Choose Cicolator if…
- You cook at home and want each portion counted precisely.
- You want barcode scanning and label reading without a subscription.
- You don't want ads or an account.
- You want your food diary kept off someone else's servers.
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Cicolator vs Lose It!
Lose It! pairs a calorie budget with a huge food database, and keeps its fastest logging tools for Premium. Cicolator is free from top to bottom and built to count the meals you cook yourself precisely, with no ads, account, or subscription. Here's how they compare, and who each is for.
Choose Lose It! if…
- You'd rather search a big food database than read labels.
- You track macros and don't mind paying for Premium.
- You use Android, log from a browser, or want an Apple Watch app.
- You want friends and groups for motivation.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Cicolator | Lose It! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. An optional tip jar unlocks nothing. | Free, with Premium as a yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. |
| Ads | None. | Full-page and banner ads in the free version. Premium or a one-time purchase removes them. |
| Account | None. Open the app and start logging. | Yes. Your log is kept in your Lose It! account. |
| Your data | On your devices and in your own iCloud account. No servers, analytics, or third parties. | Stored by Lose It! in your account. |
| Food database | None, on purpose. Calories come from labels, your favorites, and your meals. | 50 million+ foods. |
| Barcode scanning | Free. Finds favorites you've saved. | Moving to Premium. Some free members keep it during the change. |
| Photo and voice logging | Read a nutrition label with the camera or a photo, free and on your device. | Photo and voice logging are Premium. The label scanner is moving to Premium. |
| Home-cooked meals | Weigh the finished dish, then weigh your plate. Cicolator logs the exact portion. | Recipes divided into a number of servings. |
| Meals out | Magic Entry estimates each item with on-device Apple Intelligence. | Search the database for the restaurant or a similar food. |
| Macros and nutrients | Calories only. | Premium only. |
| Apple Health | Every entry is saved to Health. Cicolator never reads from it. | Food, weight, and exercise sync both ways for free. Some data needs Premium. |
| Exercise | Not tracked. You set your own daily calorie goal. | Logged in the free version. |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, and Mac. | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, and the web. |
Compared as of November 2026, from each app's own help pages, website, and App Store listing. Features change, so check Lose It!'s site for its latest.
The free version is the whole app
Lose It!'s free version covers calorie tracking, but photo and voice logging, macros, and syncing with smartwatches and fitness trackers need Premium, and barcode and label scanning are moving there too. In Cicolator there's nothing to unlock: label reading, barcode scanning, meal portioning, Magic Entry, widgets, and Save to Apple Health are free for everyone, with no ads. The only purchase is an optional tip.
Labels and scales instead of a database
A database of 50 million foods makes it easy to find something close to what you ate, but close isn't exact, especially for recipes split into servings. Cicolator takes calories from the label on what you buy and from the ingredients of what you cook. Weigh a finished dish once, and every portion after that is a quick weigh of your plate.
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Lose It! is a trademark of FitNow, Inc.. Cicolator and Featherhour aren't affiliated with or endorsed by Lose It!.