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Non-EU vendorPersonal Health & DNAHeadquarters: CA

Cronometer: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cronometer is a nutrition tracker for logging food, exercise and biometric data, with reports on macronutrients and micronutrients. It is offered as a web platform and as iOS and Android apps, and syncs with devices such as Fitbit, Apple Health and Garmin. Individuals use it to follow their diet, while a separate Cronometer Pro platform is aimed at dietitians, nutritionists, schools and hospitals.

The operator is Cronometer Software Inc., whose privacy notice gives a postal address in Revelstoke, British Columbia, so the company is based in Canada. The notice states that data is stored in the cloud and on HIPAA-compliant servers in the United States, and that it may be kept outside Canada. OpenAI is the only sub-processor named, for the assistant in the Pro version, and no full sub-processor list or data processing agreement is published. The notice says the company aims to uphold GDPR principles for EU users. For a European organisation, the main points are the US storage location and the absence of a documented EU hosting option.

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Sovereignty score
32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (CA)
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
CA (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cronometer

The European alternatives to Cronometer come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Cronometer

Cronometer is headquartered in CA, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Cronometer hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Cronometer is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Cronometer together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Cronometer?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cronometer include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cronometer?

Our list of EU alternatives to Cronometer is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Cronometer GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cronometer is headquartered in CA (OTHER) and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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