Comparison

macalo vs StepScape

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

Head to head
About

macalo

Log your meals with AI-powered calorie and macro estimation. Earn energy from your logged calories to craft and collect virtual sweets. Visualize your daily nutrition and track progress with widgets.

Highlights
  • AI-powered calorie and macro estimation from meal photos
  • Calorie energy for virtual sweet crafting
  • Sweets collection with limited editions
  • Daily nutrition visualization on calendar
  • Home screen widget for progress tracking
  • Barcode scanning for food logging
Features
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Log your meals and their calories become energy to craft sweets. macalo is a calorie tracking app that turns "eating" into "creating." β—† Just snap a photo β€” AI estimates your calories Simply take a photo of your meal and AI automatically estimates calories and macros (protein, fat, carbs). Text input and barcode scanning are also supported. β—† Your calories power the sweet-making process The calories you log become energy that drives the sweet-crafting process. With each step completed, your sweet gets closer to being finished. β—† Sweets Collection Completed sweets are added to your collection. Collect all kinds of sweets! Limited-edition sweets may appear from time to time. β—† Visualize your daily nutrition Review your daily calorie intake on the calendar. Check your macro balance at a glance. β—† Widget support Track your sweet-crafting progress anytime with a home screen widget.

About

StepScape

Features
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Turn everyday steps into a little journey. Explore landmarks in Japan and around the world with StepScape, and enjoy the miniature scenery you collect. β–  Walk, climb, and collect Japan ・ Clear sightseeing spots with your steps, and add that place's diorama to your collection. ・ Summit peaks and towers with the flights of stairs you climb - one floor at a time. ・ The Tokyo area is free. The more you walk, the more the scenery unfolds: Tokyo Station, Sensoji, Shibuya, and beyond. ・ Tokyo is free for everyone, and if your country has its own pack, its first 3 spots are free too. β–  Your journey lives on your Home Screen The widget shows the place you're walking now and the peak you're climbing, and it moves forward on its own as you walk - you don't even need to open the app. β–  The scenery changes with the time of day The same place looks different at morning, noon, dusk, and night. On supported devices, an on-device AI writes a short line from your guide each day. β–  Turn what you collect into postcards Places you clear become beautiful postcards with classic, polaroid, and stamp-style templates. Share them to keep a record of your journey. β–  All 47 prefectures β€” and now the world Start with the free Tokyo core, then travel across every prefecture from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Beyond Japan lie 43 countries: Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania, Turkey, India, Nepal, China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, the USA, Brazil, Peru, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Croatia, Mongolia, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, Jordan, the UAE, South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar and Kenya. Fjords, the Matterhorn, the Colosseum, Mont-Saint-Michel, Neuschwanstein, the pyramids, the blue lanes of Chefchaouen, the Serengeti, Cappadocia, the Taj Mahal, Everest, the Great Wall, the stairways of Jiufen, Ha Long Bay, Wat Arun, Angkor Wat, Uluru, the Grand Canyon, Iguazu Falls and Machu Picchu. Every pack is a one-time purchase β€” take a single prefecture, a whole region, or a country. You're not buying a shortcut; you're adding more world to walk through. β–  Your journey is safe Your progress is backed up to iCloud, so it follows you to a new iPhone. Your health data (steps and flights climbed) is read only on your device. It is never collected or sent anywhere. Lace up, and let every step become a journey.

Screenshots

macalo4 screens
StepScape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StepScape at every 2 days against macalo's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. macalo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and StepScape sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

macalo ships an update fortnightly, StepScape every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
macalo versus StepScape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermacaloStepScape
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size50 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaizo Kawaguchikazunari aoki

In-app purchases

5 purchases

macalo

Subscriptions2
  • macalo Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • macalo Premium (Yearly)3 Days trial$54.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Sugar Gem$0.99
  • 5 Sugar Gems$2.99
  • 10 Sugar Gems$5.99
20 purchases

StepScape

One-time20
  • Fukuoka Pack$1.99
  • Oita Pack$1.99
  • Miyazaki Pack$1.99
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  • Nagasaki Pack$1.99
  • Saga Pack$1.99
  • Kagoshima Pack$1.99
  • Kumamoto Pack$1.99
  • Okinawa Pack$1.99
  • Hokkaido Pack$3.99
  • をルゼンチンパック$5.99
  • γ‚­γƒ₯ーバパック$5.99
  • ヨルダンパック$5.99
  • ケニをパック$5.99
  • γƒœγƒͺビをパック$5.99
  • チγƒͺパック$5.99
  • 南をフγƒͺカパック$5.99
  • ヒンゴルパック$5.99
  • UAEパック$5.99
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  • Kyushu Pack$9.99

Questions

Is macalo free?
macalo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepScape free?
StepScape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do macalo or StepScape have ads?
Neither macalo nor StepScape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, macalo or StepScape?
macalo ships an update fortnightly, and StepScape every 2 days. Most recently, macalo was updated on October 28, 2026 and StepScape on October 28, 2026.

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