About Calorie Rankings
Calorie Rankings is an independent ranking, review, and comparison site for calorie tracking apps. Founded May 2026. We rank apps on a published 100-point rubric, publish our test data, and accept no affiliate compensation from any reviewed product.
What we publish
- Rankings — ranked lists of calorie tracking apps by use case (overall best, free, AI, macro, weight loss, beginner)
- Reviews — individual app reviews with score breakdown, pros/cons, FAQ
- Comparisons — head-to-head pairwise comparisons with criterion-by-criterion tables
- Blog — long-form guides on calorie tracking accuracy, photo-AI, macro tracking, choosing an app
- Glossary — defined terms used across our reviews (MAPE, TDEE, BMR, macronutrients, net carbs, etc.)
How we make money
We don't, yet. The site is founder-funded and pre-revenue. When we do monetize, it will not be via affiliate links — see our no-affiliate disclosure for the reasoning. Likely future revenue paths: a paid newsletter, a paid data subscription for the underlying benchmark data, or industry-funded research with full disclosure. None of these will compromise the editorial independence of the rankings.
How we use AI
We use AI tools (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT) for research summarization, copy editing, and content drafting. Every score, every verdict, every comparison call is reviewed against the test data by a human editor before publication. AI is never the source of a factual claim. Full policy: how we use AI.
Authorship
Reviews are currently unbylined under "By the Calorie Rankings editors." Named contributor bios will be added as RDN/clinical credentials with verifiable sameAs chains are confirmed. The decision to publish unbylined for now is deliberate — we'd rather not put a name on something until we can verify the credentials publicly.
Corrections
We log substantive corrections with date and reason on the corrections
page. If you spot an error, email editors@calorierankings.com
with subject [CORRECTION]. We aim to acknowledge within 72 hours.
Contact
Email: editors@calorierankings.com for editorial inquiries, corrections, partnership questions, or feedback. We respond to substantive correspondence within a few business days.