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Mouve vs Cal AI
A calorie tracker built around taking a photo of your meal.
The short answer
Cal AI is built around one thing, a photo of your meal, and asks for a subscription for scanning. Mouve gives free accounts 5 AI photo scans per rolling 24 hours, then free search and barcode, and adds workouts and a social feed. Both give estimates, not weighed values.
- Mouve: A free scan allowance.
- Cal AI: Is built around one flow: answer a few questions, snap a photo, get a breakdown.
- Price: The homepage offers a 3-day free trial. Mouve's prices are under Pricing.
Feature by feature
From our feature dictionary: one definition per row, the same for every comparison, so "yes" means the same thing on every page.
| Feature | Mouve | Cal AI |
|---|---|---|
| Food and nutrition | ||
| Photo food scanLog a meal by taking a photo and getting an estimate of its foods and nutrition. | PartlyPartly. Free accounts get 5 AI photo scans per rolling 24 hours; Mouve+ is unlimited. Search and barcode stay free after that. Results are estimates.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Paid planPaid plan. The App Store listing says "FOOD SCANNING ANALYSIS RESULTS REQUIRE A SUBSCRIPTION".Source: apps.apple.com (app store), apps.apple.com (app store) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| Barcode scanLog a packaged food by scanning its barcode with the phone camera. | YesYes. From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | YesYes. The homepage and Google Play listing name barcode scanning; neither page says which plan includes it.Source: calai.app (website), play.google.com (play store) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| Verified food databaseThe vendor states that its food entries are checked or curated by staff, not only user-submitted. | PartlyPartly. Mixes a curated catalogue, open datasets and user contributions. Not every entry is individually verified.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Vitamins and mineralsTracks more than macros and a few extras: vitamins and minerals per food and per day. | PartlyPartly. Stores a micronutrient snapshot per logged entry. We do not publish a nutrient count.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Training | ||
| Workout loggingLog exercises with sets, reps and weight. | YesYes. From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Rest timerA timer between sets inside the workout screen. | YesYes. From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Programs or routinesSaved routines or multi-week programs you can follow or generate. | YesYes. Manual, smart and AI-generated programs. AI generation is a Mouve+ feature.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Apple Watch appAn app on the watch itself, not only notifications. | Not yetNot yet. A watch app exists in the repository (apps/watch-ios) but is not embedded in the shipped iPhone app. The iOS project has no watch target, so it is not counted as a feature.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | YesYes. The App Store listing shows an Apple Watch version requiring watchOS 10.0.Source: apps.apple.com (app store) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| Outdoor and social | ||
| Outdoor places and mapsA map of places or routes to train outdoors. | Not yetNot yet. The World tab (outdoor gyms and places) is built but not public yet. It is not counted as a feature until it ships.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Social feed and followingFollow other people and see their activity in a feed. | YesYes. Feed, follows, communities and direct messages.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Platform and data | ||
| Ads in the free plan"yes" means the free plan shows ads. "no" means no ads. Answered from the vendor's own statements. | NoneNone. No ad SDK is in the app dependencies (checked 2026-11-05).From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Source: play.google.com (play store) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| iPhone appA native app in the App Store. | YesYes. From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | YesYes. Source: apps.apple.com (app store) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| Android appA native app on Google Play. | YesYes. From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | YesYes. Has a Google Play listing.Source: play.google.com (play store) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| Web appLog and view your data in a browser. | YesYes. From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| Export your dataDownload your own data in a file you can open elsewhere. | YesYes. A ZIP with your data as JSON plus your own media (GDPR access and portability). It is not a CSV.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Source: calai.app (website) · checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| EU data hostingThe vendor states that user data is stored in the EU or EEA. | PartlyPartly. The app and database run on EU hosting (Hetzner, Helsinki). Some processors are outside the EEA, for example Google and OpenAI for AI scanning and Stripe for payments, under standard safeguards. The privacy policy lists them.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
| AI assistant or MCP connectorConnect an outside AI assistant to your own data (for example through an MCP server), or an in-app assistant the vendor describes. | YesYes. An MCP server at api.mouve.it/mcp lets an outside AI assistant read and write your own workouts and nutrition.From our own product · reviewed 5 Nov 2026 | Not checkedNot checked yet. We could not confirm this from a public source, so we don't guess.Last tried 5 Nov 2026. Know the answer? Tell us below. |
Where Cal AI is better
Every comparison names where the other app is ahead, with the page we read.
- 1
Is built around one flow: answer a few questions, snap a photo, get a breakdown.
The listing says "We aren't another complicated diet app."
Source: apps.apple.com · checked 5 Nov 2026
- 2
Apple Watch app: Yes
Cal AI: The App Store listing shows an Apple Watch version requiring watchOS 10.0. Mouve: not yet. A watch app exists in the repository (apps/watch-ios) but is not embedded in the shipped iPhone app. The iOS project has no watch target, so it is not counted as a feature.
Source: apps.apple.com · checked 5 Nov 2026
Who should pick which
Pick Cal AI if
- You want the shortest path from a photo to a calorie number and nothing else.
- You are happy to pay a subscription for scanning from day one.
Pick Mouve if
- You want food logging, workouts and a social feed in one app instead of three.
- You want your data exportable and an AI assistant you can connect to your own account.
Pricing
As each company states it on its own page, with the date we read it.
Mouve
Mouve is free to use, with 5 AI photo scans per rolling 24 hours. Mouve+ prices are on mouve.it/pricing; Google Play and App Store prices are higher because the stores take a cut. A 7-day trial is offered when eligible.
Source: mouve.it · checked 5 Nov 2026
Cal AI
The homepage offers a 3-day free trial. The App Store lists subscriptions named "Unlimited" without billing periods: Estonia storefront €2.99 to €34.99, US storefront US$2.99 to US$29.99 (ten in-app purchases are listed). Check the current price in the app.
Source: calai.app, apps.apple.com, apps.apple.com · checked 5 Nov 2026
Switching from Cal AI
Mouve has no importer for Cal AI files yet, so you start a fresh diary. You can keep logging in Cal AI for a week while you try Mouve; nothing in Mouve deletes your Cal AI account. Your Mouve data can be exported at any time as a ZIP with JSON (Settings).
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