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Forkin

VS LIFESUM

Forkin vs Lifesum — de werkelijke verschillen

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.

  • GevestigdSweden (Stockholm)
  • GehostPrivacy 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
  • Geverifieerd2026-05-27
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Wat we niet zullen voordoen

Waar Lifesum sterker is

Jezelf alleen vergelijken met je eigen voordelen is marketing, geen eerlijkheid. Hier is wat Lifesum vandaag oprecht beter doet dan Forkin — we liever dat je de juiste keuze maakt dan dat je ons standaard kiest.

  • 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.

Functie voor functie

Zij aan zij

Elke rij verwijst naar een openbare bron. Rijen die we niet konden verifiëren op basis van een primaire bron zijn gemarkeerd — we markeren ze liever dan gokken.

Scannen

Barcode scanning

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Unlimited barcode scans on every tier

Premium-only barcode scanning on most regions

AR / depth meal scanner

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

No AR/depth-based meal scanner

Voeding

Scoring methodology

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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

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

No pet-food scoring

Recipes

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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

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

Curated recipes without community ratings or cook-log photos

Meal plans

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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

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

Apple Health (HealthKit) and Google Fit sync

Intermittent fasting tracker

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No built-in fasting timer

Premium: built-in intermittent-fasting timer and presets

Voice cook mode

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

No voice-controlled cook mode documented

Duurzaamheid

Environmental score

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

No per-product environmental score

Gegevens & dekking

Product catalogue

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

Large crowdsourced food database (exact count not published)

Vertrouwen & veiligheid

EU company & GDPR jurisdiction

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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.

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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

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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

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

No product recall alert feature

Independence

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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

Prijzen

Paid pricing

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

Premium ~€49.99/year

Platformen

Platforms

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iOS, Android, web (forkin.io)

iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS

Bibliografie

Elke claim, onderbouwd

Dit zijn de primaire URL's die we hebben gebruikt om elke rij op deze pagina te verifiëren. Als een rij onjuist is, stuur ons de openbare bron die hem tegenspreekt — 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