Comparison

Calorie Tracker vs FreeCals

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

Head to head
About

Calorie Tracker

Features
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Tired of calorie apps that feel like math homework? Meet Munch β€” the revolutionary app that helps you understand your food in seconds, not numbers. Just snap a photo of your meal, and Munch instantly shows you what it means in real life: β€œThis burger = 45 min cycling”. Finally, calories make sense. Why You’ll Love Munch Instant Food Recognition – AI analyzes your meal in under 4 seconds. Exercise Translation – Convert meals into walking, running, cycling, yoga, HIIT, and 30+ activities. Visual Balance – Track your daily and weekly progress with simple, intuitive charts. Positive & Guilt-Free – Focus on balance, not restriction. Privacy-First – No sign-ups, no accounts, no cloud. Everything stays on your device. Motivation Built-In – Streaks, activity suggestions, and β€œexercise snacks” (15-minute workouts) to help you stay on track. Social Sharing – Show off your balance with friends on social media. Perfect For - Anyone who wants to understand their food choices - Fitness beginners looking for motivation - Health enthusiasts who prefer clarity over counting - Anyone tired of endless manual entry Munch Makes It Simple 1. Snap your food 2. See the workout equivalent. 3. Balance your day without guilt. Download Munch today and see your food in a new light. Your plate, your pace, your balance.

About

FreeCals

Features
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FreeCals is a calorie tracker. There is no account to create, and your diary is stored on your phone. LOGGING A MEAL Scan a barcode and the packaged product comes back from Open Food Facts. Search by name and two databases answer: Open Food Facts for packaged products, USDA FoodData Central for generic foods like chicken breast or rolled oats. When neither has what you ate, describe it. Type or dictate "a bowl of porridge with 200 ml milk, a banana and a flat white" and FreeCals reads it into separate items with portions. Photograph the plate instead if that is quicker, or photograph a printed nutrition label and the numbers are read off it on your device. Paste a recipe URL or photograph a recipe and it becomes an ingredient list you can log a portion of, with a shopping list if you want one. WEIGHT AND TARGETS Log your weight and FreeCals follows the trend rather than the daily noise. From what you logged and how your weight actually moved it works out what you burn, and adjusts your target to match. Body measurements too. THE DAY AND THE WEEK 23 nutrients, not only the three macros. Water. A fasting timer. Supplements. Meals planned a day ahead. A score for the day and for the week, built from your own figures alone and able to show you exactly what it is made of. Ask a question about your own numbers in plain language and get an answer with your last four weeks in front of it. WATCH, WIDGETS, LIVE ACTIVITIES An Apple Watch app for calories left, water, quick add, weight and fasting, with complications. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. A Live Activity for a running fast and for the calories you have left today. APPLE HEALTH Two-way, each direction with its own switch, off until you turn it on. YOUR DATA The diary lives on the device. Export all of it as JSON and the diary as CSV whenever you want, and import it back. Deleting the app deletes the data. Barcode lookups, searches, descriptions, photos and questions go to the FreeCals backend and on to Open Food Facts, USDA FoodData Central or OpenAI to be answered. They carry no account, no device identifier and no cookies. What comes back is the answer. AI answers are estimates, and the app labels them as estimates. FreeCals is a tracking tool, not a medical device, and gives no medical advice. Product data from Open Food Facts, licensed under the Open Database License. Generic foods from USDA FoodData Central, published by the US Department of Agriculture and in the public domain. English and German.

Screenshots

Calorie Tracker4 screens
FreeCals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Calorie Tracker at 15.1 against FreeCals's 18.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Calorie Tracker versus FreeCals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorie TrackerFreeCals
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size31 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSteady Wins Technologies CorporationTim Anthony Alexander

In-app purchases

None

Calorie Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

FreeCals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calorie Tracker free?
Calorie Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FreeCals free?
FreeCals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calorie Tracker or FreeCals have ads?
Neither Calorie Tracker nor FreeCals shows ads.

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