Cache's Calorie Tracker vs CalBae
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cache's Calorie Tracker
Effortlessly track your food intake with AI-powered meal logging, barcode scanning, and a comprehensive food database. Get personalized insights, adaptive calorie goals, and coaching to help you reach your health objectives without clutter or expensive subscriptions.
- AI meal logging by description
- Barcode scanning
- Adaptive calorie goals
- Personalized coaching and insights
- Weight tracking and goal projection
- Apple Health sync
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Take control of your eating without the bloat, the clutter, or the expensive subscription. Just describe a meal in plain English ("two eggs, toast, and a coffee") and on-device AI logs it for you. Or scan a barcode, search the food database, or tap one of your favorites. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - AI meal logging: type what you ate in everyday words and let the app do the math - Adaptive calorie goals: your target learns your real metabolism over time, so progress doesn't stall - Personal coaching: weekly recaps, plateau alerts, and same-day nudges keep you on track - Smart suggestions: instantly see what fits your remaining calories and protein KEY FEATURES - Fast logging: AI description, barcode scan, food search, recipes, recents, and favorites - Full nutrition: calories, protein, carbs, fat, and caffeine, grouped by meal - Weight tracking: a trend line that sees through daily noise, plus goal projection and milestones - Insights: eating-pattern detection, weekly energy-balance review, and a plain-English recap - Stay motivated: streaks with a freeze day, goal progress, and gentle reminders - Apple Health sync, iCloud backup across your devices, and a home-screen widget WHY CHOOSE CACHE'S CALORIE TRACKER Most calorie counters hide the basics behind a paywall and bury you in features you'll never use. This one keeps it simple, keeps it affordable, and focuses on the insights that actually move the scale. Download today and make every day a little easier.
CalBae
This app adapts calorie and macro targets to your menstrual cycle phases. It features AI-powered food scanning for quick nutritional estimates and provides "Glow Scores" for beauty, mood, and bloat, promoting a body-positive approach to wellness.
- Cycle-adaptive calorie and macro targets
- AI food scanner for nutrition estimation
- Beauty, Mood, and Bloat Glow Scores
- Period logging and phase tracking
- Weight trend tracking
- Gentle, body-positive coaching
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Meet CalBae - the first calorie tracker built around your cycle. Most diets ignore that your body changes across the month. CalBae doesn't. It gently adapts your calorie and macro targets to every phase of your cycle, so eating finally works with your body - not against it. JUST SNAP A MEAL Point your camera at any plate and our AI estimates calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds. No barcodes, no endless searching. Prefer to type? Describe your meal in your own words and let the AI do the rest. GLOW SCORES, NOT GUILT Every meal gets a Beauty, Mood and Bloat score — so you can see how food supports your skin, your energy and how you feel, not just a number on a screen. EAT WITH YOUR CYCLE - Targets that flex across your Menstrual, Follicular, Ovulation and Luteal phases - Gentle, body-positive coaching — never extreme, never crash diets - Log your period and see your current phase at a glance TRACK WHAT MATTERS - Calorie & macro rings that update as you eat - Weight trends toward a happier, realistic goal - Streaks and weekly recaps that keep you going Loved by 10,000+ women on their glow-up journey. CalBae Pro unlocks unlimited AI scans, cycle insights and Glow Scores. — CalBae Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: Weekly (with a 3-day free trial) or Yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://byanton.dev/calbae/privacy Terms of Use: https://byanton.dev/calbae/terms Cycle guidance and Glow Scores are for gentle wellness and are not medical advice. Listen to your body.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CalBae at none against Cache's Calorie Tracker's shown. CalBae also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Cache's Calorie Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CalBae sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cache's Calorie Tracker against 5.0 for CalBae. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Cache's Calorie Tracker ships an update every 6 days, CalBae every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cache's Calorie Tracker | CalBae |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cache Salyers | Anton Gariachii |
In-app purchases
Cache's Calorie Tracker
- Remove Ads$1.99
CalBae
- CalBae Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- CalBae Yearly$49.991 Year









