5 Best Free Calorie Counter Apps for iPhone

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1. Apple Health – Default App to Log In Calories

Apple Health lets you manually log in calories as the app doesn’t have an in-built calorie tracker, or connect a calorie counting app to do it. You can see the logged-in calories in detail on the nutrition page on Apple Health. Besides, you can favorite some nutrients, which will be displayed on the dashboard.

While you log in calories, the information you can add is just the quantity of the nutrient. For the nerds, you get some trivia on the nutrient too. Once done, it will show up in a neat little graph displaying how much of it you ate daily, monthly, or yearly.

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Price:Free

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2. HealthifyMe – Great Catalog of Food

HealthifyMe immediately impressed me with the number of different food items it has in its database. I could track something as obscure as an Oreo Cheesecake I had for our evening snack. You can add breakfast, lunch, morning snacks, dinner, and all possible meals you eat during the day.

It provides a great breakdown of micronutrients as well. You can also set up a meal plan, and the app will guide you as to what you need to increase or decrease, but this is limited to the pro version. The macronutrient break-up is also a neat little way to understand your primary nutrient intake and know how your food habits are over a period.

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Price:Free;HealthifyMe Smart Plan: $15

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3. MyFitnessPal – Connect Your Nutrition Data to Apple Health

MyFitnessPal is currently one of the most popular calorie counters. It contains a comprehensive nutrition database with over 11 million foods. It has a free version, but features like meal prep and recipes, macronutrient counters, and guided workouts are only available in the premium version.

The app monitors your weight and estimates your daily calorie intake. It also includes a food diary and an exercise record. MyFitnessPal tracks your progress toward your goals and provides chat forums with other users. Conversations, recipes, tips, and personal success stories can all be found in the forums, so you are part of a larger community taking a stride toward a healthier life.

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Price:Free;Pro Version: $19.99 per month or $79.99 per year

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4. Lifesum – Great for Recipes and Meal Plans

Lifesum offers a food and meal rating system that describes whether a dish is nutritious and whether your meal is healthy or imbalanced. The app is more empathetic and does not stress terms like ‘unhealthy’, ‘junk food’, and other similar phrases that might make you feel guilty about your eating habits.

If you want a low-carb, high-protein diet that involves intermittent fasting, this app has you covered. You also get a great set of healthy recipes for all your meals. More features, such as a more complete nutrient analysis, recipes, insights, and educational resources to learn how to make healthier food choices are available in the pro version.

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Price:Free, $4.17 per month for Premium.

Download Lifesum

5. Lose It! – Comprehensive Meal Plans

Have you ever been to a gym or a nutritionist, where they asked you many questions about your health preferences so that they can understand you better? The Lose It app does exactly that. We took around a full ten minutes to set up the app while we answered questions about our dietary and other health preferences.

Moreover, the Lose It! food database contains all popular restaurants, grocery stores, and brand-name items, all of which have been confirmed by the app’s professional team. You also have an active chat community and can take part in multiple challenges. With the pro version, you get additional features like advanced tracking, awards, and celebrations as you complete goals, and you get more detailed exercise and diet planning.

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Price:Free,Premium: $39.99 per year

Download Lose It! for iPhone

Also Read:How accurate is Apple Watch calorie tracking

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Last updated on 24 April, 2024

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