Comparison

Caltopia vs Intermittently

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

Head to head
About

Caltopia

This app offers private, offline calorie and macro tracking with an on-device AI coach for personalized insights and recipes. It supports voice logging, intermittent fasting, and GLP-1 tracking, with data securely stored on your device. Import data from other services and export your logs in various formats.

Highlights
  • Offline calorie and macro tracking
  • On-device AI coach for insights and recipes
  • Voice logging and nutrition label OCR
  • Intermittent fasting timer
  • GLP-1 tracking
  • Data import from MyFitnessPal
  • Adaptive calorie and macro targets
Features
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Caltopia is a private, offline calorie tracker, macro counter, and food diary — with an on-device AI coach, voice logging, intermittent fasting, and GLP-1 tracking built in. Try everything free for 7 days, then $1.99/month — or pay once ($20) and own it for life. No ads, no accounts, no third-party cloud. Your data stays on your phone. 48,000 FOODS, OFFLINE A USDA + branded-foods database downloads on first launch (~4 MB). After that, search, logging, and charts all work with no internet — on a flight, in the gym, anywhere. LOG A MEAL FIVE WAYS • Barcode scan for packaged food • Voice: "two eggs and a slice of toast" — parsed on-device • Photo of your meal — on-device AI suggests it • Nutrition-label OCR • One tap on a recent food Food data: USDA (public domain, bundled offline) + Open Food Facts. ON-DEVICE AI COACH Ask about your own log — "how much protein did I average?" — and get answers from your data (observations, never medical advice). Say what's in your fridge and get a recipe you can log or save. Uses Apple Intelligence where available, a built-in offline cookbook everywhere else. VOICE LOGGING Tap the mic or the Home Screen widget and just talk. It understands quantities and units — even "a beef stick, 100 calories." Your voice never leaves the phone. INTERMITTENT FASTING A live fasting timer in your calorie ring and on the Lock Screen (Dynamic Island). 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD, or any custom target, with trends and weekly summaries. TRACK WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Workouts, blood glucose, and GLP-1 (doses, injection-site rotation, side effects) — all user-entered, no medical advice. Build your own recipes and plan meals ahead. ADAPTIVE TARGETS Start with Mifflin–St Jeor BMR + activity multipliers. Turn on Adaptive TDEE and Caltopia learns your real calorie burn from your logs and weight trend, adjusting targets automatically. Pick a goal: lose, maintain, gain, or recomp. INSIGHTS & WIDGETS A 13-week logging heatmap, calorie/macro/water/weight trend charts, and weekly summaries. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for calories, macros, water, fasting, and your streak. STAY MOTIVATED 60 achievements, weekly quests, daily challenges, streaks, XP, and levels — fun on top of the data, not in place of it. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No login. No analytics or ad trackers. Data is stored locally with Apple's SwiftData. Optional backup goes only to your own private iCloud, never our servers. Two-way Apple Health sync. Full Excel export and re-import anytime. PRICING & FREE TRIAL Start with a 7-day free trial — every feature unlocked. Then Caltopia Pro is $1.99/month, or unlock for life with a single $20 purchase. The monthly plan auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase, no recurring charges. Privacy Policy: https://caltopia.org/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://caltopia.org/terms/ Caltopia is a wellness self-tracking tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a healthcare professional before changing your diet, exercise, or medication routine.

About

Intermittently

This app offers a completely free and private fasting tracker. It allows users to start and stop fasts with a single tap, track streaks, and view statistics without requiring an account or subscription. The app works offline and prioritizes user data privacy.

Highlights
  • Free fasting tracker
  • No account or subscription required
  • Offline functionality
  • Streak tracking and statistics
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Optional one-time cosmetic unlock
Features
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Most fasting apps want a subscription, an account, and your data. Intermittently wants none of that. The whole tracker is free. Start and stop with one tap, keep your streaks, and see honest stats — and it works fully offline, syncing only to your own iCloud, which we never see. It won't coach you, guilt you, nag you, or upsell you. No subscription. The entire fasting tool is free, forever. No account. Nothing to create, nothing to log into. No coaching. It observes your data; it never advises, diagnoses, or claims a fast caused an outcome. No guilt. Missing a goal is neutral — no shaming words, no warning-red "you failed." No ads, no tracking, no data harvesting. Your data is yours. We see none of it. What it does, simply: Pick a fasting rhythm, tap start, tap stop. See when a fast will finish before you commit to it, with a live projected end-time. Keep your streaks and read honest stats that observe your patterns without ever editorializing them. Forgot to start on time, or forgot to log a fast entirely? Fix the start, or add it after the fact — the app re-derives everything cleanly. Set per-weekday schedules if your week has a rhythm. Glance at a fast from your wrist with a first-class Apple Watch app and complications, or from Home- and Lock-Screen widgets. Your weight and trend (optionally) come straight from Apple Health, so you never re-enter them. Your data is yours to take, any time, with free CSV and JSON export. Set your fasting goals, then go achieve them. The one optional money moment is a single one-time unlock — once, never a subscription — that adds cosmetic themes, a deeper insights panel, and a quiet "I supported the developer" acknowledgment. Nothing that gates functionality.

Screenshots

Caltopia4 screens
Intermittently4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Caltopia at every 4 days against Intermittently's every 6 weeks. Caltopia also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Intermittently's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Caltopia sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Intermittently sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Caltopia against 5.0 for Intermittently. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caltopia ships an update every 4 days, Intermittently every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Caltopia versus Intermittently: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaltopiaIntermittently
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCOLE SHANE WILLIAMSZachary Schiel

Customer experience

Caltopia

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Intermittently

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Caltopia

Subscriptions1
  • Caltopia Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Caltopia Unlock$19.99
1 purchases

Intermittently

One-time1
  • Supporter Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Caltopia free?
Caltopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intermittently free?
Intermittently is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Caltopia or Intermittently?
Intermittently is rated higher. Caltopia averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Intermittently averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Caltopia or Intermittently have ads?
Neither Caltopia nor Intermittently shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caltopia or Intermittently?
Caltopia ships an update every 4 days, and Intermittently every 6 weeks. Most recently, Caltopia was updated on October 28, 2026 and Intermittently on October 25, 2026.

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