Comparison

CountIt vs Calidus

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

Head to head
About

CountIt

Features
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CountIt is your all-in-one calorie and nutrition tracker designed to make healthy eating simple, fast, and effective. Whether you're counting calories, planning meals, or reaching fitness goals, CountIt helps you stay on track with ease. Key Features: - No subscriptions or microtransactions — completely free to use - No login required — start tracking instantly without creating an account - Full access to the USDA FoodData Central database, with over 500,000 items and complete nutrition data - Support for custom foods, recipes, serving sizes, and portion quantities - Customizable widgets to visualize daily calories and nutrient intake - Barcode scanner for fast and easy food logging - Quick Add feature to log calories, macros, or full meals in seconds

About

Calidus

Track your daily food intake, calories, and macros with a comprehensive food diary. Log meals, build custom recipes, monitor water and weight, and utilize fasting timers. Integrates with Apple Health for a holistic view of your health.

Highlights
  • Food logging with barcode scanning
  • Custom recipe builder
  • Water and weight tracking
  • Fasting timers and schedules
  • Apple Health integration
  • AI-powered recipe component drafting
Features
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A food diary that fits your everyday life. Log what you eat, review your portions and see your calories and macros together. Calidus brings food logging, recipes, water, weight and fasting into one app for iPhone and iPad. START WITH ONE FOOD Search for a food, scan a barcode or create a custom entry. Check the portion before adding it. Clear confirmation lets you know when your food is saved. MAKE REPEAT MEALS QUICKER Use recent foods, log a saved recipe or review yesterday’s meal before adding it to today. Change the portions or remove anything that is different. BUILD RECIPES YOUR WAY Save ingredients and preparation steps. Organize a recipe into reusable components, such as chicken and biscuits, and adjust each component separately. Choose how many portions you ate, including more than one portion of a single-serving recipe. Save a variation without replacing the original. DESCRIBE A RECIPE COMPONENT On supported devices with Apple Intelligence available, describe a component in your own words to draft its ingredients and preparation steps on your device. Review the matched foods and measurements before using the draft. Nutrition is calculated from the food records and portions you confirm. You can always enter and edit details manually. SEE YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Energy rings show calories eaten, estimated calories burned and the difference between them. Track protein, carbohydrates, fat and other nutrients. Optional Apple Health access can bring activity into your calorie budget. BUILD HABITS AT YOUR PACE Log water and weight, review your diary and see a recap of your recent logging. Notifications are optional. Choose a daily meal reminder at a time that suits you; Calidus skips it when that meal is already logged. Edit it or turn it off whenever you like. FASTING, WHEN YOU CHOOSE Use fasting timers, schedules, widgets and Live Activities to follow a fast and review completed sessions. Fasting reminders are separate from your daily meal reminder. YOUR DIARY, YOUR CHOICE No app account is required. Your diary is stored on your device, with optional sync through your own iCloud account. Apple Health access is optional. Basic diary logging works offline; online food searches, barcode lookups, optional sync and sibling-app promotions may use the internet. Calidus has no subscription or in-app purchases. It may show promotions for other Maneo House apps. Calorie targets, energy expenditure and food nutrition are estimates. Review food matches, measurements and AI drafts, including ingredients relevant to your allergies or dietary needs. Calidus is a tracking tool, not medical advice.

Screenshots

CountIt4 screens
Calidus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Calidus at every 3 weeks against CountIt's every 15 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountIt ships an update every 15 months, Calidus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CountIt versus Calidus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountItCalidus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimmy NguyenMANEO HOUSE LC

In-app purchases

None

CountIt

No in-app purchases

None

Calidus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CountIt free?
CountIt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calidus free?
Calidus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CountIt or Calidus have ads?
Neither CountIt nor Calidus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountIt or Calidus?
CountIt ships an update every 15 months, and Calidus every 3 weeks. Most recently, CountIt was updated on October 9, 2026 and Calidus on October 25, 2026.

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