Comparison

Meal Tracker vs Calorithm

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

Head to head
About

Meal Tracker

Log your meals via text, voice, or photo and get AI-estimated nutrition details. Track your weight, set calorie goals, and monitor progress with helpful reminders. Features a unique Body Age estimate based on your health data.

Highlights
  • Meal logging by text, voice, or photo
  • AI-based nutrition estimation
  • Weight logging and progress monitoring
  • Daily calorie goal support
  • Body Age estimate
  • Reminders and notifications
Features
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Cal Dude is a meal logging and progress tracking app designed to help you record food intake, review nutrition estimates, and monitor your routine in one place. With Cal Dude, you can log meals in multiple ways depending on how you prefer to track food. Enter a typed meal description, record a voice note, or add a meal photo to create a meal log. The app uses AI to estimate nutrition details from your input so you can review logged meals together with your daily tracking history. The app also supports profile-based setup for daily use. You can enter personal profile information, review a daily calorie goal based on your profile inputs, record weight entries over time, and monitor meal and weight history inside the app. Cal Dude also includes reminders and notifications that can be enabled to support regular logging. These tools are designed to help you return to the app, keep your records current, and stay consistent with your tracking routine. The app also includes a Body Age feature. Body Age is a non-medical estimate based on your BMI, activity level, meal logging consistency, calorie adherence, and recent weight trend. It updates as your logs improve. Core features described in this listing include: Meal logging by text input Meal logging by voice input Meal logging by photo input AI-based nutrition estimation Daily calorie goal support from profile inputs Weight logging and progress monitoring Body Age estimate Reminders and notifications An active subscription is required to use the app. Subscription details are presented in the app before purchase. Nutrition results and other in-app estimates may be inaccurate or incomplete. Cal Dude is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Privacy Policy: https://www.appclabs.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.appclabs.com/terms

About

Calorithm

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Calorithm turns a photo of your plate into a full nutrition breakdown — calories, protein, carbs, and fat — in seconds. No barcode hunting. No scrolling a database looking for "grilled chicken, medium portion." Just take the picture. PHOTOGRAPH IT INSTEAD OF LOGGING IT Point your camera at the meal. Calorithm identifies the dish, estimates the cooked weight, breaks it into ingredients, and adds up the macros — including the cooking oil most trackers quietly miss. Every result is editable, so you are never stuck with a number you disagree with. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Start tracking the moment you open the app. No sign-up, no email, no password. Your meals, weight, and progress photos are stored on your device, and your settings sync privately through your own iCloud. You only ever sign in if you decide to join the community. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY EAT Calorithm reads real home cooking: mixed plates, shared dishes, rice and stews, grills and sides. It infers the cooking method from the photo, so a fried portion is never scored like a boiled one. A PLAN THAT ADAPTS TO YOU Answer a few questions and Calorithm builds a daily calorie and macro target from your body, activity level, and goal. Change that goal later and your history stays intact — earlier days are still measured against the target that applied back then. • Roll unused calories over to tomorrow • Add the calories you burned to today's budget • Weight trends across weeks, months, and the full year • Water tracking and logging streaks • Before-and-after photo comparison, kept on your device APPLE HEALTH, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS Read your weight and active energy from Health to sharpen your daily target. Write meals, calories, and macros back when you want them there. Sync is entirely optional and can be switched off at any time. A COMMUNITY THAT GETS IT Share a meal to a feed of people working toward the same thing. React, follow, and join monthly challenges with live leaderboards. Feeds are separated by language, every post can be reported or blocked, and an active moderation queue stands behind it. ARABIC FIRST, NOT TRANSLATED Calorithm was designed in Arabic from the first screen. Full right-to-left layout, natural Arabic dish names and culinary vocabulary, and Arabic numerals throughout. English is fully supported as well. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your meals, weight, and progress photos live on your device. A meal photo is sent for analysis only after you agree, is never used to train AI models, and is not retained by us. Nothing appears publicly unless you choose to post it. CALORITHM PRO Pro unlocks unlimited photo analysis, your adaptive plan, Apple Health sync, and the community. Start with a 3-day free trial, then choose monthly or yearly. Cancel any time in your App Store settings. Nutrition estimates are approximate and are not medical advice. Consult a healthcare professional before making significant changes to your diet. Terms of Use (EULA): https://calorithm-terms.hrdb8phm6h.workers.dev Privacy Policy: https://calorithm-privacy.hrdb8phm6h.workers.dev

Screenshots

Meal Tracker4 screens
Calorithm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Meal Tracker at 3 against Calorithm's 1. Meal Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Meal Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Calorithm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meal Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Calorithm every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Meal Tracker versus Calorithm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeal TrackerCalorithm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohammad RabiNUNE LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Meal Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Go Pro3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Go Pro1 Month trial$11.991 Year
  • Discount Offer$19.991 Year
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  • Go Pro7 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Go Pro1 Month trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Calorithm

Subscriptions3
  • Calorithm Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Calorithm Pro Yearly Offer3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Calorithm Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Meal Tracker free?
Meal Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calorithm free?
Calorithm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meal Tracker or Calorithm have ads?
Both Meal Tracker and Calorithm show ads.
Which is updated more often, Meal Tracker or Calorithm?
Meal Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Calorithm every 2 weeks. Most recently, Meal Tracker was updated on November 1, 2026 and Calorithm on October 24, 2026.

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