Comparison

Zero Cal vs Pacelo

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

Head to head
About

Zero Cal

Effortlessly track your daily calorie and macronutrient intake using AI-powered food logging. Choose from voice, text, photo, barcode, or label scanning to quickly log meals and monitor your progress with visual feedback.

Highlights
  • AI-powered food logging
  • Log via voice, text, photo, barcode, or label
  • Calorie and macro estimates
  • Visual progress tracking
  • AI food context analysis
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Logging food shouldn't take longer than eating it. Zero Cal gives you four quick ways to add a meal: • Describe what you ate in your own words • Take a photo and let AI estimate what's on the plate • Scan a barcode or nutrition label • Search more than four million foods See the whole day The calorie ring shows how much you have left. Protein, carbohydrate, and fat stay beside it, so you can check the numbers without digging through charts. Leave room for real life Your daily goal fills three quarters of the ring. The last quarter is a visible cushion for a bigger dinner or an unplanned snack. You can repeat recent meals, change portions, and follow your progress over 14 days. Ask Zero When you want more context, ask for a short AI read on food quality, processing, fullness, and possible blood sugar impact. Stay consistent A logging streak and calendar show which days you tracked. On weekends, a short report sums up the week: completed days, average calories and macros, and a couple of suggestions based on your logs. What you can do • Log by voice, text, photo, barcode, or label • Get calorie and macro estimates • Edit portions and ingredients • Set personal calorie and macro goals • Search foods, review history, and add past meals again • See your logging streak on a calendar • Get a weekend report on completed days, calories, and macros • Turn on logging reminders and weekly report notifications • Use the app in English, Spanish, or Russian • Choose a light or dark theme Zero Cal tracks nutrition. It does not give medical advice. Estimates can differ from the actual food, so check the label or another reliable source when accuracy matters. Zero Cal requires a subscription. Payment is charged to your App Store account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can change or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pacelo

This app connects runners with coaches and clubs, providing structured training plans, GPS tracking, and performance analysis. It facilitates communication between athletes and trainers, tracks attendance, and offers a map of local running groups and events.

Highlights
  • Structured weekly training plans
  • GPS running tracking with metrics
  • AI performance analysis
  • Coach-athlete reporting and feedback
  • Club and event map
  • Attendance tracking and membership management
Features
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Pacelo — приложение бегового клуба. Тренер собирает неделю и публикует её группе, спортсмен видит тренировки в своём календаре, выполняет их и сдаёт отчёт. Вместо таблиц в чате — общий план, который у тренера и спортсмена не расходится. СПОРТСМЕНУ • План на неделю от тренера: этапы, целевой темп и заметка к каждой тренировке • Уведомление, когда тренер опубликовал неделю или поправил её • Запись пробежки с GPS: метрики, лента шагов по плану и вибрация на смене этапа • Отчёт за две минуты: RPE, самочувствие, факт по этапам, комментарий тренеру • AI-разбор: что вышло по этапам, как легла нагрузка, на что обратить внимание • Импорт активностей и автопривязка пробежки к плану • Цели и рекорды: готовность к старту в процентах, прогноз темпа, личные рекорды ТРЕНЕРУ • Неделя группы в один тап: соберите черновик и опубликуйте сразу всей группе • Шаблоны планов и многонедельные программы с превью перед применением • Кабинет тренера: кто без плана, у кого новые отчёты, кому нужно внимание • Отметка на пробежке по QR и ручной чек-ин «Кто пришёл» — посещаемость считается сама • Комментарий тренера приходит спортсмену прямо в тренировку • Абонементы: разовое занятие, пакет или безлимит, списание прямо на чек-ине КЛУБ И КАРТА • Карта клубов и открытых пробежек рядом — фильтры по дням, темпу и уровню • Лента клуба, расписание и рейтинг по выполнению плана • Территории: районы города закрашиваются за клубами, чьи бегуны в них бегают ГЕОЛОКАЦИЯ Геолокация включается только на время записи тренировки и не сохраняется отдельно от неё. Клуб, расписание, участники, недельные планы и отчёты работают бесплатно.

Screenshots

Zero Cal4 screens
Pacelo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pacelo at none against Zero Cal's 2. Zero Cal's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Zero Cal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Pacelo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zero Cal against 5.0 for Pacelo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zero Cal ships an update every 5 days, Pacelo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zero Cal versus Pacelo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZero CalPacelo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOleg FilimonovSVETLANA IUSUPOVA

Customer experience

Zero Cal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pacelo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Zero Cal

Subscriptions2
  • Zero Cal Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Zero Cal Yearly2 Months trial$89.991 Year
None

Pacelo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zero Cal free?
Zero Cal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pacelo free?
Pacelo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zero Cal or Pacelo?
Zero Cal and Pacelo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Zero Cal or Pacelo have ads?
Neither Zero Cal nor Pacelo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zero Cal or Pacelo?
Zero Cal ships an update every 5 days, and Pacelo every 3 days. Most recently, Zero Cal was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pacelo on November 6, 2026.

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