Ore vs Surplus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ore
Effortlessly track your food intake with a calorie counter designed for ease of use. Log meals by speaking, snapping photos, scanning barcodes, or typing, and receive instant nutritional breakdowns. It learns your habits and offers personalized targets, making healthy eating sustainable.
- Log meals by voice, photo, scan, or text
- Automatic calorie, protein, carb, fat, and fiber calculation
- Learns eating routines for quick logging
- Personalized daily targets based on goals
- Estimates nutrition for restaurant meals
- Optional AI-powered meal insights with Ore Pro
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The calorie tracker you'll actually keep using. Say what you ate, and Ore does the counting. If you've quit a calorie app before, you know why: hunting a database for the right "grilled chicken," weighing every bite, closing ads between entries. Ore skips all of it. Tell it "two eggs, sourdough toast and a flat white" and it's logged in seconds, with calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber. "I've tried other apps in the past for tracking calories and I always stopped after a day or two. This app makes logging everything that I eat so easy that I actually use it." (App Store review) LOG IT THE WAY YOU REMEMBER IT • Say it: tell Ore what you ate, or ask Siri to log a meal. • Snap it: photograph your plate and Ore lists every item and its portion. • Scan it: point at a barcode for the exact product and its label. • Type it: write it like a quick note. No scale needed. "A palm-sized piece of salmon" or "a small handful of almonds" is enough; Ore works out the grams. EATING OUT, SORTED Name the dish and the restaurant, and Ore finds the restaurant's own numbers and breaks the meal into its parts. Somewhere without nutrition info? Ore estimates each part, and one tap adds the butter and oil restaurant kitchens use. IT LEARNS YOUR ROUTINE Your usual breakfast is one tap, because Ore remembers what you eat and when. A reminder comes at your usual meal time, and your streak forgives one missed day a week, because life happens. A PLAN BUILT AROUND YOU Ore sets your calorie, protein, carb, fat and fiber targets from your body and your goal, and shows you the math. Connect Apple Health and the days you move more give you more room. Change any number, any time. ONE QUESTION, ONLY WHEN IT MATTERS If a detail changes the numbers ("Was the curry creamy or tomato-based?"), Ore asks once. Otherwise it stays out of your way, and every item is yours to check and fix. Logging is free, with no ads. ORE PRO: A COACH THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU ATE • Ask Ore anything about your meals, your day or your goal, and get answers built from your own logs, not generic advice. • Plan your next meal around what's left in your day. • Short notes from Ore when something is worth knowing. Logging stays free. Ore Pro is an optional subscription: $12.99 a month or $103.99 a year in the U.S. (prices vary by country). Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in iPhone Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. Up to 20 Ask questions a day. Invite 3 friends who join Ore and get 30 days of Ore Pro free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Sign in with Apple, no separate password. Photos stay with the meal they belong to and are deleted with it. Raw Apple Health activity stays on your device. Delete your account and data anytime from inside the app. Ore is a smart-estimate tool to help you stay aware of what you eat. It is not a medical device and offers general nutrition guidance, not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://oreapp.fit/privacy
Surplus
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Built for skinny hardgainers who struggle to eat ENOUGH to gain muscle. If you've ever heard "just eat more" but the scale won't budge — Surplus is for you. Most nutrition apps guilt-trip you about what you've already eaten. Surplus flips the script: it shows the gap. How many calories you're still SHORT of your daily surplus goal, so you know exactly how much more to eat to keep gaining lean muscle. No tedious food logging. No calorie-counting every bite. The scale is your source of truth. Why hardgainers love Surplus - Reversed nutrition view — see "you're SHORT X kcal" toward your gain goal, not what's "left" - One-tap daily weigh-in — log your weight in seconds - Prescriptive meal checklist — tick off meals to hit your target, zero calorie math - Smart weight-trend line — cuts through daily water-weight noise so you see real progress - Adaptive nudge — if your trend stalls for ~2 weeks, Surplus tells you to add +150–200 kcal/day - Streaks & reminders — stay consistent on the days motivation dips Made for real life Whether you're a student, an office worker, or a new gym-goer with a fast metabolism (ectomorph energy), Surplus fits a busy schedule. Weigh in, glance at your shortfall, tick your meals — done in under a minute a day. Surplus Pro (optional upgrade) - AI Meal Generator — instantly builds a meal plan + grocery list to hit your daily calorie and protein target - Allergen filtering on every generated meal Yours to keep Optional sign-in to back up and sync across devices (Apple, Google, or email). In-app account deletion and data export available anytime — your data, your call. Stop spinning your wheels. Eat enough, track less, and finally gain the lean muscle you've been chasing. Surplus is a fitness and nutrition tracking tool, not medical advice. If you are under 18 or underweight, talk to a healthcare professional before starting a bulk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Surplus at none against Ore's 2. Surplus also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Ore's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). 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. Ore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Surplus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ore ships an update every 3 days, Surplus fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Ore | Surplus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 0xdesigner LLC | Huy Nguyen |
In-app purchases
Ore
- Ore Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- Ore Pro Annual$103.991 Year
Surplus
No in-app purchases









