Comparison

Daily Rounds vs Ork

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

Head to head
About

Daily Rounds

Features
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Built for High-Performance Professionals. Whether you are a surgical resident, an elite athlete, or a driven professional, your days are highly demandingβ€”and typical health trackers aren't built for that. Daytime stress, caffeine, and constant movement can skew your cardiovascular data, masking your true state of recovery. Daily Rounds is a high-fidelity health and habit tracker designed to cut through the noise. By combining your subjective daily logs with automated Apple Health data, Daily Rounds acts as your personal biometric intelligence engine, revealing exactly how your lifestyle choices impact your physiological readiness. KEY FEATURES: Precision "Sleep Mask" Filtering Stop letting daytime stress ruin your data. Daily Rounds uses custom algorithms to isolate your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) only while you are asleep. This gives you a true, uncontaminated picture of your central nervous system's recovery. Readiness vs. Strain Quadrant Visualize your body's economy. Our custom engine plots your daily cardiovascular load and workout strain against your overnight recovery scores. Instantly see if you are "Primed to Perform," "Functionally Overreaching," or in the "Danger Zone" for burnout. Physiological Baseline Tracking Raw HRV numbers are noisy. Daily Rounds maps your daily HRV against a personalized, rolling 30-day baseline. Watch your trendline shift relative to your own normal range to catch subtle changes in your nervous system before you even feel them. Smart Habit Correlation Track what actually matters. Quickly log daily variables like caffeine intake, meal timing, alcohol units, and magnesium supplementation. Our Trends dashboard visually correlates these habits with your Sleep Architecture (Deep, REM, Core) and next-day soreness. The "Sleep Lab" Dive deep into last night's recovery with interactive, high-resolution sleep architecture charts. Scrub through your night to see exactly what your heart rate and oxygen levels were doing during specific sleep stages. Clinical-Grade Privacy (100% Local) Your health data is yours. Daily Rounds integrates directly with Apple HealthKit and processes years of historical data entirely on-device. No external servers, no cloud processingβ€”just pure, private performance tracking. Note: Daily Rounds requires integration with the Apple Health app to read your sleep, heart rate, HRV, and workout data.

About

Ork

Features
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Ork is a free AI calorie counter that learns from your body. Snap a photo of your food or describe it in your own words. Ork works out calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber and 15 micronutrients in seconds. With an Apple Watch you also get your energy level, sleep and recovery in the same app. FREE, NO PAYWALL Ork is completely free. No ads, and no trial that turns into a subscription. We never sell your data. A CALORIE TARGET THAT ADAPTS Calorie formulas can be off by 10–15 percent. Ork compares your target with how your weight actually changes. It adjusts the target when the gap is bigger than your weight's normal swings, and it always tells you when it does. If you'd rather decide yourself, you can set a custom calorie target. AI FOOD LOGGING Snap your plate or type "two eggs and a cheese sandwich". Adjust portions, split recipes into servings and quickly re-log your recent meals. YOUR NUTRITION COACH Every day you get a personal analysis of how you eat. It covers protein, fiber, energy balance and the nutrients you're short on, with concrete ideas for what to eat. BLOOD TEST RESULTS Take a photo of your blood test results. Ork reads the values, shows them against their reference ranges and tracks them over time. It links them to your diet, for example iron and ferritin. ENERGY, SLEEP AND RECOVERY (APPLE WATCH) Using Apple Watch data, Ork calculates your energy level from 0 to 100 based on sleep, heart rate, HRV, activity and recovery. You see sleep stages, daily strain and long-term trends, and you get a morning report every day. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Ork saves nutrition data to Apple Health and reads your weight from your smart scale. Home Screen widgets show energy, calories and protein. Medical disclaimer: Ork is a health and wellness app and is not a medical device. It does not provide medical diagnoses or treatment and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a doctor or other qualified healthcare provider before making any health decisions or acting on information provided in the app.

Screenshots

Daily Rounds4 screens
Ork4 screens

Verdict

The call

Daily Rounds and Ork are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Daily Rounds versus Ork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily RoundsOrk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCole MorrissetteKynne

In-app purchases

None

Daily Rounds

No in-app purchases

None

Ork

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Rounds free?
Daily Rounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ork free?
Ork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daily Rounds or Ork have ads?
Neither Daily Rounds nor Ork shows ads.

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