See carbs, calories, and weight together - so you can spot patterns and stay on track day to day.
The award-winning, UK-based Carbs & Cals app makes tracking your food, nutrition and weight simple, visual and smart. Use the new Unified Food Scanner to snap a barcode, food label, or even the food on your plate. Our AI-enhanced system instantly identifies food and extracts nutritional data for fast, accurate logging.
Search over 272,000 UK food & drink photos and compare up to 6 portion sizes for easy, visual carb and calorie counting. Log meals in seconds and track your calories, carbs, protein, fibre, fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar, 5-a-day and alcohol.
Now with built-in weight tracking, you can monitor your progress over time, log weight changes, and stay motivated as you work towards your goals. Combine your food diary and weight tracker to clearly see how your eating habits impact your results.
Create a personalised diet plan for weight loss, diabetes management, or keto and low-carb living. Add notes for glucose, insulin and weight, set nutrition goals, and share reports with your healthcare team for better support and accountability.
Developed by NHS dietitians, Carbs & Cals is trusted across the UK for accurate, practical guidance. Get a smarter calorie counter, weight tracker and food tracker in one app.
KEY FEATURES:
- Unified Food Scanner: Scan barcodes, food labels or your plate for instant nutrition info.
- Track your weight and monitor progress alongside your food diary.
- Search 272,000+ UK foods & drinks from brands and restaurants.
- Compare 6 portion sizes for visual carb and calorie counting.
- Track calories, carbs, protein, fibre, fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar, 5-a-day and alcohol.
- Food diary + weight tracker for complete health tracking.
- Unlimited custom foods and meals.
- Set goals for weight loss, diabetes, keto or low-carb diets.
- Share reports with your healthcare team.
- Designed by NHS dietitians and trusted by professionals.
RECOMMENDED BY NHS DIETITIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
- Developed by Chris Cheyette BSc (Hons) MSc RD, Senior Diabetes Specialist Dietitian with 20 years of experience working in the NHS.
- Recommended across the UK by NHS dietitians and healthcare providers. - Reviewed and approved by independent health app specialist Orcha Health.
- The Carbs & Cals books are supported by Diabetes UK.
PRICING
- The free STARTER plan gives you access to our basic database and limited features.
- The UNLIMITED plan gives you access to the full UK database and all features. Choose from £6.99 per month, or £35.99 per year (less than £3 per month!).
Try out the Carbs & Cals app on the UNLIMITED plan for FREE with our 14 day free trial. No commitment.
FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT, QUESTIONS & SUGGESTIONS:
Please email support@carbsandcals.helpscoutapp.com
*Remember to consult with a doctor or other medical professional before making significant changes to your diet
I have just recently downloaded this app, I also have the book which I use daily as a rough guide but seeing as my iPhone goes everywhere with me this app is helpful for when I’m out as some restaurants/cafes don’t have the carb information to hand (also it takes less time to work it out on the app rather than in my head/writing it all down). HOWEVER, as a Type 1 Diabetic, what would be REALLY great is if you can manually enter carbs. For example, the food packaging may say the carbs are 30g yet on the app they say something lower/higher, so I do tend to go by what is on the actual food packaging (unless I can not for the life of me work it out!).. It is a little frustrating as I can’t manually enter carbs or a certain food item (say Asda/Tesco’s own brand!), but other than that yes it is more handy for when you’re on the go/out!I would honestly love an updated version, considering this app is advised for T1 Diabetes (who do carb control counting for insulin doses) by MANY doctors/nurses it needs to be updated regularly, at least every month or so!
Best of many options
DJDx2
Apps like this have become commonplace and there are hundreds of websites offering similar data. Carbs and Cals is by far the best of them, offering generic portion photography which is brilliant. We use it for carb counting and probably couldn’t live without it. That isn’t to say it’s faultless. Other foot tracking apps contain far more branded food alongside barcode scanning (check out Fitbit!) C+C has restaurant food but no photos which in itself is ok, it needs more to make it truly useful as otherwise you can’t compare the meals. Eg prezzo pizza - they don’t offer carbs on their website so I went to compare it zizzi which must be similar but there are no pictures. Don’t get me wrong, if we were in zizzi I would be singing it’s praises for having their menu.Carbs and cals could almost do with a second app or area just for collating branded food and restaurants.
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Miss99Steps
As a Type 1 diabetic, I have had the app for many years, initially without any upgrade costs being required. The basic access to food carbs is undoubtedly a significant support for my condition - and the range has improved over the years. However, the annual upgrade cost is (in my opinion) is way too high. Take note of an American business model that significantly lowered their price for their service, to encourage many, MANY more customers - their profits increased significantly due to far lower prices but far higher customer numbers. Therefore, a lower price can lead to a higher income! Why not try the suggested model and see?! A significantly lower annual price would lead to a far higher customer take up (increasing company profit and more importantly customer satisfaction…I would have been upgrading and leaving a 5 star rating!). With a more reasonable annual rate, you would be receiving an ongoing 100% of a lower fee from far more people rather than 0% of your higher rate from many potential participants. It’s simple maths and definitely worth asking your customers’ opinion - I would definitely be ‘in the upgrade’, if the price was much lower. Why not ask your customer base what we think is a reasonable price to pay annually?Reading the App comments, I can see others - sharing a lower star rating - feel the same. Why not consider a different business model to secure better business profits?
Developer Response
Hi there. Thanks for the review and sharing your ideas around a new pricing model. We do reconsider our pricing model from time to time and will consider this when we get to it this year. Can you share which American business lowered their pricing, would be interesting to investigate?Our current pricing was based on a customer survey, and we are below average in price for this type of app. However, we know we're not perfect, so will do our best to improve this while still being a sustainable business. The app has been a big investment for our small business and it's important to strike a balance that works.
Type 1 - Good App but too pricey
MissNatalieBeth
I have had this app for years, moving from the book (nightmare to carry around!) to the handy app. However, I am now struggling to use as before as so many foods are locked behind a paywall. If your intention is to help people, please hear me when I say, charges are not helpful. I can’t remember if I originally paid a one time fee for the app. However, I would have been happy to do that for unlimited access to all the foods I need to manage my condition. As this is what most people use it for, I think the consideration of reducing your fees must happen as many others in the comments have said. I would have also been happy to make donations from time to time to support the app when my finances allowed. To force users to pay though when some diabetics whole treatment plans and lives rely on carb counting, well it’s a bit insensitive. I don’t understand your goal. I can only assume it’s moved from genuine care for customers to profit. Such a shame for such a good idea.
In this update, we've reinstated sugar targets, now with an updated default of 90g per day to reflect total sugars shown in our food data. We've also made some improvements to the support section of the app to help us investigate issues.
Version 5.54.1
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Information
Provider
Chello Publishing Limited
Size
110.1 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
