Comparison

VitaL vs Basic Intake

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

Head to head
About

VitaL

Easily log daily supplements, organize your vitamin stack, and receive timely reminders to ensure you never miss a dose. This app helps you track inventory, forecast refills, and review your consistency over time with clear insights.

Highlights
  • Instant supplement logging
  • Organize supplement stack
  • Custom dose reminders
  • Forecast refill needs
  • Review consistency history
  • Home Screen widgets
  • iCloud data sync
Features
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VitaL is a calm supplement tracker built to make your daily routine easier to follow. Log today’s supplements in seconds, keep your stack organized, and get a clearer view of how your routine is holding up over time. VitaL helps you stay aware of what you’ve taken, what still needs attention today, and what may need a refill soon. With VitaL, you can: * Log instantly: Check off today’s doses quickly from a simple, calm Today view. * Organize your stack: Keep all your vitamins and supplements clearly listed in one place. * Never miss a dose: Set custom reminders for your scheduled routines. * Forecast refills: Track inventory and get alerted before your supply runs low. * Spot patterns: Review your history and understand your consistency over time. * Access quickly: Use Home Screen widgets for a fast look at your daily schedule. * Sync seamlessly: Back up and sync your data privately across devices with iCloud. VitaL Pro unlocks even more: * Track an unlimited number of supplements * Access deeper analytics and routine insights * Generate comprehensive Consistency Reports * Export your report to PDF ** Medical disclaimer ** VitaL is a consumer tracking tool for personal supplement routines. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or supplement recommendations. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ztpala.com/apps/VitaL/privacy-policy/

About

Basic Intake

Easily track your supplements and medications with reminders and streaks. Utilize AI to scan labels, integrate with Apple Health, and monitor nutrient intake. Manage routines for loved ones with a dedicated caregiver mode.

Highlights
  • Supplement and medication tracking
  • Barcode and label scanning
  • AI-powered insights
  • Apple Health integration
  • Caregiver Mode
  • Nutrient Totals dashboard
  • Streak tracking
Features
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Track every pill, vitamin, and medication you take for free. Scan a barcode or type it in, then get reminders, streaks, and sync across your devices. The AI advisor is optional and needs your OK. Most supplement apps just remind you to swallow pills. Basic Intake tells you which ones to keep, which to adjust, and which to stop paying for. No bro science. No 47-pill stacks. A tracker that earns its place. REVIEW MY STACK Tap once and your AI advisor audits everything you take, then ranks each item KEEP, ADJUST, or DROP, with a plain-English reason and a confidence level. It weighs real adherence from your check-offs, your own "is it working?" answers, how your lab values moved, your mood and energy trend, and with Apple Health, your sleep and activity. Hand any suggestion to the assistant and it makes the change for you, then marks it done once your stack reflects it. Clinical calls go to your doctor. SOMETHING TO HAND YOUR DOCTOR One tap turns your regimen into a printable PDF: every supplement and medication, the dose, the schedule, and how consistently you have taken it. Bring that to an appointment instead of trying to remember the name of the thing in the blue bottle. The people you care for go on the same report. FOR THE PEOPLE YOU CARE FOR Track a parent's medications, a kid's vitamins, and the dog's heartworm pill alongside your own, each with its own schedule, reminders, and history. The AI advisor works for their lists too. If you are the one who keeps everyone else's pills straight, this is built for you. TOOK IT, FORGOT TO TAP IT Open your adherence history, tap any day in the past week, and fill in what you took. Your streak survives, and your stack review stops counting a forgotten tap as a missed dose. A HEADS UP BEFORE IT COSTS YOU With Pro, add anything and Basic Intake re-checks the whole stack. If it finds an absorption clash (calcium blocking iron), a duplicate pushing one nutrient past its upper limit, or a timing conflict costing you effectiveness, a card names the items, the consequence, and the fix. READ YOUR BLOODWORK Import a lab report as a PDF. Your advisor pulls your biomarkers (vitamin D, B12, ferritin), charts each over time against its reference range, flags anything out of range, and ties it to your stack. WHAT ELSE YOU GET • Scan a barcode and the name, brand, and dose fill in. Not recognized? Snap or pick a photo of the Supplement Facts panel and the AI reads it. Barcodes and tracking never cost an AI interaction. • Schedules that fit real life: every day or specific days, vitamin D on weekends, a B12 shot on Mondays. Anything not due stays hidden, so an off day never breaks your streak. • Skipping on purpose is its own thing: long-press to mark the day handled without logging a dose you did not take. • One tap on Take all logs the rest of a time of day, with Undo if you tapped too soon. • Once a month it asks whether something is helping, and each week a short read on which time of day your doses slip. • Nutrient Totals: every vitamin and mineral against the RDA, gaps and limits flagged • Weight tracking: your weekly trend shows green toward your goal, amber away from it • Restock Reminders track your supply, refill in one tap • iCloud sync across iPhone and Apple Watch, plus backup and restore • Apple Health: your doses send the vitamins and minerals Health tracks, weigh-ins send weight, and sleep and activity feed the advice • Interactive widget, full VoiceOver, unlockable streak flames Basic Intake is an informational tool, not medical advice. Always consult your doctor before starting or changing any supplement regimen. SUBSCRIPTION Free 7-day trial includes up to 15 AI chat interactions and 15 label photo scans. Barcode scans are always unlimited and free. After the trial, Basic Intake Pro is $59.99/year or $7.99/month. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy

Screenshots

VitaL4 screens
Basic Intake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Intake at every 4 days against VitaL's every 3 weeks. Basic Intake also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. VitaL sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per year and Basic Intake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. 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 VitaL against 5.0 for Basic Intake. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Intake has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VitaL ships an update every 3 weeks, Basic Intake every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VitaL versus Basic Intake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVitaLBasic Intake
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB51 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTao ZhangSean Trapani

Customer experience

VitaL

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Basic Intake

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

VitaL

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$119.99
2 purchases

Basic Intake

Subscriptions2
  • Basic Intake Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Basic Intake Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is VitaL free?
VitaL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Intake free?
Basic Intake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VitaL or Basic Intake?
VitaL and Basic Intake are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do VitaL or Basic Intake have ads?
Neither VitaL nor Basic Intake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VitaL or Basic Intake?
VitaL ships an update every 3 weeks, and Basic Intake every 4 days. Most recently, VitaL was updated on October 8, 2026 and Basic Intake on October 11, 2026.

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