ProteinGoal vs Byrner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ProteinGoal
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Protein Tracker โ Daily Protein Intake Made Simple Stay on top of your nutrition goals with Protein Tracker, the easy-to-use app designed to help you monitor and manage your daily protein intake. Whether you're building muscle, losing weight, improving athletic performance, or simply maintaining a healthy lifestyle, Protein Tracker makes it effortless to track your protein consumption throughout the day. Key Features Daily Protein Tracking โ Log meals and snacks to see exactly how much protein you've consumed. Personalized Goals โ Set custom protein targets based on your fitness and health objectives. Progress Insights โ View daily, weekly, and monthly trends to stay consistent. Quick Add Entries โ Add protein amounts directly when you're short on time. Simple Dashboard โ See your remaining protein target at a glance with clear visual progress indicators. History & Reports โ Review your intake patterns and celebrate milestones. Protein is an essential nutrient that supports muscle growth, recovery, energy levels, and overall health. Protein Tracker helps you make informed nutrition decisions by giving you a clear picture of your daily intake, helping you stay accountable and reach your goals with confidence. Track smarter. Hit your goals. Fuel your body with Protein Tracker.
Byrner
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Byrner is the lowest-friction way to track calories: type in plain English what you ate or which workout you did โ a language model does the rest. No database to search, no portions to weigh, no 20 fields to fill in. "Bowl with rice and chicken" is enough. Byrner estimates the calories, shows its assumptions ("toast: assumed 2 slices") and gives you your running daily balance right away. Runs on your iPhone โ no key, no cost On iPhones with Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or newer, iOS 26+), Byrner estimates calories entirely on-device. No API key, no cloud, no running costs โ nothing leaves your iPhone. It's set up the moment you launch; just start logging. Reply without opening the app Four times a day a notification asks what you ate. You reply straight from the notification โ one tap, done. Snacks, meals logged later and workouts go in anytime via the plus button. Your budget, no math Byrner works out your daily budget from your age, height, weight, sex, everyday activity and goal (lose, maintain or build) โ set it once and you're done. You can still adjust the number by hand anytime. Not just calories โ macros too For every meal Byrner also estimates protein, fat and sugar in grams. It sets a protein target for your goal that you track right in the daily overview. Or connect your own provider No Apple Intelligence on your device, or you want a specific model? Byrner is provider-agnostic โ it has no backend of its own and no hidden servers. Connect the provider you trust: โข Anthropic (Claude) โข OpenAI โข Groq, OpenRouter, Mistral, DeepSeek and other OpenAI-compatible services โข Local models via Ollama or LM Studio Model and endpoint are freely editable. Use new models the moment they ship, with no app update. No subscription. Really. Byrner doesn't sell you a monthly plan. On-device costs nothing. Connect a cloud provider and you only pay for its usage โ cents per month with the usual models. Local-first & private Every entry lives in SwiftData on your iPhone. No account, no forced sync, no tracking. On-device, nothing leaves your iPhone at all; with a cloud provider, only your input text goes to the service you picked โ and you decide which one. Honest, not falsely precise Calorie estimates are directional, not exact to the calorie. Byrner shows its uncertainty instead of hiding it: every entry has a confidence indicator and a portion note โ and can be corrected or re-estimated with a tap. Entry details also show an estimate range (e.g. ยฑ 20%). For trends, consistency matters more than decimal places. What Byrner does โข Free-text input for food and exercise โข On-device with Apple Intelligence โ no key, no cost (on supported devices) โข Inline reply straight from the notification โข Running daily balance (consumed minus burned) โข History of past days โข Daily budget โ calculated from your body data & goal, or set manually โข Macros per meal: protein, fat, sugar โ plus a protein target โข Estimate range per entry (e.g. ยฑ 20%) โข Configurable reminder times โข Correct entries and have them re-estimated Note: On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Byrner works with no setup at all. On older devices you connect your own LLM provider (your own API key) or a locally running model โ setup takes a minute and is walked through step by step on first launch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ProteinGoal at 3 against Byrner's 1. ProteinGoal also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ProteinGoal | Byrner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hitesh Morar | Andreas Gaschka |
In-app purchases
ProteinGoal
No in-app purchases
Byrner
No in-app purchases









