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Forkin

VS LIFESUM

Forkin vs Lifesum — de faktiske forskjellene

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.

  • BasertSweden (Stockholm)
  • VertPrivacy 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
  • Verifisert2026-05-27
Last ned for iOSHent på Android

Det vi ikke vil late som

Hvor Lifesum er sterkere

Å bare sammenligne deg med egne fordeler er markedsføring, ikke ærlighet. Her er hva Lifesum faktisk gjør bedre enn Forkin i dag — vi vil heller at du tar det rette valget enn at du velger oss av vane.

  • 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.

Funksjon for funksjon

Side ved side

Hver rad siterer en offentlig kilde. Rader vi ikke kunne verifisere mot en primærkilde er merket — vi foretrekker å merke dem fremfor å gjette.

Skanning

Barcode scanning

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Forkin

Unlimited barcode scans on every tier

Premium-only barcode scanning on most regions

AR / depth meal scanner

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Forkin

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

No AR/depth-based meal scanner

Ernæring

Scoring methodology

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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

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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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Forkin

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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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

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Forkin

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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Forkin

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

No voice-controlled cook mode documented

Bærekraft

Environmental score

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

No per-product environmental score

Data og dekning

Product catalogue

Kilde· 2026-05-27Trenger verifisering

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)

Tillit og sikkerhet

EU company & GDPR jurisdiction

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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.

Kilde· 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

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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

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Forkin

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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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

Priser

Paid pricing

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Forkin

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

Premium ~€49.99/year

Plattformer

Platforms

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Forkin

iOS, Android, web (forkin.io)

iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS

Bibliografi

Hvert krav, kildebasert

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  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