CalDef vs Project CAP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CalDef
This nutrition tracker helps you lose weight by monitoring calories and macros. It features an AI coach for personalized advice, a vast food database, and tools for meal planning and progress analysis. Track meals via search, barcode, or photo, and monitor water intake and sleep.
- AI-powered nutrition coach
- Massive food database with offline access
- Barcode and photo meal logging
- Automatic macro breakdown
- Personalized meal planning
- Weight trend charts and analytics
- Apple Health integration
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Meet CalDef - the nutrition tracker that actually knows you. Track calories, hit your macros, and lose weight with an app built around your real goals. CalDef combines a massive food database, AI-powered tools, and a personal coach named Olie - all in a clean, premium dark interface. OLIE, YOUR AI COACH Chat with Olie anytime. Ask what to eat, check your protein, get a meal idea for dinner. Olie reads your actual logged data - calories left, macros hit, meals eaten today - and gives real, personalized answers in seconds. TRACK EVERYTHING - Log meals by search, barcode scan, or AI plate photo scan - Automatic macro breakdown: protein, carbs, and fat - Set calorie and macro goals - or let CalDef calculate them for you - Organize meals by Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks - Water intake and sleep tracking built in FOOD DATABASE Millions of foods from around the world. Regional databases for Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, France, and Japan. Works offline too. AI MEAL PLANNER Running low on calories? Tap AI Plan and get meal suggestions matched to your remaining budget, protein goal, and food preferences - including strict Halal filter. COACH & ANALYTICS Weight trend charts, macro donut, 7-day calorie history, body transformation photos, and smart insights that tell you exactly how you're doing. APPLE HEALTH & WIDGET Syncs steps and active calories from Apple Health. Writes food intake back automatically. Home screen widget shows your calories and macros at a glance. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Create custom recipes and save them to your log - Shopping list built from meal plans - Workout logging with route and intensity - Streaks and XP to keep you consistent - Supports kg/cm and lbs/ft Start free. No account needed. Your data stays on your device.
Project CAP
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Project CAP is a guided fitness and nutrition experience built for busy professionals. Start with a short onboarding survey so Project CAP can understand your goals, current fitness level, and workout experience. Then follow a focused daily plan without being overwhelmed by a large workout library. KEY FEATURES • Guided daily workouts using formats such as EMOM, AMRAP, METCON, and HIIT • Progressive workout unlocking that introduces one format at a time • Food and nutrition tools, including barcode and photo-based scanning • Habit and progress tracking • Project CAP methodology lessons that explain how each workout format works • Coaching support and coach sessions • Account and privacy controls, including in-app account deletion requests SUBSCRIPTIONS Project CAP offers monthly and annual auto-renewable subscriptions purchased through Apple In-App Purchase. Subscription pricing is shown in the app using your App Store region. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available from the Billing screen. Project CAP is intended to support general fitness and wellness and does not replace professional medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.project-cap.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Project CAP at none against CalDef's shown. Project CAP also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. CalDef sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Project CAP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CalDef ships an update every 10 days, Project CAP weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CalDef | Project CAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breneer Jacinto | jericson sarte |
In-app purchases
CalDef
- Remove Ads$4.99
Project CAP
- Project CAP Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Project CAP Yearly7 Days trial$129.991 Year









