CalXd vs Yazio: a comparison for people who lift

The comparison in one table

Yazio facts come from its Polish App Store listing and its help centre, checked October 2026. CalXd facts come from its App Store listing and the pricing on this site. Prices are from the Polish App Store, in złoty (PLN), and can change; your storefront may show a different currency.

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CalXd and Yazio, checked October 2026
Feature	CalXd	Yazio
Ways to log	Photo, voice, text, barcode. Also manual entry, re-logging a recent meal and copying yesterday's meals.	Database search, barcode scanner, your own foods and meals, AI photo logging in Pro.
Food database	No database to browse. Barcodes are looked up in Open Food Facts; a missing product opens a form.	Over 4 million foods, per its App Store listing. Results depend on the database country you set.
AI photo logging	Yes. The AI estimates ingredients and portions, marks the result "≈" and you can edit it.	Yes, in Pro. The AI detects ingredients and gives a first portion estimate; Yazio calls it a rough estimate.
Targets and changes	Target from your profile and goal, or set by hand. At most once every 7 days, a suggested calorie target from your 3-week weight trend; you decide.	Mifflin-St Jeor times an activity factor, plus or minus an energy difference (default 0.5 kg a week). You change the target and macro percentages by hand.
Macros	Calories, protein, fats, carbs, always in this order.	You set the percentages of protein, fat and carbs, or pick a diet type.
Platforms	iPhone, iOS 17.4 or later. No Android, Apple Watch or web app.	iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android. Yazio says it has no web version.
Languages	English and Polish.	20 languages, English and Polish among them.
Price and trial	App Store: 100 PLN a year or 10 PLN a week; 7-day free trial for eligible new Apple subscribers. Without Pro or the trial the app shows a paywall.	Free calorie counter. Pro on the App Store: entries from 44.99 to 139.99 PLN; three named "12 miesięcy" (12 months) cost 64.99, 129.99 and 139.99 PLN. Apple does not show which price applies to which account. A 7-day free Pro trial is offered occasionally, on Yazio's website only.
Ads	No ads.	The App Store listing says it contains ads; Pro is ad-free.
Data export	CSV of your weight and meal history, all of it or a date range.	Not described in the sources checked.

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Where CalXd fits

CalXd is a calorie tracking app for people who lift and want to hit their calorie and macro targets every day. Type "200 g chicken breast with 100 g rice" and CalXd estimates calories, protein, fats and carbs. You can also take a photo, record your voice or scan a barcode.

At most once every 7 days, CalXd reads your weight trend over the last 3 weeks. When there is enough data, it suggests a new calorie target and you decide whether to apply it. The first suggestion comes no earlier than 4 weeks into a goal, and there is none while you use a target you set by hand.

Your weight shows on a chart with a 7-day average line. You can export your weight and meal history as CSV. CalXd shows no ads.

There is no free plan: the download is free, but using the app needs Pro or the App Store trial.
It runs on iPhone only. There is no Android app and no web app.
There is no food database to browse and no food search.
There are no recipes, no meal plans and no community.

Where Yazio fits

Yazio is free to download, and its App Store listing describes a free calorie counter. AI photo logging is in Pro. If you want to count calories without paying and you search foods in a database, Yazio has a free plan for that and CalXd does not (checked October 2026).

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Yazio Pro gives access to over 3,000 recipes and grocery lists, every intermittent fasting plan and activity sync with Fitbit, Garmin or Polar. CalXd has none of these. Pro also lets you plan meals ahead.

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Yazio runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, in 20 languages. It connects to Apple Health: it reads workouts and body weight and writes nutrients there. It adds activity from Apple Health to your calorie target unless you switch that off.

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The same day in both apps

Example, not advice. You lift and have a typical day: skyr with oats, chicken and rice weighed at home for lunch at work, a kebab out in the evening and a protein shake after training.

In CalXd: you scan the skyr's barcode, CalXd looks it up in Open Food Facts and asks for the portion. You type lunch as text with the grams. You photograph the kebab, check the estimate marked "≈" and correct the portion if needed. You re-log the shake with one tap from your recent meals.

In Yazio: you scan the skyr's barcode. You search the database for the chicken and the rice and enter the grams. With Pro you log the kebab from a photo and edit the ingredients; without Pro you search for it. If you drink it often, the shake shows near the top of the results, because search lists your favourites and frequent foods first.

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Questions

How much does Yazio Pro cost compared with CalXd?

On the Polish App Store, Yazio lists Pro entries from 44.99 to 139.99 PLN, and three named "12 miesięcy" (12 months) cost 64.99, 129.99 and 139.99 PLN; Apple does not show which price applies to which account (checked October 2026). CalXd on the App Store costs 100 PLN a year or 10 PLN a week, and eligible new Apple subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Yazio has a free calorie counter; CalXd has no free plan.

Which is better for someone who lifts and tracks macros?

It depends on how you log food. If you would rather type "200 g chicken breast with 100 g rice" or take a photo, you use an iPhone and you want target suggestions from your weight trend, look at CalXd. If you want a free plan, search in a large food database, recipes or Android, look at Yazio.

Does Yazio count calories from a photo for free?

No. Yazio's help centre says photo recognition was free at first and is now part of Yazio Pro (checked October 2026). In CalXd, photo logging works like the rest of the app: with Pro or during the trial.

Does CalXd work on Android or in a browser?

No. CalXd is an iOS app for iPhone, on the App Store, and needs iOS 17.4 or later. Yazio runs on iPhone and Android, but its help centre says it has no web version either.

Which app has the bigger food database?

Yazio states over 4 million foods on the App Store. CalXd has no database to browse: barcodes are looked up in Open Food Facts, and you log other meals by photo, voice or text.

CalXd vs Yazio: which app fits you?