zweitaps vs Lifesum
Two apps for the same job, two different ideas of what an app at the dinner table should be. Here they are side by side — without the other side's prices, because those go stale faster than this page, and with what Lifesum does better.
| zweitaps | Lifesum | |
|---|---|---|
| Logging costs | nothing, permanently | core features free, the rest by subscription |
| Pricing model | one-time purchase for photo recognition, no subscription | subscription (monthly or yearly) |
| Streaks, diamonds, animations | none | varies by version |
| Ads in the diary | none | not in the paid tier |
| Barcode offline | yes, 40,000 products ship inside the app | no, search and scan need a connection |
| Usable without an account | yes, everything stays on the device | no, an account is required |
| Getting your data back out | yes, CSV, any time, at no cost | yes, free |
Figures for Lifesum come from the vendor's own public help pages and store listings, last checked 15 September 2026. Prices are deliberately not in this table: they differ by country and promotion and would be wrong here faster than they would be right. What is compared is the model. Found a mistake? Write to hello@zweitaps.com and we will fix it.
The difference in one sentence
Lifesum wants to accompany you: plans, recipes, progress, reminders. zweitaps wants to leave you alone and do exactly one thing well — the entry. If being accompanied is the point for you, Lifesum is not the worse choice, it is the right one.
What Lifesum does better
This belongs on the page because it is true: a genuinely tidy interface, meal plans and recipes and solid Apple Health integration. If one of those is the thing that matters most to you, stay. Switching apps only to miss something you use daily is a bad trade.
What zweitaps cannot do
So you read it here and not after installing:
- No recipes, no plans, no coaching. zweitaps is a diary, not a programme.
- Micronutrients only roughly. Calories, protein, carbs, fat. If you want to follow iron and B12, Cronometer serves you better.
- A smaller database than MyFitnessPal. We sit on Open Food Facts plus our own selection for European retail. Unusual items are sometimes missing; you enter them once and then you have them.
- Photo recognition is not free. Logging is, permanently. A photo of your plate costs one credit, because every photo costs us compute.
Your diary comes with you
You do not have to start from zero. zweitaps reads the Lifesum export — Web: lifesum.com/account/export-data (Beta, letzte 7 Tage); volle Historie über den Support. The steps, which fields arrive and what gets lost on the way are on exporting your data from Lifesum.
Common questions
What is the difference between zweitaps and Lifesum?
Lifesum is a programme with a database, plans and a subscription. zweitaps is a diary: two taps, no subscription, no streaks, barcode offline. Lifesum has the bigger database; zweitaps has the shorter movement.
Who should pick Lifesum?
If you need a genuinely tidy interface, meal plans and recipes and solid Apple Health integration, stay with Lifesum. We say that plainly, because a switch that takes away something you use daily is not a good switch.
Does zweitaps cost a subscription?
No. Logging is free; photo recognition is a one-time purchase.