Carbs & Cals: Diet & Diabetes

Name: Carbs & Cals: Diet & Diabetes
Rating: 2.7380953 (2699 reviews)
Author: Chello Publishing Limited

By: Chello Publishing Limited

UK carb manager & calorie counter. Award-winning food & weight tracker

Features & Capabilities

Join thousands managing their diet with Carbs & Cals! The award-winning, UK-based app makes tracking food simple, visual and smart. Use the Unified Food Scanner to snap barcodes, food labels, or the food on your plate for instant nutrition data. Search over 272,000 UK foods and compare up to 6 portion sizes per item for fast, visual carb and calorie counting. Log meals quickly and track carbs, calories, protein, fat, fibre, 5-a-day and alcohol. Create unlimited custom foods and meals, set nutrition goals, and share reports with your healthcare team.

Designed for phone and tablet use, Carbs & Cals is developed by NHS dietitians and trusted across the UK for accurate nutrition guidance. It supports diabetes management, weight loss, keto and low-carb plans, and glucose tracking, with an extensive UK food database including brands, restaurants and world cuisines.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Data Privacy & Security

By:

Chello Publishing Limited

Downloads:

344,780 667

Rating:

2.74

(2,699) 1 new ratings

Version:

5.53.2 Last updated: 2026-05-27

Version code:

617810

Creation date:

2012-03-16

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.CAMERA Very high risk
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO Very high risk
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.health.READ_EXERCISE High risk
android.permission.health.READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY High risk
android.permission.health.READ_NUTRITION High risk
android.permission.health.READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNED High risk
android.permission.health.READ_WEIGHT High risk
android.permission.health.WRITE_NUTRITION High risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID Low risk

Size:

109.12MB

Email:

su*****@carbsandcals.helpscoutapp.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-08

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 118,613 ▼ 290

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Developed by:

Chello Publishing Limited

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chello.carbsandcals

Email:

su*****@carbsandcals.helpscoutapp.com

Website:

https://www.carbsandcals.com

User Reviews

Carbs & Cals is valued for carb counting, diabetes management, a large food database, and a useful scanner, with an intuitive interface and responsive support. However, reviews repeatedly cite heavy subscription paywalls, high pricing, cross-device login/transfer problems, and unreliable barcode scanning. Additional drawbacks include gaps in the food database (missing restaurants) and intrusive promos. Overall, it’s a strong tool for paying users but accessibility and reliability issues limit its appeal for non-subscribers.

Pros

Helps track carb intake and manage diabetes
Large food database with many items and easy to add missing foods
Scanner/AI nutrition label scanning feature is useful
Intuitive interface and easy to use
Responsive support team

Cons

Subscription price and paywall are heavy and expensive; many features locked behind a subscription
Cross-device subscription transfer/login issues (e.g., moving to a new phone, can't cancel easily)
Barcode/QR scanning is slow and unreliable
Missing popular restaurants and gaps in the food database (e.g., calories burned feature not always available)
Annoying promotional pop-ups and frequent changes to suggestions

Recent reviews

Hadn't used this app for quite some time, but still surprised that you can just come back to an app you paid for, and suddenly cannot access even basic functionality anymore. What's worse, it pretends to give you a limited number of free lookups, but has multiple entries for the same food, and you can't even look at all of the options to compare. Definitely not giving any money to this company for withdrawing access for a tool for disabled people which they paid for. Shameful business practices.