Caltopia vs buildHIM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
buildHIM
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buildHIM is a strength training app for men who want the numbers to move. A PLAN BUILT FOR YOU Tell it how many days you train, how long you have and how you want to split it: full body, upper/lower or push/pull/legs. buildHIM builds your week with sensible starting weights. Swap any exercise you don't like. After six weeks it offers a fresh plan or a deload week. LOG A WORKOUT IN SECONDS Weight and reps carry over from last time, and every set shows what you did before, so you always know the number to beat. Rest timer that works with the screen off, warm-up sets, plate calculator and estimated max built in. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND Your big 3 total, plate milestones, strength standards for men your age and bodyweight, and a fitness age from a monthly test. EAT FOR IT Calories and protein built from your stats and your training, a barcode scanner, and a water count. RECOVER FOR IT Optional check-ins for sleep, soreness and energy, tracked over weeks, and a habits score built from the things that actually matter. TOOLS Round timer for boxing and intervals, 1-rep max calculator, plate math and a warm-up calculator. SHARE THE WORK Finish a workout and put your numbers on a photo, saved straight to your camera roll. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No feed, no public profile, nobody comparing. Progress photos sit behind Face ID. Your training lives on your phone, with a private backup so a new phone is a one-tap restore. Full access is free for 7 days, then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, or $79.99 once. Training suggestions and calorie targets are general information, not medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://buildherclub.ca/buildhim-privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Caltopia and buildHIM are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Caltopia sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and buildHIM sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Caltopia ships an update every 4 days, buildHIM every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Caltopia | buildHIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | COLE SHANE WILLIAMS | laiba zaid |
In-app purchases
Caltopia
- Caltopia Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Caltopia Unlock$19.99
buildHIM
- Full access, monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Full access, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Founding Member, Lifetime$49.99
- Full access, lifetime$79.99









