2026-02-13
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Best app for me have tried others
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Description
Easy calorie tracking made for UK users. Whether you’re aiming to lose weight, build healthier habits or simply understand what you’re eating, Nutracheck makes it simple. Track your food, macros, and exercise with the UK’s best food database. Try free for 7 days.
• Track calories & 7 key nutrients
• UK food database – 500,000+ items
• Barcode scanner & photo search
• Exercise tracking with app & device sync
• Apple Watch app & widgets
• Build & save your own recipes
• Community support
FLEXIBLE GOALS
Weight loss, gain, maintenance or 5:2 fasting – set your own calorie and macro targets to suit your goal.
NUTRITION MADE EASY
Track 7 key nutrients: carbs, protein, fat, sat fat, sugar, salt and fibre. Set reminders for water and 5-a-day.
FAST, ACCURATE LOGGING
Search verified UK foods by keyword or barcode – including items from Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl, M&S, Waitrose, HelloFresh, Gousto, and top eating out places like Greggs, Wetherspoon, Nando’s, Costa and Pret. See product photos for quick recognition.
BUILT-IN EXERCISE TRACKER
Log workouts manually or sync with Fitbit, Garmin, and Apple Health. Choose from 1,000+ activities.
ON-THE-GO-TOOLS
Use the Apple Watch App or iOS widgets to see your progress instantly – no need to open the app.
RECIPE & MEAL BUILDER
Calorie count your home-cooked meals. Add your own or use our ready-made favourites.
SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY
Join challenges, share wins and get encouragement in our friendly forum.
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WHY NUTRACHECK?
• Award-Winning: Voted Best Health & Fitness App and Best Food & Drink App.
• UK-Focused: Built for UK users – verified data, local brands, restaurant meals.
• Trusted: Over 20 years of continuous development and 5* App Store ratings.
• Real Support: UK-based customer care team on hand to help.
DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT…
“Brilliant app. So user friendly!”
“Have seen lots of calorie counting websites and apps. This is by FAR the best. No contest.”
“At last, a diet that works!”
“I’ve been trying to lose weight for the last two years, nothing worked. Until I discovered this app.”
“The best app I’ve ever downloaded.”
“It’s fantastic!…tells you exactly what you’re eating.”
SEE MORE SUCCESS STORIES IN THE APP
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SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING
All new users start with a 7-day free trial. After that, subscribe monthly or yearly – or stay on the free Lite version (with daily diary limits).
Manage in Settings: Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled 24 hours before the end of your period. Payment is charged to your iTunes account. Lite access remains free.
Terms & Privacy: nutracheck.co.uk/Info/TermsAndConditions
What's New in Version 12.8.0
A few quiet adjustments in this release – nothing flashy, just the kind that help everything hum along happily.
Seller
Name
Nutratech Ltd
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
12.8.0
Size
121.1 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 17+
Compatibility
iOS 15.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation), Apple Watch Series 4
Languages
English, Spanish
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.8 of 5 (250,379 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2026-02-12
Love this
Only on day 2 but I love this app. It’s so easy to use and I’m really helping it will help me lose weight for good 🥰
2026-02-10
So much easier then MFP
Such a great app and so so easy, I love the snapshot view diary! My only build would be to add a sub total on calories left before exercise for those not wanting to touch burned calories and truely stick within the calorie target for food
2026-02-09
great if you pay!
can’t add more than 5 foods per day if you don’t pay for premium! As a university student who doesn’t have spare money to spend (£30+ a year on a calorie counter) it’s not worth the money when there’s other free alternatives. However i do appreciate the graphics of the food. But the adding servings could be simplified a bit more. Basically if you have the money great! If not it’s not worth it
2026-02-09
Brilliant!
This app has been invaluable on my weightloss journey. I’ve lost 90lbs! 🥳 It’s made calorie counting so easy!
2026-02-09
Buggier than a buggy thing!
I regret paying for this app. On paper it should be amazing but despite the frequent bug fix updates, it continues to be the buggiest app I have on my iPhone. The diary sharing function with family members is really poor, with menu entries just disappearing and requiring several force quits before the app functions as expected. Really poor!
2026-02-09
Wow -So Good
After using My Fitness Pal for a year I found Nutracheck to be much better for UK products.
2026-02-08
Wow
Cannot believe I only just recently found this app! Bought a yearly subscription on a special offer so complete bonus
2026-02-08
Incredible potential use
I had looked in on this calorie counter a number of times over the years but never committed because I wasn’t prepared to pay the annual subscription plus there were so many subscription options it was just too complicated.
Recently I’ve been diagnosed with a major health issue and I need to keep an eye on healthy eating, calories etc.
This app has an incredibly comprehensive data base of UK foods.
I’m absolutely smitten by it. It’s so very powerful. The £29 or whatever is well worth it for my circumstances.
2026-02-08
Fantastic
I’ve lost 3.5 stone and couldn’t have done it any other way !!
2026-02-08
Great way to loose weight
Not only have I lost weight I’m also seeing what food are better for me
2026-02-07
Very Laggy
It’s a good food database and better than myfitnesspal but it’s so laggy these days and crashes far too often. It’s a shame since you have to pay for it to get proper use out of it.
2026-02-07
2nd Day
Only on my second day but where oh where can I find a cup of tea! The thing I do the most and I can’t find it!
2026-02-07
Best calorie counter for UK I have used
All the features that I would like to use are included and searching is easy. The only thing I’ve seen elsewhere which would be a nice to have is an AI picture evaluator that estimates meals calories based on an image. Excellent app.
2026-02-06
Fab app !
Brilliant app for keeping on track. Love that it has pictures and there’s never anything I can’t find. Great that you can edit the nutritional information if it’s not quite right to ensure accurate tracking. The only
improvement I would suggest is the ability to multi add rather than having to add items individually to each meal. Despite that it’s brilliant !
2026-02-05
Good
I haven’t had it for that long and I can see a difference already I love it
2026-02-05
Good app but…
I have been using the app for a long time now and I never have issues with it until I come to renew each month. Every month I pay the fee and it still says I’m a lite member for ages which isn’t helpful when I need to log stuff
2026-02-03
Weight managements Best Friend
I have used this app for some time now apart from a short break. It is reliable and trustworthy and gives you clear cals, carbs or protein intake and what is left of your allowance and lets you keep a track of you daily exercises too. I could write a book about why you should invest in this app if you want it for healthy weight management and nutrition. Jump right in and start your journey now.
2026-02-02
Great app and interface makes tracking easy
Absolutely love nutracheck the UI is so much better than others. Meals and splitting portion sizes is great. UK shops, restaurants and supermarkets I nearly always find what I want and I rarely have a barcode that doesn’t turn up the correct result. I customize my calories and targets and also the display as well. It’s been a good few years now and I always have the app ready for when I need to track agsin
2026-02-01
Ben
Top notch app
2026-01-31
Trish
Love it
2026-01-31
Better than Myfitness pal
Been using this for a better part of the year. Very user-friendly, wide database of foods to choose from and easily connect with Apple Watch.
2026-01-30
User friendly
This app is a joy to use. So easy to navigate. Lots of restaurants in the eating out section, you can use quick add to add something that isn’t in the extensive food library. Yes you do have to pay but it’s totally worth the money in my opinion. You can also choose an option called “easier days”. You can pick a few days to have higher calories and it sets the other days lower to accommodate.
2026-01-30
Easy way to track
The app keeps it simple. Instead of weighing and calculating I just use the app and it’s all there. This means that the changes are feeling more manageable and don’t take up headspace - I don’t have to worry about food all day-just a quick entry and that’s it.
Plus it’s flexible-I guess everyone uses it differently so different features work better for different people
2026-01-29
Nutracheck
Very useful and easy app to use to know how many calories you are consuming.
2026-01-29
CALORIES MADE EASY
SO MUCH EASIER THAN IT USED TO BE 100%
2026-01-28
Expensive and so glitchy
The app is so slow and glitchy. Sometimes the count doesn’t load. Sometimes I can’t search for anything. Would expect more from such an expensive app.
2026-01-28
Recent update
The app is not working at all following the update today
2026-01-28
Slow and laggy
Despite having a new phone and very fast wifi, this app is always so laggy and slow. I’m not sure I’ll renew my subscription this year.
2026-01-28
Annoyed with loading
I have used this app for near on 10 years. It was great and I have recommended it to so many people. I now find it quite pricey, especially as at times I can’t log anything due to loading the page for a long time. I hoped this would have been by now. However, it’s been this way for nearly 6 months.
2026-01-28
Works if you only go on it for 5 minutes
This app is useful for measuring progress and calorie counting but if you want to spend more than 5 minutes maybe planning your week or looking into your progress, the app WILL crash and you won’t be able to do anything on it for the rest of the day
2026-01-28
Not working since update 28/1
The app has been sluggish over several weeks, having to wait while the Circle of Doom gets its exercise so i updated it today and now not working at all. Suggestions welcome!
I don't want to delete and lose all data.
2026-01-26
Good app
A friend recommended this app I’d recommend it as well it really helps to keep what you’re eating in check especially for me as I am on medication that makes you gain weight so it helps me to stop eating when I’ve had enough for the day
2026-01-25
CFABLA
Only first week but found this easier to follow than I thought.
pleased with weight loss.
2026-01-25
Great app to count calories
I just wanna say this app is great for counting calories I just have odd few recommendations 1 would be great to see a lock screen widget to scan this way save looking around for the app 2 the glass of water would be nice to pick your own mls as that doesn’t tell you 3 would be nice to have the option to have flash on if need to when scanning barcode
2026-01-24
Life Changing
This app helped me lose weight and stay healthy. It’s educated me about food and nutrition. Definitely a 5 star review from me.
2026-01-24
Best food monitoring app for UK
I have used this app successfully for a year now. It has been easy to find my food choices and, as I cook a lot from fresh, I particularly like being able to enter my own recipes. I am also able to choose how quickly I wish to loose weight. I will continue to use when I reach my goal weight which is close now.
2026-01-23
Tracking
Really easy to use and accurate as can be , I love the scan barcode facility and the fact it’s simple to adjust portion size 👌 lost 7st in one year using this for tracking
2026-01-20
BRILLIANT app!
**UPDATE!** since I started using this app I am now 15 stone 5lbs ~ I was 18 stone so I’ve lost over 3 stone since using the app. I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT STRONGLY ENOUGH!!!
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I LOVE this app. THANK YOU to the inventors/makers ~ it has been a massive game changer for me 😊 I am over 18 stone & didn’t know why I wasn’t losing weight even though I was consuming less calories. Because of this app I was able to see that I was exceeding the daily recommended amount of fat! I wouldn’t of known this otherwise.
It’s wonderfully easy to use & very helpful. Thanks again!
2026-01-19
Very good for UK users
The app is a little dated in appearance but functionally excellent.
I’ve noticed a small bug where sometimes it displays data from a different day to the one you’re on for a meal. I think this is shortly after using the copy function. It corrects itself if you change days and back again.
Apple Health has a metric for alcohol that I wish it would populate. Afaik a "standard drink" in HealthKit counts as one unit.
The database is a bit light on non-supermarket wines.
I hope they’re working on some sort of AI guessing from photos, though I suggest they allow for a lot of user ability to tweak the result.
If they need any beta testers I am interested.
2026-01-19
NOT FREE
Can only add 5 foods a day until the payment wall appears! 😡😡
2026-01-18
Great app
So, I know how to train well at the gym but needed some help with what I’m eating and goals. I was going to approach a nutritionist but accidentally stumbled across this app, I was able to see that what I’m currently eating is okay and under my goals relatively with ease. And the option to easily access meals to swap out was great. I’ll be using the app every time I make a change in what I’m eating from now on.
2026-01-17
so great
i was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in may and i used this to count my carbs ever since
2026-01-16
Richard
Move over My Fitness Pal because Nutracheck Calorie Counter + is here to stay! Why? 1. UK food database 2. Accurate food information 3. Extensive Food database 4. Easily navigable 5. Breaks down food into Nutrients 6. Works seamlessly in the Apple universe especially with the watch 7. Tracks alcohol units 😳 8. Cheap annual fee 9. Etc, etc, etc.
Alll those but IT JUSTS LOOKS COLOURFUL AND FUN TO FILL IN 🤩😀 PLUS I AM LOSING WEIGHT 👍😀👍
2026-01-16
Free but not free
It’s totally free to download the app, and if you eat only 5 items in a day, but anymore and you gotta pay a subscription… hey, you wanna be healthy, you gotta pay!
Bit of a scam and false advertising to say it’s free…
2026-01-16
Great app BUT it’s not free
I really like the app, and find it easy to use, but it says it’s a free app on download then you have to pay a subscription after 6 days. To be fair it’s not an expensive app but I was disappointed to think it’s free then have to pay.
2026-01-15
Come on
I have used this for 3 years but come on there are clearly glitches sort it out it’s all a bit rubbish considering how much you charge
2026-01-15
Great app- although it is subscription based after 7 days
Really like using this app, simple to use, great meal ideas and the scan barcode option is brilliant. I haven’t found a food that wouldn’t scan!
2026-01-14
Excellent tracker
I was using YAZIO for years but this has been ruined with silly AI pop up advice (which can’t be disabled) and childish graphics. I moved to this app and have been really impressed. Really well presented, integrates with Strava and Apple Watch without fuss to track calories burned (and does not duplicate them like other apps). Foods are really easy to find with nice photos. Really pleased with this app. Please don’t ruin by adding AI “tips” or interruptions!!!
2026-01-14
Fantastic
I love this app, it’s so easy to use and the pictures make it super cool. I was chuffed because it shows a tea with milk and 2 sugars without putting it all in. Well presented and a lot better than my fitness pal
2025-10-14
Best UK food database
If you live in the UK, and you want the best food database, most accurate one, this app is for you. Unfortunately / fortunately not sur which word is the most appropriate, but I have been tracking my food intake for several years now, to loose and keep my weight in check, as my nutrition tend to go out of the window extremely quickly. I have used myfitnesspal, lifesum, and Yazio for at least a year each, calorie counter app is head and shoulders above these when it comes to the food database and its accuracy. Ok the other apps may have a fancier interface but seriously I would rather have a very accurate database. Furthermore value for money there is no comparison between these apps, one of them for a yearly subscription requires £100, ok £99, another one asks for £65, after a 30% or 60% discount, seriously!!!. Calorie counter, is most accurate / affordable, does the job of giving the info you need, also I like the column of protein next to the food calories, helps you keep track of your macros, especially if you want to focus on one.
2025-08-11
Amazing App!
I love this app! I’ve been using it for a little while now after trying a couple other apps, and it’s been the best one so far. The database of UK food is amazing! Makes it so much easier to calculate calories for meals and track my macros. Lots of apps charge for the barcode canner and nutracheck doesn’t which is why I’m using it! The measurements of fruit and veg sugar and the number of fruits and veg daily are really helpful as well!
I wanted to give 5 stars but I just feel like when inputting exercises, I should be manually input the time and calories burned. Sometimes my 30 minute run burns more than the app says and it’s fiddly to have to keep adjusting the time to try and get the right amount of calories burned. Also, it would be lovely to have different units of measurement for water. At the moment you can only measure glasses but I drink 2L a day and can’t accurately show that.
2025-08-06
Great App and Email Response
I’ve only been using the Nutracheck app a few days on the free trial but will definitely be signing up for it at the end of my week.
So easy to use, every item I’ve looked up has been recognised, it’s easy to change portion sizes or weights of food so you get an accurate total as you go along. and I used the barcode scanner in the supermarket to plan a few meals too.
The original main daily display page didn’t show some things I wanted (saturated fat and protein) so I emailed to ask if/how I could get them on my display on Sunday night and got a really helpful reply on Monday morning telling me how to change the screen display.
I tried another popular fitness/calorie app at the same time and it was so awkward to use and wasn’t recognising foods when searching so I gave up after the second day.
So this is absolutely a 5* review, I have already recommended it to a couple of friends.
2025-04-06
Great app but flawed
The app is fantastic; the layout is superior to MyFitnessPal, and the pictures of the items are incredibly helpful. If you’re based in the UK, I would say this is a much better option because it offers a wider range of UK brands in its inventory, which saves you from having to add as many products as you would on MyFitnessPal. Additionally, it doesn’t allow multiple saves from different users with incorrect calories, macros, or micros, unlike MyFitnessPal. However, the biggest drawback of this app is that for the past 12 months or more, it has been exhibiting an annoying issue where it displays what you recorded on one date on another date. When you pull down to refresh, it becomes correct, but it can disappear again. You have to double-check and triple-check that the diary has caught up to the date at the top. It’s truly disappointing that this problem has persisted for over a year. Especially considering it is an app you’re paying for.
2025-03-01
Fantastic and So Easy
After not tracking Calories for quite some time I decided to login to MyFitnaPal again and to revive old disciplines. The first shock I got was the price. To me it's far too expensive for what it does. The second was I just didn't have a clue where or how to start using it again as the format which used to be very simple now seemed not so straightforward. It was then I stumbled on Nutra Check and thought I'd give the free trial a go. I used it for the first 5 days and found it to be soo easy to use. The layout and process of logging your food was so easy and I was surprised at how comprehensive the food lists were when scanning barcodes. You can even use it as an exercise log, recording exercises, weights and sets. Fantastic. The calorie burn for this however is a non working function. I think it listed 6 sets of deadlifts as like 25 Cals or around that. But if you don't mind that I'd definitely recommend. I've dropped weight this week, the App works so I'm happy
2025-02-26
Been a life saver for me!
I was told by my Gp that my cholesterol was dangerously high at 8.3 and I needed to urgently be put on statins but I am already on so much medication for other things so I begged my Gp to allow me to try to do it myself just through changing what I eat ( as I am bedridden 22hrs a day in chronic pain so can’t do it through exercise) and I was comfort eating although I wasn’t eating huge amounts I wasn’t keeping an eye on the saturated fat content etc… so because of this app I now know exactly what I need to be eating and I stick to it daily logging everything down ( I actually had a lot of help and support off one of the customer service members who was wonderful and helped me understand what I needed to do)
As a result I have managed to get to a healthy BMI and I haven’t been in the 9st range since my 20’s ( I’m 57 now) and despite trying for absolute years to diet I could only manage to lose a pound of two despite my efforts but by using this app I have lost nearly 2stone without the fact I can’t exercise because of my disability. It has taught me to eat much healthier and I’m actually more but just the right things. I highly highly recommend this app. If like me you have been struggling for years and nothing has changed!
2025-02-01
A life saver for a skinny bloke
When I got this app, I was 10st 8, and not managing to put more weight on no matter what I thought I was eating. I have high metabolism and a low appetite so for me eating on the daily is a struggle and I wasn’t putting the weight on that I wanted to.
That was until I I was told by a mate about this app!
I’ve only had a couple weeks and I’m now 11st 6.
For only £5 a month you get no ads, no pop ups, no messing about, you simply list what you’ve eaten (which btw it seems to have an infinite list of products it recognises) and it’ll calculate how many calories are in it, break it down to the nutrients one by one if you wanted, and gives you a target of calories to reach every day. Mine personally is 3408 and managing to hit that feels extremely rewarding,
If you’re struggling to eat, I would recommend this app 100%. 5 stars easy.
2025-01-19
Good but could be better!
I really like some aspects of this app, the price, the user friendly interface, the integrated good food recipes. But as someone who has a pt and is trying to hit specific goals I really struggle with other aspects. You can’t change the goals to suit whatever you want, I.e I want to personalise my macro goals, e.g 130g protein with 2500 kcals and 280g of carbs. The app just suggests your macros for you based on what information you entered into it. I really feel this aspect is lacking for people who are trying to work on growth or loss through nutrition. Pleasssse fix this!!!
Equally when trying to loose weight it put my calories down to 1,200 which is naughties era crazy. Absolutely not a substantial amount of calories to be living off. Be wary of the macro goals it sets you, but it’s great if you just want to keep track of eating throughout the day, just try not to pay attention to its goals it’s giving you
2024-09-12
Best Calorie Counting App on the planet
I have used Nutracheck for years and it doesn’t disappoint. It simply does not compare to other apps for simplicity, functionality and ease of use. The food pictures are incredibly helpful as is the variety of different foods, the ease of putting together your own recipes and the general interface which makes it easy to navigate the app. The scanner is perfect and works well for all UK foods, but when I’m abroad and the scanner doesn’t register the foods I can so easily add the foods as a new product. I love the choice of breakfast, lunch and dinner icons as well as the numbers for different meals. It’s just easy to use and packed with so many features. Even when I lived abroad for two years, I still used the app and just adapted it to the foods there. The customer service team is extremely helpful and they have added food items I have suggested more than once including: salmon with skin, sweet roast potatoes and steak WITH fat for all my Keto peeps. You’re welcome 😉🙌🏼
2024-08-13
Automatically changes my goals based on random checks!
I use this app to track my calories because of its big UK product database but it is frustrating that i have to provide information on my weight goals to use it.
First of all, the calories you need to achieve your goal in this app are random. You can’t guarantee the speed of weight loss/gain because it is very individual. Required calorie intake is also very individual. If I were to eat on the recommended amount of calories, I would not be able to walk through the door soon.
Second, BMI is not reliable source to estimate whether someone’s weight is healthy or not. Yet you ENFORCE settings based on BMI (adapting recommended calorie intake to gain weight). Spoiler alert: If a person wants to continue losing weight beyond what you consider healthy, there is literally nothing you can do about it. You may write that they need to eat 2000 cal a day but what they will actually eat is beyond your control. So changing the settings is just pointless, it’s not protecting anyone. Also again, BMI is not a reliable indicator. So just stop doing it or give people an option not to have any recommendations on calories, just let them track their calories!
And customer support is terrible saying that if you don’t agree with our goal setting JUST STOP USING THE APP!!! Well I want to use the app cos of its database and nice interface (which is why it got 2* and not 1) not because of its random recommendations on calorie intake!
2024-08-10
Simple features missing
Been using this app for 2 years and I’m at the point I’m now looking for a new app to use. There’s some really basic features missing which other apps have. For instance, foods you normally pair together suggestions to speed up tracking. Other simple stuff like a timer for fasting has never been added (recommended in app ages ago). It’s quite frustrating to add and search for every item, rather than just predicting what you usually have. I know you can make meals but you don’t always use the exact same ingredients. Edit in response to app developers: recently eaten and normally paired together aren’t the same thing. On all other calorie apps it remembers what you pair, ie you select bread and it would suggest that you normally have 20g of peanut butter and 10g of butter, on nutracheck you have to search for every item each time! The recently eaten list is gone within a few days as it updates.
2024-04-06
This App does everything except make the tea!
Fantastic app. Very well organised and super easy to record food and drink - even offering a barcode scanner to enable products and their nutritional values to be easily added. I also love the option to select and view calories, carbs, protein, fat, fibre consumption etc (per food item) by simply choosing from a drop down list. The App is very helpful in comparing the recommended daily intake of calories and nutrition groups against my actual consumption. The app can also record exercise, including the option to sync with your iPhone or iWatch activity tracker, and calculates how many calories you may have burned against your daily calorie count. I could go on..
Note: I chose to pay for a subscription because the charge (payable monthly or annually) is really quite low (less than Netflix) and the free function allows only five food items to be recorded each day which isn’t really any use at all.
2024-02-17
Excellent App
I’ve been successfully this app for a couple of months and I’m still learning about the multiple functions. It is very user friendly and it takes seconds to record what you’ve consumed and to track your dietary and nutritional intake. Recording snack calories has been a real eye opener. My only wish would be for a ‘homemade’ button ( as suggested by others). For example I was looking at the shocking levels of calories in commercially made pizzas listed in the ‘takeaway’ section. However, we make our own and know that they have a lot less calories. It is terrific that multiple supermarket products are comprehensively listed as we all use them but we make a lot of our own meals too. It is just a wish but other than that the app is absolutely brilliant. Thank you
2024-01-21
Love this app
I love this app and have used it everyday for years. Once you have the hang of it it is so simple and easy. I create my own goals and macro targets as I know exactly what I want them to be, and the app makes this work perfectly for me. I have loads of meals and recipes saved which I’ve accumulated over time, and though these take a few minutes to enter, filling in my diary each day is the work of moments. I plan with confidence for the week ahead and it’s easy to plan around meals / nights out with the week view feature. There are no forbidden foods and it’s fine to go over some days as long as you are in target for the week, which means you can have everything you like and encourages a good relationship with food rather rather making out that some foods are inherently “bad”. Simple, great interface, barcode scanner, great uk food database, scientific, sustainable. All you need.
2024-01-06
High hopes for potential sadly unfulfilled
As a type 1 diabetic I use this app not for weight loss but to count carbs which is essential for correctly balancing my sugar levels and insulin intake.
I was really hopeful when I saw how the app worked, as scanning products bar codes returned nutritional info on pretty much every item I scanned (I shop predominantly at at Aldi & Iceland stores) and so subscribed for a full 12 months. Unfortunately what I failed to do was check that the nutritional information generated by the database was correct.
Unfortunately I have now realised that the vast majority of items for me return incorrect nutritional information which means that I have to manually edit the nutritional info every time.
I realise that for many people who may just want to lose weight that having ball park figures may well be enough for their needs, but for diabetics who are calculating insulin and diet requirements this is totally unacceptable.
If the nutritional database was properly set up and maintained this app would be great but it’s like saying that if a car had an engine it would be great.
The devil is in the details and sadly the details all seem to be incorrect (kinda like having diesel in Rolls Royce petrol engine).
I really hoped that this would be the answer to my prayers rather than the huge disappointment of what could have been.
2023-08-09
Love this app
I’ve been paying the yearly membership for about 3 years now and use the app on and off if I need to shift a few lbs. It’s well worth it and much better than MFP. It has loads of UK foods in it. I love creating meals and planning my daily food. The app is also really good at remembering items I use regularly so when I start typing it bring it up straight away. Only downside is sometimes when companies change the recipe of their products the app doesn’t have the correct info but I can usually find the info myself and update the app info. Also it records g and ml as the same thing. I.e it records 15g of sauce the same as 15 ml of sauce etc but those don’t convert into the same amount really. If I measure out spices I get way more product if I weigh out 5g than I measure 5ml using a measuring spoon.
2023-03-14
Only app I need for my diet
Used this app a long time ago and it really helped me lose weight. It has a good database of UK ingredients and useful features but isn't cluttered with info/functions that I don't want. I like that its relatively simple: I can record my food/nutrition and exercise, easily save my own recipes or quickly search ingredients. I feel in control of the App, using it as a diary, adding just the info I want. I know how to lose weight, so this App helps me to take responsibility for my food intake, reduce snacking, eat more fruit/veg, watch my fluid intake and motivates me to exercise. Sadly since lockdown/WFH I've put on some weight again so I've re-downloaded the App and subscribed again; its definitely worth it for me, if just as a wake-up call to how snacks/drinks can add up in calories! As a last note; I had a minor issue renewing my membership after the long break and customer services were excellent.
2023-03-05
Could be a 5 if the paid subscription works as well as the free one
UPDATE…. So I have had a response from the very helpful team at nutracheck, but unfortunately still no fix for the app which works as it pleases. So currently using the web site (which by the way you need to put your phone in landscape position to access) which is great unless you live in a mobile signal blackhole. I need the app to work please nutracheck are liaising with apple as it’s not a normal error so let’s wait and see …………..
So I used the free subscription to test the app and it’s awesome, I opt to pay for the year…… I then start recording and the daily menu disappears 🤯. I email them and I instantly think I have got a nice personal message from an actual person hey reply I follow the instructions, turn on turn off uninstall reinstall, and it’s working for 4 hours. Gone again ask for help again and woooo an automated message, not the nice personal message I thought. I use the app to help with my type 1 diabetes and I’m now dead in the water and out of pocket. Thanks very much 😤 …..
2023-02-25
The best way to lose weight
A most accurate and efficient dieting reference. It can be laborious to measure each item separately so the “my meal” option is an excellent one for including all the ingredients in one go. However it’s those little snacks that we love to sneak into our day that can be added and gives an excellent and true record of our calorie intake. If a diet is being taken seriously this tool is an excellent one as it’s very easy to use and also, most importantly, gives an accurate analysis of the nutritional values of the food eaten. The profile is set for each person individually based on age, weight, height, exercise etc and so the nutritional values are extremely useful to follow. I started using the app 3 months ago and have regulated my diet during that time and have gradually lost 11lbs in weight which I’m really pleased about. Slow but sure I’ll reach my goal having educated myself about the food I’m eating with the help of nutracheck.
2023-01-20
Has the best food search
I love the food search for this app. I want to be able to search for coffee with semi skimmed milk and have it ask is that a small or large cup and it does all that, brilliant! It even has really helpful photos of the food you scan to check it’s the right one, amazing!
But, I also want to be able to add drinks to their own dedicated meal section so it shows how many calories I gain from drinks and how much I have drank that day - not just water.
I also want to be able to track my daily fibre intake.
I want to have a fasting aid where it lets me choose which fasting schedule and I can actually press a button to say I have started and I have stopped, not just alerts that I should be fasting.
Finally, I would like a family sharing subscription rather than my husband and I each have to purchase separate subscriptions.
2023-01-10
The best calorie counting app out there!!
This app starts with a 5 or 7 day free trial (can’t remember which) and its the only calorie counting app I have wanted to pay to upgrade after the trial. I’ve had fitness pal for years and years and also tried Lose it but this NutraCheck app is made so easy to use. I know most calorie counting apps aren’t exactly difficult but this one is just so simple. I find with Fitness pal finding the exact version of what i want to log frustrating but with Nutra check when you search it brings up a small picture which makes its so quick to recognise which one you wish to log. Plus there is a community bit where you read about other people’s progress or interact with other which is great if you like that sort of thing plus lots more like recipes ideas, you’re own meal planner section. I’ve tried them all and this one is perfect, it has everything I want from a calorie counting app and is easy to use, I will be upgrading when my free trial ends. I recommend downloading it and giving it a try.
2022-12-31
Flipping Fantastic!
Head and shoulders over all over apps of its kind. I tried 10 of the most popular options when deciding which to go with. In the end there really wasn't any competition. Perfectly balanced UI gives all the info you need, clearly presented, without being unnecessarily flashy (like a lot of the other apps out there). Incredibly easy methods for adding foods, especially if you live in the UK. Still haven't found an item missing from the database, and love how all items come with images. The clincher for me was how the app syncs with apple health data. I'm using this app mainly to track marcos in conjunction with the workout app "Strong" to track my workouts (also highly recommend that app). Both apps read/write to apple health so all data recorded by one is visible to the other. Absolutely ideal! And the cherry on top is the apple watch version of the app that makes meal tracking as fast as possible. The only missing thing I'd like is the option of a one off lifetime purchase. Too many subscriptions these days!
2022-09-27
Great and easy app
I’ve tried a lot of apps and this one is my favourite by far. It’s easy to use- just scan any barcode from sauces and soups to drinks and frozen food or microwaved meals. You can also use kfc and McDonald’s (I haven’t tried any other fast food shops yet) you can also add your exercise in which I always do if I exceed my daily amount then it will give me grams of fat and calories back when I add my exercise in. It will also give you little rewards when you type in your weight loss and it will help you by explaining the amount you should be burning off or eating a day in order to lose the amount you would like to use. For just £3.99 or £4.99 a month this app has helped me through some serious weight loss and joy. I would recommend this app to anyone!💖
2022-09-23
Great but link more Apps
I do like this app, I use it everyday to count my calories, add recipes and the fact it calculates my exercise and automatically adds on extra calories BUT… it’s not great when it comes to apps, yes you can add apple watches, fitbits and garmin but free apps like MapMyWalk or Strava are a no no. This doesn’t help when it comes to cycling for example. Yes you can add your average speed but it calculates your calories based on how long you cycle for within that speed range which can be 0-10mph. I could therefore ride for 2 hours and hardly move and burn a load of calories when in fact I’ve done hardly anything.
If the app was linked it would give a more accurate reading and calorie figure. I know this can be added manually but come on that just becomes inconvenient.
I also enjoy the forums, everyone is super friendly and really supportive and there is no end of knowledge out there when it comes to using this app. Happy I’ve got it and will continue to use it because it has given me the tools to change what I eat, monitor what I eat and allow me to eat what I want without restricting myself like diets do.
2022-08-16
Changed me forever
73lbs down at the time of writing this review - about another 17 to go until I’m a “healthy” BMI. I don’t remember the last time I wasn’t obese. It still doesn’t feel real to know that’s achievable by the end of the year - making my weight loss journey a perfect year from January-December 2022.
This year has been one where I’ve finally started to feel “normal” again - I no longer hide myself in photos. I wear what I like. I have a new relationship with food and feel like I have a deeper understanding of what I’m putting into my body thanks to the built-in nutritional report every day. The huge range of restaurants and UK-branded foods means it’s ridiculously easy to track everything, the barcode scanner is the cherry on top. This app has very few ways it can improve any further, it’s truly one of the best investments you can make in an app and in yourself.
Thank you to the developers 🧡
2022-07-09
Really good and well worth the subscription fee
Much better than MyFitnessPal if you’re in the UK: they have all the supermarket brands with photos, and a team of people regularly updating the catalogue rather than relying on people to enter things themselves.
It has some clever features, like being able to save common meals so you don’t need to enter all the individual stuff every time, and my favourite is being able to set “easier days” which have a higher calorie limit. These are good if you have days where you might go out for dinner or a drink, and it encourages you to still keep an eye on what you’re eating but without the associated guilt trip.
While the calorie tracking part of MyFitnessPal just seems like a vehicle to sell you all their other junk, in NutraCheck it’s front and centre. While there is a cost associated, it’s a very fair trade-off for the lack of dark patterns, ads, etc. all in all well worth the subscription I would say.
2022-06-28
Updated review!
I reviewed this app last year - don’t do reviews normally but loved the app. I have done various diets, all the well known groups - WW, slimming world etc. but found bored of them quickly and if I had lost weight put it all back on very quickly. Not to mention the cost - this app fraction of what I was paying over a year! I Vowed I would never count calories as such a faff! This app takes all the faff out of it and if I want it I eat it - so I don’t feel like I’m on a diet, in fact I’m not it’s a lifestyle change that I feel I can and am sticking too.
Update is I had an issue with the app and contacted them via the ‘contact us’ button within the app (great new feature) and within a few hours have had the issue resolved. So not just a great app but Great customer service too which is hard to come by these days.
Highly recommend and incidentally have lost 4st 8 on it so far and nearing my overall goal weight ! 😊
2022-05-21
Irene
This app is fantastic. After a 2 year period of mobility problems leading to hip replacement my weight has shot up to 14 stone 3 lbs.I was in panic mode. In previous years had used Weight watchers and Slimming World, expensive and ultimately led to failure. I searched Apple Apps and found Nutracheck, It’s an amazing app, so easy to use with a massive database of UK food products not touched by individuals logging, but maintained centrally so very accurate. Got my calorie allowance and as the app is so good I’m motivated to log absolutely everything I eat. I actually enjoy using it as it’s so easy.
Logging exercise was going to be a problem because I can’t do much at the moment, was amazed when I found I could log walking with crutches!!
The nearest thing to this app I have used in the past is My Fitness Pal and there is no comparison, this app is so cool it wears shades 😄. Was so pleased to find this morning that I am now under 14 stones after using the app for four days. Weight is a serious issue for arthritis sufferers, this will go far to help me in this respect.
2022-05-04
Really easy way to organise your eating for weight control
I’ve been using the app for 3 days now and I love it.
We try not to eat many pre-made meals so I wanted an app that would let me build a meal from basic ingredients. This will let you scan a barcode if you want but it’s real strength is in being able to search, for example, “red peppers; tomatoes; chicken; rapeseed oil; cornmeal, salt” etc. and very quickly plan a meal knowing what the nutritional content is.
I set a weight loss target and it gave me a sensible calorie budget. Then I linked it to my Apple Watch and it automatically tracks my exercise and takes that into account giving me a daily summary. At the end of the day I know whether I can treat myself to a bag of crisps and a beer.
There are some things I would love the developers to work on if they are reading this:
1) An ability to add custom (ie homemade) foods. I am thinking about my homemade bread but there are lots of other things. I have bodged it by creating the bread as a meal, copying down the nutritional data then adding this as a manually added food. However, it would be much easier if I could have tapped a new tab called “Homemade Food” and entered the recipe and portion sizes in the same way as for a meal. Then simply pulled that into a meal like any branded food.
2) We’re creatures of habit ;-) - it would be handy to simply copy an entire day forward then edit it.
Otherwise, great app - thanks devs :-)
2022-04-06
Feels like a new game
So I’m just finishing day 3 of my free trial week, have to say so far it feels like a fun new game , I don’t feel like I’m “dieting” what so ever , it’s just about getting the most out of your allowance and portion control. Today I had sticky bbq chicken and oven chips for tea , would of looked a lot more if I had used my toddlers plate . But was enjoyable and a normal tea for me , just half the portion if not more .
As I’m only on day 3 I’ve yet to see the results , but I feel confident this is going to work for me ! I’ve been an avid weight watcher member for 10 years plus! Loosing over 4 stone and maintaining , until I got pregnant and put on 5 stone , now I’m 3 stone heavier than pre baby weight! I tried a few times since but I just cannot get in go again ! And the fitness pal app is far less interesting and so much more full, the lay out and the content on the daily food diary is more enjoyable …. I’ve just signed up to be a paying member , I’m sure it’s going to be worth it 👍🏻🤞🏻
2022-04-03
All past weight loss attempts failed until this app
i had paragraphs typed up raving about how amazing this app is but all there really is to say is just download it. you’ll see how amazing it is yourself when you see all it’s features and actually commit to using it. im 5’2 on 1,200 calories and religiously counting every bite and i’ve lost 4 pounds this month and i’m not giving up — even bought the 1yr sub to be extra committed
what makes this app so great compared to others is that it quite literally has every food product in the UK (only came across 1 so far that it didn’t have but it was a new product so not surprised). it’s easy to log whatever you’re eating without faffing around with a calculator cause it does it all for you, which is what really put me off calorie counting in the past. all you do is scan the barcode and weigh your serving and it shows the calories in it and how many you have left for the day
2021-12-30
The best weight management app
I’ve been using both this and another popular diet app for wellness and this one wins hands down! There is no such thing as ‘free food’ … every calorie in should be measured against calories out for effective weight management that gives you results. Certain other diet programs allow you to eat unlimited rice and pasta. Imagine that? They are saying you can eat literally a pan of pasta for breakfast and another for all your other meals, while scoffing in between on free bananas and free avocados. I lost NOTHING on these other programs but I lost weight with Nutracheck. I also love how it monitors your protein intake daily too which I love to do being vegan. This app is user friendly, intuitive and makes easy work of dieting. You get to make it as easy on yourself as you like or go full on for speedier (but safe) weight loss. All round this is the best app there is and believe me I’ve tried them all. I’ve already recommended it to another family member who uses it too!
2021-08-25
So far so good
Trialling this app as a potential replacement to My Fitness Pal. So far so good, once you get used to the differences between the two apps and great to use an app that is more U.K. focused.
There is one thing that would be great to have in the app, especially for diabetics, and that’s the ability to log the time for each meal. This is important for diabetics who need to track their carb intake against their blood sugar levels and medication.
I have to add my carb intake to my blood sugar app and the log the time to see how a meal affects my blood sugar, so if I don’t do it as soon as I log my meal in this app then there is no time stamp for me to refer back to. Also, as there is no time stamp, the carb intake that gets copied to the apple health app spreads your carb intake across the whole day rather than logging at the actual time you take in the carbs. For example, if I have 24g of carbs in one day, this appears as 1g of carbs every hour for that day rather than showing the exact time I had actually took in the carbs.
2021-07-31
Excellent App
Used now for almost 2 months. It is easy to use and not as difficult as I thought it would be to log food. I don’t feel I’m dieting but in control. I just aim to stick to it rigidly during the week and ease up a bit at weekends. Whilst on average my daily calorie intake is a bit higher than target, it’s low enough to loose weight. The App encourages exercise as it gives you extra calories to eat! Learned a lot about portion sizes and the surprising amount of calories in some foods! Great that it synchronises to the Apple app to pick up steps etc. Been losing just over 2lbs per week. Suggested improvement would be to have summaries of alcohol units and the “one a day” consumption available too so that you can track through time. Also the summaries to allow more than 4weeks data.
2021-07-13
Superb App puts success at your fingertips
This is such a great & easy to use App; reliable performance, excellent and very comprehensive database and makes losing weight ‘fun’. It quickly syncs across my Apple products as well as inputting my Fitbit activities.
Now in my retirement years, I’ve tried WW, SW etc, etc. . . throughout my adult life and all sensible programmes recommend maintaining a ‘food diary’ - that was the bit I always found tedious and time-consuming and didn’t follow ! hence I’ve dieted most of my life. It is so easy to do the correct thing as this App makes recording daily intake a doddle - either by scanning product barcodes or selecting via the vast food database (which contains every nutritional detail one could wish for). I really enjoy the colourful graphics and respond better to attractive photos rather than too much textual content.
For me I didn’t want blog posts and forum support - so an annual subscription of App Only is perfect for my needs and excellent value.
I was also thrilled to use a ‘British product’ (which was developed locally to me in Nottinghamshire) supported by an excellent team of medical/fitness professionals taking a proactive and enthusiastic pride in supporting and developing their App.
I honestly believe that if you’re motivated to lose weight you’ll be thrilled by Nutracheck’s features.
2021-06-16
Best £4 I ever spent !
I legit never write a review for anything .. but this app is so good I just had to. I’ve been struggling with my weight since having my second baby. I became very overweight and quite frankly just let myself go. I knew I needed to make a lifestyle change and I downloaded this app and used the free trial. It was so good I decided to pay for the first month to see how it went (I figured £4 wasn’t going to break the bank even if it wasn’t great) but I kid you not this is the most amazing app for weight loss. It promotes a healthy relationship with food rather than trying to starve yourself - the app will simply count how many calories you eat without crucifying you for it. Yes I have had McDs, I’ve had Starbucks etc but I’ve lost more than half a stone so far because I’ve stuck to less than 1400 calories a day thanks to this app and I’m finally at a healthy weight. I’m more confident in myself and happier generally. This is just the beginning of my health journey. I just want to give a big thank you to the creators of this app. You have seriously changed my life 💕
2021-05-13
Best diet app I’ve used
I’ve used a lot of diet apps in the past including ones I’ve gone to weekly meetings to get. But this is by far the best I’ve used, it has so many diet variations to choose from and so much easily accessed nutritional info. I had to go on a low fat diet last year whilst waiting for an operation and this app helped and made it really easy to see how much fat I was eating as well as seeing what foods were the highest. Eating out categories are so helpful, as are the weight progress and your own recipe category. I don't use the forums but they are there if you need support from other dieters. The new update allows you to see your regular food intake by category (fat, sugar, Carbs etc) showing you the highest and lowest that you are eating. Well worth the money whether you pay monthly or yearly.
2021-03-17
Amazingly brilliant
I have tried many phone apps re my weight control.
All of them pushed a trial, good idea but they all wanted card / payment so you paid and joined then you had the choice of cancellation; the onus now placed on you.
Nutracheck put their confidence in their product and offer the trial without payment.
Yes they remind you that you are in a trial and there are so many days left but here’s the magic thing - they have a button where you can subscribe and pay but they then have another button, note not a tiddly little thing that you are meant to miss but a button that is very visual and says “ not for me right now” so you can carry on the trial without any excessive pressure.
HOWEVER, in saying all that; you soon realise that this product is “easy” and brilliant to use.
I keyed in the food I was eating on a typical day and instantly realised why I was not loosing any weight - very very surprising but extremely educational for me.
So I keyed in my stats and my weight goal etc.
This gives you a real and easy grip on what you are doing and your progress in “real time“ as in an “instant” as you key in.
On the commercial front each day I did have a reminder but the theme is - if your not ready to subscribe then no worries.
4th day - I signed up for 12 months.
I will say again - “Brilliant!”
2021-01-06
Amazing app
I was dubious downloading this app, I’ve used a calorie counting app before (a popular one featuring a blue and white icon) and found it had a few challenges - namely counting calories whilst eating out, and finding foods from lesser known brands / shops.
Being UK based, this app is far easier to use. It’s database of restaurants / takeaways and food brands is far bigger, making it much easier to stay on track. It’s design and layout is very user friendly, and I love the graph which clearly shows your progress which in turn helps to keep motivated.
Being able to sync my Fitbit is helpful, and the 5-a-day feature has encouraged to make me healthier choices not only to aid weight loss, but also to improve my lifestyle.
Yes it’s costs more than the app I used previously, but is still considerably cheaper than the majority of diet packages / schemes available in the UK. As a person who’s spent a lot of time and money on fad diets, this has been the far most effective method I’ve used to lose weight, whilst still incorporating loads of foods I love. Would 100% recommend.
2020-12-08
Great App, but just a few tweaks and it would be even better!
I’ve moved to this app from MyFitnessPal as it was more UK based. The app itself is great, there’s lots of options to track eating out which can always be an effort, and UK based measurements makes things much easier. My only two negatives are it’s not very easy when using it alongside someone else. For instance, my partner cooks and we both like to track, but in order for me to input the same meal, he has to save it in his meals, airdrop it, then I go into my meals and add it. And sometimes I don’t want a million and one random meals in ‘My meals’. Also MFP allowed you to make one meal and simply add how many servings it made (e.g Lasagna - 4 servings”. If you fancied this for dinner you simply have to add in and say ‘one serving’ and it will work it out for you. This app will let you add ‘a meal’ but it wants you to either enter the entire recipe (for the 4 portions) or go in and work out what 1/4 would be. Also if you make a dinner and want a portion for leftovers the day after, you can’t copy a “Dinner” to a “Lunch”. Only another Dinner slot, which means you have to add it to ‘Saved Meals’ etc which is a lot of effort when I simply want to scan and cook and preempt the next days lunch. Like I say, good app but a few tweaks needed to say it’s paid!
2020-11-02
Amazing
I recently upgraded my phone and was re-downloading my apps, and this popped up.
Presentation is outstanding. So simple, with multiple customisable options to tailor the app’s view to your liking.
As someone who lives in the UK, it’s brilliant to have measurements and brands which may not be available from other calorie trackers.
The biggest surprise was to click around and wait for the moment a paywall or subscription membership pops up. I’ve yet to discover if there is one.
I find this app takes the pain and “chore” feeling out of searching and tracking my items. There is a section to track 2 items such as water/ alcohol consumed/ 5 a day. When you eat some fruit or veg and track it, the apple icon fills up which I personally love - that feeling of working towards a goal.
There is also a user forum area (which I normally take no interest in) but again, with the layout being so accessible and easy to use, I did have a look around and will probably post/ contribute to any fitness discussions.
I hope more people are fortunate to discover this like I was.
For me, this is one of the best apps I’ve ever come across. I hope this stays free, my hope being if it was monetised, that it is done by requiring a 1 off payment, and not subscription.
5 *
2020-05-25
Use with garmin connect..........brilliant!
This is an outstanding app! If you have garmin connect on an iPhone it’s brilliant, you do need to go into apple health and switch off the option that allows nutracheck to read active calories because for some reason if it’s on, every time you sync your watch with garmin connect it duplicates workouts on apple health and adds them to active calories on nutracheck which makes you look like you have a load of extra calories to eat for that day, switch it off and it works amazingly well, this is a problem with garmin connect and apple health nothing to do with this app I’d like to make that clear, when I noticed the problem I emailed nutracheck and had a response straight away and was extremely helpful and helped me to find and fix the problem. Now it works brilliantly, syncs perfectly and is so easy to navigate and use with all the information you want and need to help you achieve what you want to achieve right there to see, detailed but easy to digest........couldn’t recommend any more.
2020-01-12
Amazing
Here’s my FB post
If you know me, well I hope you do if your a FB friend ha, you will know that I only recommend stuff that really impresses me. Nothing I suggest has referral links so that I get money or discount for sign ups etc.
If like me you have tried every calorie counting diet app on the planet and never 100% happy with any of them as they lack functionality, connectivity to devices and have poor and inaccurate food databases. Well after trying them all(well most of them) this comes out tops. Absolutely brilliant App, UK company, they even have a phone number and real people at the end of it. I’ve been using it all week and so impressed. It’s so easy to use from installation and after you get used to it and start fiddling about and looking at all the features your fall in love. It works on multiple platforms, phone, tablet and web and watch. If you add something on your watch and then access via your tablet it’s fully synced with your login. The tablet app even has a icon to tell you how many units of alcohol you have consumed by analysing any alc added to your good diary.
New year and I expect most are wanting to lose a few Xmas pounds and would of though most are using something to keep a track and plan calorie intake and track fitness as stuff like this isn’t new but this APP is the best.
2019-11-24
Awesome!
We have lost 2 stone using this app and there is no way we would have done that without it! It is so comprehensive and at the same time realistic. It doesn’t judge you it just tells you what’s in what you are eating, and tbh, I put the meals in first, when I see what’s in some of the food, it comes straight back off again and I don’t eat it.
There is so much hidden sugar and salt in our food these days it’s horrific really. Also food we have traditionally thought good really not so much. We have reached our targets, but we enjoy the new food we have found so much we are still eating it! We have got very creative with vegetables and flavour and it’s been something of an enjoyable experience, which is bizarre seeing as we were on a diet!!
These guys have got everything covered, all the big stores fare and a vast number of eating out places.
I have recommended to a number of friends who are amazed at what they didn’t know about what they eat, and are finding it very beneficial and helpful. I have never felt better, because although I halved what I was eating I still eat correctly and could monitor my nutrition, with the amazing information this app gives you. Thoroughly recommend it.
2019-01-21
Great app, but with a few glitches
I’ve been using this app for ages, paying the monthly bill as I find it far better than apps such as My Fitness Pal - where anybody can add food items and the macros could be wrong. What I like about this app is that there is pictures of the food alongside it, so it is clear you’re picking the correct thing. However, I needed to reset my goals, and it won’t let me enter a weight that is below a BMI of 25??? Which I don’t understand because I would like to be a healthy weight but it isn’t letting me input this. Nevertheless, I’m hoping this is just a glitch and isn’t a longtime problem, as this is by far my favourite food diary app. Another possible improvement - it would be nice to be able to view your weight progress on a line graph, as I find that it is more easy to gauge your rate of weight loss this way. Otherwise - a great app for calorie/macro counting :)
2018-09-22
Fab app! Only two tweaks needed...
I am using this app alongside loosely following Slimming World (using an old membership pack, not attending meeting or paying their fees). It’s been really helpful in helping me understand exactly what I am eating, and tempering the free foods allowed by SW by providing a reality check as to how many calories I am consuming each day. The exercise diary is good, I should probably use it more! The motivation emails and rosettes are keeping me on track. Adding in my own recipes has really simplified my diarising efforts. Adding a new scanned food, which I have had to do twice, is straight forward enough.
The nutrition interfaces with the health app on my iPhone, but the weigh in’s and measurements do not- I think this is something that could be improved but as I am only doing waist measurement and weigh in, it hasn’t beeen too much of a burden. The addition of a notes area each day would be an excellent addition as well and would help us to recall why we might’ve eaten what on which day. I do find that, nearly five weeks into using the app, I am relying on it more than the SW philosophy as I’ve lost a stone during that time by sticking to the calorie levels prescribed by the app and not looking so much at free foods and Syns.
2018-08-24
More motivation for weight gain please!
I’m trialling this for gaining weight, and it’s really hard for those of us who want or need to gain weight healthily to get good advice and tools as everything is geared towards weight loss. I really like this app; it’s easy to use and seems handily customisable. I also like that it is UK based. But although I have set a weight gain target, the feedback mechanisms in the app are still set to support weight loss. If Ian below my calorie target I am in the green, and as soon as I go over this I am in the red. This is subtly demotivating and also means that I have to remember that for me, red is good. I have a suggestion. If, instead of a precise calorie target, the app gave a target range of a small percentage either side of this, then this would solve the issue. I also think it would be more motivating for everyone - you’re in the green if you’re within a certain distance of your target, rather than having ‘failed’ for the day if you go even one calorie over. Calorie counting is not an exact science in any case, so it would also be more realistic.
2018-07-22
Not quite good enough to switch.
Wanted to try this app as an alternative to Myfitnesspal. Found it very useful to be able to track UK based foods rather than trawl through american brands also great to see options for setting goals and badge icon for remaining daily Kcals.
I’ve purposely not given 5 stars based on two improvements i’d need to see before i’d consider a paid alternative to the free myfitnesspal. Firstly, the ability to create my own meal headings e.g post-workout or afternoon snack rather than just lumping any extra meals into ‘snacks’. Secondly when creating recipes using a barcode search will find the item but then not give the option to add it as an ingredient to the recipe which was really annoying. Also i’d love to designate a supermarket as my normal shop so their options come up first. Implement these changes and i’d happily switch, until then i’ll stick to the free myfitnesspal app.
2018-01-22
Fantastic App but one problem...
This really is a great app. We are using it to track our daughter’s diet (age 5) as she needs a strictly controlled protein and calorie intake because of a medical condition. The app makes working out the amount of protein and calories she is consuming so much easier and is a godsend. The big problem is that we cannot set the protein and calorie targets as we would like as the app prevents us from doing this because they are outside of the normal ranges. I think you should be able to set targets to however you need them. I don’t see it as a problem as long as you are shown a disclaimer if outside the normal range. A parent being able to set up a profile for a child would be a big plus, setting the app apart from competition and making it appeal to mums and dads wishing to track their child’s diet—I am sure there are many out there. One other slight niggle I noticed is that there is no confirmation when deleting a meal and so this is quite easy to do by mistake. Overall though I must say that for us this app is the best on the market for our needs.
2018-01-13
BEST APP EVER!
This app is actually incredible. I’m currently trying to gain weight and before using this app I thought I was eating enough food but turns out I barely make it through half way of the recommended allowance!!! It’s helped me so much in motivating me to eat regularly and healthily. The best thing about it, it’s almost like a game- having to reach certain goals every day and keep the streak, it’s kind of fun and addictive! I honestly can’t stop showing people how awesome this app is! As someone who would roll their eyes at people calorie counting, I’ve really changed my tune. And as corny as it sounds, it’s really improved my life. It’s helping me get back to a healthy weight again and in my day to day, I have so much more energy and I feel great! Such a small change but such a massive impact. A genuine thank you to the developers for creating such a smart and useful application, I love it! ❤️❤️❤️