The 21 Best Apps for Food Journaling (2024)

This app will help you keep track of how much more you can eat each day on the 21 Day Fix, a diet that breaks down what you consume into color-coded food groups and portions. The app also has features that help you monitor your progress, such as how many inches you’ve lost while on the diet. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)

Thinking of trying the increasingly popular ketogenic diet but don’t know where to start? This app will provide you with meal plans that stay within your carb limits — that way, you don’t have to worry about tracking your carbs. It’s like having a dietitian on call 24/7. (Free; iTunes)

Whether your focus in carbs or protein or fat, if you’re into counting macros, this app will help you find the perfect breakdown. Not only will the Macro Coach tell you how much you need, but the app can also scan barcodes to find out the nutrition facts for lots of different foods. ($3; iTunes and Google Play)

Calorific divides foods into three categories (red, yellow, and green), and then into portion sizes for easy two-click tracking. There's no need to comb through overly involved databases to write down every minute meal detail, and Calorific uses your data to generate pie charts showing the healthy to unhealthy ratio of your food choices as well as the time of the day you make the best nutrition choices. (Free; iTunes)

Whether you plan to lose weight, build muscle, or just want to become healthier all around, this app can help you do it. Use it to track your activities and manage your daily food diary — a built-in bar code scanner makes it easy to quickly search for and log your food. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)

The rise of Instagram has taught us one key fact: People love snapping and sharing pictures of food. With this food diary, you can see at a glance all the meals you've had that day, compelling you to make healthier choices. Photographing your meals encourages you to change your eating habits. Meal reminders help you to eat regularly and you'll feel more energetic throughout the day. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)

Tell My Fitness Pal your current weight, goal weight, height, age, activity level, planned workout regimen, and how many pounds you'd like to lose per week, and it helps you stay on track. Log your meals and water consumption in your diary, get support and motivation from other users, and keep track of your workouts. The app comes pre-loaded with a food database containing over two million items, and it remembers your foods and recipes as you log them. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)

For people who love to eat, Foodnotes is a place to document, organize, and share what you want to try and what you want to remember. Users can join people from around the world who are already using the app to save their favorite food experiences. (Free; iTunes)

My Food Diary takes a more holistic approach to reaching your weight loss goal. There are seven different ways to log your food and an expert-compiled 80,000 item database, and you can even share your account with your spouse or a friend so you can log recipes you both commonly make. The tool offers daily color-coded nutrition summary reports, and you can compile your own graphs using personally selected data. (Free to members of MyFoodDiary; myfooddiary.com)

A personalized meal-plan app, Kudolife connects you with nutrition experts that suggest meals tailored to your goals, whether those are weight loss, better fitness, or a little bit of both. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)

Search the database of over 625,000 foods and 1,500 fitness items to track your daily caloric intake and burn. You can track your calories over time, write in your online food diary, watch a live food tracking app for users all over the country, and get calorie and exercise breakdowns. (Free; iTunes)

Whether you're on a diet or just want to be healthier, you can keep track of everything that goes into your body by logging your meals on this app with pictures and descriptions. You can also work directly with a dietitian, nutritionist, or fitness trainer for feedback and support. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)

Instead of calculating exact portions and calories, EatRight has another goal: to ensure you're fueling yourself with a balanced diet. Each day starts with a checklist, and as you eat, your meals and snacks are automatically broken up into food groups so you can hit all your daily vitamin and nutrient goals. ($1.99; iTunes)

Making healthy decisions on the go has never been easier. GoMeals lets you effortlessly track what you eat — whether that's at home or at a restaurant — as well as your activity levels. And if you have a condition like diabetes, there's also a section specifically for keeping track of your blood glucose levels. (Free; iTunes and Google Play)