Comparison

Roundly vs Cality

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

Head to head
About

Roundly

Features
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The interval timer that keeps you coming back. Tabata, HIIT, EMOM, AMRAP and For Time, all free, with no ads and no tracking. Build any workout in seconds, train with clear voice cues, and keep your streak going with a progress grid that fills up every day you show up. EVERY TIMER YOU NEED • Tabata, Intervals, EMOM, AMRAP, For Time, Countdown, Stopwatch • Mix: stack blocks with their own timing per exercise • Tap to count AMRAP rounds, with split times • Runs in the background, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island COACHING THAT TALKS TO YOU • Voice announces each phase, the next exercise and time left • 3-2-1 countdowns, halfway cues, haptics and screen flash • Your music keeps playing and lowers automatically for cues BUILD THE HABIT • Streaks, weekly goals and a year-long progress grid • Achievements and shareable workout cards • Effort rating and notes after every session TRAIN SMARTER • 30-day programs for fat burn, strength and consistency • Exercise library with demos and form tips • Warm-up and cool-down stretches matched to the muscles you trained • Friend challenges: send a link, compare rounds, no account needed APPLE ECOSYSTEM • Apple Watch app with heart rate • Saves to Apple Health • Widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, iCloud sync PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No sign-up. ROUNDLY PRO Every timer stays free. Pro adds the Apple Watch app, programs, stats and records, widgets and iCloud sync. Choose monthly, yearly (with free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage them in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cality

Log meals by snapping photos, typing, or scanning barcodes. It details ingredients, allows adjustments, and calculates calories and macros. Includes a built-in gym log for tracking workouts, routines, and personal records.

Highlights
  • AI-powered meal logging via photo, text, or barcode
  • Detailed ingredient breakdown and calorie calculation
  • Integrated gym workout logger with set tracking
  • Rest timer and workout routine management
  • Import workout plans from links or photos
  • Syncs with Apple Health for comprehensive tracking
  • Multi-language support
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Calorie counting that shows its work. Snap a photo, type what you ate or scan a barcode. Cality lists every ingredient with its grams, lets you fix anything that's off, and adds up the calories and macros in front of you. PHOTO, WORDS OR BARCODE • Snap your plate: Cality names the dish, finds each part of it and estimates how much is there. When something isn't clear, it asks instead of guessing. • Type it or say it: describe a meal in your own words, in your own language. Cality understands amounts like "half", "two" or "a glass". • Scan a barcode, or photograph the nutrition label when there's no barcode. • Nothing is saved until you confirm it. SEE THE MATH, CHANGE THE MATH • Change the grams or the count, or pick half, one or one and a half portions. • Add or remove an ingredient: forgot the dressing? Add it. • Tap Fix Results and write something like "cooked in butter" to update the estimate. • The AI identifies the food. Calories are calculated from food composition data for the grams you confirm, not read off the photo. TRAIN: A GYM LOG BUILT IN • Log every set: weight, reps and set type, with your last numbers in front of you. Logging workouts is always free. • A rest timer that follows you to the Lock Screen, with a quiet alert when rest is over. • Routines and week-by-week programs. Start today's workout in one tap. • Import a plan from a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube link, a photo or a PDF, and Cality turns it into routines you can edit. • Photograph a gym machine to see the exercises it's for, with a short animation of each. • Personal records, the muscles you trained, and strength charts over time. • Share a routine or program with a code or QR; friends save it to their own Cality. • Finished workouts add their burned calories to your day and save to Apple Health. THE REST OF YOUR DAY • A plan built around you: daily calories, protein, carbs and fat from your age, height, weight, activity and goal. Change them any time. • Apple Health: steps and workouts adjust today's budget; meals, water and weight can sync back to Health. • Water in one tap, and your weight over weeks and months. • Meal, water and weigh-in reminders that fit your routine, plus goal coaching in your own numbers: the weight still to go, the weeks to your goal, the calories left today. You can pause daytime meal reminders during Ramadan. • A weekly summary and a PDF report to share with a coach or dietitian. 15 LANGUAGES Cality speaks English, Arabic, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Malay. Switch any time. Arabic is fully right-to-left, with Western or Arabic numerals. YOUR HEALTH DATA ISN'T THE PRODUCT Your meals, weight and Apple Health data are never sold or used for advertising. Delete your account and your data from inside the app at any time. SUBSCRIPTION Cality is free to use: plan, manual and barcode logging, water, weight, workout logging, Apple Health and reminders, plus 2 AI logs a day, 3 routines, 3 machine scans a week and 1 plan import. Cality Pro, monthly or yearly with a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers, unlocks unlimited AI logging (photo, label, typed and voice), unlimited routines, machine scans and plan imports, strength charts, the full weekly report with AI analysis, your measured burn, micronutrients, full history and PDF reports. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Prices vary by country and are shown in the app before you buy. Cality gives estimates for general wellness and is not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://cality.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cality.app/privacy Support: support@cality.app

Screenshots

Roundly4 screens
Cality4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cality at every 5 days against Roundly's every 11 months. Roundly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Roundly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Cality sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roundly ships an update every 11 months, Cality every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Roundly versus Cality: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundlyCality
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHieu ChauAiman Mahmood

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Roundly

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited$2.991 Month
  • Unlimited7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited$39.99
2 purchases

Cality

Subscriptions2
  • Cality Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Cality Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Roundly free?
Roundly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cality free?
Cality is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Roundly or Cality have ads?
Neither Roundly nor Cality shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roundly or Cality?
Roundly ships an update every 11 months, and Cality every 5 days. Most recently, Roundly was updated on October 28, 2026 and Cality on October 24, 2026.

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