Comparison

Kcal vs KcalCulator

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

Head to head
About

Kcal

Effortlessly track your calorie and macronutrient intake with a streamlined interface. Log meals quickly through various methods like scanning, searching, or AI estimation, and view your progress at a glance.

Highlights
  • Multiple logging methods (scan, search, photo, AI, text, manual)
  • At-a-glance calorie and macro overview
  • Fast meal logging
  • Save favorite foods and recipes
  • Privacy-focused, no account required
  • No ads or tracking
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Kcal is a calorie and macro tracker stripped down to what actually matters. Log what you eat, see what's left, move on with your day. No endless menus, no feeds, no noise. SIX WAYS TO LOG Scan a barcode, search millions of foods, photograph a nutrition label and let Kcal read the numbers off the package, snap a photo and let AI estimate the macros, describe your meal in plain words, or enter it by hand. Whatever's fastest in the moment. EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE One clean screen shows your remaining calories and your protein, fat, and carbs against your goals. No digging, no tabs. BUILT FOR SPEED Compact meal cards, a live-updating ring, and instant search that filters as you type. Save your favorite foods and recipes, and re-log recent meals in a tap. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS, NO ADS Try Kcal free for 7 days. After that, unlock full access with a single one-time purchase — no recurring fees, ever. PRIVACY-FIRST No account required. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your device. Just a calorie tracker that gets out of your way.

About

KcalCulator

Features
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KcalCulator is a calm, beautiful way to track what you eat — built to stay out of your way and keep your data on your device. SCAN LABELS WITH YOUR CAMERA Point the camera at any nutrition label (English or Spanish). On-device text recognition fills in calories, protein, carbs, fat and more — no typing, no cloud. YOUR PANTRY, PHOTOGRAPHED Snap a product and Cal Culator cuts out the background automatically, turning your real food into the interface. Your most-used products live in a Frequent rail: logging a repeat meal is one tap. DISHES YOU ALWAYS MAKE Save a finished meal — photo plus the exact amounts you always use. Add the whole dish to your day in one tap; every ingredient is logged with its own values. A DAY AT A GLANCE A goal ring, three macro beams and a short note show where you stand. The ledger groups your day by meal, in a warm, paper-like design with serif numerals. HISTORY THAT'S HONEST A month calendar shows how each day went: green when you landed near your goal, amber when you were close, red when you were far — over or under. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. No internet connection at all — everything is computed and stored on your iPhone. App Privacy: Data Not Collected. Cal Culator estimates figures from the data you enter and is not a substitute for professional medical or nutritional advice.

Screenshots

Kcal4 screens
KcalCulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KcalCulator at none against Kcal's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kcal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. KcalCulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kcal versus KcalCulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKcalKcalCulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZsombor TothZertyn LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kcal

One-time1
  • Full Access$0.99
None

KcalCulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kcal free?
Kcal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KcalCulator free?
KcalCulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kcal or KcalCulator have ads?
Neither Kcal nor KcalCulator shows ads.

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