Comparison

Ore vs Shell & Scale

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

Head to head
About

Ore

Effortlessly track your calorie and macronutrient intake with AI-powered logging. Input meals via text, photo, or voice, and receive personalized daily targets. Adjust your plan and monitor progress with a clear visual breakdown.

Highlights
  • AI-powered calorie and macro estimation
  • Log meals via text, photo, or voice
  • Personalized daily calorie and macro targets
  • Editable nutrition plan
  • Visual progress tracking
  • Multi-day diary
  • Saved foods for quick logging
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Ore is the meal logger that finally fits how you actually eat. No scrolling through a food database. No hunting for the right "grilled chicken." Just tell Ore what you had — type a sentence, snap a photo, or say it out loud — and it estimates the calories and macros for you. Every estimate is yours to correct. Ore shows calories, protein, carbs, fat, and fiber for each item, and you can fix any number with a tap before you save. It's a smart starting point you control, not a black box. Built around a plan that's actually yours: • Tell Ore about you once — your body, your activity, and your goal — and it calculates a daily calorie and macro target, then shows how it arrived at your daily calorie budget. • Adjust any target. The plan is a proposal you can edit, not a verdict. • Watch your day fill in against your targets with a clean calorie ring, macro breakdown, and automatically calculated daily Fiber goal. Log a meal three ways: • Text — "two eggs, toast, and a flat white" becomes a logged meal in seconds. • Photo — snap your plate and Ore reads it into an editable draft. • Voice — say what you ate, hands-free, and review before it saves. More ways Ore keeps you honest and fast: • A multi-day diary so you can see patterns, not just today. • Restaurant meals broken into their parts, with numbers that match the menu. • Eating out? One tap adds the extra butter and oil restaurants use. • A meal-time card on your Lock Screen, and a reminder at your usual meal times. • Scan a barcode and the product is read straight from the camera. • Optionally connect Apple Health to use recent weight, steps, active calories and workouts when shaping your program, and save the meals you log to Apple Health. • Saved foods — save a meal for next time, then choose how much you had without rebuilding it. • Targets you can revisit and adjust whenever your needs change. Ore is free: no subscription is required. Private by design. Sign in with Apple — no separate password. Photos attached while logging stay with the confirmed meal so you can see them in your diary, and are deleted with the meal or account. Raw Apple Health activity stays on your device. Delete your account and your 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. Ore 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

About

Shell & Scale

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See the trend. Keep the ritual gentle. Shell & Scale is a focused daily weight tracker built to make check-ins feel clear, calm, and satisfying. Log one number, understand how it changes over time, and let a curious sea turtle add a little personality—without turning your health data into a game you can fail. WEIGHT TRACKING THAT STAYS CLEAR • Record in pounds or kilograms • Review 7-day, 30-day, 90-day, or all-time trends • Inspect individual entries on an interactive chart • Edit or delete any check-in • Explore your history with a check-in calendar • Export your complete history as CSV DESIGNED FOR REAL DAILY FLUCTUATIONS A single reading is context, not a verdict. Shell & Scale emphasizes the longer trend and uses neutral language whether your weight moves up, down, or stays steady. CHOOSE HOW MUCH YOU SEE Exact mode shows readings and changes. Gentle mode keeps the trend central. Blind mode lets you log without seeing numbers or direction. A COMPANION, NOT A COACH Name your turtle and reveal small reactions, keepsakes, and environments as you keep checking in. Rewards celebrate participation—never weight loss—and missed days carry no guilt. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No advertising. No analytics profile. Weight history stays on your iPhone. You can export it or erase it whenever you choose. Try the complete experience for seven check-ins. Continue with monthly, annual, or lifetime access. Your saved history remains visible and exportable even if you don’t continue. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ore4 screens
Shell & Scale4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ore and Shell & Scale are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Ore sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month and Shell & Scale sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ore versus Shell & Scale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOreShell & Scale
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer0xdesigner LLCPavli Shkurti

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ore

Subscriptions1
  • Ore Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
3 purchases

Shell & Scale

Subscriptions2
  • Shell & Scale Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Shell & Scale Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Shell & Scale Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Ore free?
Ore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shell & Scale free?
Shell & Scale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ore or Shell & Scale have ads?
Neither Ore nor Shell & Scale shows ads.

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