Comparison

Dial vs TrackingForGains

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

Head to head
About

Dial

This app helps you achieve your health and fitness goals by providing macro tracking, body fat analysis, and personalized goal setting. It offers smart food logging, weekly check-ins, and AI-powered adjustments to optimize your plan.

Highlights
  • Body fat analysis
  • Smart goal setting
  • Photo-based food tracking
  • Smart search and logging
  • Weekly check-ins
  • AI-powered adjustments
Features
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Hit your protein goal with less effort. Dial helps you track protein, calories, and macros in a way that fits your day. Search for food, scan a meal, enter nutrition yourself, or connect Claude and describe what you ate. LOG MEALS THROUGH CLAUDE Connect your Dial account to Claude to log meals by conversation. Review the proposed foods, portions, and nutrition before saving. Reuse recent foods, check your remaining macros, correct an imported item, or undo an imported meal. Nutrition estimates and assumptions are yours to review. KEEP PROTEIN IN VIEW See your daily protein target alongside calories, carbohydrates, and fats. Compare foods with Protein Score, which shows protein per 100 calories, and follow your progress throughout the day. CHOOSE HOW YOU LOG Search foods, scan a barcode or nutrition label, analyze a food photo, or enter nutrition manually. Adjust the portion and choose the meal before adding it to your log. SAVE YOUR EVERYDAY RECIPES Create a recipe directly from My Recipes. Add ingredients and their portions, or enter the nutrition yourself. You can also save an existing meal as a recipe. Reuse your saved recipes and recent foods when you eat them again. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS Set nutrition goals, track weight, and review your food history. Optional Apple Health integration lets you view supported health and activity information in Dial. Claude is a separate service. Connecting a Dial account and access to Claude are required for conversational logging. Availability depends on your Claude account. Some Dial features require Dial Pro. AI scans are subject to your available scan allowance. See current options and prices in the app. AI-generated nutrition is an estimate. Review foods and portions before saving.

About

TrackingForGains

This app helps users track their nutritional intake, plan meals using recipes from creators, and stay accountable with friends. It offers features for logging food, creating custom meals, and monitoring progress towards fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Pro-grade food tracking with database search, barcode scanning, and custom entries
  • Meal plans generated from creator recipes with automatic scaling
  • Creator feed for easily usable social media recipes
  • Accountability features with weekly check-ins and adherence scores
  • Community forums for training, food, and progress discussions
  • Fasting window tracking
  • In-app shopping for cookware and cookbooks
Features
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TrackingForGains is the all-in-one app for people who actually cook for their goals. Track your macros, plan your week, pull recipes straight from your favorite creators, and stay accountable to the people training alongside you. PRO-GRADE FOOD TRACKING Log food the way that fits your day. Search trusted, professional-grade nutrition databases, scan barcodes, or pull from thousands of major restaurant menus. Can't find it? Create a custom food or use Quick Add to enter macros directly. TrackingForGains calculates your TDEE and macro targets for you — and you can fine-tune every number yourself. MEAL PLANS BUILT AROUND REAL RECIPES Stop guessing what to eat. Browse a scrollable feed of meals from approved creators, choose how many servings you want, and TrackingForGains instantly scales the ingredient amounts and cooking directions for you. Love a meal? Add it straight to your meal plan or auto-log it for as many days as you want. A FEED THAT FEEDS YOU Our creator feed turns the recipes you already follow on social media into something you can actually use — complete ingredients, steps, and macros, ready to cook and log in a tap. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Set your plan, then keep yourself honest. Weekly check-ins track your progress, and your adherence score reflects how consistently you show up. Miss a check-in or skip your logging and your score reflects it — and the friends who follow you can see it too. At month's end, get a personalized recap of how you did. CONNECT WITH YOUR CREW Join group forums to talk training, food, and progress with people on the same path. Follow the creators and friends who keep you motivated. MORE WAYS TO DIAL IT IN Track fasting windows Adjust macros manually anytime Log solo, or follow a full meal plan — your call Shop curated cookware, cookbooks, and accessories in-app Whether you're cutting, bulking, or just trying to eat with intention, TrackingForGains brings tracking, planning, recipes, and community into one place. Download TrackingForGains and start cooking for gains. — Subscription: TrackingForGains offers a 7-day free trial. After the trial, a monthly or annual subscription is required to continue. Subscriptions are billed through your App Store account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://trackingforgains.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://trackingforgains.com/terms TrackingForGains provides nutrition estimates and is not a substitute for professional medical or dietary advice.

Screenshots

Dial4 screens
TrackingForGains4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dial at 4.7 against TrackingForGains's 2.9. Dial also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 31%) and ratings volume (814 vs 51). TrackingForGains's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dial sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and TrackingForGains sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dial holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial has 814 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Dial's written reviews are positive against 31% of TrackingForGains's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dial ships an update every 9 days, TrackingForGains monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dial versus TrackingForGains: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialTrackingForGains
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (814 ratings) — better2.9 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better31.3% of reviews
Number of ratings814 — better51
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB88 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMacroMatic LLCcookingforgains LLC

Customer experience

Dial

All ratings812 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

TrackingForGains

All ratings38 ratings
Positive34.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative60.5%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative68.8%

Bugs and requests

Dial

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to upload photos
  • Inconsistent unit conversions
  • Onboarding steps not marked as completed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Integration with health apps
  • Expanded micronutrient tracking
  • More affordable pricing options
  • Improved onboarding experience

TrackingForGains

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dial

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Membership7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pro Annual Membership7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • 50 Scans$2.99
2 purchases

TrackingForGains

Subscriptions2
  • TrackingForGains Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • TrackingForGains Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Dial free?
Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrackingForGains free?
TrackingForGains is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dial or TrackingForGains?
Dial is rated higher. Dial averages 4.7 out of 5 from 814 ratings, while TrackingForGains averages 2.9 from 51 ratings.
Do Dial or TrackingForGains have ads?
Neither Dial nor TrackingForGains shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dial or TrackingForGains?
Dial ships an update every 9 days, and TrackingForGains monthly. Most recently, Dial was updated on October 24, 2026 and TrackingForGains on October 25, 2026.

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