Refactor vs Kibo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Refactor
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Train like it’s a season, not a hobby Refactor is for people who take the gym and the kitchen seriously—whether you’re chasing a stage-ready look, a leaner frame, or a full-body transformation. Your plan, your numbers, and your habits stay in sync across devices so you can execute without juggling five apps. Built for lifters & physique-focused athletes Structured workouts, progress you can see, and clarity on what “done” looks like each week. Whether you’re running a long cut, pushing a surplus for size, or cycling phases, Refactor is built around the reality of training blocks—not generic “10-minute abs.” Nutrition that matches your ambition Dial in calories and macros, log meals fast (including voice and photo flows where available), and keep daily targets aligned with your goals. When you adjust targets on web or phone, your snapshot stays consistent so you’re always working off one source of truth. Data that actually supports decisions Connect wearables and log biofeedback so recovery, sleep, and activity inform how you train and eat—not just how you feel in the moment. Coaching & accountability Check in with your coach, stay on top of milestones, and keep momentum when motivation dips. Recomp is built for people who want structure, not another empty tracker. For aggressive fat-loss goals—done responsibly If you’re committed to a hard cut or a major body recomposition, Refactor helps you run it like a project: clear targets, consistent logging, and visibility into progress—without pretending transformation is effortless. Who it’s for • Bodybuilders & strength athletes in prep or off-season • Serious gym-goers optimizing body composition • Anyone running disciplined fat-loss or recomp phases with real training volume Download Refactor Stop guessing. Start executing—one plan, one stack, one place to run your season. By using this app, you agree to Apple's standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Kibo
This app helps families plan meals tailored to individual dietary goals and preferences. It automatically adjusts recipes for portion sizes, generates shopping lists based on pantry stock, and offers guided cooking instructions. Integrates with health tracking and supports multiple languages.
- Personalized meal plans for family members
- Automatic recipe scaling and nutrition calculation
- Pantry-aware automated shopping lists
- Guided cooking sessions with step-by-step instructions
- Integration with Apple Health and Watch
- Multi-language support with calendar options
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Kibo turns "what's for dinner?" into a week you can actually cook. Plan meals for the whole household, watch everyone's calories and macros land on target, and shop from a list that already knows what's in your pantry. ONE PLAN, EVERYONE'S PORTIONS Add each family member with their own goal — lose fat, build muscle, maintain — and Kibo works out their daily calories and macros from real formulas (Mifflin-St Jeor TDEE, protein anchored to body weight). Put a recipe on the table and every person's portion is sized for them, automatically. One dinner, four right-sized plates. ANY RECIPE, IN SECONDS Paste a link, photograph a cookbook page, or share an Instagram reel. Kibo reads it, matches every ingredient to nutrition data, and adapts it to your household — scaled to the people eating, tuned to their goals, and screened against the allergies and dietary restrictions you've set — always check the final ingredient list yourself. A KITCHEN THAT'S ALREADY STOCKED Browse 80+ photographed dishes filtered by meal, diet and goal, or write your own recipes and keep your own ingredient list. THE SHOPPING LIST WRITES ITSELF Every planned meal, summed across the week and grouped by category — minus whatever is already in your pantry. Tick something off and it goes straight into your stock. COOK IT TOGETHER Start a cooking session and everyone in the kitchen gets a lane — who's at the hob, who's at the board, whose timer just went. Steps carry their own timings, so nothing waits on somebody remembering it. And you can ask out loud for the next step or for a timer, without wiping your hands first. FOR THE WEEK YOU ACTUALLY HAVE • Apple Watch — today's meals, everyone's rings, the shopping list to tick off in the aisle, and cook mode on your wrist • Apple TV — the week on the big screen, and a cook mode the kitchen can read from across the room • Search every recipe you have by name or ingredient • Print the week as a digest, a day sheet or a recipe book • Auto-fill a day, or get dish suggestions ranked by how well they fit • See where a day is unbalanced before you cook it • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: today's menu and everyone's rings • Ask Siri "what's for dinner?" or "how many calories are left?", and open any recipe from Spotlight or a Shortcut • Apple Health: weight trend, energy, and a TDEE measured from your own data • Tick a meal as eaten and its calories and macros are written to Apple Health for you, per person • Optional on-device AI — choose Apple Intelligence and pasted recipes and ingredient lookups are handled on your iPhone: free, private, and no connection needed • Share a plan, a shopping list or a single recipe as a link or a PDF • Eleven languages — English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Portuguese and Turkish — with full right-to-left layouts and Hijri, Hebrew and Jalali calendars WHERE OUR NUMBERS COME FROM Kibo's calorie and macro targets use published equations — Mifflin-St Jeor for resting energy, protein anchored to body weight following Morton et al. (2018) and the ISSN position stand, and macronutrient ranges from the Institute of Medicine. Every formula is shown in the app with a link to its source, one tap from any figure. Kibo is a meal planner, not a medical device, and does not provide medical advice — talk to a doctor or a registered dietitian before changing how you eat. SUBSCRIPTION Kibo Plus is an auto-renewing subscription for your whole household, offered monthly or yearly. The price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://lumeagency.io/kibo/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Refactor at every 2 days against Kibo's weekly. Kibo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Refactor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Kibo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Refactor ships an update every 2 days, Kibo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Refactor | Kibo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Stowe | David Cenizo |
In-app purchases
Refactor
- Refactor Pro$14.991 Month
- Refactor Pro$99.991 Year
Kibo
- Kibo Plus — Monthly$4.991 Month
- Kibo Plus — Yearly$24.991 Year








