Comparison

Calidus vs Satt

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

Head to head
About

Calidus

Track your daily food intake, calories, and macros with a comprehensive food diary. Log meals, build custom recipes, monitor water and weight, and utilize fasting timers. Integrates with Apple Health for a holistic view of your health.

Highlights
  • Food logging with barcode scanning
  • Custom recipe builder
  • Water and weight tracking
  • Fasting timers and schedules
  • Apple Health integration
  • AI-powered recipe component drafting
Features
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A food diary that fits your everyday life. Log what you eat, review your portions and see your calories and macros together. Calidus brings food logging, recipes, water, weight and fasting into one app for iPhone and iPad. START WITH ONE FOOD Search for a food, scan a barcode or create a custom entry. Check the portion before adding it. Clear confirmation lets you know when your food is saved. MAKE REPEAT MEALS QUICKER Use recent foods, log a saved recipe or review yesterday’s meal before adding it to today. Change the portions or remove anything that is different. BUILD RECIPES YOUR WAY Save ingredients and preparation steps. Organize a recipe into reusable components, such as chicken and biscuits, and adjust each component separately. Choose how many portions you ate, including more than one portion of a single-serving recipe. Save a variation without replacing the original. DESCRIBE A RECIPE COMPONENT On supported devices with Apple Intelligence available, describe a component in your own words to draft its ingredients and preparation steps on your device. Review the matched foods and measurements before using the draft. Nutrition is calculated from the food records and portions you confirm. You can always enter and edit details manually. SEE YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Energy rings show calories eaten, estimated calories burned and the difference between them. Track protein, carbohydrates, fat and other nutrients. Optional Apple Health access can bring activity into your calorie budget. BUILD HABITS AT YOUR PACE Log water and weight, review your diary and see a recap of your recent logging. Notifications are optional. Choose a daily meal reminder at a time that suits you; Calidus skips it when that meal is already logged. Edit it or turn it off whenever you like. FASTING, WHEN YOU CHOOSE Use fasting timers, schedules, widgets and Live Activities to follow a fast and review completed sessions. Fasting reminders are separate from your daily meal reminder. YOUR DIARY, YOUR CHOICE No app account is required. Your diary is stored on your device, with optional sync through your own iCloud account. Apple Health access is optional. Basic diary logging works offline; online food searches, barcode lookups, optional sync and sibling-app promotions may use the internet. Calidus has no subscription or in-app purchases. It may show promotions for other Maneo House apps. Calorie targets, energy expenditure and food nutrition are estimates. Review food matches, measurements and AI drafts, including ingredients relevant to your allergies or dietary needs. Calidus is a tracking tool, not medical advice.

About

Satt

This free calorie tracker focuses solely on logging your food intake without ads or subscriptions. It offers multiple logging methods including manual entry, barcode scanning, and AI-powered photo analysis, all while prioritizing user privacy with data stored locally.

Highlights
  • Manual calorie logging
  • Barcode scanning
  • AI photo food recognition
  • Calorie ring progress visualization
  • Local data storage
  • Data export (CSV/JSON)
Features
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Satt is a free calorie tracker with no premium tier that does one thing excellently: tracking calories. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your device – optionally backed up via your own iCloud. THREE WAYS TO LOG • Search & manual logging – the rock-solid foundation. Onboarding calculates your personal daily goal. • Barcode scan – scan a product, pick a portion, done. Data from Open Food Facts, cached locally (second scan works offline). • Photo scan (AI) – snap your plate and the AI estimates calories as a smart first draft. Always editable, with an honest confidence hint. THE CALORIE RING A big ring shows what's left of your daily goal at a glance. Meals, subtle macro bars, weekly stats and a weight trend. HONEST & HEALTHY No deficit pressure, no shaming mechanics, a safety floor for your daily goal. Satt is not a medical device and does not replace medical or nutritional advice. PRIVACY-FIRST No login, no premium, no ad or tracking SDKs. Apple Health optional. Export your data anytime as CSV/JSON or delete it completely. Product data from Open Food Facts (ODbL). SUPPORT THE DEVELOPER (OPTIONAL) Every feature is free. If you like, support development and server costs with a “Support Monthly” subscription for €0.99 per month (auto-renews, cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings). In return you get a supporter badge and alternative app icons – no premium features. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://satt-app.com/datenschutz

Screenshots

Calidus4 screens
Satt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Calidus at 4.0 against Satt's 2.0. Calidus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Satt's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Satt sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Calidus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calidus holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calidus ships an update every 3 weeks, Satt every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Calidus versus Satt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalidusSatt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMANEO HOUSE LCKolja Sagorski

Customer experience

Calidus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Satt

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Calidus

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Satt

Subscriptions1
  • Support Satt-app$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Calidus free?
Calidus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Satt free?
Satt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calidus or Satt?
Calidus is rated higher. Calidus averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Satt averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Calidus or Satt have ads?
Neither Calidus nor Satt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calidus or Satt?
Calidus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Satt every 3 days. Most recently, Calidus was updated on October 31, 2026 and Satt on October 31, 2026.

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