Calorie Note vs Kcal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calorie Note
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Calorie Tracker is a clean, lightweight way to log what you eat and stay aware of your daily calorie intake. Set a daily goal, log meals as you go, and see a live total with a progress bar so you always know where you stand. No accounts. No tracking. No subscriptions. Everything stays on your device. Built for people who want a fast, focused way to keep a calorie journal without the bloat of a full nutrition app.
Kcal
Effortlessly track your calorie and macronutrient intake with a streamlined interface. Log meals quickly through various methods like scanning, searching, or AI estimation, and view your progress at a glance.
- Multiple logging methods (scan, search, photo, AI, text, manual)
- At-a-glance calorie and macro overview
- Fast meal logging
- Save favorite foods and recipes
- Privacy-focused, no account required
- No ads or tracking
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Kcal is a calorie and macro tracker stripped down to what matters. Log what you eat, see what's left, and move on with your day. LOG YOUR WAY Scan a barcode, search food databases, photograph a nutrition label, get an editable AI estimate from a meal photo or description, or enter nutrition yourself. When you already know the calories, use Quick calories without filling in macros. FASTER EVERY DAY Copy a meal from yesterday or another date. Star foods as favorites and reuse your recent portions. Keep your own foods and recipes in a small library. EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE One fixed home screen shows remaining calories, protein, fat and carbs against your goals, and four simple meal cards. Swipe sideways to browse your diary. YOUR DATA, YOUR BACKUP Export your diary, food library, recipes, favorites and settings to a backup file. Review a backup before restoring it; existing data is kept and identical items are skipped. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Try the full app free for 7 days, then unlock it with one purchase. No subscription, no ads and no account required. AI photo estimates, meal descriptions and nutrition-label reads share an allowance of 10 successful requests per day, during the trial and after purchase. CLEAR ABOUT PRIVACY Your diary is stored on your iPhone. Food searches and barcodes are sent to the relevant food databases. AI photos and meal descriptions are sent to Groq only with your permission; your full diary and goals aren't included. You can withdraw AI sharing permission in Settings. Exported backups are saved wherever you choose. AI nutrition values are estimates. Review and edit them before saving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calorie Note at none against Kcal's 1. Calorie Note also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Kcal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Calorie Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Calorie Note | Kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shreyansh Gupta | Zsombor Toth |
In-app purchases
Calorie Note
No in-app purchases
Kcal
- Full Access$0.99
