Comparison · facts verified on 27 August 2026
Biokode vs Welling: two AI food coaches, compared on facts
Welling and Biokode start from the same idea: you tell a chat what you ate, with a photo, a sentence or your voice, and the AI turns it into calories and macros with advice on top. The differences start right after that: what each one measures, what it crosses with your wearable, which language it speaks and where it keeps your data.
This comparison was built from the Welling listing on the App Store, the FAQ on welling.ai and its terms and privacy policy, and from the Biokode app and methodology. Whatever is not published, we say so plainly.
What each one does, in one table
| Criterion | Welling | Biokode |
|---|---|---|
| AI coach | An AI chat that estimates, advises and reminds you to log | Kodi: remembers your history, texts you in the morning and at night, and switches off with a toggle |
| Food logging | Text, photo, voice-to-text and nutrition label or barcode | Photo, voice, text and barcode; estimated portions are flagged and can be corrected |
| Micronutrients | Not tracked: calories, protein, carbs, fat and fibre (according to its FAQ) | 27, against EFSA reference values by sex and age |
| Food data | Fatsecret, according to its listing | USDA and CIQUAL for composition, Open Food Facts for barcodes, with provenance per food |
| Food crossed with sleep and HRV | Not on its listing; it offers summaries and insights about your weight loss | Personal correlations between what you eat and your sleep, HRV and resting heart rate |
| Wearable | Apple Health (steps, workouts and weight) and Garmin devices | Apple Health and Health Connect: sleep, HRV, steps and workouts |
| How your expenditure is calculated | TDEE from the intake form; activity burn is logged by chat or comes from the wearable | Mifflin-St Jeor plus weekly recalibration from your weight and meals, published in our methodology |
| Photo accuracy | Its own figures published on its blog, with no public dataset | Measured on Nutrition5k, a public dataset, with the results in our methodology |
| App language | English interface; it understands food written in Spanish and other languages | Spanish, English and Italian |
| Where your data lives | Service hosted in the United States by a Singapore company; its policy allows personalised advertising and sharing data with business partners | Hosted in the EU under GDPR (AI processing in the US under standard contractual clauses); no ads |
| Price | Subscription required to use the app; on the US App Store from $9.49/month and $59/year, with a 7-day trial per its terms | €59.99/year or €12.99/month, with a 7-day trial |
Where Welling wins
- Asian and international food: its database is built for people who eat out and for dishes from all over the world, with more than two million meals processed.
- Finely tuned diet preferences: FODMAP, PCOS, gastritis, anti-inflammatory or GLP-1 users, with tailored recipes and meal plans.
- It syncs directly with Garmin devices, on top of Apple Health.
Where Biokode wins
- Micronutrients with a reference: Welling stops at calories, macros and fibre; Biokode measures 27 micronutrients against EFSA values for your sex and age.
- It crosses food with the sleep and HRV from your wearable: it looks for what repeats between what you eat at night and how you rest, and tells you as a personal correlation.
- It speaks your language: a full interface in Spanish, English and Italian, not just the chat.
- Your data in Europe: hosted in the EU under GDPR, with no ads and no business partners.
- Accuracy you can check: the photo error is measured on a public dataset and published in our methodology.
- A coach that starts the conversation and that you can switch off: if you do not want a mascot, keep the data-only mode.
Price: almost the same per year; what changes is what you get
Welling requires a subscription to use the app: on the US App Store it starts at $9.49 a month and $59 a year, and the listing itself shows annual plans of up to $119.99. Biokode costs €59.99 a year (€5 a month) or €12.99 a month, with a 7-day trial on the annual plan.
For a similar yearly price, Biokode adds micronutrients against EFSA, the sleep and HRV cross, an interface in your language and data hosted in the EU.
Who each one is for
- Choose Welling if you eat out a lot, especially Asian food, and only want calories, macros and a chat that keeps count in English.
- Choose Biokode if you want to know whether you reach your iron or vitamin D, own a wearable and care how what you eat relates to how you sleep, and prefer an app in your language with data in Europe.
- Both are wellness tools: neither replaces a healthcare professional.
Frequently asked questions
Does Welling track micronutrients?
Can I use Welling in Spanish or Italian?
Where is my data stored in each one?
Which one is more accurate with photos?
Where do the facts in this comparison come from?
The coach that measures more than calories
Photo, voice or a sentence. Biokode turns it into macros and 27 micronutrients against EFSA, and every week tells you what repeats between what you eat and how you rest. 7-day trial.
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Welling is a trademark of Welling AI Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and is not affiliated with Biokode. Welling facts taken from its US App Store listing, the FAQ on welling.ai and its terms and privacy policy (version dated 1 August 2023) on 27 August 2026; prices as shown in the in-app purchases on the listing, vary by region and are subject to change. Biokode is a wellness tool and does not replace advice from a healthcare professional.