Comparison

ChrisGuard vs PortionCheck

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

Head to head
About

ChrisGuard

Features
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ChrisGuard alerts your primary emergency contact by SMS when you do not check in on time. The alarm runs on our server, not only on your phone. After the server confirms the session, it can attempt the alert even if your phone is dead, lost or offline. Delivery depends on available SMS credit, our service and the mobile networks. Your contact does not need the app. Use it for a run, a hike, solo travel, a late walk home or a first date. HOW IT WORKS • Set a timer and choose your emergency contact. • ChrisGuard sends the session to its server. • Check in before the timer ends and nothing happens. • If you do not check in, the server sends one SMS to your primary contact, optionally with your location. FEATURES • Server-side alarm after the session is confirmed • Store up to 5 emergency contacts and 8 activity presets; each alarm alerts one primary contact • Optional location in the alert SMS • Safety Checkpoints (optional): location updates during a session, so your primary contact gets your last known position if your phone dies • Grace period: 45 seconds before the deadline, the app asks you to check in • Apple Watch app • English and German PRIVACY • No ads and no tracking • Crash and performance diagnostics help identify technical problems • The server processes a technical device identifier, purchases, session data, selected phone numbers and alert text; contact names are not sent as contact fields • Location updates are sent during active sessions. The separate last-position field is cleared when a session ends; location included in encrypted alert text may remain with that text. • Your sessions, contacts and presets sync through your private iCloud • An optional ChrisGuard account supports Sign in with Apple and linked passkeys; iCloud sync uses the iCloud account on your device independently • Delete your account and ChrisGuard data in Settings, including local data, the current private iCloud data and linked backend profiles; cancel Apple subscriptions separately • Phone numbers and alert text are encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM); technical session and purchase records can remain after a session ends SUBSCRIPTIONS ChrisGuard requires a subscription. All plans include every feature. They differ in the monthly SMS allowance: • Basic: 5 alert SMS per month • Standard: 10 alert SMS per month • Premium: 20 alert SMS per month Each plan is available monthly or yearly. Extra SMS packs are available as in-app purchases. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it 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 current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. ChrisGuard does not replace emergency services. In an emergency, call your local emergency number. Terms of Use (EULA): https://chrisguard.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://chrisguard.com/privacy

About

PortionCheck

This app uses AI to quickly track your calorie and macronutrient intake by analyzing food photos, voice input, or barcode scans. It offers personalized targets, progress tracking, and weekly AI-powered insights, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • AI food photo analysis
  • Voice and text meal logging
  • Barcode and nutrition label scanning
  • Macro rings visualization
  • Personalized calorie and macro targets
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Weekly AI coaching reports
Features
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Know your calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds. Snap a photo of your plate, say what you ate, or scan a barcode. PortionCheck turns it into a full macro breakdown you can edit with one slide. No account. No ads. LOG A MEAL IN SECONDS • Photo: point the camera at your plate. Several dishes? Add another photo to the same meal. • Voice or text: "two eggs, toast with butter, black coffee." Done. • Barcode: scan any grocery product. Not in the database? Scan the nutrition label and it is saved for next time. • Search your foods, reuse meal templates, or enter values by hand. Always unlimited, no AI needed. • Countable portions: 2 eggs, 3 rotis, 1 banana. The grams are worked out for you. • Every estimate is editable. Slide a portion and every macro updates live. THREE MACRO RINGS Protein, carbs and fat as three rings with calories left in the center. See at a glance what is left today. Separate targets for training days and rest days, switched automatically from your workouts in Apple Health if you like. TARGETS BACKED BY RESEARCH Pick muscle gain, fat loss or body recomposition. PortionCheck calculates your calories and macros with published equations, cites every source in the app, and never goes below safe minimums. Prefer your own numbers? Set them yourself. A WEEKLY AI COACH Every Monday, a short report on your week: what worked, one pattern to watch, one thing to try next. Written from your own data. STAY ON TRACK • Streaks with a monthly streak shield, so one missed day does not erase your progress. • Weight trend, protein and calorie adherence charts, and private progress photos. • Water tracking with a one-tap widget. • Gentle reminders you control. BUILT FOR iPHONE DUO Fully open, Summary, Progress and Profile split into two panes, one on each side of the fold. Closed, everything fits the outer screen. The camera controls stay clear of the hinge. BUILT ON APPLE INTELLIGENCE Photo and voice logging run on Apple's Foundation Models, using Private Cloud Compute with on-device fallback. Your photos and descriptions are processed by Apple's models and are never stored or used for training. EVERYWHERE ON YOUR iPHONE • Siri: "Log a meal in PortionCheck" or "How much protein do I have left?" • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a Control Center button that opens the camera. • Apple Health: meals, water and weight are written to Health; weight, height and workouts can be read from it. • Syncs across your devices through your private iCloud. FREE AND PRO Free includes 3 AI meal logs per day, plus unlimited barcode, search, template and manual logging, all progress tools, widgets, Siri and Apple Health. Your first weekly report is free. PortionCheck Pro removes the daily AI limit and unlocks the weekly AI coach. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up, no email, no third-party analytics, no ads. Meal photos stay on your device. Your food log syncs only through your own iCloud. Privacy Policy: https://apps.whitedigit.com/portion-check/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Photo and voice logging need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later). Barcode, search, template and manual logging work on every supported iPhone. PortionCheck provides nutrition estimates for informational purposes only and is not medical advice.

Screenshots

ChrisGuard4 screens
PortionCheck4 screens

Verdict

The call

ChrisGuard and PortionCheck are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. ChrisGuard sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PortionCheck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ChrisGuard versus PortionCheck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChrisGuardPortionCheck
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArne Nikolaus Wolf-Friederich KellmannWHITE DIGIT LLC

In-app purchases

9 purchases

ChrisGuard

Subscriptions6
  • ChrisGuard Basic$3.991 Month
  • ChrisGuard Standard$8.991 Month
  • ChrisGuard Premium$11.991 Month
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  • ChrisGuard Basic Yearly$59.991 Year
  • ChrisGuard Standard Yearly$79.991 Year
  • ChrisGuard Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • SMS Package$1.99
  • SMS Package$2.99
  • SMS Package$5.99
3 purchases

PortionCheck

Subscriptions2
  • PortionCheck Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • PortionCheck Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is ChrisGuard free?
ChrisGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PortionCheck free?
PortionCheck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChrisGuard or PortionCheck have ads?
Neither ChrisGuard nor PortionCheck shows ads.

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