Comparison

Gutsy vs NoteCal

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

Head to head
About

Gutsy

This app helps you track your diet and its impact on your gut health and emotional wellbeing. Log meals, bowel movements, and symptoms to gain insights and make informed dietary choices. Monitor your progress with daily gut health scores and enhance your overall wellness.

Highlights
  • Personal health diary
  • Digestive insights
  • Bristol Stool Scale logging
  • Daily gut health score
  • Emotional wellbeing tracking
  • Symptom monitoring
Features
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Discover Gutsy, Your Personal Gut Health Companion Gutsy simplifies tracking your diet and its effects on your gut health and emotional wellbeing. Here’s how Gutsy empowers you to take control of your digestive health: - Personal Health Diary: Log meals and bowel movements easily, creating a comprehensive view of your gut health. - Digestive Insights: Understand how specific foods impact your digestion and mood through detailed analysis. - Bristol Stool Scale: Utilize this clinical tool to accurately log stool consistency, gaining insights into your digestive health. - Daily Gut Health Score: Track your gut health with daily scores to monitor progress and identify patterns. - Emotional Wellbeing Tracking: See how your diet influences your feelings of anxiety or happiness, helping you make better dietary choices. - Informed Dietary Decisions: Armed with data, make choices that improve your digestive and overall health. - Symptom Monitoring: Ideal for those looking to manage symptoms of IBS or other digestive issues. - Enhance Overall Wellbeing: Use actionable insights to enhance your daily life, feeling better with each meal. Whether you’re aiming to improve digestion, manage symptoms of digestive disorders, or simply enhance your day-to-day wellness, Gutsy provides the tools and insights you need to succeed. Simply log the foods you've eaten, log your gut activity and improve your microbiome. Subscribe to Gutsy Premium for enhanced features and content.  Your subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. terms & privacy: https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6hive.co/gutsy/gutsyprivacy.html https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6hive.co/gutsy/gutsyterms.html

About

NoteCal

Features
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NoteCal is the calorie and macro tracker that feels like a notes app. Just write a line figures out the nutritional information. No menus to dig through. No portion-size dropdowns. No counting. Whether you're cutting, bulking, or just trying to eat better, NoteCal makes daily logging fast enough to actually stick with. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Type meals in plain English — AI handles the nutrition lookup • Scan barcodes with your camera for any packaged food • Snap a photo of your meal and let AI identify everything on the plate • Search a database of millions of foods (USDA + branded products) • Build custom meals from multiple ingredients and reuse them one-tap • Save meals you eat often for instant logging GOALS BUILT ON SCIENCE • Personalized BMR + TDEE using the Mifflin-St Jeor equation • Choose your goal: lose, maintain, gain, or recomposition • Set a target weight with a safe-pace timeline • Customize your protein/carb split or override any macro target • Visual progress rings show your day at a glance WEIGHT TRACKING • Log weight with photos and notes • 30 / 60 / 90-day trend chart • Apple Health two-way sync — your weight stays consistent across apps OFFLINE-FIRST + CROSS-DEVICE • Log without signal — entries queue and resolve when you're back online • Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across all your devices • Daily meal reminders on your schedule WHY NOTECAL IS DIFFERENT Most calorie trackers are built for accountants — they want you measuring grams, browsing nested food categories, and entering the same lunch from scratch every day. NoteCal is built for people who just want to know roughly what they're eating and stay close to their goals. It feels like writing in a notes app, because that's what it is. NOTECAL PRO NoteCal Pro unlocks AI text entry, AI food photo recognition, and one-tap saved meals. Try it free for 3 days, then $39.99/year (or $9.99/month, or $79.99 lifetime). Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Free features (no subscription required): barcode scanner, food database search, custom meal builder, weight tracking, Apple Health sync, daily targets, offline logging. PRIVACY • Your food and weight data is private to your account • Photos stay on your device unless you choose to sync them • We don't sell your data, ever • Full privacy policy: notecal.app/privacy Questions? Email edmondyang11@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: notecal.app/privacy Powered by fatsecret nutrition API (www.fatsecret.com)

Screenshots

Gutsy4 screens
NoteCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gutsy at 13.4 against NoteCal's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Gutsy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and NoteCal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gutsy ships an update fortnightly, NoteCal every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Gutsy versus NoteCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGutsyNoteCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB59 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer6Hive OUEdmond Yang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gutsy

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly subscription$7.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Trial Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

NoteCal

Subscriptions2
  • NoteCal Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • NoteCal Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Gutsy free?
Gutsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteCal free?
NoteCal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gutsy or NoteCal have ads?
Neither Gutsy nor NoteCal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gutsy or NoteCal?
Gutsy ships an update fortnightly, and NoteCal every 10 days. Most recently, Gutsy was updated on October 8, 2026 and NoteCal on October 25, 2026.

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