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Updated July 2026 · real, multi-region App Store reviews
Head-to-head

Lose It! vs Cal AI

Lose It! 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner Lose It!
Cal AI 4.8★ · Free + IAP 65

Choose Lose It! for a more established weight loss tracking experience.

Full reviews: Lose It! · Cal AI

Lose It! has a longer history and a more extensive user base, providing a wealth of features and support. While Cal AI offers innovative AI-driven features, it struggles with reliability and user satisfaction.

Head to head

features edge: Lose It!R2R5R62R78
Lose It! Lose It! offers a comprehensive food database and tracking features, but recent reviews mention missing nutritional data for certain items and limitations on the free version.
Cal AI Cal AI has innovative features like AI food recognition but lacks a robust food database and struggles with accuracy, particularly for restaurant items.
ease of use edge: Lose It!R10R18R67R90
Lose It! Users find Lose It! easy to navigate but report issues with lag and a cluttered interface due to ads.
Cal AI Cal AI is noted for its aesthetic but has been criticized for freezing and requiring a subscription to access core features.
reliability edge: Lose It!R4R15R67R90
Lose It! Lose It! has a history of reliability issues, particularly with lag and freezing, but many users still find it effective overall.
Cal AI Cal AI has significant reliability issues, with many users reporting freezing and sync problems.
price/value edge: Lose It!R13R43R61R82
Lose It! Lose It! offers a free tier but has been criticized for moving features behind a paywall, with a lifetime subscription option available.
Cal AI Cal AI is primarily paid, with users expressing frustration over hidden costs and misleading trial offers.
support edge: Lose It!R17R58R61R88
Lose It! Lose It! has received praise for its customer support, with users reporting successful resolutions to issues.
Cal AI Cal AI has been criticized for poor customer service, with users reporting unresponsive support.
Pick Lose It! if

you want a well-established app with a strong community and support.

Pick Cal AI if

you prefer innovative features and are willing to deal with potential reliability issues.

Evidence note: While both apps have their strengths, Lose It! has a more extensive history and user base, which may lead to a more reliable experience despite recent criticisms.

Frequently asked

Is Lose It! free?
Lose It! offers a free version with limited features, while Cal AI requires payment to access its core functionalities.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Lose It! 5/5 · US Use it to Lose It!: An excellent tool to guide/assist/track your journey to a healthy lifestyle. I’ve been using it semi-regularly since 2011, so 15 years! It’s gotten more and more sophisticated over time and now offers a wealth of information to help you manage your weight and overall health and fitness. I highly recommend it.
  2. [R5] Lose It! 5/5 · US Lose it: If you’re really serious about losing weight, this app will help you do it can’t say enough good things
  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. [R10] Lose It! 2/5 · US Navigation: Navigation on the iPhone is horrible.
  6. [R18] Lose It! 3/5 · US Good for tracking but..: This app is great for tracking food and I like that there are most products in it but it’s very glitchy and I have to close out and go back in often. Not sure if premium is better but I don’t want to pay for upgraded features if it will still glitch out.
  7. [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!!
  8. [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.
  9. [R4] Lose It! 1/5 · US New update just freezing: Every time I try to edit or delete an item from yesterday’s meals, the whole thing freezes for 10+ seconds (or entirely). Lose It! has had lagging problems for several years (as a long-time paid user), but this makes it unusable.
  10. [R15] Lose It! 3/5 · US Pretty good: The software is extremely slow if you try to go back and check previous days food intake or when you try to go back to a previous days meal to duplicate a meal. It stalls for a long periods of time.
  11. [R13] Lose It! 1/5 · US Free version used to be good: Lose it was a great app until the company got greedy. They began taking all the features you could use for free for years and transitioning them to the paid only. The best feature was being able to scan barcodes. This is no longer an option for free users and it definitely takes the app from perfect to trash.
  12. [R43] Lose It! 2/5 · US Ridiculously Overpriced: I used to love this app, but the fact that their yearly subscription doubled in price (used to be $39.99, is now $79.99) over the course of ONE YEAR for pretty much the same service is absolutely absurd. I’ll be taking my business over to other apps that do the same things for free.
  13. [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.
  14. [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
  15. [R17] Lose It! 5/5 · US Stellar Support: I have been using LoseIt! and absolutely love it. I recently ran into an issue, self-inflicted, where only my iPhone had historical data - the rest had data as of last week. I give the support team highest marks. It took a while to diagnose and then fix, but we got there. They kept me in the loop and communications were clear. I now have all platforms, iPhone, iPad and web synce
  16. [R58] Lose It! 1/5 · US What support?: How do you get support? My app keeps overlaying a blank screen on itself. Have to force quit to use the app after this happens. No support to contact. Wish I hadn’t paid fire this.
  17. [R88] Cal AI 1/5 · US No response: I put in the incorrect weight when I joined. Now I can’t fix it and it is not giving me the correct data. I tried to delete my account and start again, but it went back to the current weight. I sent an email to the address on the app, but nobody has contacted me back.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store