Calorie Tracker vs Runbuds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calorie Tracker
Easily track your nutrition by snapping photos of your meals. Get instant insights into calories, macros, and more. Integrates with Apple Health and offers personalized nutrition plans.
- AI meal and nutrition scanner
- Barcode detection for packaged foods
- Manual search for food items
- Apple Health integration
- Personalized nutrition plan creation
- Calendar view for meal tracking
- Lock screen widget for quick logging
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Say hello to Calorific, your new best friend in nutrition tracking! Whether you're counting calories, watching your macros, or just curious about what's on your plate, Calorific makes it super easy. Just open the app, snap a photo, and get instant nutritional insights. It’s like having a personal nutrition tracker in your pocket! • Intelligent Meal Estimates: Point, shoot, and eat! Take a picture of your meal, fill in a few details, and Calorific will provide an educated guess on calories, protein, carbs, fats, and more. It’s like having an ai food tracker at your fingertips, helping you make informed choices effortlessly. • Barcode Detection: Just snap a photo of any barcode, and Calorific will automatically detect it, fetch real nutrition information, and use that data to more accurately estimate your calories. Ideal for packaged foods, this feature ensures you always have the most precise information about what you’re eating. • Search: Have you already eaten or just want to manually add an item? The new search feature makes it easy to quickly find what you’ve eaten. • Apple Health integration: You can enable Health integration to automatically sync your nutritional information to the Apple Health app. • Personal Health Plan: Create a scientifically optimized nutrition plan tailored to your body, goals, and lifestyle preferences. • Calendar View: Keep track of your meals with our easy-to-use calendar. View your daily nutrition intake at a glance, see individual nutritional information for each meal, and edit entries as needed. Stay on top of your diet with a clear and organized daily overview. • Camera Control: Easily log your meals right from your lock screen. Use the new Camera Control on the iPhone 16 (Pro) or add the lock screen widget for quick meal logging. Tracking your nutrition has never been easier. No more manual entry, no more guesswork. Simply open the app, snap a pic, and let Calorific handle the rest. Calorific uses advanced AI to estimate the nutrition of your meals and strives to provide accurate information by using real data whenever available, such as from barcodes. However, for precise dietary advice, please consult with a healthcare professional. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Runbuds
This app allows you to run with friends in real-time, seeing each other's avatars on a virtual track. It includes a run tracker with lock screen support, group relay challenges, and detailed performance statistics with shareable visualizations.
- Real-time avatar tracking
- Live lock screen activities
- Group relay challenges
- Detailed run statistics
- Shareable run visualizations
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Runbuds is the social running app that is truly built for your friends first. /// THE TRACK /// ・ Your avatar moves around a physical track ・ Your friends move around the track with you ・ Pass (or get passed oh no !!!) by your friends /// LOG RUNS /// Our run tracker lets you choose between: ・ An in-app full screen view ・ Live activities on your lock screen /// GROUP RELAYS /// Run towards a shared goal: ・ Set a total distance target ・ Set a timeframe ・ Add your friends to the Relay ・ Run run run run run !!! /// BEAUTIFUL STATS & VISUALS /// ・ See beautiful visualizations of your past runs ・ Sort by date, pace, distance, or difficulty ・ Share images of your runs with your friends /// GET IN TOUCH /// ・ Hit us up with ANY feedback or requests !!! ・ Contact support@runbuds.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runbuds at none against Calorie Tracker's 5. Runbuds also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (69 vs 23). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Calorie Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Runbuds asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Calorie Tracker against 4.8 for Runbuds. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 69 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Calorie Tracker's written reviews are positive against 96% of Runbuds's.
Calorie Tracker ships an update every 10 days, Runbuds every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Calorie Tracker | Runbuds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 96.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furkan Simsir | Light Nudge |
Customer experience
Calorie Tracker
Runbuds
In-app purchases
Calorie Tracker
- Monthly$5.991 Month
- Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Annual3 Days trial$99.991 Year
Runbuds
No in-app purchases








