Comparison

Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker vs Holdfast

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

Head to head
About

Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker

Effortlessly log meals with AI camera, voice, or text input. Track fitness, hydration, and intermittent fasting. Set smart goals and customize your dashboard for a personalized health journey.

Highlights
  • AI food scanning
  • Voice and text logging
  • Barcode scanning
  • Fitness regimen tracking
  • Hydration tracker
  • Recipe macro calculation
  • Intermittent fasting timers
Features
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Kanso is a complete health management app — free, with no ads. Track your food and macros, your strength/cardio/yoga training, supplements, medications, and menstrual cycle, all in one place. Tracking just one thing doesn't help. Your training changes what you should eat; your cycle changes what you crave. Kanso keeps your whole health in one picture, with trends that spell out the connections in plain English — like how your protein lines up with your training days. LOG YOUR WAY • Photo, barcode, voice, or typed entry — every meal lands in the same picture • USDA-verified nutrition data, never crowd-sourced entries • Custom calorie, macro, and micronutrient targets — your numbers, not generic ones • Recipe URL importer for home cooking TRAINING + NUTRITION, TOGETHER • Strength, cardio, and yoga logs right next to your food • Intermittent fasting timers and hydration tracking • Supplements, medications, and menstrual cycle tracking • 30-day Apple Health / Health Connect sync for steps and weight UNDERSTAND YOUR PATTERNS • Trends that connect the dots across food, training, and cycle • Unlimited history — patterns get clearer the longer you track Free. No ads. Your whole health, one picture. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Holdfast

Features
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Holdfast times your fast. That is the whole app - no quiz to sit through, no goal weight, no projection curves, no programme to follow. Start the timer, get on with your day, and it tells you when you are done. FREE, AND STAYING FREE - The timer, every preset, and your complete history - An alert at your goal that breaks through Focus, or a real alarm that sounds even on silent (iOS 26 and later) - Live Activity and Dynamic Island, so a running fast is on your lock screen without opening anything - Fasting stages as they pass, described in plain words - Forgot to start it? Move the start. Forgot to stop? Move the end. Add fasts you never timed at all. - Export everything as CSV, always PRO, BOUGHT ONCE - Home and lock screen widgets, so Holdfast is there without opening it - Insights: your months, your typical fast, the days you actually fasted - Extra heads-up alerts before your goal - Automatic backup to your own iCloud - An alternate app icon There is no subscription in Holdfast, and there will not be one. Most apps in this category cost more every year than Holdfast costs a single time. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no servers holding your history. Your fasts are stored on your device, and we cannot read them. Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Holdfast is a timer, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before changing how you eat.

Screenshots

Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker4 screens
Holdfast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker at 15.0 against Holdfast's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Holdfast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker versus Holdfast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKanso Calorie & Macro TrackerHoldfast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnso LabsHALLOU ENTERPRISES, INC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Kanso Pro Monthly1 Year trial$0.991 Month
  • Kanso Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Holdfast

One-time1
  • Holdfast Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker free?
Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holdfast free?
Holdfast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker or Holdfast have ads?
Neither Kanso Calorie & Macro Tracker nor Holdfast shows ads.

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