2026 and InstaCal on September 27, 2026.

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