Comparison

Biostacks vs VitalFill

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

Head to head
About

Biostacks

Easily manage your supplement intake with barcode scanning, AI assistance, and detailed insights. Track routines, monitor nutrient coverage, and analyze your stack's effectiveness and cost. Prioritizes user privacy with offline functionality and optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for supplement library
  • AI-powered supplement routine analysis
  • Customizable daily and cycle schedules
  • StackScore for routine quality
  • Potential interaction warnings
  • RDA coverage and nutrient overlap analysis
  • Mood, energy, and sleep trend tracking
Features
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Biostacks is a supplement tracker. It does not tell you what to take. It shows the research behind supplements, additives, and interactions, with sources, and lets you run your own experiments on your own numbers. We make no health claims. Sources are research papers and meta-analyses on PubMed, NIH fact sheets, FDA and EU regulators, and the bodies that certify and license brands. Stack Analysis and research: β€’ Supplement and medication interactions, from NIH Office of Dietary Supplements fact sheets and PubMed studies, each with a link β€’ Synergies between supplements, from PubMed meta-analyses β€’ Research coverage for 18 health goals, from sleep to longevity: what the meta-analyses found and the doses they studied β€’ Upper limit warnings and RDA coverage for vitamins and minerals, from NIH and USDA reference values, with the harm NIH lists for going over β€’ Additives checked against FDA GRAS rules and the EU food additive regulation β€’ Brand records: NSF, USP, Informed Sport, KΓΆlner Liste, NZVT, and Eurofins certifications, Health Canada licences, FDA warning letters, and FDA, UK, and French recall notices β€’ Nutrient overlaps between products Experiments: β€’ Daily check-ins on mood, energy, sleep, and focus β€’ Metrics: weight, sleep, resting heart rate, HRV, steps, or any custom number, with Apple Health sync β€’ Scan a lab report, blood test, body composition, or aging report from a photo or PDF, read on your phone, never uploaded β€’ Run an N-of-1 trial: three weeks off and three weeks on, alternating weekly. The result says whether a metric moved, or "no effect" when it did not β€’ Experiment results appear only after enough logged days Supplement scanner and vitamin tracker: β€’ Barcode scanner with your camera, for supplements, vitamins, pills, and medicine β€’ Search NIH DSLD and Open Food Facts, with popular brands available offline β€’ Enter supplements, medications, doses, and nutrients manually β€’ Ask Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro and newer) β€’ Use your own assistant like Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, or Gemini to manage your stack with a copy-and-paste prompt Supplement schedule, pill and medication reminders: β€’ Daily, specific weekdays, or on/off cycles like 5 days on, 2 off β€’ Multiple times of day, from multivitamin to magnesium β€’ Peptide tracker and peptide calculator: vial size, reconstitution, and draw volume β€’ Dose reminders, with smart tuning when you keep logging late Dose log: β€’ One tap per dose, mark a whole stack at once, long-press to skip and keep your streak β€’ Progress rings, streaks, and dose logging by asking Siri β€’ Taken, due, and upcoming groups, and a calendar with mood dots β€’ Search, filter, notes, reorder, and dark mode β€’ Adherence and Stack Analysis trends over 30, 90, or 365 days, with CSV export β€’ Monthly cost per supplement and per stack, and running-low refill alerts On-device AI chat: β€’ Review your routine, explain an ingredient, or change your stack by describing what you want β€’ Every suggested change appears as a review you accept or reject, with undo Privacy first: β€’ Works offline with no account β€’ Your health data stays private, on your device β€’ Optional backup and sync to your own iCloud β€’ Snapshots and version history to roll back any change β€’ Export everything as JSON or PDF, or share a stack as plain text Everyday intake tracking is free: dose logging, streaks, reminders, check-ins with trends, the library and barcode scanner, export, import, and backups. Biostacks Pro, an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial, adds Stack Analysis insights, check-in correlations, experiment results, report scanning, Apple Health metrics, historical trends, cost tracking, smart reminder tuning, cloud sync, and the on-device AI assistant. Whether you take vitamin D, omega-3, zinc, magnesium, creatine, collagen, or protein, or run a supplement stack with nootropics and peptides, Biostacks keeps the log, the research, and the experiments in one private place.

About

VitalFill

Features
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VitalFill turns nutrition into something you can see. Log what you ate. Pick any nutrient β€” vitamin D, iron, magnesium, leucine. A human figure fills up to show exactly how much of YOUR daily need you've covered. Not a generic label percentage. Yours. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most trackers count calories and stop there. VitalFill asks what actually matters: are you getting enough of what your body needs? Free, your targets are the standard FDA reference β€” the same numbers on a Nutrition Facts label. Upgrade and they switch to your own numbers, calculated from NIH Dietary Reference Intakes using your age, sex, height, weight and activity level, and adjusted for pregnancy or breastfeeding. Two people logging the same meal can then see different results, because their needs differ. FOUR WAYS TO LOG β€’ Search β€” over two million foods from the USDA FoodData Central database β€’ Barcode β€” scan any packaged product, unlimited and free β€’ Photo β€” snap your plate and let AI identify it (1 free scan/day) β€’ Voice β€” just say "two eggs and a slice of toast" (3 free logs/day) WHAT YOU CAN TRACK Calories, protein, carbohydrates and fats β€” including saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and cholesterol. Every vitamin from A to K. Every essential mineral. All nine essential amino acids. Fiber and sugars. Every one of these is free β€” see below. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. No email address. We never ask who you are. Your profile and food log stay on your device β€” we hold no copy. Voice logging transcribes speech on your phone; no audio ever leaves it, only the resulting text is sent for parsing. Photo and recipe scanning send the photo to Anthropic's Claude API for recognition only; it's never stored. There are no ads, no analytics, and no tracking of any kind. SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE β€’ Daily status for any nutrient, as a filling figure β€’ Coverage view showing every nutrient at once β€’ Biggest gap β€” what you're most short of today β€’ Which foods contributed what β€’ Look back at any previous day DATA SOURCES Nutrient values come from USDA FoodData Central. Daily targets come from NIH Dietary Reference Intakes. Every nutrient links to its source. VITALFILL FREE Every nutrient, every score, unlimited barcode scanning, one AI photo scan a day, and 3 voice logs a day β€” all measured against the standard %DV reference. No nutrient or score is hidden behind a paywall; only personalization is. VITALFILL PRO Pro switches your score and every target from the standard reference to numbers calculated from your own age, sex, weight and activity level. It also adds: β€’ Scan any recipe or ingredient list and get a nutrient density score for the whole dish β€’ Save a favorite meal once, log it again in one tap β€’ Full history and 30-day trend charts, by day or by individual meal β€’ 14 photo scans a day and 60 voice logs a day (vs. 1 and 3 free) SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS β€’ VitalFill Pro Annual β€” 1 year, with a 3-day free trial β€’ VitalFill Pro Lifetime β€” one-time purchase, no subscription, ever Annual: payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Lifetime is a one-time, non-consumable purchase β€” no recurring charge, nothing to cancel. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.vital-fill.com/privacy.php IMPORTANT VitalFill provides nutritional information for educational purposes. It is not a medical device and does not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Talk to a qualified healthcare professional about your individual dietary needs.

Screenshots

Biostacks4 screens
VitalFill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Biostacks at every 2 weeks against VitalFill's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Biostacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and VitalFill sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Biostacks ships an update every 2 weeks, VitalFill monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
Biostacks versus VitalFill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiostacksVitalFill
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks β€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size68 MB35 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHmujo LLCVital Fill LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Biostacks

Subscriptions2
  • Biostacks Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Biostacks Pro - Annual14 Days trial$24.991 Year
3 purchases

VitalFill

Subscriptions3
  • VitalFill Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • VitalFill Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • VitalFill Pro Annual3 Days trial$23.991 Year

Questions

Is Biostacks free?
Biostacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VitalFill free?
VitalFill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Biostacks or VitalFill have ads?
Neither Biostacks nor VitalFill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Biostacks or VitalFill?
Biostacks ships an update every 2 weeks, and VitalFill monthly. Most recently, Biostacks was updated on November 5, 2026 and VitalFill on October 31, 2026.

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