Calcium Lab
Written by Jake @ CaLab • November 5, 2026
Done paying every year? Tallix, $19.99 once.
Want a better food database? Cronometer.
Want it free? Cronometer or Lose It, with ads.
For: people who read labels and are done with subscriptions.
How: type the numbers off the label once. After that it's one tap. Tally the piglet bank earns a coin every day you log.
Catch: no food database to search. I made it, and I lost 23.6 lb using it.
For: people who want vitamins and minerals, not just calories.
Catch: you still search a database, and the free version has ads.
For: people who want MyFitnessPal, but simpler.
Catch: you still search a database, and reports on the Premium price disagree.
For: people who want the app to adjust their calorie target from their weight.
Catch: subscription only.
For: people who want to snap a photo and move on.
Catch: it guesses, and a camera can't see the oil in the pan. It's also owned by MyFitnessPal.
For comparison, MyFitnessPal Premium is $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Here's what that buys.
Prices checked November 5, 2026. Lose It and Cal AI prices are from published reports and vary by person.
Meet Tally.
Tallix is the one with a piglet bank. Log a day, he banks a coin. These are my real screens: 42 days logged, 6 hats, down 23.6 lb.
