Comparison

onTrack vs Calorithm

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

Head to head
About

onTrack

Effortlessly monitor your daily active and resting calorie burn, and track your food intake against personalized targets. Stay motivated with customizable home screen widgets that display your progress at a glance.

Highlights
  • Automatic activity and calorie syncing
  • Monitor burned calories with progress bars
  • Track consumed calories and meal targets
  • Home screen widgets for instant data view
  • Customizable graph and widget colors
Features
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OnTrack is a calorie tracking app that works best with Apple Watch and Apple Health. It automatically syncs your activity and calorie data to help you stay on top of your fitness goals. Whether you’re training for performance or just staying active, OnTrack provides intuitive insights that keep you motivated and informed every step of the way. Daily Activity Effortlessly monitor your daily activity, calorie burn, and more through dynamic progress bars and weekly charts. See how your current totals compare against your goals with real-time updates and personalized visuals. Apple Watch users will benefit from the most accurate tracking, making OnTrack a powerful tool for understanding your energy expenditure. Meal Logging Track your daily intake and see how your meals stack up against your targets. Weekly consumption graphs help visualize trends, while simple summaries highlight how close you are to reaching your calorie goals each day. Widgets Stay motivated with powerful widgets that bring your data to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Instantly view daily activity stats all without opening the app. Widgets are color-coded and customizable (with upgrade), keeping your progress front and center throughout the day. Customization Make your experience your own by purchasing color customization for graphs and widgets for $6.99. Personalize metric colors, heatmap themes, and widget backgrounds across the app and your widgets. Match your style and stay motivated.

About

Calorithm

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Calorithm — Your Calorie Balance at a Glance Automatically syncs with Apple Health to track your calorie intake, expenditure, and balance in real time. Keep your diet on track with minimal manual input. See Your Balance Instantly View dietary energy, energy burned, and your net balance on a single dashboard. A progress bar shows how close you are to your daily goal. Review Your Day on the Timeline See all your meals, exercises, and weight entries in chronological order. Tap any entry to edit or delete it. A quick, clear view of everything you recorded today. Auto-Synced with Apple Health Active energy, resting energy, weight, and body fat percentage are pulled directly from Apple Health. Data updates every time you open the app. AI Estimates Calories — and Active Energy Just type a food name and AI estimates the calories. You can refine the result with comments like "large size" or "extra cheese." AI can also estimate active energy burned for exercises — just type the activity and duration. Visualize Your Trends Track calorie balance and weight changes across five time ranges — daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly — with clear charts and goal lines. One Tap for Favorites Register meals you eat often as presets and log them with a single tap. Stay Motivated with Streaks Automatically counts consecutive days you hit your calorie goal. Celebrate milestones at 3, 7, 30 days and more. See your progress toward today's goal in real time. An achievement heatmap shows your goal progress over the past 6 months at a glance. Always on Your Home Screen Add a widget to check today's balance without opening the app. Know What's Left Set notification times for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to get a reminder of how many calories you can still eat. Helps you avoid overeating. Your Data, Protected Your health and food log data is stored locally on your device with AES-256 encryption. When you use AI features, only the input, photos, or record summaries needed for processing are sent to Google AI services. Not a Medical Device Calorithm is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. Consult a healthcare professional before making medical decisions. Dark Mode Switch to dark mode for a comfortable viewing experience that also saves battery.

Screenshots

onTrack3 screens
Calorithm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: onTrack at none against Calorithm's shown. Calorithm's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. onTrack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Calorithm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

onTrack ships an update every 7 months, Calorithm weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
onTrack versus Calorithm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteronTrackCalorithm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB48 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAnuj ShelatShunsuke Maeda

In-app purchases

1 purchases

onTrack

One-time1
  • Customization Feature$6.99
1 purchases

Calorithm

One-time1
  • 100 Points$0.99

Questions

Is onTrack free?
onTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calorithm free?
Calorithm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do onTrack or Calorithm have ads?
Calorithm shows ads; onTrack does not.
Which is updated more often, onTrack or Calorithm?
onTrack ships an update every 7 months, and Calorithm weekly. Most recently, onTrack was updated on October 8, 2026 and Calorithm on October 14, 2026.

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