HERO2 vs nutribench
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HERO2
This app encourages sustainable travel by rewarding users for walking, biking, or taking public transit. Earn points to unlock local deals, track your progress, and compete with friends. Build a travel profile and see your positive impact.
- Earn rewards for walking, biking, and transit
- Unlock local deals and perks
- Track miles, savings, and CO2 avoided
- Build a travel profile
- Compete on leaderboards with friends
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Turn walks, bike rides, and transit trips into Power, redeemable for perks at local spots near you. From quick errands to longer trips across town, HERO2 turns everyday travel into savings, streaks, and measurable impact. 1. Move. Walk, bike, or ride transit. 2. Earn. Collect Power for eligible trips. Unlock deals and perks from local merchants. 3. Share. Compare your travel breakdown – miles, savings, trip types, and CO₂ avoided. Climb leaderboards with friends and your community. Runs on background location to detect trips automatically. No logging, no check-ins. Move sustainably. Earn Rewards. Move different.
nutribench
Effortlessly understand your meals and health by logging foods and visualizing trends. This app provides instant carbohydrate estimates and integrates with Apple Health for glucose, heart rate, and activity data. It prioritizes user privacy with on-device data storage.
- Natural food logging
- Instant carbohydrate estimates
- Glucose trend visualization
- Heart rate tracking
- Activity trend visualization
- Apple Health integration
- On-device data security
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Nutribench helps you understand your meals and health effortlessly. Log foods naturally, get instant carbohydrate estimates, and visualize glucose, heart rate, and activity trends with your Apple Health data. Designed with privacy in mind and powered by research from UC Santa Barbara, Nutribench keeps all your data secure on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: nutribench at every 9 days against HERO2's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HERO2 against 5.0 for nutribench. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
HERO2 ships an update every 3 weeks, nutribench every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HERO2 | nutribench |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genius at Large, Inc | Naveen Mysore |
Customer experience
HERO2
nutribench
In-app purchases
HERO2
No in-app purchases
nutribench
No in-app purchases
