Search 13,521 foods
The whole database is inside the app. Results as you type, with no signal needed.
Log a meal in seconds.
Keep it on your phone.
Search 13,521 foods, scan a barcode or just say it. Free, with no account.
Fuel8
Calorie & macro tracker
iPhone · iOS 26.0 or later · Free
Coming to the App Store
Log a meal four ways.
Three taps from opening the app to a logged breakfast.
A barcode scanner that works
Point it at the packet. Found once, and it resolves instantly every time after.
Save the meals you eat often
Your usual breakfast, the desk lunch, the go-to dinner — each one tap, not four searches.
Or just say it
“Chicken breast 200g, white rice, a tablespoon of olive oil.” Recognised on the phone.
Built for how the day actually goes.
Logging food fails when it’s slow. Every one of these is a few seconds, one-handed.
It's 7am and you've got one hand free.
Your usual breakfast is a saved plate. One tap and it's logged, not four searches.
You're stood in the aisle holding the packet.
Scan the barcode. Free here, and after the first lookup it works with no signal at all.
School run done, hands full, still haven't logged lunch.
Say it out loud and it becomes a list you confirm later. Nothing is logged until you tap Add.
It's 10pm and you never logged Tuesday.
Pick the day and add it. Most trackers charge a subscription for that. This one doesn't.
What it looks like.
Free here. Premium elsewhere.
| Feature | MyFitnessPal | Fuel8 |
|---|---|---|
| Barcode scanning | Premium | Free |
| Voice logging | Premium | Free |
| Macro targets in grams | Premium | Free |
| Logging to a past day | Premium | Free |
Fuel8 is not affiliated with MyFitnessPal.
Nothing you log leaves your phone.
Your meals, your weight and your targets stay in an encrypted store on your own device.
No account
No sign-up, no password, no cloud sync. There is no server holding your food diary.
Works offline
The food database is inside the app. Logging a meal needs no connection at all.
No analytics, no ad networks
No tracking SDKs, no ad networks, nothing sold to anyone. The one thing Fuel8 promotes is our own 8 Week Challenge, on its own tab.
Two connections leave the app, and one is off unless you switch it on. Both are named in the privacy policy.
No streaks. No shame. No scores.
Calorie tracking goes wrong for people in predictable ways. These are enforced by tests that fail the build, not by a policy.
- No streaks to break
- No red failure states
- No food grades or scores
- No projections or goal dates
- Exercise never adds calories back
- Calorie floors it won't go below
“A total across the weeks above, not a streak. A missed day doesn’t reset anything.”
Want more than a tracker?
The 8 Week Transformation Challenge.
A separate, paid programme from the same people — coaching, training and a nutrition plan, which is everything a food diary deliberately isn’t.
- A structured eight-week workout programme, with home and gym versions
- A personalised nutrition guide
- A private member community, and weekly progress check-ins
- Eight weeks in the 8WTC app: recipes with prep time, ingredients and macros per serving
- A week-by-week view of steps, calories, macros and sleep
Join the Challenge — 12% off
The 12% is applied when you arrive.
Nothing to type.
Signing up inside the 8WTC app instead? Enter the code Fuel8 there.
The Challenge is paid, and the price and start dates live on the sign-up page rather than here so they can’t go stale. Fuel8 is made by a partner of the Challenge and earns a commission on sign-ups through these links — that is how the tracker stays free. Nothing in Fuel8 is locked behind joining, and nothing you log is shared with it.
Questions.
Is it really free? What's the catch?
The tracker is free with no subscription and no paid tier — barcode scanning, voice logging, macro targets in grams and logging to a past day are all included, and nothing is withheld pending payment. Fuel8 makes its money one way, and it isn’t ads: it promotes the 8 Week Transformation Challenge, a separate paid programme, and earns a commission if you join. Your food diary has nothing to do with that, and the Challenge code physically cannot read it.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no login and no password. Your food, weight and targets live in an encrypted store on your own phone, and there is no server holding a copy.
Does anything leave my phone?
Two things, and you can name both. Scanning a barcode the app hasn’t seen asks Open Food Facts about that barcode and nothing else. Photo estimates — off and hidden unless you turn them on — send the photo to an AI provider on your own account and your own key. Neither ever carries anything you logged. The privacy policy sets both out in full.
Does it work without a connection?
Yes. The 13,521-food database is bundled inside the app, so searching and logging work in aeroplane mode. Only a barcode lookup for a product the app hasn’t seen before needs a connection.
Can I export my data?
Not yet — Fuel8 has no export feature today. Everything you log is on your own phone, and Settings has a one-button, offline “Delete all my data”, but there is no export button.
How accurate are the numbers?
Nutrition values come from public databases and may be inaccurate. Calorie and macro targets are estimates from standard formulas and will not be right for everyone — for any one person they can be out by 10% in either direction, which is why every target in the app is editable.
What is the 8 Week Transformation Challenge?
A separate paid programme run by the same people, which Fuel8 explains on one tab and links out to. Nothing in Fuel8 is locked behind joining it. Fuel8 is made by a partner of the Challenge and earns a commission on a sign-up through its links; the app carries a 12% discount code, Fuel8.
Free, because it isn’t trying to sell you the app.
Fuel8
Calorie & macro tracker
iPhone · iOS 26.0 or later · Free
Coming to the App Store