Comparison

BioIntake vs BoulderBuilder

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

Head to head
About

BioIntake

This app uses AI to estimate the calories and macronutrients of meals, with a special focus on recognizing over 280 African dishes. It offers personalized targets, an AI coach for advice, and syncs with Apple Watch for burned calories.

Highlights
  • AI-powered meal photo analysis
  • Extensive African food database
  • Personalized nutrition targets
  • AI coaching for diet and exercise
  • Apple Watch calorie sync
  • Multi-language support
Features
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BioIntake — Calorie tracker that knows African food Snap a photo of your meal — or just say what's on your plate — and instantly see calories, protein, carbs and fat, including African and West African dishes most apps miss. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Photo food scanning — instant calories & macros • Voice entry — say your meal instead of a photo • Recipes — get a healthy recipe made for your goal, then log it • Knows African & world foods (287+ dishes) • Pick your meal — breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack • Daily Health Score — see how your day measures up • BioIntake Coach — personal nutrition guidance • Fridge scan — recipes from what you already have • Body Scan — track your visual progress each week • Weekly reports — look back on any past week • Levels, XP & challenges to stay motivated • Water, macros & weekly trends • Apple Health & smart-scale sync • 6 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, German Start free with 10 scans. Premium unlocks unlimited scans, the BioIntake Coach, fridge scan and more — with a 7-day free trial. —— BioIntake Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. • Monthly: $6.99 per month • Annual: $59.99 per year (includes a 7-day free trial) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://biointake.org/privacy.html

About

BoulderBuilder

Log climbing sessions with detailed context like grade, result, and movement styles. Visualize your climbing performance with progress pyramids to identify strengths, weaknesses, and training priorities. Track your progress over time with style breakdowns and grade trends.

Highlights
  • Log climbs with grade, result, and notes
  • Build performance pyramids by grade
  • Track progress over time
  • Customize grade systems
  • Private by design, data stays on device
  • Career-wide V-scale view
Features
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BoulderBuilder turns your climbing log into performance pyramids that make strengths, gaps, and progress easier to see. Keep the details from today's session and give your next one a clear goal. LOG CLIMBS WITH CONTEXT Record grades, results, attempts, dates, notes, and movement styles. Use quick session logging at the wall or add the details afterward. Track bouldering with V-grades or custom colors and grade ranges that match your gym. SEE YOUR PYRAMID GROW Build a pyramid for each gym and a career-wide view. Follow your activity, revisit session history, and set climbing goals. Archive a gym while keeping its history, then restore it when you return. START FREE Explore without an account. Free includes 20 logged climbs and one active gym, plus bouldering pyramids, activity, sessions, and goals. New setup climbs do not count toward the 20-climb allowance. Existing saved history remains available when you reach a limit or your subscription ends. CLIMB WITH FRIENDS Sign in with Apple and create a profile to use Friends. After your profile is approved, find friends by username or share an invite link or QR code. Accepted friends can see your approved posts and photos, like and comment, and send private climb challenges. Friends, comments, likes, and challenges are free; posting climb photos requires Pro. Profiles and shared posts, comments, and challenge descriptions are reviewed before others can see them. Your climbing log is not shared automatically: choose the climb details and photos to upload, with gym names optional. Report content, block users, or remove a friendship in the app. GO FURTHER WITH BOULDERBUILDER PRO • Unlimited logged climbs and active gyms. • Rope climbing alongside bouldering, with YDS and French grades. • Projects with attempt history, beta notes, and photos to revisit next session. • Career progression, send rate, flash rate, and climbing-style insights. • Grade Progress, weekly pyramid targets, climbing streaks, and weekly recaps. • Climb and progress share cards, plus photo posts for accepted friends. • Optional Apple Health sync for climbing workouts and estimated energy burned. • Optional weekly check-in reminders. Saved project history and existing photos remain readable if Pro expires. New project attempts, beta notes, and photos require Pro. YOUR LOG, YOUR CHOICE Your personal climbing log and unshared photos are stored on your device. Friends uses an online service for the profiles and content you choose to share. Optional Face ID or Touch ID helps protect access to the app. Account and data deletion is available in Settings. BoulderBuilder Pro offers monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. Manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/terms Privacy Policy: https://nimuh.github.io/BoulderBuilder/privacy

Screenshots

BioIntake4 screens
BoulderBuilder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BioIntake at daily against BoulderBuilder's every 8 days. BioIntake also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. BioIntake sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month and BoulderBuilder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BoulderBuilder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BioIntake has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BioIntake ships an update daily, BoulderBuilder every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BioIntake versus BoulderBuilder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBioIntakeBoulderBuilder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTCHAMDA GLOBAL VENTURES LLCKEYAN AZBIJARI

Customer experience

BioIntake

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BoulderBuilder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BioIntake

Subscriptions1
  • BioIntake Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
2 purchases

BoulderBuilder

Subscriptions2
  • BoulderBuilder Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • BoulderBuilder Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is BioIntake free?
BioIntake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoulderBuilder free?
BoulderBuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BioIntake or BoulderBuilder?
BoulderBuilder is rated higher. BioIntake averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while BoulderBuilder averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BioIntake or BoulderBuilder have ads?
Both BioIntake and BoulderBuilder show ads.
Which is updated more often, BioIntake or BoulderBuilder?
BioIntake ships an update daily, and BoulderBuilder every 8 days. Most recently, BioIntake was updated on October 24, 2026 and BoulderBuilder on October 29, 2026.

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