# Metabolic Balancer > Dietary management app for Phenylketonuria (PKU) patients. (iPhone/iPad app by Cambrooke Therapeutics, Inc..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metabolic-balancer/id335901843 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Cambrooke Therapeutics, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/335901848) - Category: Medical, Health & Fitness - Price: Free - Rating: 3.50/5 from 11 App Store ratings · 21 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 8.0 · 106 MB - Released: 2009-11-09 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metabolic-balancer/id335901843/reviews.md ## What is Metabolic Balancer? Metabolic Balancer – is designed to assist in the dietary management of Phenylketonuria (PKU), an inborn error of protein metabolism. This iPhone app guides you through your meals, snacks, and formula intake by offering phenylalanine (phe), dietary protein, formula protein equivalent (P.E.), and calorie information for over 7500 food items, specially manufactured low protein food products, metabolic formula products, Ajinomoto Cambrooke recipes and meals, along with your Kuvan® intake, blood levels and wellness - all at the touch of your fingertips. Use Metabolic Balancer to: 1) Improve Dietary Compliance- learn about the phe content of your food in order to make better choices. Metabolic Balancer provides a quick reference to more than 7500 food items. Know what each portion or recipe actually contains. Know when you need to adjust your dietary phe intake. Save your favorite foods to Favorites or add new items, recipes and meals. 2) Prepare Diet Log and export it via email in preparation for Clinic Visit. You can now easily record your dietary protein, supplemental protein, and Kuvan® intake along with your blood levels and wellness using this handy iPhone app. Many U.S. metabolic clinics recommend 3-5 days of dietary records before the clinic visit. 3) Plot data overtime. Metabolic Balancer app can help you better understand how dietary compliance correlates to your overall feeling “wellness”. Metabolic Balancer features: • Over 7500 USDA and manufacturers' product data. Includes data on many specialty low protein food items and formula. • Log data for multiple users. • Easy search. • Save your frequently used food items or recipes to Favorites. • Add new food items, recipes or meals. • Share custom items, recipes and meals with friends. • Track of your Kuvan® intake, blood levels and daily wellness. • Monitor your daily goals with the graphing feature. • Review, edit, and export to email (by date range) daily log entries by user. • Enter quantities in three convenient units: gram, ounce, or serving size. • All data is contained within the app. No Wi-Fi connection is needed except when downloading updates or exporting logs via email. • Free frequent updates adding more nutrients, recipes, and formula products. • Help us make your diet easier by emailing your suggestions to dietwell@cambrooke.com Terms of Use: All persons on medically restricted diets should seek the advice of a physician or dietitian when determining which foods and quantities are suitable for their condition. Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the reliability or suitability of the information contained in Metabolic Balancer app for your circumstances. Nutritional information is provided at the users own risk. All the data contained herein is part of the public domain as published by the USDA, manufacturer’s data sources, and the company’s database. No warranty regarding the nutritional accuracy is provided. The presentation of this content, the application software, and its trademarks are the copyright of Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc. Metabolic Balancer app is not intended to replace the advice of a nutritionist or health-care professional. Ajinomoto Cambrooke recommends regular visits to your metabolic physician or dietitian. ## Key features - Phe, protein, and calorie tracking - Database of 7500+ food items - Customizable food and recipe entries - Diet log export via email - Kuvan intake and blood level tracking - Wellness monitoring and graphing ## Recent user reviews (10 of 21) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metabolic-balancer/id335901843/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Nice App..... *2017-05-08, version 2.52* Nice app, but it needs a bar scanner. ### 2/5 — Crashing *2016-10-03, version 2.52* I have been using this app now for 5 years. I have loved it. However, it crashes out of nowhere every few months. I am forced to delete it, including all of my manually entered favorites, and previous logs. There is no update to fix the crashing. I open the app, and as soon as I try to log something it crashes. I am so fed up with this issue. ### 3/5 — Good but not great *2014-08-07, version 2.52* We've been using this app for our cpku daughter for 3 months now and it works well except for a few things... I like how you can add recipes and it calculates total phe except it doesn't have a way to input final weight of a recipe. You have to add so many grams of water to get the final weight up to get an accurate mg/g calculation. Also, you can't just add an item to a daily log without having to put it in the database. That's very frustrating when you know your child had 10mg of phe from one cookie for example, you have to add all the information of the cookie to the database in order to add it to the log. That's time consuming. ### 1/5 — Not worth the money *2014-02-15, version 2.52* Every time I try to add a new item it zeros out the totals of that item. And since the items that are on there are almost exclusively specialty foods I have add almost everything from scratch because that's how I make a large majority of my meals. Seriously wanting a refund. ### 3/5 — May have to do lots of setting up *2014-01-03, version 2.52* The app has everything someone would need to track phe or protein count, as well as, ability to share the information with dietician/etc. However, I'm using it for my pku toddler and have to enter new foods all the time since the only organic brand they have for babies is earths best. They do seem to have all of the gerber products though. The nice thing is entering new items is fairly simple and it's in their for future use. Previous to this I was logging on an excel sheet but I like the portability this offers and that if I'm not sure about the phe content for a food when we're out I can use the app to look it up quickly. It also allows you to input your blood level results so you can track them over time which is pretty cool. I'm giving it a three because I had to input so many new foods but otherwise it would have easily gotten a five since it does everything you'd need it to. I don't usually pay for apps but I feel I got my money's worth. ### 5/5 — Essential app in this family! *2013-11-27, version 2.52* Everything you need to manage a PKU diet at your fingertips! Love the Export to Email function for keeping long term records, too! ### 2/5 — Wrong phe on many items *2013-09-04, version 2.51* Love the app HOWEVER....I have noticed lately that many Cambrooke Foods items are incorrect with their phe value. Example: tonight making a quesadilla for my son with the new tortilla wraps and the app gives 26.1 mg phe per tortilla whereas the packaging gives 4 mg phe per tortilla. That is a huge difference and could cause many problems. Please fix these mistakes. ### 1/5 — No add button for dietary log? *2013-05-25, version 2.51* There is a plus icon on all of the other log screens, but no such button to add data to dietary log? PLEASE FIX. ### 4/5 — Dissapointed in new update *2012-08-28, version 2.41* Edit Aug 27: I am frustrated that when I go to change the time when I am first entering a food sometimes it gives me the option to save the new time and other times it doesn't. I than have to go back into the log and change the time. Have only used the new update a couple of times, but I am dissapointed that the favorite button has been moved to be under more instead of in the middle. This is the function I use to find the food Im inputting. This might just be me, but its disappointing to have to go through the extra step. I have no need for the new middle meal option as I don't search by meal, protein phe, etc... ### 3/5 — Good app *2012-06-01, version 2.31* This app is great in theory but the difference in Phe levels from our food list and the ones here are troublesome. The blood levels area should be able to track different levels such as Phe and Tyrosine for each level taken or at least have a comments/notes area to notate items on each level taken ie: sick today, running fever, or tyrosine high need to recheck etc. all in all would be great to be able to use daily but need to find time to adjust info so that we can use it. ## Frequently asked questions about Metabolic Balancer ### What is Metabolic Balancer used for? Metabolic Balancer is designed to help individuals with Phenylketonuria (PKU) manage their diet by providing detailed information on phenylalanine (phe), protein, and calorie content for a wide range of foods and formulas. ### How many food items are included in Metabolic Balancer? The app features a comprehensive database of over 7500 USDA and manufacturer's product data, including many specialty low-protein food items and formulas. ### Can I log data for multiple users in Metabolic Balancer? Yes, Metabolic Balancer allows you to log data for multiple users, making it convenient for families or caregivers managing diets for more than one person. ### Does Metabolic Balancer require an internet connection? No, all data is contained within the app, so no Wi-Fi connection is needed for core functionality. An internet connection is only required for downloading updates or exporting logs via email. ### How can I export my diet log from Metabolic Balancer? You can easily record your dietary protein, supplemental protein, and Kuvan® intake along with blood levels and wellness. The app allows you to review, edit, and export these daily log entries by date range via email, which is useful for clinic visits. ### What is the user rating for Metabolic Balancer? Metabolic Balancer has a rating of 3.5 stars based on 11 user ratings. ### On which devices can I use Metabolic Balancer? Metabolic Balancer is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It is also compatible with Apple Watch. ### How often is Metabolic Balancer updated? The app receives free frequent updates, which add more nutrients, recipes, and formula products to its database. ## Version history (last 1 release) ### 4.3.1 — 2022-05-23 Products data updates. ## Apps similar to Metabolic Balancer | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [U-InTouch](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/u-intouch/id431452798) | 4.0 (2) | Free | Medical | | [AccuGo for PKU](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/accugo-for-pku/id477075228) | 4.0 (5) | Free | Medical | | [Tochi - Health & Pill Reminder](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tochi-health-and-pill-reminder/id1622610654) | 3.9 (37) | Free | Medical | | [DietAssistant for PKU](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dietassistant-for-pku/id1480126771) | 2.0 (2) | $5.49 | Medical | | [My CDS Benefits](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-cds-benefits/id1546905498) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Medical | | [The Healing Research Center](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-healing-research-center/id1568410537) | 5.0 (5) | Free | Medical | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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