Comparison

Calorimeter vs Calorie Estimator

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

Head to head
About

Calorimeter

Track your daily calorie burn, log food intake with barcode scanning, and understand your energy balance. Set personalized macro and calorie goals to monitor your progress over time. Integrates with Apple Health for a comprehensive view of your fitness.

Highlights
  • Daily calorie burn tracking
  • Food logging with barcode scanner
  • Macro and calorie goal setting
  • Energy balance visualization
  • Apple Health integration
  • Custom food and recipe creation
  • Progress charts and trends
Features
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See your whole day's calorie burn, log food and understand your energy balance. Calorimeter brings your Apple Health data, food diary and macros into one daily view. SEE WHAT YOU BURN See active and resting calories together, with recorded workouts in context. When enough history is available, get a personal estimate of your total burn by the end of the day. LOG FOOD YOUR WAY Search foods, scan barcodes and choose your portions. Add calories and macros directly for a quick entry. Reuse favorites and recent foods, create custom foods, and save recipes with nutrition calculated per serving. SET GOALS THAT FIT YOU Follow protein, carbohydrates and fat alongside your calories and remaining daily allowance. Set your own targets or calculate goals using your burn history and established formulas. UNDERSTAND YOUR ENERGY BALANCE Compare recorded calories consumed with calories burned to see your estimated deficit or surplus. Explore weekly, monthly and yearly trends in intake, burn, weight and workouts. Revisit your food diary to understand your habits over time. KEEP PROGRESS IN VIEW Check daily summaries on Apple Watch, add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, or ask Siri for today's burned calories or remaining allowance. Calorimeter Pro adds Progress charts, browsing earlier days, all-time energy widgets and complications, and higher food-log and saved-library limits. Download Calorimeter and bring your calorie burn and nutrition into focus. Terms of Use: https://calorimeter.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://calorimeter.app/privacy/

About

Calorie Estimator

This app estimates your daily calorie balance by integrating data from Apple Health, including food intake from other apps and energy expenditure from fitness devices. It provides a real-time view of your calorie deficit or surplus, with options for custom resting calorie values.

Highlights
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Tracks food intake from connected apps
  • Monitors energy expenditure from fitness devices
  • Real-time calorie deficit/surplus estimation
  • Custom resting calorie values
  • iOS widget support
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Calorie Estimator helps you track your daily energy balance by comparing several datapoints from Apple Health. This includes food tracked from external food apps and your energy expenditure (recorded by fitness devices such as your Apple Watch). This gives you a real-time estimate of whether you're in a calorie deficit or surplus. You also have the option to set a custom value for your daily resting calories, meaning you can still approximate your net calories without wearing a fitness device all day. Simply wear it for your workouts and ensure you have an accurate daily estimate configured in the app. Please note, this app does not save information back to Apple Health. Place an iOS widget on your Home Screen or track the numbers as they change throughout the day on the Apple Watch app.

Screenshots

Calorimeter4 screens
Calorie Estimator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Calorie Estimator at 100% against Calorimeter's 50%. Calorie Estimator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Calorimeter's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads 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

Calorimeter is free to download; Calorie Estimator costs $0.99 up front. Calorimeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Calorie Estimator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calorie Estimator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calorimeter has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Calorimeter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Calorie Estimator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calorimeter ships an update every 3 days, Calorie Estimator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Calorimeter versus Calorie Estimator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorimeterCalorie Estimator
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.9 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS27.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBogdan DovgopolJoshua Yan Ho Chan

Customer experience

Calorimeter

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Calorie Estimator

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Calorimeter

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99
None

Calorie Estimator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calorimeter free?
Calorimeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calorie Estimator free?
Calorie Estimator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calorimeter or Calorie Estimator?
Calorie Estimator is rated higher. Calorimeter averages 3.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Calorie Estimator averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Calorimeter or Calorie Estimator have ads?
Neither Calorimeter nor Calorie Estimator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calorimeter or Calorie Estimator?
Calorimeter ships an update every 3 days, and Calorie Estimator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Calorimeter was updated on November 4, 2026 and Calorie Estimator on October 30, 2026.

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