Calorie Note vs PortionCheck
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.
PortionCheck
This app uses AI to quickly track your calorie and macronutrient intake by analyzing food photos, voice input, or barcode scans. It offers personalized targets, progress tracking, and weekly AI-powered insights, all while prioritizing user privacy.
- AI food photo analysis
- Voice and text meal logging
- Barcode and nutrition label scanning
- Macro rings visualization
- Personalized calorie and macro targets
- Progress tracking and streaks
- Weekly AI coaching reports
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Know your calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds. Snap a photo of your plate, say what you ate, or scan a barcode. PortionCheck turns it into a full macro breakdown you can edit with one slide. No account. No ads. LOG A MEAL IN SECONDS • Photo: point the camera at your plate. Several dishes? Add another photo to the same meal. • Voice or text: "two eggs, toast with butter, black coffee." Done. • Barcode: scan any grocery product. Not in the database? Scan the nutrition label and it is saved for next time. • Search your foods, reuse meal templates, or enter values by hand. Always unlimited, no AI needed. • Countable portions: 2 eggs, 3 rotis, 1 banana. The grams are worked out for you. • Every estimate is editable. Slide a portion and every macro updates live. THREE MACRO RINGS Protein, carbs and fat as three rings with calories left in the center. See at a glance what is left today. Separate targets for training days and rest days, switched automatically from your workouts in Apple Health if you like. TARGETS BACKED BY RESEARCH Pick muscle gain, fat loss or body recomposition. PortionCheck calculates your calories and macros with published equations, cites every source in the app, and never goes below safe minimums. Prefer your own numbers? Set them yourself. A WEEKLY AI COACH Every Monday, a short report on your week: what worked, one pattern to watch, one thing to try next. Written from your own data. STAY ON TRACK • Streaks with a monthly streak shield, so one missed day does not erase your progress. • Weight trend, protein and calorie adherence charts, and private progress photos. • Water tracking with a one-tap widget. • Gentle reminders you control. BUILT FOR iPHONE DUO Fully open, Summary, Progress and Profile split into two panes, one on each side of the fold. Closed, everything fits the outer screen. The camera controls stay clear of the hinge. BUILT ON APPLE INTELLIGENCE Photo and voice logging run on Apple's Foundation Models, using Private Cloud Compute with on-device fallback. Your photos and descriptions are processed by Apple's models and are never stored or used for training. EVERYWHERE ON YOUR iPHONE • Siri: "Log a meal in PortionCheck" or "How much protein do I have left?" • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a Control Center button that opens the camera. • Apple Health: meals, water and weight are written to Health; weight, height and workouts can be read from it. • Syncs across your devices through your private iCloud. FREE AND PRO Free includes 3 AI meal logs per day, plus unlimited barcode, search, template and manual logging, all progress tools, widgets, Siri and Apple Health. Your first weekly report is free. PortionCheck Pro removes the daily AI limit and unlocks the weekly AI coach. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up, no email, no third-party analytics, no ads. Meal photos stay on your device. Your food log syncs only through your own iCloud. Privacy Policy: https://apps.whitedigit.com/portion-check/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Photo and voice logging need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later). Barcode, search, template and manual logging work on every supported iPhone. PortionCheck provides nutrition estimates for informational purposes only and is not medical advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calorie Note at none against PortionCheck's 3. Calorie Note also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 27.0). 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. PortionCheck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Calorie Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Calorie Note | PortionCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shreyansh Gupta | WHITE DIGIT LLC |
In-app purchases
Calorie Note
No in-app purchases
PortionCheck
- PortionCheck Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- PortionCheck Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$89.99









