Cafactor vs Nanocal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cafactor
This app models your body's real-time caffeine levels using a scientific pharmacokinetic approach. It helps you understand your caffeine absorption, decay, and personal sleep thresholds, adapting to your unique biology and activity. Connect with health data for an even smarter metabolic coaching experience.
- Real-time caffeine curve modeling
- Personalized physiological parameters
- HealthKit integration for adaptive coaching
- Exercise and sleep-adaptive thresholds
- HRV & Recovery integration
- Progressive calibration of half-life
- Offline, private tracking
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Caffeine Hourglass is now Cafactor — rebuilt from the ground up. What began as a simple caffeine timer has evolved into a full physiological model that adapts to your biology in real time. Version 2.0 isn't an update. It's a new category of health tool. Know your caffeine. Protect your sleep. Log a drink in seconds. Cafactor computes your real-time caffeine curve using a peer-reviewed pharmacokinetic model — complete with a realistic absorption phase, first-order decay, and your personal biological parameters. See whether you can safely have one more coffee, and exactly when your levels will drop below your personal sleep threshold. Personalised to your body Set your sex, height, weight, and age. Cafactor applies the Boer (1984) lean-body-mass formula to calculate how caffeine distributes in your specific body. Add smoking status, hormonal medication, or pregnancy for a half-life that's truly yours. Your tolerance to caffeine — derived automatically from 7-day history — rounds out the picture. HealthKit: exponentially smarter Connect Apple Health and Cafactor transforms from a tracker into an adaptive metabolic coach: • Exercise modifier — Recent vigorous workouts temporarily speed up your metabolism. Cafactor detects this from HealthKit and adjusts your decay curve automatically. • Sleep-adaptive threshold — Last night's poor sleep tightens your safe window today. Great sleep? More room for your morning ritual. • HRV & Recovery (Apple Watch) — Daily heart-rate variability fuses with sleep quality to create a PhysiologicalState score, shifting your optimal intake windows and adjusting thresholds by up to 40%. • Progressive calibration — Recency-weighted regression over 30 days of sleep and HRV feedback automatically refines your personal half-life, growing from Preliminary to Reliable confidence as data accumulates. Pro features Unlimited history · Trend, sleep quality and scatter charts · Last safe caffeine time · Four smart notifications (morning window, safe window, withdrawal, recovery) · Shareable weekly report · Siri shortcuts · Unlimited custom drinks Free, forever, offline Core tracking is always free. No account. No internet. No data leaves your device — ever.
Nanocal
Effortlessly track your food intake and nutritional goals with an AI-powered calorie counter. Log meals by typing, snapping photos, or scanning barcodes. Get clear daily totals, set custom goals, and view weekly statistics.
- AI-powered food logging
- Log meals by text, photo, or barcode
- Estimates portion, calories, and macros
- Customizable daily goals
- Weekly calorie charts and statistics
- Daily log reminders
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Nanocal is the simplest way to track what you eat. No account, no clutter, no endless food databases. Log meals like taking notes: just describe your meal and see your calories and macros. LOG A MEAL IN SECONDS • Type it: "2 eggs and a glass of milk". Typos and everyday language are fine. • Snap it: take a photo of your plate, or choose one from your library. • Scan it: point your camera at a barcode for packaged food. • Or enter it yourself with manual logging. AI estimates each food's portion, calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat, and you can edit every value before or after saving. STAY ON TOP OF YOUR DAY • Clear daily totals for calories, protein, carbs and fat • Set your own daily goals and see how much is left • Weekly calorie chart and statistics • Favorites to re-log your usual meals in one tap • Gentle daily log reminders and a weekly summary AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND TURKISH TRY FOR FREE Try Nanocal free for 3 days, then continue with a monthly subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Nanocal provides nutritional estimates for informational purposes only. AI can make mistakes. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult a healthcare professional before making dietary or medical decisions. Terms and Conditions: https://nanocal.app/legal/terms-en Privacy Policy: https://nanocal.app/legal/privacy-en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Cafactor at 3 against Nanocal's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Cafactor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nanocal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cafactor against 5.0 for Nanocal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Cafactor | Nanocal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nan Yu | Expone Software Ltd |
In-app purchases
Cafactor
- Cafactor Pro$3.99
Nanocal
- Nanocal Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month









