# Budgie Diet — Dieting the smart way! > Dieting the smart way! (iPhone/iPad app by Joseph James Baldwin.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budgie-diet/id6670401868 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Joseph James Baldwin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1766106541) - Category: Health & Fitness - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 25 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2024-09-06 - Data updated: 2026-08-31 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/budgie-diet/id6670401868/reviews.md ## What is Budgie Diet? Rather than using fixed calorie targets that don’t flex with your actual activity, Budgie Diet uses your real calorie burn plus your past performance to estimate a budget for you - how much you can eat while still keeping to your goals. Just one glance and it’ll tell you both how much it thinks you have left to eat for the day, and what you can eat right now without having nothing left for later! Not only that, it helps track your water and assess how your weight progress is doing against the goals you set. Unlike some other calorie tracker apps, Budgie Diet is completely free and ad-free and always will be - no features are gated behind a subscription, you'll never see any ads, nothing will track you, you don't even have to register an account or even give your name! Budgie Diet takes just a minute to set up and can give you guidance instantly, and all your information stays private and on your device and on your iCloud. Features include: * Meaningful calorie targets and guidance, based on your goals and real-world activity data! * Pick a calorie goal based on your needs and what you want to achieve! Tweak it at any time! * Track your weight over time, and see estimates of how long it will take you to reach your goals! * Log and track calories, water, macros and your weight, all from Budgie Diet! * Search the free OpenFoodFacts database for packaged foods - no login required! * Already log your food, water or weight with another app and like it? No problem - Budgie can grab data from Apple Health! * Home and lock screen widgets, to see your current budget status at a glance! * Charts that can show you your performance against your current goal - even from before you used Budgie Diet! * Want to base your budget on your Apple Fitness move goal? No problem! * Bulking? Turn on surplus mode and Budgie Diet will help you get your gains! * Use Shortcuts to log food and water or check your budget, via Siri or via any other shortcut you choose! * Complete privacy - no need for an account, and all your data stays private * Syncs with iCloud to keep your data safe and secure * One minute to set up, and Budgie Diet’s ready to go! * No ads! No tracking! No nonsense! * Cute bird mascot! * Apple Watch companion app with quick food and water logging! * Whales for some reason! DISCLAIMER: Budgie Diet is for information purposes only, and its suggestions are not a substitute for professional medical advice. It's best to consult your doctor before starting any new diet plan. Weight changes achieved will vary depending on personal habits and other factors unique to individuals, and suggested results are for guidance only. Estimates created by Budgie Diet are inherently uncertain and will be based on data from multiple sources that could be inaccurate or totally wrong. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Protein Bar | $2.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.6.1 — 2026-08-29 A tiny release just for a couple of minor bug fixes! ### 3.6 — 2026-07-30 Budgie Diet 3.6 doesn't have any amazing, high-profile new features, but it does have some minor new ones! * Optionally set a single notification to remind you to log food - off by default, but turn it on if you want! * Set times for each of your meals so the "log food" sheet will default to the right meal at the right time! Set your breakfast to 9pm if you like, who cares, it's your app! As well as some minor UX tweaks and bug fixes! ### 3.5 — 2026-07-23 One particular app got some controversy recently when they got rid of custom meals. Well guess what Budgie Diet now has - custom meals! Make a custom meal out of ingredients from your food list, generic foods or OpenFoodFacts, split it up into servings, log those servings! Charts have had a makeover too - nicer to look at, work better, and you can see your water and macros day by day too! Last but not least - a whole bunch of bug fixes and optimisations! ### 3.4 — 2026-07-17 Version 3.4 adds a good helping of bug fixes and UX improvements from version 3.3, as well as the ability to scan barcodes to search OpenFoodFacts - just hit the barcode icon in the corner of "Add food!" There's also now an auto-suggestion list for food manufacturers, so you don't have to type the full name of your supermarket every time, as well as a couple of new integrations with Shortcuts, so you can pull your remaining budget and "can eat now" figures into your Shortcuts flows and ask Siri about them! Version 3.3 has so many great new features, all around food logging! With this version I've aimed to make Budgie Diet exactly as feature rich as you want it to be, with lots of cool but optional new features! Or you can use it just as you did before! Up to you! * Track your macros (carbs, fat and protein!) Or don't! Up to you! * Save your regular foods! Log who makes them! Or don't! Up to you! * Far better search - search all your saved and recent foods even easier than before! Or don't! Up to you! * Included lots of common generic foods and ingredients so you can log them easily! Or don't! Up to you! * All your existing logged foods come with you, and you can edit them to add the new stuff if you want to! Or don't! Up to you! * Search the free OpenFoodFacts database for packaged foods to log! Or don't! Up to you! * Use Shortcuts to log your saved foods, as well as quick calories! Or don't! Up to you! * Don't care about saving foods or logging macros? Great - you can log quick calories just like you did before! Or don't! Up to you! * Backup and restore - save all your Budgie Diet data to a file and save it as a backup or import it to a new device! Or don't! Up to you! * Better "can eat now" estimation so you'll definitely have room for dinner later! Or don't! Up to you...? ### 3.3 — 2026-07-14 Version 3.3 has so many great new features, all around food logging! With this version I've aimed to make Budgie Diet exactly as feature rich as you want it to be, with lots of cool but optional new features! Or you can use it just as you did before! Up to you! * Track your macros (carbs, fat and protein!) Or don't! Up to you! * Save your regular foods! Log who makes them! Or don't! Up to you! * Far better search - search all your saved and recent foods even easier than before! Or don't! Up to you! * Included lots of common generic foods and ingredients so you can log them easily! Or don't! Up to you! * All your existing logged foods come with you, and you can edit them to add the new stuff if you want to! Or don't! Up to you! * Search the free OpenFoodFacts database for packaged foods to log! Or don't! Up to you! * Use Shortcuts to log your saved foods, as well as quick calories! Or don't! Up to you! * Don't care about saving foods or logging macros? Great - you can log quick calories just like you did before! Or don't! Up to you! * Better "can eat now" estimation so you'll definitely have room for dinner later! Or don't! Up to you...? 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