Comparison

Zuli vs Cality

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

Head to head
About

Zuli

Features
Read full description

Zuli is a genuinely free AI calorie tracker. No subscription, no paywall, no 7-day trial that charges you later. Snap a photo of your meal and the AI reads it back as calories, protein, carbs and fat — in seconds. TAKE A PHOTO — THAT'S THE WHOLE LOG Point your camera at the plate. The AI identifies the foods, estimates portion size, and returns a full nutrition breakdown you can edit before saving. No searching a database. No weighing every ingredient. OR JUST TYPE IT "2 eggs, toast and a flat white." Write it the way you'd say it and the AI turns it into a logged meal with calories and macros. Faster than any dropdown menu. SCAN A BARCODE Packaged food goes in with one scan, matched against the Open Food Facts database. MACROS, NOT JUST CALORIES Protein, carbs and fat tracked against your daily targets on the home screen. Targets are calculated from your height, weight, age, activity level and goal — lose, maintain or gain — so they actually fit you. SEE THE PATTERN, NOT JUST TODAY - Weekly calorie chart - Weekly protein / carb / fat trend lines - Monthly meal heatmap that shows your consistency at a glance - Daily step tracking alongside your intake WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Everything is stored on your device first. Log in the gym basement, on a plane, in a dead-zone restaurant — it saves instantly and syncs when you're back online. No spinner, no lost meal. EDIT ANYTHING, ANYTIME Wrong portion? Forgot the olive oil? Change any entry, any day. Correct the AI and your totals update straight away. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH TO ZULI - Free AI photo scanning — not a limited trial - No subscription screen on launch - Logging a meal takes about five seconds - Clean dark mode and light mode - Sign in with Google or email WHO IT'S FOR Anyone counting calories or hitting a protein target: fat loss, lean bulk, cutting, maintenance, macro tracking, intermittent fasting windows, gym progress, or just wanting to know what's actually on the plate. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your goal — lose, maintain or gain weight 2. Get your daily calorie and macro targets 3. Log meals by photo, text or barcode 4. Watch the weekly and monthly trends do the rest HONEST ABOUT THE AI AI portion estimates are estimates. They are close enough to steer real decisions day to day, and every entry stays editable so you can correct anything that looks off. Zuli is a food logging tool, not medical advice — talk to a doctor or dietitian before changing your diet if you have a health condition. The app is supported by occasional ads. That's the trade: you keep your money, we keep the lights on. Download Zuli and log your next meal with a photo — free. Questions or feedback: support@zuliai.app Privacy Policy: https://zuliai.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://zuliai.app/terms

About

Cality

Log meals by snapping photos, typing, or scanning barcodes. It details ingredients, allows adjustments, and calculates calories and macros. Includes a built-in gym log for tracking workouts, routines, and personal records.

Highlights
  • AI-powered meal logging via photo, text, or barcode
  • Detailed ingredient breakdown and calorie calculation
  • Integrated gym workout logger with set tracking
  • Rest timer and workout routine management
  • Import workout plans from links or photos
  • Syncs with Apple Health for comprehensive tracking
  • Multi-language support
Features
Read full description

Calorie counting that shows its work. Snap a photo, type what you ate or scan a barcode. Cality lists every ingredient with its grams, lets you fix anything that's off, and adds up the calories and macros in front of you. PHOTO, WORDS OR BARCODE • Snap your plate: Cality names the dish, finds each part of it and estimates how much is there. When something isn't clear, it asks instead of guessing. • Type it or say it: describe a meal in your own words, in your own language. Cality understands amounts like "half", "two" or "a glass". • Scan a barcode, or photograph the nutrition label when there's no barcode. • Nothing is saved until you confirm it. SEE THE MATH, CHANGE THE MATH • Change the grams or the count, or pick half, one or one and a half portions. • Add or remove an ingredient: forgot the dressing? Add it. • Tap Fix Results and write something like "cooked in butter" to update the estimate. • The AI identifies the food. Calories are calculated from food composition data for the grams you confirm, not read off the photo. TRAIN: A GYM LOG BUILT IN • Log every set: weight, reps and set type, with your last numbers in front of you. Logging workouts is always free. • A rest timer that follows you to the Lock Screen, with a quiet alert when rest is over. • Routines and week-by-week programs. Start today's workout in one tap. • Import a plan from a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube link, a photo or a PDF, and Cality turns it into routines you can edit. • Photograph a gym machine to see the exercises it's for, with a short animation of each. • Personal records, the muscles you trained, and strength charts over time. • Share a routine or program with a code or QR; friends save it to their own Cality. • Finished workouts add their burned calories to your day and save to Apple Health. THE REST OF YOUR DAY • A plan built around you: daily calories, protein, carbs and fat from your age, height, weight, activity and goal. Change them any time. • Apple Health: steps and workouts adjust today's budget; meals, water and weight can sync back to Health. • Water in one tap, and your weight over weeks and months. • Meal, water and weigh-in reminders that fit your routine, plus goal coaching in your own numbers: the weight still to go, the weeks to your goal, the calories left today. You can pause daytime meal reminders during Ramadan. • A weekly summary and a PDF report to share with a coach or dietitian. 15 LANGUAGES Cality speaks English, Arabic, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Malay. Switch any time. Arabic is fully right-to-left, with Western or Arabic numerals. YOUR HEALTH DATA ISN'T THE PRODUCT Your meals, weight and Apple Health data are never sold or used for advertising. Delete your account and your data from inside the app at any time. SUBSCRIPTION Cality is free to use: plan, manual and barcode logging, water, weight, workout logging, Apple Health and reminders, plus 2 AI logs a day, 3 routines, 3 machine scans a week and 1 plan import. Cality Pro, monthly or yearly with a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers, unlocks unlimited AI logging (photo, label, typed and voice), unlimited routines, machine scans and plan imports, strength charts, the full weekly report with AI analysis, your measured burn, micronutrients, full history and PDF reports. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Prices vary by country and are shown in the app before you buy. Cality gives estimates for general wellness and is not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://cality.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cality.app/privacy Support: support@cality.app

Screenshots

Zuli4 screens
Cality4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zuli at none against Cality's 2. Zuli also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Cality sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Zuli asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Zuli versus Cality: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZuliCality
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRohan AroraAiman Mahmood

In-app purchases

None

Zuli

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cality

Subscriptions2
  • Cality Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Cality Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

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

Other comparisons