Comparison

Easy Cal vs Sphere

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

Head to head
About

Easy Cal

Effortlessly track your meals by simply taking a photo. This app uses AI to identify food and provide detailed nutritional information, including calories, protein, carbs, and fats. It's designed for anyone looking to lose weight, eat healthier, or understand their food intake better.

Highlights
  • Photo-based calorie counting
  • AI food recognition
  • Nutritional breakdown (calories, protein, carbs, fats)
  • Home-cooked, takeout, and restaurant meal analysis
  • Advanced recognition for subscribers
  • Food history and habit tracking
Features
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EasyCalorie turns a photo of your meal into a clear nutrition snapshot. Take a picture or choose one from your library to estimate calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, and portion weight in seconds. Stay on top of your day with a personalized calorie and macro plan. Save meals, review your history, edit results when you want more control, and see progress in a simple dashboard. Home screen widgets keep your daily intake visible at a glance. Whether you’re working toward weight loss, weight gain, or maintenance, EasyCalorie helps you build consistent habits without tedious food logging. Set your age, body metrics, activity level, goal, and dietary preference to get a plan tailored to you. AI estimates are for reference only and may vary by ingredients, portions, and preparation. You can review and manually adjust nutrition details before saving. Features: • AI food photo analysis • Calories, protein, carbs, fat, and weight estimates • Personalized daily nutrition targets • Meal history and progress tracking • Manual meal entry and editing • Home screen nutrition widget • Support for vegetarian and ketogenic preferences Privacy Policy: https://pixpaint-8562a.web.app/easycalorie-privacy.html Terms of Service: https://pixpaint-8562a.web.app/easycalorie-terms.html

About

Sphere

Effortlessly track your food intake with AI-powered photo logging and instant search. Designed for speed and consistency, it helps you achieve your weight loss, muscle building, or maintenance goals.

Highlights
  • AI-powered photo logging
  • Instant food search
  • Smart auto-add favorites
  • Skip days for tracking breaks
  • Clean daily dashboard
  • Streak tracking
Features
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The fast calorie tracker, built on USDA data. Say what you ate or snap a photo, and it's logged. Use Sphere free, no subscription and no card. Upgrade to Premium for photo logging, macros and more. JUST SAY WHAT YOU ATE "Two eggs, toast and a coffee." One sentence, no typing, and every food lands in your log. Voice logging is free. Start it from a Lock Screen widget or Control Center, too. FOOD DATA YOU CAN TRUST 12,000 everyday foods measured by the USDA. When a food isn't there, AI fills the gap with an estimate, and you can fix any portion in one tap: cups, ounces, grams or calories. SEARCH THAT PUTS PLAIN FOODS FIRST Everyday foods come before branded products, so the food you meant is usually the top result. MISS A DAY, KEEP YOUR STREAK Earn skip days as you log. Take a day off and your streak is still there when you come back. No reminders on your off days. SAME LUNCH AGAIN? Copy a meal from yesterday and paste it into today. Saved meals and recent foods are one tap away. SET YOUR CALORIE GOAL IN A MINUTE A built-in calorie deficit calculator turns your age, height, weight and pace into a daily target, whether you want to lose, maintain or gain. FREE • Voice logging and food search • Daily calorie goal and deficit calculator • Streaks and skip days • Water tracking • Works offline, syncs when you're back PREMIUM • Photo logging: snap your plate, calories filled in • Barcode scanning • Macro tracking: protein, carbs, fat and more • Progress and weight charts • Apple Health sync Premium is billed through your Apple ID and renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Easy Cal4 screens
Sphere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sphere at every 2 days against Easy Cal's fortnightly. Sphere also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Easy Cal's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Easy Cal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Sphere sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Easy Cal against 5.0 for Sphere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy Cal ships an update fortnightly, Sphere every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Easy Cal versus Sphere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy CalSphere
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer飞 杨Upstory

Customer experience

Easy Cal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sphere

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Easy Cal

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
2 purchases

Sphere

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Easy Cal free?
Easy Cal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sphere free?
Sphere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Easy Cal or Sphere?
Easy Cal and Sphere are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Easy Cal or Sphere have ads?
Neither Easy Cal nor Sphere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Easy Cal or Sphere?
Easy Cal ships an update fortnightly, and Sphere every 2 days. Most recently, Easy Cal was updated on October 16, 2026 and Sphere on October 24, 2026.

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