Comparison

PocketScale vs ORIGIN Lift

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

Head to head
About

PocketScale

Easily track your daily calorie and macronutrient intake by scanning food items. Get precise counts instantly and log your meals to meet personalized targets. This tool simplifies nutrition tracking, eliminating manual calculations.

Highlights
  • Scan any food for calorie and macro counts
  • Track daily calories and macros
  • Personalized calorie and macro targets
  • Precise food scanning and tallying
  • Effortless food logging
Features
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PocketScale lets you scan any food for instant calorie and macro counts, and then track that food with the click of a button. -Scan Any Food: Get precise calorie and macro counts for any food or meal in seconds. -Track Your Cals & Macros: Have your personalized calorie and macro targets calculated for you, and log food to hit them daily. -Precise & Effortless: Just point and scan, or just type in your food's ingredients and quantities, and PocketScale will automatically tally up the exact cals and macros for you. No more spending hours calculating or guessing calorie counts... PocketScale does the annoying work for you, instantly and precisely. — Subscription Information: PocketScale requires a subscription to access its features. We offer a 3-day free trial so you can experience the magic for yourself before committing. Choose from monthly or annual plans that can be canceled anytime through your App Store account. Disclaimer: The calorie and macronutrient estimates provided by PocketScale are for informational purposes only and accuracy is not guaranteed. These estimates should not be relied upon for purposes where precision is critical, such as medical, dietary, or clinical use. Always consult a healthcare professional for specific nutritional needs. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ORIGIN Lift

This app is a private strength training log designed for iPhone users. It allows for fast logging of weight and reps, tracking progress over time with charts and strength standards, and setting personalized training goals. All data is stored locally and backed up to iCloud.

Highlights
  • Fast weight and rep logging
  • Exercise history and editing
  • Estimated one rep max charting
  • Strength standards and ranking
  • Customizable training goals
  • Built-in and custom exercises
  • Plate math calculator
Features
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ORIGIN is a workout tracker for people who already train. No account. No server. No analytics. Your training log lives on your iPhone, and that is the whole point. WHAT YOU GET Log fast between sets. Weight and reps, one thumb, no ceremony. Your last session's numbers sit right next to the empty fields so you know what you did and what to beat. See the whole record. Every workout you have logged, searchable, with sets, volume, and session time. Edit anything after the fact when you mistype a number at the rack. Watch strength move. Estimated one rep max charted over time for every lift you train. Volume by week. A twelve week activity grid that makes consistency visible. Know where you stand. Strength standards rank your main lifts from Beginner through Elite, scaled to your bodyweight, age, and sex. No guessing whether a 315 squat is good. Set targets that mean something. Chase a specific lift, a strength rank, a bodyweight, or a training habit. Progress updates from your actual logged work. 259 exercises built in, across chest, back, legs, shoulders, arms, core, Olympic lifts, and cardio, with alternate names so search finds what you call it. Add your own when yours is missing. Plate math without the arithmetic. Enter a target weight, see what to load per side. Templates for the sessions you repeat. Start from your last workout in one tap. PRIVACY, PLAINLY ORIGIN has no accounts, so there is nothing to sign into and nothing to breach. It has no analytics and no third party SDKs, so nothing watches how you use it. There is no server we operate, so there is no database of your training anywhere. Your data is backed up to your own iCloud Drive so it survives a new phone. That backup goes to your personal Apple account. Not to us, not to anyone else. Turn iCloud off and ORIGIN keeps working, entirely on device. The App Store privacy label for this app reads Data Not Collected. That is not a marketing line. It is the literal truth. BUILT FOR ONE THING ORIGIN is an iPhone app for lifting. It does not do meal logging, step counting, sleep scores, streaks that guilt you, or social feeds. It records what you lifted and shows you whether it is going up. Requires iOS 18 or later. iPhone only.

Screenshots

PocketScale4 screens
ORIGIN Lift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ORIGIN Lift at none against PocketScale's 4. PocketScale's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PocketScale sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ORIGIN Lift asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ORIGIN Lift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketScale has 46 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PocketScale versus ORIGIN Lift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketScaleORIGIN Lift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (46 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEndev LLCLaurie Onorio

Customer experience

PocketScale

All ratings46 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ORIGIN Lift

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PocketScale

Subscriptions4
  • PocketScale Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • PocketScale Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • PocketScale Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • PocketScale Pro3 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

ORIGIN Lift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketScale free?
PocketScale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ORIGIN Lift free?
ORIGIN Lift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PocketScale or ORIGIN Lift?
ORIGIN Lift is rated higher. PocketScale averages 4.8 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while ORIGIN Lift averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do PocketScale or ORIGIN Lift have ads?
Neither PocketScale nor ORIGIN Lift shows ads.

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