Comparison

Caloco vs Braced

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

Head to head
About

Caloco

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Caloco helps you log meals without turning food tracking into homework. Send a photo, type what you ate, or scan a product barcode and get a clear calorie and macro estimate in your timeline. Designed for everyday logging, Caloco keeps the flow fast and conversational while giving you useful daily and monthly nutrition stats. Estimates are informational and are not medical advice.

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Braced

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Braced is one app for your strength training and your cardio. If you lift and run, you can stop switching between two apps. It’s free and works offline. Your workouts stay private until you decide to share them. AT THE GYM - Log weight and reps set by set, or time and distance when an exercise needs them. Last time’s numbers are right there. - Mark warm-up and drop sets so they stay out of your working numbers. - There’s a rest timer between sets. You can follow it on the Lock Screen and tick off sets there too. - Start from your own template, one of Braced’s or an empty workout. - The exercise library explains each movement and the muscles it works. Missing one? Add your own. - On a Garmin watch, your templates are on your wrist, and the workouts you finish there are saved in Braced. RUNS, WALKS, HIKES AND RIDES - Record them with GPS and follow your distance, pace and splits on a live map. Voice feedback and auto-pause are there if you want them. - Your run stays on the Lock Screen while you record. - Afterwards you get the route, your splits and your best efforts. - Import runs and rides from your watch through Apple Health, route and heart rate included. YOUR PROGRESS - See your history as a list or on a calendar. - Statistics show your volume by muscle and by equipment, your personal records and how each lift is going. - After every workout, a recap shows the muscles you trained and how it went compared with last time. - The Cardio tab shows your distance and time by week and month. Pro adds pace trends, race predictions and this year against last. - Every month, Braced Rewind sums up your training as a short story. BODY MEASUREMENTS - Log your weight, body fat and tape measurements like waist, chest and arms. Braced works out your BMI from your height, and Pro adds charts and goals. - Braced can read your weight, body fat and waist from Apple Health. It never writes anything to it. AI ANALYSIS (PRO) - AI reads your recent training and tells you what’s going well, what to watch and what to try next. It only uses what you’ve logged, and it isn’t medical advice. FRIENDS - Follow people, see their workouts in a feed, like and comment, and post your own. - Add a photo or a video of up to 15 seconds to a workout. - Share your profile or a template with a QR code or a link. - Your profile can be public, private or hidden, and you choose who sees each workout. - People who can see your runs see their maps too, with the first and last 200 m hidden. You can hide more, add private areas around home or work, or keep a map to yourself. ALSO IN BRACED - Dark mode and 11 languages. - Sign in with Apple, Google or email. - Coming from Hevy or Strong? Import your workouts, and your measurements from Hevy or openScale. You can export a backup or a spreadsheet at any time. BRACED PRO Braced is free for logging, GPS recording, up to 3 personal templates, personal exercises, history, calendar, and a workout-frequency overview. Pro adds unlimited personal templates, the full Braced template catalog, advanced statistics including cardio trends and race predictions, body measurement charts and goals, and AI analysis. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription available monthly or annually; the annual plan includes a 7-day free trial that becomes a paid subscription unless cancelled before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Questions or feedback: support@getbraced.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getbraced.app/privacy

Screenshots

Caloco4 screens
Braced4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Braced at every 9 days against Caloco's every 3 weeks. Braced also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Caloco sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Braced sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caloco ships an update every 3 weeks, Braced every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Caloco versus Braced: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalocoBraced
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size31 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremias GrenzebachAirat Akhmadullin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Caloco

One-time3
  • 1000 Credits$0.99
  • 5500 Credits$4.99
  • 12000 Credits$9.99
2 purchases

Braced

Subscriptions2
  • Braced Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Braced Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Caloco free?
Caloco is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braced free?
Braced is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Caloco or Braced have ads?
Neither Caloco nor Braced shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caloco or Braced?
Caloco ships an update every 3 weeks, and Braced every 9 days. Most recently, Caloco was updated on November 8, 2026 and Braced on November 5, 2026.

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