How Many Calories Over Maintenance to Gain a Pound?
How many calories over maintenance to gain a pound? About 3,500 kcal by the old rule, but 300–500 kcal a day is the practical surplus. See the math.
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readThe Calsa blog
Calorie counting, with the math shown, page 3
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readMacroFactor vs Calsa: Weekly Coach or Plain Tracker
MacroFactor vs Calsa: a coached app with weekly target changes against a tracker that shows each number's source. Prices in four countries.
Claire Donovan · · 10 min readCronometer Review: Free vs Gold and Who It Suits
Cronometer review: Basic is free with no time limit. Gold removes ads and adds photo logging and full history, from $59.99 a year on the US App Store.
Daniel Reyes · · 7 min readMacroFactor vs MyFitnessPal: Adaptive Targets or a Big Database
MacroFactor vs MyFitnessPal: weekly adaptive targets at $71.99 a year, or a 20.5M+ food database from $0. Dated prices, logging tools and export.
Daniel Reyes · · 5 min readNoom vs MyFitnessPal: A Program or a Tracker
Noom vs MyFitnessPal: a $209 12-month program with lessons against a food diary with a free plan and $79.99 Premium. Prices, cancelling and data.
Claire Donovan · · 5 min readNumify vs Calsa: Weekly AI Logger or a Sourced Food Log
Numify vs Calsa: Numify sells AI logging and meal plans by the week, 3 months or year; Calsa is a paid plain log with a source on every number.
Claire Donovan · · 9 min readHealthify App Alternative: Coaching vs Self-Tracking
A Healthify app alternative starts with the coach: its coach plan was $89.99 on the US App Store, three times the AI-only $29.99 plan.
Claire Donovan · · 8 min readfatsecret App Review: What the Free Tracker Covers
fatsecret app review: the free tracker has macros, a barcode scanner and reports, and Premium adds meal plans. Annual prices in four countries.
Claire Donovan · · 5 min readLose It! vs Calsa: Free Basic Plan or Sourced Entries
Lose It! vs Calsa: a free Basic plan with a Premium-only scanner and photo logging, or one paid plan that includes them. Prices in four countries, 10 Oct 2026.
Claire Donovan · · 10 min readBitePal vs Calsa: Pet Game or a Source on Every Number
BitePal vs Calsa compared on logging, the raccoon and score, weekly prices in four countries, cancelling and data export, from pages read.
Claire Donovan · · 9 min readMyFitnessPal Alternative: What to Check Before You Switch
A MyFitnessPal alternative starts with your data: its Premium export gives 3 CSV files with foods totaled by meal. What to check before you switch.
Claire Donovan · · 6 min readMacroline App Alternative: Macro Targets Compared
A Macroline app alternative starts with the targets: a 30% protein split at 2,000 kcal is 150 g, or 2.1 g/kg at 70 kg. How to check any app.
Daniel Reyes · · 7 min read
