Slate and Lose It!
Lose It! is a calorie counter with a large international food database, a free basic version with ads and community features, and Premium features such as barcode, photo and voice logging, on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch and the web. Slate is a calorie journal for iPhone built around Indian home food, with no login and no ads.
Side by side
| Slate | Lose It! | |
|---|---|---|
| How you log food | Type a line the way you'd say it, in English or Hinglish. Barcode and label scanning are free; photo and voice logging come with Slate Plus. | Search by keyword; barcode (Scan It), photo (Snap It) and voice (Say It), which are Premium and in English only (help centre). |
| Indian home food | Dishes are worked out from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values, then adjusted for your katori, roti, oil and chai. | No India-specific claim on the pages we checked. Its App Store India listing describes a global database of 56+ million items, and you can create custom foods. |
| Restaurant food | Outside food is counted with more oil and a bigger portion than home food. With Plus, share a Swiggy or Zomato order to log it. | Not stated on the pages we checked. |
| Free tier | Free forever: writing on Slate, your kitchen, scanning, macros and How we got this. Nothing free moves behind Plus. | A calorie budget, the food database and community support (help centre). |
| Price in India | Free. Slate Plus is ₹399 a month or ₹2,999 a year, with 7 days free on yearly. | In-app purchases on App Store India: Premium from ₹849 to ₹6,600, and Premium Lifetime at ₹4,999 or ₹5,900; its help centre says prices vary with promotions and app use (App Store India). |
| Login required | No. Slate creates an anonymous account on your phone. | Accounts are used, by email or Sign in with Apple; whether one is required isn't stated. |
| Ads | No ads, no ad SDKs and no tracking. | Yes in the free version; a one-time purchase removes most of them (help centre). |
| Where data is stored | Mumbai, India. | Its privacy policy says its servers are in the United States (privacy policy). |
| Coaching or sales calls | None. Slate never suggests a goal or a diet. | None described on the pages we checked. |
| Platforms | iPhone only (iOS 18 and later). | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android and the web. |
Where Slate is different
- No login. There's no account to create and no email or phone number to give; Slate creates an anonymous account on your phone.
- No ads, no ad SDKs, no tracking, no coaches and no sales calls. Your Slate is stored in Mumbai, India, and you can export or delete all of it from Settings.
- Built around Indian kitchens. Home dishes are worked out from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values, then adjusted for your katori (150, 200 or 250 ml), your roti and your oil. Tap any number to see how it was worked out.
- Written the way you'd say it: "2 roti aur ek katori dal", "kam tel", "bina cheeni". If Slate can't recognise a line it counts it as zero rather than guessing.
- Free forever, with a public promise that nothing free today moves behind Plus. Slate never suggests a goal.
Where Lose It! is a better fit
- You use Android, the web or an Apple Watch. Slate is iPhone only.
- You'd like friends and groups for company. Lose It! includes community support in its free version.
- You'd prefer to pay once. Lose It! sells a one-time ad removal and a lifetime Premium option.
- You eat a lot of foods from outside India, which its large international database covers.
Questions people ask
What's the difference between Slate and Lose It!?
Lose It! is an international calorie counter with ads in its free version, a large food database and apps on many platforms. Slate is an iPhone calorie journal built around Indian home food, with no login and no ads.
Does Lose It! have Indian food?
Its database is international and you can create custom foods, but we found no India-specific claim on its official pages.
Does Slate have a lifetime plan?
No. Slate is free forever, and Slate Plus is ₹399 a month or ₹2,999 a year, with 7 days free on yearly.
Related
Lose It! is a trademark of its owner. Slate is not affiliated with it. Details checked on 11 October 2026 and may have changed. Sources are linked in the table; the full list is kept with the date we checked each one.