Nutrio vs GainCurve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nutrio
Instantly track calories and macros by simply snapping a photo of your food. This AI-powered tool offers personalized nutrition coaching, hydration reminders, and exercise logging to help you reach your health goals.
- AI food scanner
- Smart macro tracking
- Water tracking & reminders
- AI nutritionist chat
- Exercise logging
- Personalized goals
- Home & lock screen widgets
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Tired of quitting every calorie app by Wednesday? Snap a photo of your meal or simply say what you ate. Nutrio gives you calories, macros, and nutrition insights in seconds. No searching, no guessing, no tedious data entry. WHAT YOU GET • AI Food Scanner: Snap any meal — homemade, restaurant, or packaged — for an instant calorie and macro breakdown. • Voice Logging: No photo? Just tell Nutrio what you ate, and it logs it for you. • Calories & Macros: Track protein, carbs, and fats with daily targets tailored to your goals. • Meet Cal, Your AI Nutrition Coach: Get personalized meal ideas, food swaps, and nutrition guidance from your carrot buddy. • Water, Weight & Streaks: Track your progress with gentle reminders that build consistency, not guilt. • Exercise Tracking: See how your activity fits into your daily calorie budget. • Goals That Fit Your Life: Whether you want to lose weight, build muscle, or maintain your weight, Nutrio helps you stay on track. • Log Without Opening the App: Track meals through Apple Watch, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and supported app integrations. WHY NUTRIO? LESS LOGGING. MORE LIVING. Other calorie counters make you do the work. Nutrio makes tracking easier, so you can spend less time logging and more time living. And with Cal the Carrot by your side, building healthier habits can feel a little less like a chore. Download Nutrio and start your 3-day FREE trial! Subscription required to access all features. AI-generated nutrition estimates may vary depending on food type, portion size, and the information provided. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
GainCurve
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GainCurve turns training and nutrition into a role-playing game. Log your workouts and meals, hit your targets, and level up all the way to Legend. TRAIN SMARTER • Workout logger built for the gym floor: big steppers, tap to type any weight, per-exercise weight steps • Progressive-overload targets for every exercise, based on what you lifted last time • Warm-up ramps, supersets, rest timer with a ping, and personal-record alerts • 11 training plans or your own routines — start any plan day in any order • Log sets from the lock screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities • 195 exercises with how-tos, including bodyweight and weight-vest work CARDIO THAT COUNTS • Steady and interval timers (Norwegian 4×4, HIIT, assault bike and more) • Weekly zone 2 and zone 5 minutes from your Apple Watch heart rate EAT FOR YOUR GOAL • 15,000+ foods offline, plus online USDA and Open Food Facts search • Barcode scanner, your own foods, recipes and favourites • Log a meal by its numbers alone, or bring in food logged in other apps from Apple Health • Calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre, sugar, salt — and potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc and vitamin D • Adaptive calorie target that learns from your weight trend • Your week as one calorie budget: a big day is evened out gently, and you can plan a big meal ahead and save up for it • Calorie, level and quick-log widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • An app icon that shows your rank and changes with every new title • Rewards as you level: accent colours, ring frames, a share card, a Classic look and Dark mode RUNS FROM APPLE HEALTH • Runs, rides, hikes and walks come in automatically with their route map, heart-rate zones and XP YOUR JOURNEY • A mountain you climb with XP: every workout, logged day and check-in moves you up, and each summit is a new title • Your body goal sits beside it, measured on your smoothed trend, with milestones and a pace estimate. One heavy morning never sets you back • Training for a 10 km, half, marathon or Hyrox? See the calendar against your readiness WORKS WITH DayCurve (optional) • With our caffeine and body-clock app DayCurve installed, GainCurve shows your caffeine level, peak and cut-off next to your workout — shared on your iPhone only APPLE WATCH • Train from your wrist, or let your Watch record heart rate while you log on iPhone • Outdoor runs, walks and rides record their GPS route GainCurve PRO (optional) • Progress photos pinned to your level on the map, with a ghost of your last photo to line up, compare any two days, and a timelapse video of your progress — stored only on your iPhone • Run analytics: pace-coloured routes, kilometre splits and best efforts • Strength analytics: estimated one-rep-max trends for every lift, weekly hard sets per muscle and whether each muscle is building, maintaining or overreaching • Sleep readiness, with our DayCurve app installed: how last night's sleep reads for today's training • Everything else in GainCurve is free GainCurve Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan includes a 1-week free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://n-elnouby.github.io/GainCurve/privacy.html PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. GainCurve provides general fitness and nutrition estimates and is not a medical device or medical advice. Food data: USDA FoodData Central, Ciqual © ANSES, CoFID © Crown copyright, Open Food Facts (ODbL).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GainCurve at none against Nutrio's shown. Nutrio's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Nutrio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and GainCurve sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nutrio ships an update every 2 days, GainCurve every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nutrio | GainCurve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (112 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Redjan Hysa | Nabil El Nouby |
In-app purchases
Nutrio
- Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Nutrio Premium$9.991 Month
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- Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Annual$24.991 Year
- Nutrio Premium$29.991 Year
- Nutrio Premium3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Streak Repair$0.99
GainCurve
- GainCurve Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- GainCurve Pro Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- GainCurve Pro Lifetime$34.99









