KuGT

New in 1.2: dictate a meal or have whole sentences broken down – on the device. Plus three new widgets, Nutri-Score, fasting phases and 100+ new dishes.

KuGT measures your calorie expenditure instead of merely estimating it: from two weeks of entries and your weight trend – not from a formula. No account, no ads, no subscription: the extended features are a one-time purchase, and everything else stays free for good.

DICTATE AND ESTIMATE Say what you ate instead of typing it – speech recognition runs on your iPhone and the recording never leaves it. On newer iPhones, KuGT breaks down whole sentences: "Schnitzel with gravy and dumplings" becomes three items you check before they are logged. The nutrition values do not come from the AI but from the built-in list – the only thing estimated is which dish you mean.

TODAY Log meals in seconds, split into breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. More than 340 dishes and staple foods ship with the app – from porridge to doner kebab, plus dishes from McDonald's and Burger King using the chains' own figures. All with household portions: a slice of bread, a glass of milk, no scales needed. Live search adds products from the Open Food Facts database. Your own templates log a standard breakfast with one tap – and if you cook for four, the template divides into portions.

STREAK AND WEEKLY GOAL Every day with an entry extends your streak, and a joker forgives the Tuesday you forgot. The weekly goal is satisfied with five days out of seven – and if you return after a break, you are welcomed back, not punished. On Sundays, a review sums up your week.

INTERMITTENT FASTING A timer for 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 or your own length, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. While the timer runs, KuGT shows which phase you are in – from digestion to the switch to your fat reserves. Even without the timer, KuGT shows your eating window, worked out from your entries.

HISTORY Calories and weight across 7 or 30 days, with KuGT Plus across a full quarter, including a smoothed weight curve, your macro split and a forecast of when you will reach your goal weight. Waist, hips and body fat can be tracked alongside.

SCAN Capture a barcode with the camera, take over the nutrition facts, done. The Nutri-Score sits beside it wherever the database knows it – useful when two packets sit side by side on the shelf. Frequent products become favourites; everything you scan is kept in a history.

CALORIE CALCULATOR Basal metabolic rate using Mifflin-St Jeor, via lean body mass if you know your body fat, plus FFMI and a protein recommendation. Every formula is backed by scientific sources inside the app.

YOUR DATA Your entries sync between your devices through your private iCloud – they belong to your Apple ID, and we cannot see them. The only thing that leaves your device is the search term or barcode number, sent to Open Food Facts. Speech recognition and estimation run entirely on the device. Apple Health connects both ways if you want it to: weights come in from your scale, meals and water go out, steps and active calories appear on Today. PDF export and complete deletion included.

WIDGETS AND SIRI Seven widgets for the Home and Lock Screen: calories, streak, water with a logging button and the fasting timer – new: "Today" with remaining calories and streak side by side, "Quick log" with buttons for water and templates, and a large "Day". Ask Siri to log a glass of water or for your current streak without opening the app.

KUGT PLUS A one-time purchase, not a subscription: fasting timer, quarterly history, carb and fat goals, measured expenditure, activity data from Health and the goal forecast. Diary, search, scanning, weight, water, streaks, dictation, estimation and export stay free.

KuGT is not a medical device and is no substitute for professional advice. Talk to a doctor before changing your diet – particularly if you have a pre-existing condition, are pregnant or are under 18.

Product data from Open Food Facts, available under the Open Database License.