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VS LIFESUM

Forkin vs. Lifesum – die tatsächlichen Unterschiede

Lifesum is a polished Swedish nutrition tracker with a strong coaching layer. Forkin adds product-level scoring, environmental impact, AR portion estimation, recall alerts, EU-renewable hosting with no US CLOUD Act exposure, and a transparent donation programme.

  • HauptsitzSweden (Stockholm)
  • HostingPrivacy policy confirms data may be transferred outside the EEA (UK and US) under Standard Contractual Clauses and the Data Privacy Framework; specific cloud provider not named publicly
  • Verifiziert2026-05-27
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Was wir nicht vortäuschen

Wo Lifesum stärker ist

Sich nur mit den eigenen Vorteilen zu vergleichen, ist Marketing, keine Ehrlichkeit. Hier ist, was Lifesum heute wirklich besser macht als Forkin – wir möchten lieber, dass du die richtige Entscheidung triffst, als uns standardmäßig zu wählen.

  • Coaching depth: 30+ structured eating plans (keto, Mediterranean, high-protein, IF) with daily guidance and progress feedback — the most polished coaching layer in the category.
  • Habit design: a clean, opinionated UX that treats nutrition as a behaviour-change product, not just a calorie ledger.
  • Track record in Europe: founded 2013 in Stockholm, established brand recognition across Nordic and German-speaking markets.

Funktion für Funktion

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Scannen

Barcode scanning

Quelle· 2026-05-27Verifizierung erforderlich

Forkin

Unlimited barcode scans on every tier

Premium-only barcode scanning on most regions

AR / depth meal scanner

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Depth-aware AR meal scanner — multi-second 3D scan, gram-level portion estimation

No AR/depth-based meal scanner

Ernährung

Scoring methodology

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Forkin Score — proprietary 0–100 nutritional-quality composite built on the Nutri-Score 2023 v2 base, plus transparent penalties for NOVA processing group, additive toxicology risk (49% cap when any high-risk additive is present), and IARC cancer-risk flags for processed meat (Group 1) and red meat (Group 2A). Component breakdown visible per product; environmental score and plate breakdown shown as separate scores.

Proprietary Life Score and plate-rating system; methodology not openly documented

Pet-food scoring

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

FEDIAF nutrient-adequacy scoring for dogs and cats by life stage

No pet-food scoring

Recipes

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Community recipes with ratings, reviews, forking, and per-recipe Nutri-Score + env scoring

Premium: large recipe library curated by Lifesum's nutrition team

Recipe reviews & ratings

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

5-star ratings, comments, and cook-log photos on every recipe

Curated recipes without community ratings or cook-log photos

Meal plans

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Weekly meal plans wired to your diet, allergies, and pantry

Premium: 30+ structured eating plans (keto, Mediterranean, high-protein, IF)

Apple Health / Health Connect sync

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Apple Health (iOS) and Health Connect (Android) two-way sync for diary entries

Apple Health (HealthKit) and Google Fit sync

Intermittent fasting tracker

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

No built-in fasting timer

Premium: built-in intermittent-fasting timer and presets

Voice cook mode

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Hands-free voice-controlled cook mode with audio-narrated steps

No voice-controlled cook mode documented

Nachhaltigkeit

Environmental score

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

0–100 environmental impact score (a–e grade) on every food product

No per-product environmental score

Daten & Abdeckung

Product catalogue

Quelle· 2026-05-27Verifizierung erforderlich

Forkin

4M+ enriched products (nutrition, environmental score, NOVA, allergens, dietary); top-50k cached offline for instant scans

Large crowdsourced food database (exact count not published)

Vertrauen & Sicherheit

EU company & GDPR jurisdiction

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

EU-registered company under GDPR enforcement; no US CLOUD Act exposure

Swedish company (Lifesum AB, Stockholm) — same EU jurisdiction as Forkin

EU hosting & data residency

Forkin runs entirely on EU providers (Hetzner / Hyperstack / Scaleway / Bunny / Brevo) — no data is transferred to the US, so no US CLOUD Act exposure regardless of contractual safeguards.

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

100% renewable EU servers (Germany + Finland); data never leaves EU jurisdiction

Privacy policy confirms personal data may be transferred outside the EEA to the UK and US under Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework; specific cloud sub-processors not publicly named

Donation programme

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

5–20% of net revenue donated to partner non-profits each quarter; members vote on causes; public transparency reports

No revenue-share donation programme documented

Recall alerts

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Push alerts for product recalls (US, Canadian, and French national agencies) matched against your scans and pantry

No product recall alert feature

Independence

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

Independent EU company; no ads, no data brokering, no acquisition

VC-backed (General Atlantic, Octopus Ventures, Creandum, TempoCap, Sebastian Siemiatkowski) — operationally independent but with growth-stage investor expectations

Preise

Paid pricing

Quelle· 2026-05-27Verifizierung erforderlich

Forkin

Essential €4.99/mo (€29.99/yr) · Pro €11.99/mo (€74.99/yr) · Supporter & Champion mission tiers

Premium ~€49.99/year

Plattformen

Platforms

Quelle· 2026-05-27

Forkin

iOS, Android, web (forkin.io)

iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS

Literaturverzeichnis

Jede Aussage, belegt

Dies sind die primären URLs, die wir verwendet haben, um jede Zeile auf dieser Seite zu verifizieren. Wenn eine Zeile falsch ist, schicke uns die öffentliche Quelle, die ihr widerspricht – hello@forkin.io.

  1. 01https://lifesum.com/2026-05-27
  2. 02https://lifesum.com/policy/2026-05-27
  3. 03https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lifesum-food-tracker-fasting/id2869066912026-05-27
  4. 04https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifesum2026-05-27
  5. 05https://lifesum.com/about/2026-05-27
  6. 06https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lifesum2026-05-27