Comparison

HerBalance vs CalBae

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

Head to head
About

HerBalance

Sync nutrition, workouts, and habits with your natural cycle. This app guides you through each phase, offering tailored meal plans, recipe import, and smart grocery lists. Improve hormone balance, energy, and overall well-being.

Highlights
  • Phase-synced meal plans
  • Recipe import and auto-tagging
  • Smart grocery list generation
  • Workout and lifestyle tips
  • Cycle phase insights
Features
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Finally understand your body and what it needs each phase. Your phase. Your fuel. Your flow. HerBalance helps women sync nutrition, workouts, and habits with their natural cycle. HerBalance requires an active subscription to access its features. Unlike other apps, HerBalance doesn’t just track your cycle. It shows you how to use it. Plan meals, import recipes, build grocery lists, and support your body through every phase. Whether you want to support hormone balance, improve energy, or feel better in your body, HerBalance guides you every step of the way. Why Women Choose HerBalance: • Phase-Synced Meal Plans – nutrition tailored to each cycle phase • Recipe Import & Auto-Tagging – bring your own recipes, see phase benefits instantly • Smart Grocery Lists – generated from your weekly meal plan • Workout & Lifestyle Tips – aligned with hormones and energy levels Subscription Information HerBalance offers auto-renewable subscriptions to unlock premium features including personalized meal plans, recipe importing, and advanced cycle insights. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CalBae

This app adapts calorie and macro targets to your menstrual cycle phases. It features AI-powered food scanning for quick nutritional estimates and provides "Glow Scores" for beauty, mood, and bloat, promoting a body-positive approach to wellness.

Highlights
  • Cycle-adaptive calorie and macro targets
  • AI food scanner for nutrition estimation
  • Beauty, Mood, and Bloat Glow Scores
  • Period logging and phase tracking
  • Weight trend tracking
  • Gentle, body-positive coaching
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Meet CalBae - the first calorie tracker built around your cycle. Most diets ignore that your body changes across the month. CalBae doesn't. It gently adapts your calorie and macro targets to every phase of your cycle, so eating finally works with your body - not against it. JUST SNAP A MEAL Point your camera at any plate and our AI estimates calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds. No barcodes, no endless searching. Prefer to type? Describe your meal in your own words and let the AI do the rest. GLOW SCORES, NOT GUILT Every meal gets a Beauty, Mood and Bloat score — so you can see how food supports your skin, your energy and how you feel, not just a number on a screen. EAT WITH YOUR CYCLE - Targets that flex across your Menstrual, Follicular, Ovulation and Luteal phases - Gentle, body-positive coaching — never extreme, never crash diets - Log your period and see your current phase at a glance TRACK WHAT MATTERS - Calorie & macro rings that update as you eat - Weight trends toward a happier, realistic goal - Streaks and weekly recaps that keep you going Loved by 10,000+ women on their glow-up journey. CalBae Pro unlocks unlimited AI scans, cycle insights and Glow Scores. — CalBae Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: Weekly (with a 3-day free trial) or Yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://byanton.dev/calbae/privacy Terms of Use: https://byanton.dev/calbae/terms Cycle guidance and Glow Scores are for gentle wellness and are not medical advice. Listen to your body.

Screenshots

HerBalance4 screens
CalBae4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: CalBae at freemium against HerBalance's subscription. CalBae also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). HerBalance's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. HerBalance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and CalBae sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 HerBalance against 5.0 for CalBae. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HerBalance ships an update every 3 weeks, CalBae every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HerBalance versus CalBae: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHerBalanceCalBae
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHerBalance, LLC (Apps)Anton Gariachii

Customer experience

HerBalance

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CalBae

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HerBalance

Subscriptions2
  • HerBalance Pro Monthly14 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • HerBalance Pro Yearly14 Days trial$79.001 Year
2 purchases

CalBae

Subscriptions2
  • CalBae Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • CalBae Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is HerBalance free?
HerBalance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalBae free?
CalBae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HerBalance or CalBae?
HerBalance and CalBae are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HerBalance or CalBae have ads?
Neither HerBalance nor CalBae shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HerBalance or CalBae?
HerBalance ships an update every 3 weeks, and CalBae every 4 days. Most recently, HerBalance was updated on October 30, 2026 and CalBae on November 5, 2026.

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