The Simplest Calorie Tracker vs Ritmo Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Simplest Calorie Tracker
This app simplifies calorie and macro tracking with a clear dashboard. Log meals quickly, monitor progress towards your goals, and customize targets without complicated features or ads.
- Quick food logging
- Calorie and macro tracking
- Clear progress dashboard
- Customizable daily goals
- Ad-free experience
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Track calories, macros, meals, and progress without the clutter. Free to use, with no sign-up required — open the app and start tracking right away. Optional Premium upgrades are available if you want them, never required. The Simplest Calorie Tracker makes food logging quick and easy, helping you stay consistent with your nutrition goals. Features include: - Fast food search with thousands of USDA foods - Barcode scanning for packaged foods (Premium) - AI Meal Scan for editable nutrition estimates from a photo (Premium) - Manual calorie and macro entry - Optional fiber tracking - Custom recipes with multiple ingredients - Saved foods and recipes for quick logging - Serving-size and gram-based tracking - Daily calorie, macro, fiber, and water goals - Apple Health step tracking, goals, and streaks - Active calories, workouts, and weight tracking with Apple Health (Premium) - Manual exercise and weight logging (Premium) - Health and nutrition trends, history, and progress insights - Daily logging streaks and reminders - Custom themes and iCloud backup Simple, fast, and built to make everyday tracking easier. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ritmo Timer
This interval timer is designed for focused workouts, particularly for Air Bike conditioning. It offers a distraction-free experience with a clean interface, built-in and customizable workout routines, and offline functionality.
- Built-in interval workouts
- Workout library (Sprint, Power, Endurance, BJJ)
- Unlimited custom workout creation
- Large, easy-to-read timer
- Clean, minimalist interface
- Works completely offline
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Train harder. Recover smarter. Ritmo Timer is a clean, distraction-free interval timer built specifically for Air Bike conditioning. Whether you're training for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, HIIT, or improving your conditioning, Ritmo keeps you focused on the workout—not the timer. Features • Built-in interval workouts • Sprint, Power, Endurance & BJJ Conditioning workout library • Create unlimited custom workouts • Large, easy-to-read timer • Clean, minimalist interface • Works completely offline No accounts. No ads. Just train.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ritmo Timer at none against The Simplest Calorie Tracker's 3. The Simplest Calorie Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. The Simplest Calorie Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ritmo Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ritmo Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Simplest Calorie Tracker has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Simplest Calorie Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Ritmo Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Simplest Calorie Tracker | Ritmo Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Khayet | AUSTIN GORDON WOODS |
Customer experience
The Simplest Calorie Tracker
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In-app purchases
The Simplest Calorie Tracker
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
Ritmo Timer
No in-app purchases
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