The award-winning, UK-based Carbs & Cals app makes logging your daily food intake easy!
With an integrated barcode scanner and a database of over 200,000 UK foods & drinks, Carbs & Cals is the simplest meal tracker app and the fastest way to track nutrients.
Use the daily diary to create a bespoke diet plan for weight loss or diabetes management. With our NEW diary notes feature you can log your blood glucose levels, insulin doses, weight changes and create bespoke notes for precise health tracking.
Carbs & Cals is the only carb and calorie counting app that allows you to compare photographs of food portions for a fast and accurate nutrient count.
Download Carbs & Cals to stay in control of the food you eat.
Carbs & Cals is designed to help you confidently manage your nutritional needs and track your diet. It's perfect for:
- Managing type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes.
- Weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight.
- Following a keto, low-carb, low-calorie or very-low-calorie diet.
- Sports nutrition and micronutrients tracking.
THE ULTIMATE COMPANION DIABETES APP
The visual food tracker makes managing your diabetes easy! Simply choose from up to 6 portion sizes and compare the photo to the food on your plate for an easy, reliable carb count.
Our Timestamp feature allows meal times to be added and modified in your food diary for exact HealthKit synchronisation. Gain control over your meal tracking with precise and personalised health logging.
WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
The Carbs & Cals app is ideal for people following a keto, low-carb, low-calorie or very-low-calorie diet. The Carbs & Cals app puts the power to manage weight loss in your hands. No matter where you are, you can count calories and track your diet with just a few taps.
HUGE UK FOOD DATABASE
- Extensive visual database of more than 200,000 popular UK foods & drinks.
- Thousands of UK brands like Birds Eye, Cadbury, Heinz, Walkers & Warburtons!
- Full menus and photos for over 40 popular UK restaurants & cafes including Costa, Greggs, McDonald's, & Wagamama!
- World foods from African, Arabic, Caribbean & South Asian communities in the UK.
FEATURES AT A GLANCE
- Barcode scanner to quickly add foods.
- Food diary & timestamped meal tracker.
- Keep notes on insulin, blood sugar, weight & more.
- Track carbs, calories, protein, fat, saturated fat, fibre, alcohol & 5-a-day.
- Up to 6 portion sizes per food with clear nutritional values.
- Blood glucose icons to highlight carb content and impact on glucose level.
- Over 200,000 food and drink items, including leading supermarkets, brands and restaurants.
- Designed for phone and tablet use.
RECOMMENDED BY NHS DIETITIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
- Developed by Chris Cheyette BSc (Hons) MSc RD, Senior Diabetes Specialist Dietitian with 20 years experience working in the NHS.
- Recommended across the UK by NHS dietitians and healthcare providers.
- Reviewed and approved by independent health app specialist Orcha Health.
- The Carbs & Cals books are supported by Diabetes UK.
PRICING
- The free STARTER plan gives you access to our basic database and limited features.
- The UNLIMITED plan gives you access to the full UK database and all features. Choose from £6.99 per month, or £35.99 per year (less than £3 per month!).
Try out the Carbs & Cals app on the UNLIMITED plan for FREE with our 14 day free trial. No commitment.
FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT, QUESTIONS & SUGGESTIONS: Please email support@carbsandcals.helpscoutapp.com
*Remember to consult with a doctor or other medical professional before making significant changes to your diet
This used to be a brilliant app that, as a type 1 diabetic, I relied on often for a reference to help with managing my condition. The app was even recommended to me by the NHS doctor who diagnosed me 5 years ago. I returned to the app today after a few months away to find that most foods are now locked behind a pay wall? Which you can’t filter out so all the items I won’t pay for are now clogging up my search. So ridiculous and frustrating. I would much rather have access to the database alongside some banner ads or something so that I can actually still access the info that helps me, again, with my diabetes. Just so shocking that this app is profiting off people who just need help with management.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the review. While we would love to offer the full app at a lower price, we are a small UK company and have kept price in-line / cheaper with other apps in the category at £3 a month, if a year is paid upfront. We are investing heavily in lots of improvements and features. App development costs are very expensive and we needed to move to a subscription model to keep the app viable into the future. We are looking at ways to work with NHS clinics to support those on lower incomes.
If you previously purchased the app, when it was a one-off fee, you should have access tho a lifetime legacy plan. Please contact us at support@carbsandcals.helpscoutapp.com and we can assist if you do not currently have access to the legacy plan.
