Comparison

DrQuack vs Calidus

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

Head to head
About

DrQuack

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DrQuack is your cute, personal calorie tracking companion: a virtual goose that lives on your phone and keeps you accountable every day. Track what you eat from a rich library of foods and prepared meals; from Cheese Pizza to Chicken Breast, and watch DrQuack react to your daily habits. Feed him well and he’ll thrive. Neglect your goals and he’ll let you know! FEATURES: • Calorie Tracker: Log meals with calories in, calories out, and net calories at a glance • Ready Meals: Quickly add prepared foods like pizza, burgers, hot dogs, and more • Full Food Library: Browse Meat & Poultry, Fish & Seafood, Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Dairy, Legumes, and more • Custom Foods: Add your own foods to My Foods for quick access • Personalized Calorie Goal: Set your gender, age, height, weight, and activity level for a tailored daily target • History: Review your intake day by day with a clean calendar view and statistics • Day & Night Mode: DrQuack’s world changes with the time of day Whether you’re losing weight, bulking up, or just staying healthy, DrQuack makes the journey simple, visual, and fun. Start tracking today: DrQuack is not hungry for your data and will not share it or sell it to anyone!

About

Calidus

Track your daily food intake, calories, and macros with a comprehensive food diary. Log meals, build custom recipes, monitor water and weight, and utilize fasting timers. Integrates with Apple Health for a holistic view of your health.

Highlights
  • Food logging with barcode scanning
  • Custom recipe builder
  • Water and weight tracking
  • Fasting timers and schedules
  • Apple Health integration
  • AI-powered recipe component drafting
Features
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A food diary that fits your everyday life. Log what you eat, review your portions and see your calories and macros together. Calidus brings food logging, recipes, water, weight and fasting into one app for iPhone and iPad. START WITH ONE FOOD Search for a food, scan a barcode or create a custom entry. Check the portion before adding it. Clear confirmation lets you know when your food is saved. MAKE REPEAT MEALS QUICKER Use recent foods, log a saved recipe or review yesterday’s meal before adding it to today. Change the portions or remove anything that is different. BUILD RECIPES YOUR WAY Save ingredients and preparation steps. Organize a recipe into reusable components, such as chicken and biscuits, and adjust each component separately. Choose how many portions you ate, including more than one portion of a single-serving recipe. Save a variation without replacing the original. DESCRIBE A RECIPE COMPONENT On supported devices with Apple Intelligence available, describe a component in your own words to draft its ingredients and preparation steps on your device. Review the matched foods and measurements before using the draft. Nutrition is calculated from the food records and portions you confirm. You can always enter and edit details manually. SEE YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Energy rings show calories eaten, estimated calories burned and the difference between them. Track protein, carbohydrates, fat and other nutrients. Optional Apple Health access can bring activity into your calorie budget. BUILD HABITS AT YOUR PACE Log water and weight, review your diary and see a recap of your recent logging. Notifications are optional. Choose a daily meal reminder at a time that suits you; Calidus skips it when that meal is already logged. Edit it or turn it off whenever you like. FASTING, WHEN YOU CHOOSE Use fasting timers, schedules, widgets and Live Activities to follow a fast and review completed sessions. Fasting reminders are separate from your daily meal reminder. YOUR DIARY, YOUR CHOICE No app account is required. Your diary is stored on your device, with optional sync through your own iCloud account. Apple Health access is optional. Basic diary logging works offline; online food searches, barcode lookups, optional sync and sibling-app promotions may use the internet. Calidus has no subscription or in-app purchases. It may show promotions for other Maneo House apps. Calorie targets, energy expenditure and food nutrition are estimates. Review food matches, measurements and AI drafts, including ingredients relevant to your allergies or dietary needs. Calidus is a tracking tool, not medical advice.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Calidus at 2 against DrQuack's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DrQuack versus Calidus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrQuackCalidus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDavid KelenMANEO HOUSE LC

In-app purchases

None

DrQuack

No in-app purchases

None

Calidus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrQuack free?
DrQuack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calidus free?
Calidus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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