macalo vs WORK WIV ME
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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." ◆ Just snap a photo — 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. ◆ 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. ◆ Sweets Collection Completed sweets are added to your collection. Collect all kinds of sweets! Limited-edition sweets may appear from time to time. ◆ Visualize your daily nutrition Review your daily calorie intake on the calendar. Check your macro balance at a glance. ◆ Widget support Track your sweet-crafting progress anytime with a home screen widget.
WORK WIV ME
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WORK WIV ME is a strength-training log built for the gym floor. Hack your intuition with data—fast logging, a progress dashboard, weekly/monthly analytics, and AI coaching in one flow. For: fast set logging, body-part balance at a glance, weekly/monthly review, AI coaching from your logs, mixed bodyweight & weights, and Health data in one place. ■ Why Markdown Exporting logs as AI-readable Markdown is the core idea. Reports include rep zones, frequency, max weight, and tempo as text—paste into ChatGPT/Claude etc. for programming and plateau analysis (no locked-in AI API). Backup is a side benefit. ■ Logging (Calendar) Body part → equipment → exercise → sets. Weight×reps, warmup/partial/sides, copy previous best, change exercise mid-entry, custom & advanced moves, bodyweight + optional load. ■ Progress This week/month body-part radar plus “Next move” tips. Decide today here; dig deeper in Reports. ■ Reports Days, volume, bodyweight, highlights, rep intensity, frequency, trends, top sets, max weight. Markdown export is the main path to AI coaching. ■ AI workflow Export → paste into AI → ask. Daily, weekly/monthly, Pro analytics, full-log ZIP, and SNS infographic packs. ■ Health HealthKit steps/energy/weight, strength write-back, bike/run/7 machines, trend charts. ■ Free & Pro Free: logging, basic reports, AI Markdown. Pro: past reports, tempo, suggested sets, custom radar, growth curves, side balance, weight zones. ■ More 8 languages, kg/lb, week start, Markdown backup, no account—data stays on device. One screen, one job. Log. Visualize. Talk with AI. — WORK WIV ME Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://note.com/workwivme/n/nf0ff0ba4961a
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Verdict
macalo and WORK WIV ME are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. macalo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and WORK WIV ME sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
macalo ships an update fortnightly, WORK WIV ME every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | macalo | WORK WIV ME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raizo Kawaguchi | Toshiyuki Kawakubo |
In-app purchases
macalo
- macalo Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- macalo Premium (Yearly)3 Days trial$54.991 Year
- 1 Sugar Gem$0.99
- 5 Sugar Gems$2.99
- 10 Sugar Gems$5.99
WORK WIV ME
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Annual14 Days trial$14.991 Year
- WORK WIV ME Pro (Lifetime)$39.99









