Comparison

Calories vs Radish

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

Head to head
About

Calories

Features
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Track calories without the hassle. Log a meal in under five seconds, scan a barcode, and see your whole day at a glance β€” while your data stays private in your own iCloud. Meet Potato, your low-key nutrition companion. No account. No ads. Free forever. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ Fast daily logging β€” Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks with calorie and protein subtotals and a daily budget ring. β€’ Barcode scanning β€” Point your camera at a product and log it straight into a meal. β€’ Smart food search β€” One search box across a built-in offline database, your own custom foods, and Open Food Facts & USDA. β€’ Macros that matter β€” Protein, carb, and fat targets you can edit any time. β€’ Custom foods, recipes & combos β€” Build your own foods and reusable meals. β€’ Weight tracking β€” Log weigh-ins and watch the trend with a 7-day moving average. β€’ Insights β€” Calorie and protein history, weekly cards, and a heatmap. β€’ Apple Health β€” Optionally write meals and weight to Health, and import weigh-ins from other apps. β€’ Private iCloud sync β€” Your data lives in your private iCloud. No sign-up, ever. β€’ Widgets & Siri β€” Home-screen glances and Shortcuts for quick logging. β€’ Your data is yours β€” Export everything to CSV any time. β€’ English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese β€” With an in-app language switch. β€’ Built for everyone β€” Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion throughout. HONEST BY DESIGN Calories-Tracker is free, and it stays free. There's an optional "Buy me a coffee" tip if you'd like to support development β€” but it unlocks nothing. Every feature is already yours. Estimates use the Mifflin–St Jeor equation. Not medical advice β€” for health conditions, consult a professional. Download Calories-Tracker and log your first meal in seconds.

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Radish

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Calorie counter, no sign-up. Open Radish and start counting. Radish is a calorie counter and food diary: calories, protein, carbs, fat, Nutri-Score, barcode scanning. No account, no ads. Your diary stays on your phone β€” never sent to our servers (except AI or barcode scanning, if you use them). COUNT CALORIES, FOR FREE - Calorie counter and macro tracker: protein, carbs, fat - Today's diary: what you ate, the total, what you have left - Barcode scanner for packaged products - Nutri-Score from A to E, when the data allows it - 11 vitamins and minerals: iron, magnesium, zinc, calcium, potassium, sodium, vitamins A, C, D, B9 and B12 - Meal plan, weight tracking, weekly recap, energy expenditure that adjusts Optional in-app purchases: Radish Pro and Premium (below). 19,474 FOODS, EACH ONE WITH ITS SOURCE SHOWN The database is bundled inside the app: 19,474 foods, drawn from several national reference tables (CIQUAL in France, and others). Tap a food and Radish always shows where its value comes from: reference table, brand label, Radish recipe, or "Radish estimate". WE NAME WHAT LEAVES YOUR PHONE, AND WHY Counting, recipes and the Nutri-Score work with no connection; barcode scanning and the AI assistant need the internet. The detail is in the app: Settings > Data & privacy. What stays on this device - Diary, meals, weight, targets and photos: on the phone, not on our servers. Uninstalling the app erases them - Steps through Apple Health, only if you turn it on: read-only, Radish never writes anything back What leaves the device, and when - Barcode scan: the code goes to the open Open Food Facts database. Nothing else from your profile - AI assistant, optional, never on by default: the meal sent for analysis travels through our relay to the model provider. Our relay keeps nothing of it - Purchase: payment goes through the App Store. Our provider receives an anonymous identifier and your purchase history, never any diary data No data resale, no ad trackers, no account to delete. YOUR RECIPES, AND THE AI 937 recipes, filtered by calories, eating style and goal; build your own, with macros and micronutrients computed from your ingredients. Photograph your meal or describe it in one sentence: wrong food? Replace it in two taps. Without the AI, Radish stays usable. WHAT IS FREE, AND WHAT IS NOT Free: logging, search, barcode scan, the micronutrients of every food that carries them, all the recipes, the Nutri-Score, the meal plan, Apple Health sync, the detailed profile. Radish Pro, one-time purchase, no subscription: multiple profiles, body measurements, diet and allergy filters, in-depth calculation model, automatic week generation in the plan, the coach conversation beyond the first reply, AI assistant with your own API key (AI is not included; without a key, Radish Pro works without AI). Radish Premium, monthly or yearly subscription: everything in Radish Pro, plus AI included with no key to manage, long-term trends and CSV export. New subscribers: free 7-day trial on the subscription, never on the one-time purchase. Renews automatically until cancelled in your Apple ID subscription settings; price shown before any payment. Available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Hindi and Arabic. Nutri-Score uses the revised algorithm in force in France since March 2025: it can differ from the score printed on some packaging until March 2027. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://nutri-track.fr/legal-en.html Sources: ANSES, Ciqual 2025 table (Etalab Open Licence 2.0) and USDA FoodData Central; barcode scanning queries Open Food Facts. Radish is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by these bodies or SantΓ© publique France, is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a health professional. Download Radish. Count what counts.

Screenshots

Calories4 screens
Radish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Radish at 15.0 against Calories's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Calories sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Radish sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Calories versus Radish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaloriesRadish
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS18.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan CasanuevaGeoffrey DANO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Calories

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
3 purchases

Radish

Subscriptions2
  • Radish Premium (mensuel)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Radish Premium (annuel)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Radish Pro (Γ  vie)$17.99

Questions

Is Calories free?
Calories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Radish free?
Radish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calories or Radish have ads?
Neither Calories nor Radish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calories or Radish?
Calories ships an update every 2 days, and Radish every 2 days. Most recently, Calories was updated on October 25, 2026 and Radish on October 9, 2026.

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