Comparison

IntakeAI vs ForgeFox

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

Head to head
About

IntakeAI

Effortlessly track calories and nutrients with just a photo. Understand how your food impacts energy, focus, and mood. Get science-backed tips to control cravings and achieve your health goals.

Highlights
  • Photo-based calorie and nutrient tracking
  • Cravings Control score
  • High-Performance Pillars analysis (Energy, Focus, Mood, Skin, Performance)
  • Science-backed tips for food noise elimination
  • Smart food suggestions for nutrient gaps
  • Barcode scanning and text logging
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Reduce food noise & cravings. Track every calorie, macro, and nutrient with just one photo. Join others using science to control cravings today. Most nutrition apps are a part-time job. You spend hours searching for barcodes, guessing weights, and feeling guilty about “hidden” calories. Worst of all, you still struggle with constant cravings and a lack of energy because you’re tracking quantity, not quality. It isn’t your fault. Your brain is fighting “hyper-palatable,” ultra-processed foods designed to keep you hungry. Stop counting numbers and start controlling your biology. IntakeAI is the first holistic nutrition guide that translates your meals into biological outcomes. Whether you want more focus at work, clearer skin, or better mood, we show you exactly how your food affects your goals. We group your nutrients into 5 “High-Performance Pillars” so you can see exactly what your meal is doing for you: • Energy: Maximize your daily stamina. • Focus: Eliminate brain fog with nutrient density. • Mood: Fuel the precursors to happiness. • Skin: Achieve a radiant, healthy glow. • Performance: Optimize the nutrients that drive vitality. IntakeAI goes beyond tracking. We give every meal a “Cravings Control” score based on six science-backed metrics: protein, fiber, nutrient density, calorie density, processing level, and hyper-palatability. How it works: 1. Log: Snap a photo, scan a barcode, or simply describe your meal in text. 2. Analyze: See your calories, "Cravings Control" score and your % of daily nutrients for Focus, Energy, and Mood. 3. Optimize: Follow science-backed tips to eliminate food noise and smart food suggestions to close nutrient gaps. Download IntakeAI now and finally hit your weight goals without the food noise. *We do not offer medical advice. Any and all recommendations should be viewed as suggestions, please consult with a professional and do your own research before trying a new calorie and nutrient plan. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.intakeai.app/

About

ForgeFox

Features
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ForgeFox brings training, nutrition, recovery and personal health tracking into one clear daily view. TODAY AND FORGE FOCUS See sleep, recovery, meals, training and your medication or supplement schedule together. Forge Focus highlights a useful next action and lets you open the data behind it. TRAIN WITH A REAL PLAN • Follow a structured session with a clear exercise blueprint and recent workout history. • Log sets with RPE or reps in reserve, rest timing, supersets and progression cues. • Add a walk or run to a session, or start a moving workout with a paired Apple Watch. • Review muscle balance, training rhythm, strength and plateaus. LOG LESS. KNOW MORE. • Track calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibre and micronutrients. • Capture a meal from a photo, barcode, search or description, then review it before saving. • See meal targets, water and saved foods together. RECOVERY YOU CAN USE Connect Apple Health if you choose. ForgeFox uses received sleep, HRV, resting heart rate and other available signals to explain recovery and guide training. Missing readings stay unavailable. A check-in adds personal context without changing the sensor-based Recovery score. HEALTH AND BODY METRICS Log weight, body composition, waist, blood pressure and bloodwork. Explore dated readings and detailed trends, including their sources where available. FORGE INTELLIGENCE Ask questions grounded in your logged training, nutrition and recovery context. Supported Apple on-device intelligence is available when your device supports it. Optional Forge Pro features use an App Store subscription and send only the content needed for the request you choose. YOUR WEEK, MADE USEFUL The ForgeFox Index brings six pillars into one readable score. Detailed charts and ForgeFox Weekly show what moved and what to carry forward. CREW MISSIONS Join an invite-only Crew, choose a weekly movement mission, and share a completion percentage and active-day count. Cheer other members, report or block someone, leave a Crew, or delete your community profile in settings. MEDICATION & SUPPLEMENT TRACKING Organize existing medications and supplements, reminders, adherence history and supply. ForgeFox tracks the plan you already follow; it does not prescribe or design treatment. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Core training, nutrition and health tracking need no account. Your local database stays on your device unless you choose to share or export data or create a backup. Optional Crew Missions creates a community profile and shares your chosen display name and weekly mission progress with invited members, not underlying workouts, Apple Health samples or routes. Apple Health and Forge Pro are optional. Cloud intelligence is explained before use. ForgeFox provides educational information and personal tracking tools. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified professional for medical decisions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

IntakeAI4 screens
ForgeFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: IntakeAI at Free against ForgeFox's $2.99. IntakeAI also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). ForgeFox's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On 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

IntakeAI is free to download; ForgeFox costs $2.99 up front. IntakeAI sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and ForgeFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IntakeAI ships an update fortnightly, ForgeFox every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
IntakeAI versus ForgeFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntakeAIForgeFox
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (46 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB449 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDaniel WestawayCraig Fox

In-app purchases

7 purchases

IntakeAI

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly subscription$14.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$19.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly subscription$39.991 Year
  • Yearly subcription$44.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

ForgeFox

Subscriptions2
  • Forge Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Forge Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is IntakeAI free?
IntakeAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ForgeFox free?
ForgeFox costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do IntakeAI or ForgeFox have ads?
Neither IntakeAI nor ForgeFox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IntakeAI or ForgeFox?
IntakeAI ships an update fortnightly, and ForgeFox every 5 days. Most recently, IntakeAI was updated on November 12, 2026 and ForgeFox on November 13, 2026.

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