A private Cronometer alternative — one payment, your own iCloud
Cronometer is the tracker serious people graduate to, and its micronutrient depth is real. What you trade for it: an account, your history on their servers, and roughly $50 a year for Gold. Tare keeps the part most people actually use — daily macro and micronutrient tracking with supplements that count — for $6.99 once, with no account at all.
Tare vs Cronometer, side by side
| Tare | Cronometer | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 once | Free + ads, or ~$50/yr Gold |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Where your data lives | Your device & your iCloud | Their servers |
| Ads | Never | Free tier |
| Micronutrient tracking | 22 vitamins & minerals | Extensive — 80+ nutrients |
| Calorie targets | Learned from your weight & log | Formula-based |
| Your corrections take priority | Checked before public databases | — |
| Supplements | Count toward totals, grouped reminders | Log manually as food |
| Platforms | iPhone & iPad | iOS, Android, web |
Cronometer pricing and features as published in July 2026 — check their site for current details. A dash means we found no published equivalent, not that one cannot exist.
Micronutrients for eating, not for lab work
Tare tracks 22 vitamins and minerals against FDA Daily Values, and treats them as something to act on: shortfalls become gap calculations, gaps become suggestions drawn from your own recipes and frequently logged foods, and each suggestion says why it was ranked. That is a different design goal from Cronometer's 80-plus-nutrient lab orientation — narrower, and more opinionated about what happens after the number.
Supplements as nutrition, not a checklist
Link a supplement to a food item and its nutrients count toward your totals like anything eaten. Timing groups replace per-bottle nagging with one reminder per timing that lists everything due, and absorption notes — calcium interfering with iron, vitamin C aiding it — surface where they matter.
Targets from your body, not your form inputs
Cronometer's calorie target comes from a formula plus your self-reported activity level. Tare back-calculates your real expenditure from how your weight trend responds to your logged intake, updating weekly — so the target tracks your metabolism instead of a template.
When Cronometer is the right choice
Choose Cronometer if you track micronutrients for clinical reasons — its nutrient coverage, lab-result integration, and oracle features go far deeper than Tare aims to. Choose it too if you need Android or web access, or if a professional (dietitian, coach) needs to see your log through their sharing features. Tare is a personal tool on one platform, by design.
Common questions
Is there a Cronometer alternative with a one-time price?
Tare is a one-time $6.99 purchase — no Gold tier, no renewal, no ads. Every feature ships in the one purchase, including micronutrient tracking, supplements, recipes, and adaptive calorie targets.
Does Tare track as many micronutrients as Cronometer?
No, and this is worth being honest about: Cronometer tracks 80+ nutrients with lab-oriented depth, while Tare tracks 22 vitamins and minerals against FDA Daily Values. If you track micronutrients for clinical reasons — a diagnosed deficiency, a medically supervised protocol — Cronometer is the better fit. Tare covers everyday nutrition: are you consistently short on iron, magnesium, or vitamin D, and what should you eat about it.
How is supplement tracking different in Tare?
In Tare a supplement links to a food item, so its vitamins and minerals count toward your daily totals automatically. Supplements are organised into timing groups — morning, with dinner, before bed — each with one reminder that lists everything due, rather than one notification per bottle. The gap between what you eat and your targets then drives suggestions drawn from your own recipes and foods.
Does Tare need an account like Cronometer does?
No. There is no login and no server — your data lives on your device and, if you enable sync, in your personal iCloud. There are no analytics SDKs and nothing is ever sent to us.
Try the honest tracker
One purchase, no account, no ads. If it's not for you, Apple refunds are straightforward.