Minthe vs Cronometer
Choose Cronometer if
- You want vitamins and minerals, not just macros. Cronometer tracks 95+.
- You want a verified database and free barcode scanning.
- You use Android or the web, or a device such as Oura, Garmin, Whoop or a Dexcom CGM.
- Your dietitian or clinician uses Cronometer Pro.
- Your gut is fine, or one factor among many you already track.
Choose Minthe if
- You log food and symptoms already and still cannot say which food matters.
- You want each food compared against your own base rate, not eyeballed on a chart.
- You want FODMAP groups counted by dose and delayed reactions handled.
- You want a suspect confirmed by a scheduled test before you cut it.
- You want macros and gut symptoms in one iPhone app.
Where Cronometer is genuinely better
- Nutrient depth. More than 95 vitamins and minerals. Minthe tracks calories, macros, sugars, saturated fat, sodium and fiber. It tracks no vitamins or minerals. If you are watching iron, B12 or potassium, Cronometer is the tool.
- A verified database. More than 1.1 million verified foods, with barcode scanning on the free tier. Minthe has a little over a thousand generic foods and 370 trigger foods. It reaches packaged products through Open Food Facts.
- Everywhere. iPhone, Android and the web, plus Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, Whoop, Dexcom and more. Minthe is iPhone only.
- A clinician product. Cronometer Pro is a separate platform for dietitians and clinicians. Minthe gives you a PDF to take to the appointment.
- Track record. On the App Store since 2016, with 98,692 US ratings averaging 4.8. Minthe launched in August 2026.
Logging gut symptoms is not the same as finding the cause
Cronometer’s custom biometrics let you record bloating next to your food, which is more than most calorie counters offer. But a chart of bloating next to a chart of intake leaves the hard part to you. The question is whether a food comes before your bad days more often than your bad days happen anyway. That means allowing for reactions that arrive hours or a day later. It also means not being fooled by the fact that you are looking at hundreds of foods at once.
That is what Minthe is built for. Minthe compares every food with how you usually feel, allows for reactions that arrive hours or a day later and filters out results that could be coincidence. Both rates are always shown. Then comes a scheduled test before anything is called a trigger. Here is how it works.
What Minthe does for macros
Minthe is not a macro tracker first, but it does track macros. Pick the nutrition and macros mode at setup and it gives you calorie and macro targets from your body metrics with per-macro overrides, sugars, saturated fat, sodium and fiber per food, alcohol as its own macro, a weight history with a trend line and maintenance calories measured from what you actually logged against how your weight moved rather than from a formula alone. Barcode lookup through Open Food Facts is free on every plan, a label scan reads the printed nutrition panel, macros on any item can be corrected by hand and homemade mixes can be built by weight. A Home Screen and Lock Screen widget shows the macros left today. The nutrition you log can be written to Apple Health. All of that is free, with AI scans limited to a few a week on the free plan. Nothing in it scolds: over target is not a failure state. Minthe is not a weight-loss app. It does not count vitamins and minerals.
Side by side
| Cronometer | Minthe | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Nutrient and macro tracker | Gut symptom tracker with a statistical trigger engine, plus a nutrition mode |
| Platform | iPhone, Android and web | iPhone only, iOS 18 or later. No Android, no web. The app is in English. |
| Food database | 1.1M+ verified foods | About 1,100 generic foods and 370 trigger foods, plus Open Food Facts barcodes |
| Nutrients | 95+ vitamins and minerals | Calories, macros, sugars, saturated fat, sodium, fiber |
| Free tier | Feature-rich, barcode included | Logging, macros, barcode lookup, export, 3 AI scans a week |
| Paid price | Gold $10.99/month or $59.99/year | $6.99/month or $39.99/year. Elite $59.99/year for more scans. |
| Photo logging | Gold | AI photo scan: 3 a week free, 50 on Premium |
| Gut symptom logging | Custom biometrics | Yes: bloating, gas, pain, reflux, stool and more |
| Food-to-symptom analysis | Not described in its listing | Yes, in plain English at /method. |
| FODMAP data | Not described in its listing | FODMAP groups counted by dose |
| Maintenance calories | not verified | Measured from logged intake and weight trend |
| Apple Health | Syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch | Reads sleep, steps, active energy, resting heart rate, weight and cycle. Can write the nutrition you log back to Health. |
| Other devices | Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, Whoop, Dexcom and more | Through Apple Health only |
| Widgets | Yes | Home Screen and Lock Screen: macros left today and today’s step of a running test. |
| Coach | Crono Coach (AI) in Gold; Cronometer Pro for clinicians | No. There is no dietitian or coach in Minthe. |
| Track record | Since 2016, 98,692 US ratings averaging 4.8 | Launched August 2026. No long track record yet. |
Checked September 2026. "Not verified" means we could not confirm it from public sources, not that the feature is missing.
Keep it, switch, or run both
Keep Cronometer if nutrient detail is why you use it, or if a clinician works with you through Cronometer Pro. Minthe cannot replace either.
Consider switching if your gut has become the main question, macros are enough for you and you want one app on iPhone. You give up vitamins and minerals and a larger database.
Run both if you want Cronometer’s nutrient detail and the gut question answered. Log symptoms in Minthe, since that is where the analysis happens.
The other macro trackers: Minthe vs MyFitnessPal and Minthe vs MacroFactor. Choosing a food diary for symptoms more broadly? The food diary roundup.
Minthe is a wellness and self-tracking tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat any condition and isn't a substitute for professional medical advice. If you have red-flag symptoms such as blood in your stool, unintentional weight loss, difficulty swallowing, persistent vomiting or a fever alongside gut symptoms, see a clinician rather than tracking them.
Frequently asked
Can I track IBS in Cronometer?
Partly. Cronometer lets you add custom biometrics. Its own site mentions tracking everything from pain symptoms to gut health. So you can put gut symptoms next to your food. What its listing does not describe is an analysis that works out which foods come before your worse days. That comparison, against how often you get symptoms anyway, is the part Minthe is built for.
Should I switch from Cronometer to Minthe?
Probably not, if you use Cronometer for nutrient detail. It tracks more than 95 vitamins and minerals from a curated database of over a million verified foods. Minthe does not count vitamins and minerals at all. If your gut has become the main question and you want one app for macros and symptoms on iPhone, Minthe covers calories, macros and sub-macros, with the trigger engine on top.
Can I use both?
Yes. Cronometer for nutrient detail and its device integrations, Minthe for the gut question. Both work with Apple Health: Cronometer syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch. Minthe reads sleep, steps and cycle from Health and writes the nutrition you log to it. There is no direct import between the two apps, so each only analyzes what you logged in it. Double logging is the usual reason people stop.
Is Cronometer free?
Yes, generously. The free tier includes barcode scanning. Gold, at $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the US, adds photo and voice logging and its AI coach. Minthe’s free tier includes logging, macros, barcode lookup and export; its pattern engine and food tests are $39.99 a year.
Does Cronometer know about FODMAPs?
Its listing does not mention FODMAP data. It knows the nutrients in a food in great depth, which is a different question from its FODMAP groups. Minthe’s catalogue of 370 trigger foods carries FODMAP groups by dose. A lookup before you eat tells you how much of a food it takes to count as an exposure.