About us
We test food tracking apps so you don't have to
Food Tracking Lab is an independent research project. We buy every app, log thousands of real meals, and score each one on a published rubric — with no affiliate links and no sponsored placements bending the results.
Why we exist
The app stores are full of food trackers promising effortless, accurate logging. Most reviews of them are thin, affiliate-driven listicles that rank whichever app pays the highest commission. We started Food Tracking Lab in 2024 because the people who rely on these apps — to lose weight, manage a condition, fuel training, or simply understand what they eat — deserve testing that is rigorous, transparent and impossible to buy.
What makes our reviews different
- We measure, we don't guess. Accuracy is scored against weighed reference meals, not vibes. Logging speed is timed with a stopwatch. Read the full methodology.
- Eleven segments, not one number. A single overall score hides too much, so we publish a breakdown across eleven segments — because the best app for accuracy is not always the best app for you.
- Named experts. Every review is written and scored by named reviewers — registered dietitians and testing specialists — who put their names and credentials on their work.
- No affiliates, ever. We take no commissions and accept no paid placements. See our disclosure.
Our editorial principles
We hold ourselves to a published editorial policy: accuracy first, independence always, corrections in public. We are also careful about the line between healthy tracking and harm — our reviewers flag apps that drift toward disordered-eating territory, and we point readers to support resources rather than pretend tracking is right for everyone.