Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker vs CalBae
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker
This app helps individuals with reduced appetite, particularly those using GLP-1 medication, track their protein and calorie intake. It offers flexible food logging options, including photo scanning, and provides personalized meal plans and coaching to support nutritional goals.
- AI-powered food scanning from photos
- Protein-first nutrition dashboard
- Personalized 7-day meal plans
- Integration with Apple Health
- Habit tracking and progress monitoring
- On-device data storage for privacy
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Calo is a protein-first nutrition tracker built for people whose appetite has changed — including anyone using GLP-1 medication. When you're eating less, what you eat matters more. A smaller plate still has to carry enough protein, and most trackers were built for people trying to eat less, not people who already are. Calo keeps protein and calories visible without making you weigh anything, and it's designed for the days you don't feel like logging at all. LOG FOOD YOUR WAY Photograph a meal, describe what you ate, or enter foods manually. Calo estimates calories and macros from a photo or a sentence, and you review and edit every result before it's saved. Barcodes work too, and recent meals are one tap away — most days you're logging something you've eaten before. PROTEIN FIRST Track calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat in one calm dashboard. Targets come from your profile and goals, with protein weighted for lower-appetite days. Adjust them whenever you want. If you're short on protein with one meal left, Calo suggests something that fits — not a lecture, just a workable option. APPLE HEALTH CONTEXT With your permission, Calo reads steps, active calories, workouts, and your latest weight from Apple Health to show activity alongside your nutrition. Health access is optional and controlled in Settings. PLANS AND COACHING Build a personalized seven-day meal plan from your cuisine preferences, allergies, cooking ability, and nutrition targets. Every plan respects what you can't eat. Calo Premium also includes AI food scanning and a Coach that draws on your logged meals, targets, and preferences to help you make sense of your own routine. MORE WAYS TO STAY CONSISTENT - Today Plan with practical daily actions - Weekly nutrition and weight trends - Habit tracking and a 30-day roadmap - Progress photos and body-stat history - Shareable nutrition summaries - Manual, local food logging in the free experience PRIVACY AND CONTROL Saved meals, goals, preferences, Coach history, and progress remain in Calo's on-device storage. When you choose an AI feature, the photo, voice recording, text, or consented wellness context needed for that request is sent to Calo's service and associated with an app or device identifier for functionality and abuse prevention. You can export your health data and delete all app data from Settings. Calo does not sell your data or use it for tracking. AI estimates are informational and may be inaccurate. Calo is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://caloapp.co/privacy
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 rating: CalBae at 5.0 against Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker's 4.7. CalBae also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days 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.
CalBae holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, CalBae every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker | CalBae |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandra Melnikova | Anton Gariachii |
Customer experience
Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker
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In-app purchases
Calo. Protein & Macro Tracker
- Calo Premium · Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Calo Premium · Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Calo Premium · Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Calo Premium · Lifetime$129.99
CalBae
- CalBae Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- CalBae Yearly$49.991 Year
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