Individual centred approach to weight loss
The app is easy and straightforward to navigate and use and I enjoy logging my meals and fluid intake rather than finding it a chore due to its simplicity.
I can’t rate the team at Embla highly enough.

This app supports your weight loss journey with tools for tracking progress, logging meals, and staying motivated. It offers free features like exercise and mood logging, recipe ideas, and educational content, with optional paid programs for medical or coaching-focused support.
9.4.2
June 22, 2026
You can now blur your background during video calls with your coach — keeping the focus on you, wherever you are.
Embla is a weight loss companion app designed to work alongside Embla's weight loss programs. It offers tools to help users track progress, log meals, and stay motivated on their health journey.
No, Embla does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use with optional paid programs.
Free features include step-by-step introductions, logging exercise, sleep, mood, and weight, diet tracking via photo, setting weight targets, a recipe library, health articles and courses, monthly recaps, daily challenges, and Apple HealthKit sync.
Embla offers EmblaThriveMD, a medical weight loss program with medication and a medical team, and EmblaThrive, a coaching-only program focused on food relationships and healthy habits. Both include a dedicated health coach and community groups.
The latest version of Embla is 9.4.1, last updated on March 27, 2026. Updates typically occur to improve features and performance.
Embla is supported on iPhone and iPod devices. It is rated for users aged 12 and older.
Embla allows users to log exercise, sleep, mood, and weight manually. It also syncs with Apple HealthKit for automatic activity tracking like walking, contributing to a comprehensive overview of health metrics.
Embla has a high user rating of 4.7 stars from 38 ratings, indicating positive user sentiment regarding its features and effectiveness in supporting weight loss.