Lifesum vs Cal AI

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Lifesum 1/5 · US Ai Ruined This App: I’ve used this app on and off for years and loved it. However, with the introduction of Ai to the tracking, it’s become wildly inaccurate. I can tell it the same item from one day to another and get completely different nutrition results. Not a small margin of error but massive swings. Then, you have to take the time to go and adjust every single meal. It. Becomes so time consu
2. [R4] Lifesum 2/5 · US Useless! Incorrect macros even when you scan a label: I scanned multiple labels and each time the carbs and protein and calories were input differently than the nutrition label shows them. The app doesn’t allow you to edit that info so tracking your macros with this app results in inaccurate data
3. [R62] Cal AI 5/5 · US 5 star: Works really well helped me lose weight I will recommend
4. [R78] Cal AI 3/5 · US Great App - But Needs Improvement: First of all, the aesthetic of this app is fantastic. The AI is also shockingly accurate. HOWEVER, the food database needs a drastic improvement. If you travel and you have to eat out a lot, easy things like a McDonald’s Burger with no bun are not in this system. There’s an only a few fast food items and they all seem to have odd names associated with them. Im gi
5. [R63] Cal AI 3/5 · US Synch issues: I really like this app after using MyFitnessPal for years I tried Cal AI and I really like it a lot. The issue is the sync to apple health is unreliable. It syncs some entries and not others. so until they figure that out I’m going back to my fitness pal
6. [R67] Cal AI 2/5 · US Freezes a lot: I give this app a 2, it’s great when it works but it’s freezes constantly. Please fix the freezing problem!!
7. [R28] Lifesum 1/5 · US 10 months, great. Last two not so much.: I appreciate the year long subscription to this app. I used it daily and directly credit it with positive lifestyle changes. That said, the last two months were unreliable. My logs were corrupted - sometime saved, sometimes not, sometimes absent entirely (not just the present day, but weeks of data would go missing). Multiple attempts to reach out to c
8. [R31] Lifesum 2/5 · US Please fix this app full of glitches: Was a great app until it became almost unusable. The app freezes when I open it making me wait at least a minute to log anything. The search results can be a little wonky or the macros are often wrong in some scannable products. Finally I’ll go to log in food but it doesn’t load for hours. Also i get hit with an ad to upgrade the app to premium EVERY SINGLE TI
9. [R90] Cal AI 3/5 · US Buggy: App works ok for tracking my food but the last week I’ve been using it it just keeps freezing.
10. [R7] Lifesum 2/5 · US Pop ups are so irritating: I have used this app for years both the free version and the paid version. I love it, it does everything I want it to and is easy to use. However, currently I am using the free version and the amount of pop ups to subscribe is intolerable to the point I don’t use it. Every time you open the app there is an ad to subscribe that takes ages to load. I just want to track my
11. [R14] Lifesum 4/5 · US This is how I keep myself accountable: I love this app, but the only thing I don’t like is that you have to pay for the advanced options but you have to do that with any app so it’s really not that big of a deal I suppose.
12. [R61] Cal AI 1/5 · US Misleading Trial offer!: When I clicked 3 day trial it charged me 29.99. I tried to reach out to customer service and they didn’t reply.
13. [R82] Cal AI 1/5 · US Not free: I came into this app thinking I was going to lose weight but the only thing they want you to lose is money
14. [R40] Lifesum 1/5 · US Waste of money!: So I purchased the subscription for a year, don’t remember how much it was. Then after using it for a few weeks or a few months the I noticed I was staying below my calories and still gaining weight. So I downloaded a different app and the cals were off on Lifesum by a lot. I emailed them asking for a refund and never got a response back. So yeah don’t waste your money.
15. [R100] Cal AI 1/5 · US Rip off: I subscribed to the app, which was $30. I attempted to cancel (within the free period) and it still charged me $30 for the purchase. I emailed and tried to contact customer service in order to receive a refund and they did not email back. Do not use. I would not recommend to anyone.