Comparison

CarbBook vs Carb Pilot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CarbBook

Easily track carbohydrate intake for homemade meals and delicious recipes. This app makes managing carbs enjoyable and informative, allowing users to savor their favorite foods without complex calculations.

Highlights
  • Track carbohydrate intake
  • Manage carbs for homemade meals
  • Informative nutrition data
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Enjoy food without calculation
Features
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Default lists with nutrition information are great but don't work for homemade meals. How many carbohydrates does Grandma's apple pie have? How many does that dip have, which is easily prepared and tastes delicious? For a diabetic, food should be more than just counting numbers, food should be pleasurable and fun. Now one only has to look into CarbBook... it is informative enough so you can enjoy Grandma's apple pie without having to calculate anything. CarbBook offers a simple and easy way to enter and manage carbs for all food that is important to you or just simply delicious. If you enjoy using CarbBook, please take a moment to leave a nice review: it really helps!

About

Carb Pilot

Estimate carbohydrate and macronutrient counts for meals using natural language input. Quickly log food, track nutritional data, and export to HealthKit. Features include voice entry, recipe building, and meal sharing.

Highlights
  • AI-powered carb estimation
  • Natural language meal input
  • Voice entry option
  • Track carbs, fat, protein, fiber, calories
  • HealthKit export
  • Recipe builder
  • Meal sharing
Features
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Carb Pilot is designed to make it quick and easy to get carbohydrate (carb) counts, without having to look up restaurant nutritional menus or dig through rigid meal databases. Use our AI estimator to enter - in plain language - what you're eating, and get back carb counts (and also fat, protein, fiber, and calorie counts, if you choose). You can view your saved estimates in the app, and you can also export your data to HealthKit to be used in other apps or trackers that you already use. Carb Pilot is designed to be easy, getting carb counts in a snap. PRIVACY PRESERVING - Carb Pilot sends the meal description to an AI (large language model) for generating the carb and macronutrient counts, but otherwise your data doesn't leave your device. There is no identifying information collected in the app. EASY TO USE, SAVES YOU CLICKS - Carb Pilot means you don't have to click and click and click to find what you're eating in a meal app database. Simply use the same language you would use to describe your meal to a friend, and get back the estimated macronutrient counts. VOICE ENTRY OPTION - You can use the microphone button - click to start and click when you're done - to tell the system what you're eating. Carb Pilot will grab your transcribed meal description, and you can edit it if needed and send it off to the AI to get your estimates. TRACK WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT - You can get estimates for carbs, fat, protein, fiber, and/or calories. Don't want to see anything but carbs? You can disable and hide the counts on previous meals by changing your preferences in the settings menu any time. CHANGE YOUR MIND - If you change your mind and want to track another macronutrient, simply turn it back on in settings and your previous saved meals will then display that macronutrient, too. REPEAT A MEAL - Eating the same thing again? Swipe on a previous meal entry and select the option to repeat the meal with today's date. Or copy the previous meal's description to the clipboard if you want to slightly tweak it and run it through the estimator again. BUILD A RECIPE -Making a recipe and cooking from scratch? Carb Pilot's recipe builder feature allows you to get estimates on each ingredient, adjust them, and then indicate how many portions the recipe makes and how much you're eating now - or save it for future. SHARE A RECIPE OR MEAL -You track carbs, they track protein, and you're cooking dinner. You can share any logged meal or recipe from your Carb Pilot with another Carb Pilot user, who can save and adjust it for their own tracking purposes. DELETE A MEAL EASILY - You can swipe and delete a previous meal, too. INTERNET CONNECTIVITY - (Please do note that the AI meal estimation feature does require AI connectivity and will not work offline. However, you can still change your in-app settings and view your data while offline, and also log your meals manually.) MANUAL LOGGING, IF YOU WANT - Click the plus button and add a manual entry if you know the counts in what you're eating. By using this app, you agree to Carb Pilot's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diyps.org/carb-pilot/privacy/

Screenshots

CarbBook4 screens
Carb Pilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Carb Pilot at 83% against CarbBook's 40%. Carb Pilot also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). CarbBook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Carb Pilot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. CarbBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Carb Pilot holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carb Pilot has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CarbBook's written reviews are positive against 83% of Carb Pilot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CarbBook versus Carb Pilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarbBookCarb Pilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirk FabischDana Lewis

Customer experience

CarbBook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

Carb Pilot

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

CarbBook

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Carb Pilot

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Membership$1.991 Month

Questions

Is CarbBook free?
CarbBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carb Pilot free?
Carb Pilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CarbBook or Carb Pilot?
Carb Pilot is rated higher. CarbBook averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Carb Pilot averages 4.5 from 15 ratings.
Do CarbBook or Carb Pilot have ads?
Neither CarbBook nor Carb Pilot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CarbBook or Carb Pilot?
CarbBook ships an update every 2 months, and Carb Pilot every 2 months. Most recently, CarbBook was updated on November 1, 2026 and Carb Pilot on November 3, 2026.

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