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Is the calorie counter app market saturated? What the Google Play US data says

107 keywords measured on Google Play US, last scanned 2026-11-01. Figures are read directly from store pages, not estimated.

NEW ENTRANTS · 12 MONTHS

How many calorie counter apps released in the last 12 months are ranking on Google Play US today, and how many reached the ratings threshold?

Newcomers do survive here 3 of 10 top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago cleared 50 ratings; 11 more were released in the last 6 months and are too young to judge; 34 of 106 keywords are still unclaimed.
Released 6–12 months ago, past 50 ratings
3/10
top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago that reached 50 ratings
Too young to judge
11
released in the last 6 months, not counted either way
Over 24 months
10/20
same ratings threshold
Median release year, top-10
2022
of 80 dated apps
Store autocomplete confirms people search for this niche. Searched for: "calorie counter" suggested after typing 40% (position 0).
Rating counts on Google Play are worldwide, not one country, so the 50-ratings threshold is easier to clear here than on the App Store. Read this figure against Play; the App Store page for the same niche is a different scale.

WHAT WINNERS CHARGE

Are calorie counter apps profitable, and what do the top apps on Google Play US charge?

4 of 5 sell in-app purchases, top prices range from 47.99 USD to 299.99 USD.

Real prices, read from each app's own store page, not estimated

App holding top-5RatingsWhat it chargesLast update
Lose Weight App for Men2,773,38479.99 USD — IAP $4.99 - $79.99 per itemupdated 2026-10-30
Samsung Health1,583,244free, sells nothingupdated 2026-10-29
Lose Weight - Weight Loss App1,250,64347.99 USD — IAP $0.58 - $47.99 per itemupdated 2026-10-13
Lose Weight App for Women1,232,35769.99 USD — IAP $4.99 - $69.99 per itemupdated 2026-09-24
Yazio: AI Calorie Tracker877,513299.99 USD — IAP $6.99 - $299.99 per itemupdated 2026-10-30

REVENUE CHARTS

Do calorie counter apps make money on Google Play US, judged by days on a top-grossing chart?

Not measured on Google Play. The App Store publishes its category charts as a public feed; this report reads that feed and nothing equivalent on Google Play.

See the App Store figure for calorie counter →

RATING GROWTH

Are calorie counter apps on Google Play US still gaining ratings, or has the market gone quiet?

61 of 79 apps are still gaining ratings, a median of 9.95 new ratings a day. 7 gained none in the last 30 days; 11 moved only once.

AppReleasedRatings nowNew ratings per day
Calo: AI Food Calorie Counter2025229,580855.36
BitePal: AI Calorie Counter—449,943782.9
Lose Weight App for Men20192,773,384489.6
AI Calorie Counter - Appediet—121,358418.1
Yazio: AI Calorie Tracker2014877,513356.04
How to read this

79 of 116 apps holding a top-10 position have rating readings spanning 14+ days.

Google Play rating counts are worldwide, so these Google Play US figures are not country-specific. App Store counts are kept per country. Compare apps within one store, never across the two. A rate is the rise in rating count over the days observed in the last 30 days; a drop of more than half is read as a counter reset and earlier readings are discarded.

KEYWORDS

What do people search to find a calorie counter app, and which keywords does nobody target?

None of these 8 keywords has a top-10 app aiming at it.

KeywordDifficulty (0–100)Apps targeting it
calorie counter google fit10nobody — 0/10
calorie counter healthifyme15nobody — 0/10
calorie counter indian food17nobody — 0/10
calorie counter bangladeshi food18nobody — 0/10
calorie counter google20nobody — 0/10
calorie counter calculator22nobody — 0/10
calorie counter coach22nobody — 0/9
calorie counter australia25nobody — 0/10

98 more keywords in the full report.

How to read this

Difficulty is the cost of reaching the top, 0–100. "Apps targeting it" counts top-10 apps carrying every word of the keyword in their name or subtitle.

COMPLAINTS

What do users complain about in the top calorie counter apps?

Most common: Crashes & bugs, 84 of 397 classified 1–2★ reviews.

Crashes & bugs84/397
Inaccurate data61/397
Paywall55/397
Hard to use48/397
Billing45/397
Missing feature44/397
Ads25/397
Login & account10/397
Support8/397
Data loss & sync7/397
Slow & battery drain7/397
Privacy & permissions1/397
Other2/397

Developers replied to 95% of the 21 complaints where the store shows replies.

How to read this

Google ranks these by how many people found them helpful, which leans towards complaints — so the shares show which problems dominate, not how many users hit them.

Each 1–2★ complaint was assigned one theme by an AI model. A second AI model re-read 100 random labels in September 2026: about 7 in 10 matched its own pick and 9 in 10 were a reasonable reading. Read the order of the leading themes, not exact shares. Classified on 2026-09-16.

OTHER STORE

Is the calorie counter app market different on iOS (the App Store)?

See calorie counter on App Store US → 1 of 23 top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago reached 50 ratings there