Marvin Altman vs ChompChart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Marvin Altman
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The Marvin Altman app allows members to reserve group fitness classes, share your digital guest passes, view your check-in history, and much more.
ChompChart
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ChompChart is a calorie and macro tracker that refuses to lock your own goals behind a subscription. Most trackers charge you to change your protein target. ChompChart doesn't โ editable calorie and macro goals are free, forever. Log food the way that fits the moment: โข Scan a barcode โ 3M+ products from the Open Food Facts catalog, with USDA generic foods as a fallback. โข Search a huge food database for anything without a barcode. โข Add it manually in seconds, by servings, grams, or ounces. โข Snap a photo of your plate and let AI estimate the calories and macros. โข Just say what you ate โ "two eggs, sourdough, and a black coffee" โ and it's transcribed, parsed, and logged. Built around your goals: โข Editable daily calorie and macro targets โ always free. โข Smart goal setup: enter your stats and ChompChart estimates your calories, macros, and a realistic goal date โ adjust the date and recalculate anytime. โข A clean Today screen with a calorie ring, macro bars, and a weigh-in card. โข A diary that groups each day by meal โ breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks โ with per-meal calories and macros; edit or delete any entry, with a logging streak. โข Weight tracking with a trend chart, written back to Apple Health. โข Insights: see your average intake vs. goal over 7, 30, or 90 days (incomplete days don't skew the numbers). โข Optional water logging, favorites, recents, recipes, and saved meals. โข A Today-at-a-glance home screen widget. Apple Health, done right: โข Reads your steps, workouts, and active energy to show the full picture. โข Optionally adds a chosen percentage of your WORKOUT calories back to your budget โ not inflated daily-activity numbers. โข Writes the nutrition and weight you log back to Apple Health so your whole health story stays in one place. โข Import your existing weight and nutrition history from Apple Health, or from a CSV exported by another app. Private by design: โข Your log syncs through YOUR private iCloud (CloudKit) โ not our servers. โข Sign in with Apple is optional and used only for sync. โข No ads. No third-party analytics. No tracking. Ever. Free vs. ChompChart Plus: Core tracking is free forever โ editable goals, barcode scanning, search, manual logging, Apple Health sync, weight tracking, insights, and the widget. ChompChart Plus unlocks AI photo logging and AI voice logging โ the features that actually cost us to run. Requires iPhone on iOS 18 or later. Nutrition estimates from AI and databases are approximate and not medical advice. Nutrition data ยฉ Open Food Facts contributors (ODbL). Generic foods from USDA FoodData Central.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Marvin Altman at none against ChompChart's 2. Marvin Altman also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). ChompChart's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 7 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. ChompChart sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Marvin Altman asks for nothing beyond the download.
Marvin Altman ships an update every 7 months, ChompChart daily. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marvin Altman | ChompChart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Antaris | JACOB LAWRENCE WYERS |
In-app purchases
Marvin Altman
No in-app purchases
ChompChart
- ChompChart Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- ChompChart Plus โ Yearly$39.991 Year
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