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Noom Weight Loss vs Calorie Counter

Noom Weight Loss 4.7★ · Free to download 65
Winner Calorie Counter
Calorie Counter 4.8★ · Free + IAP 80

Calorie Counter is generally preferred for its straightforward calorie tracking and ease of use, while Noom Weight Loss offers a more comprehensive, psychology-based program despite recent app performance issues.

Full reviews: Noom Weight Loss · Calorie Counter

Calorie Counter excels as a user-friendly calorie tracking app with a vast, verified food database and seamless integration, making it ideal for consistent tracking. Noom Weight Loss provides a unique psychology-based weight loss program with coaching and GLP-1 support, but its app has faced criticism for bugs, slow loading, and intrusive gamification.

Head to head

Features & Program Approach edge: Noom Weight LossR5R11R14R15
Noom Weight Loss Noom offers a comprehensive program focusing on psychology and lifestyle changes, with features like a food color guide and access to coaches and doctors, including GLP-1 medication support R5R11R14. However, users note a lack of fiber tracking and an outdated, duplicative food database R15R30.
Calorie Counter Calorie Counter is primarily a calorie and macro tracking app with a vast, verified food database, barcode scanning, and photo analysis . It also offers features like recipe importing, though some find it cumbersome .
Ease of Use & App Performance edge: Calorie CounterR3R6R9R12
Noom Weight Loss Noom users report significant issues with the app's performance, including slow loading times, freezing, and buggy updates R3R6R12R19. Recent updates have introduced excessive, slow animations and gamification that users find annoying and time-consuming, hindering the core tracking experience R9R19. Food logging is described as clunky, requiring multiple screens and lacking features like repeating previous meals or easily finding frequently eaten foods R33R37.
Calorie Counter Calorie Counter is generally praised for being easy to learn and use, with quick food tracking and an intuitive interface . However, some users find the UI is constantly updated unnecessarily, making it more complicated . There are also reports of the free version being glitchy, with entries disappearing .
Reliability & Accuracy tieR1R3R30R34
Noom Weight Loss Noom's app has reliability issues, including data erasure after updates, difficulty connecting to health devices, and login problems R1R3. The food tracking database is criticized for incorrect calorie counts, missing items, and inconsistent food color categorization R30. There are serious concerns about the reliability of prescription refills and medical program management R34.
Calorie Counter Calorie Counter's food database is generally considered verified and accurate . However, some users report calorie counts based on weight being inaccurate and picture-based estimates consistently lower than actual values . Integration with external health apps like Apple Health and Myzone is reported to be unreliable or broken after updates R103R109.
Price & Value tieR4R7R15R22
Noom Weight Loss Noom is a paid subscription service, with some users feeling it's expensive R7R15R22. There are numerous complaints about deceptive cancellation practices, automatic renewals, and difficulty getting refunds R4R7R22. Some users find the medical program inexpensive compared to others .
Calorie Counter Calorie Counter offers a free version with in-app purchases (IAP) for premium features. The free version is considered usable and generous by some R95R114, but others find it riddled with upsells and paywalls, making basic features like meal scanning premium . Paid users complain about persistent pop-ups for further purchases even after paying for a year . There are also reports of being charged more than the advertised price .
Customer Support tieR4R7R15R22
Noom Weight Loss Noom's customer support receives strong criticism for being unresponsive, unhelpful, and providing inconsistent information R4R15. Users report difficulty canceling subscriptions and resolving billing issues R4R7R22.
Calorie Counter Reviews for Calorie Counter mention emailing support without resolution for issues like broken features and UI changes . There are also complaints about not receiving reminders before charges and difficulty canceling memberships .
Pick Noom Weight Loss if

you are looking for a comprehensive weight loss program that focuses on behavioral psychology and offers coaching and medical support, including GLP-1 medications R11.

Pick Calorie Counter if

you prioritize a straightforward, easy-to-use calorie and macro tracking app with a reliable food database and efficient logging features .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative reviews regarding app performance, customer service, and pricing/cancellation issues, which skews recent sentiment. Calorie Counter's free-tier friction is evident in many complaints about paywalls and upsells.

Frequently asked

Is Noom Weight Loss a free app?
Noom Weight Loss is free to download and offers a free trial, but the full program requires a paid subscription, which some users find expensive and difficult to cancel R1R2R4R7.
Does Calorie Counter have a free version?
Yes, Calorie Counter has a free version that many users find usable and generous, offering a full plan without payment, though it is also heavily criticized for frequent upsells and paywalls for premium features R95R99R114.
Which app is better for food tracking?
Calorie Counter is generally considered better for food tracking due to its ease of use, quick logging, vast verified database, and features like barcode scanning and photo analysis . Noom's food tracker is often described as clunky, slow, and having an inconsistent or inaccurate database R19R30R33R37.
Do these apps integrate with other health devices?
Noom has had issues connecting to Fitbit and its health tab R3. Calorie Counter users report that the app used to link with Apple Health for workouts but this feature is now broken or unreliable after updates R103R109.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R5] Noom Weight Loss 5/5 · US Helping me make better choices: I always thought I ate healthy…organic, non GMO, mostly lean protein, lots of veggies and fresh fruit. OK, so I have a couple of indulgences: chips and a sweet tooth. But I couldn’t lose weight even by moderating my indulgences. Noom has taught me that my eating wasn’t nearly as healthy as I thought. By following their cues and using the food color guide, I’m making
  2. [R11] Noom Weight Loss 5/5 · US It works !: I love this comprehensive way to track your weight progress and get healthy! It teaches you a lifestyle change and encourages motivation/ discipline. Very rewarding!
  3. [R14] Noom Weight Loss 5/5 · US Support: Best support since the WW days, sitting in a church hall with neighbors about recipe substitutions and plateau busting.
  4. [R15] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Not so innovative anymore: The psychology is good but the biggest place where Noom is failing its paid subscribers is there is no fiber tracking. In 2026 when fiber & protein are what we are being told is most important, we can’t track both with a $200 subscription? When so many of us are on GLP-1s?Customer service just blows me off on if/when Fiber will will be available. The food tracking d
  5. [R3] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Latest update buggy,: erases recorded data every evening, water that had been manually recorded and steps, both day’s auto goal and steps completed uploaded from Fitbit. health tab will no longer connect even after multiple reboots.
  6. [R6] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Program great - app awful: The program and mindset is fantastic but the app is terrible. It takes forever for it to actually load. You have to sit there and watch a box spin aground for minutes on end. I’m currently going on 11 minutes waiting for it to load.
  7. [R9] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Too gamified now: This is my second time doing Noom; the first time was a great success, and this time around started off great with a bang. But then an update hit the app a couple of months ago that made it nearly unusable. The gamification has been taken to the extreme and it seems like I can’t log a meal without 5 pop-ups to shower me with affirmation, seeds, and lightning bolts, and then anoth
  8. [R12] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Good but: It’s generally very good but has been very glitchy lately
  9. [R1] Noom Weight Loss 2/5 · US What happened?: I used to use Noom pretty regularly. I got frustrated because one day when I clicked on the app, it made me log back in and provide all my biometrics again. That happened twice and after the second time, I didn’t have the time to complete all the specifics anymore, so I stopped using the app. I use the free version because I couldn’t afford the subscription. After several months,
  10. [R30] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Watch the Calorie Counts: Calories are frequently wrong and even after submitting a “flag problem” numerous times, nothing gets fixed. So make sure to compare what the package says to what the app tells you. I have to just assume the calories for non-packages are “close enough.” Also, a lot of foods are not in there and even after repeatedly adding them, they never get added so I constantly have
  11. [R34] Noom Weight Loss 1/5 · US Avoid this Program: My onboarding experience with Noom’s medical weight loss program has been incredibly disappointing. I enrolled hoping to receive an oral weight loss medication, but the prescribing provider mistakenly prescribed an injectable medication instead. I immediately reached out to have the error corrected, but it’s now been over two weeks, and I still haven’t heard back from the docto
  12. [R4] Noom Weight Loss 1/5 · US Scam!!!: This is a scam! I cannot possibly believe that the positive reviews here are real! They will not allow you to cancel. They will continue to charge you. The user support function does not work. They will not respond to my correspondence through any other means. I may have to take legal action
  13. [R7] Noom Weight Loss 1/5 · US Deceptive when trying to cancel: Got an email after they automatically renewed my subscription basically saying if I cancelled the day before I got the email I wouldn’t have to pay the following year’s subscription, that’s a scummy business practice. I tried to cancel prior but it was saying my password was invalid and I never got a link to reset the password when requested, almost like they were
  14. [R22] Noom Weight Loss 1/5 · US Charges for cancelled subscription: I cancelled my trial subscription within the allotted time and was still charged over $100. Stay away from this company!
  15. [R2] Noom Weight Loss 5/5 · US Best weight loss app: I was very skeptical, but my friend was enjoying Noom, so I decided to do a free trial. I am actually consistent with tracking my calories with Noom and the weight is just starting to fall off. It’s not perfect, but it is excellent.
  16. [R95] Calorie Counter 5/5 · US Generous!: This tracker is the kind of app I never thought existed; it provides generous amounts of helpful and useful features even to those who don’t pay. The free plan is 100% usable. I appreciate that the app constructs a whole plan for me without me having to pay a dime!!
  17. [R99] Calorie Counter 3/5 · GB Free version riddled with upsells: Decent app, but sadly ruined by upsells and freemium features as far as the eye can see. Would leave a bad taste to pay for an app so desperately clutching for my wallet 🫣
  18. [R114] Calorie Counter 4/5 · US Overall pretty good: The charge for premium in this app is a little much but the free version gives you just enough to get by. Good app!
  19. [R19] Noom Weight Loss 1/5 · US Terrible design, annoying daily usage: Out of all the apps on my phone this is the one I hate using the most. It is slow to load, there is no customization of the order of the dashboard screen. It is tediously slow to log a meal. There is no shortcut from the desktop to log a meal. They have tried to gamify it and have you submit seeds at night, which is totally pointless and requires unnecessary
  20. [R33] Noom Weight Loss 3/5 · US Good logging: The food logging needs work. It’s just clunky and hard to use. Don’t make me go through three screens just to add the meal. Put my most recent foods at the top. I hate searching for a food I’ve eaten everyday, everyday. This is arguably one of the most important aspects of weight loss, at least get that right. Make it easy! Do any of the engineers use the app personally? Try it and f
  21. [R37] Noom Weight Loss 2/5 · US Food search broken.: I don’t know what you’ve done recently but the food search is nearly unusable. It used to know what things I typically ate for certain meals and would display those first. Now I get tons of items I never eat displayed along with multiple listings of meals I’ve created; the same meal may appear 5-10 times. I need a new app.
  22. [R103] Calorie Counter 1/5 · GB Not so good anymore: I’ve used this app for since 2020 was a great app not so since the last update pointless having it now really please get it sorted won’t sync my exercise with my health app getting fed up with it
  23. [R109] Calorie Counter 2/5 · GB Disappointed: Will not link with Apple Health to transfer work outs from iPhone no matter how many times I follow the instructions- used to work when used previously

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