The question
Are you gettingenough protein?
Most people guess. Buddy turns the answer into one clear number.
Protein Buddy
Eating out? Meet Protein Scout ↓
Hit your protein goal.Skip the calorie math.
Log by photo, voice, barcode, or typing. Widgets show your progress without opening the app. No account required.
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01 / The idea
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01 / Protein Scout
See it. Rank it.
Best fit.
Photograph a restaurant menu. Scout ranks the dishes that fit the protein you have left today.
02 / Photo
Point. Shoot.
+32g.
Breakfast becomes protein in seconds. No searching, no spreadsheet.
03 / Voice
Say it.
+25g.
“Chicken wrap.” Buddy listens, logs it, and moves your day forward.
04 / Barcode
Scan it.
+26g.
One barcode. Instant protein. You are already two-thirds of the way there.
05 / Widget
One glance.
Keep going.
Your next decision is waiting on the Home Screen. Progress stays in sight and the app stays closed.
02 / Ways to log
Four natural ways
The faintest ink is better than the best memory.
01
Photo
Point. Shoot. Protein.
Photo in. Protein logged.
02
Voice
Say what you ate.
Say the meal. Buddy logs it.
03
Barcode
Scan the pack.
Scan the pack. Get the protein.
04
Manual
Know it? Tap it.
Know the number? Tap it in.
03 / Protein Scout
Point. Scout. Choose.
See what is there.
Know what fits.
Photograph a restaurant menu. Scout ranks the dishes by the protein you have left today, your diet style, and your GLP-1 status.
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Available on iPhone, iPad and Android. Your first 3 Scout scans are free.
Progress you can feel
Your goal has a face now.
Every meal brings your Buddy to life. Progress feels warm, visible, and worth returning to.
Meet your Buddy05 / Science & sync
Current evidence. Personal inputs.
Your goal,
up to date.
Buddy starts with your weight, activity, age, and goal—then applies current protein evidence instead of a one-size-fits-all formula. You can adjust it anytime.
Two-way protein syncLog once.
Keep health in step.
Keep health in step.
Apple Health
Save Buddy logs to Health and let protein from other apps count toward today.
Health Connect
Keep protein in sync across Buddy and your Android health apps.
Built differently
Simple on purpose.
Every choice removes friction between you and a better daily habit.
Protein first.
The one number you came for gets the whole screen.
Private by design.
Your log stays on your phone. An account is optional.
Ready offline.
Log at the gym, on a flight, or anywhere life happens.
07 / What's new
Hands full?
Just say it.
Ask Siri to log protein in Protein Buddy, answer how many grams, and it is logged without opening the app. Four Control Center buttons put manual, photo, voice and Protein Scout one tap away.
Explore what's newWorks with SiriFour Control Center buttonsWidgets update instantly
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Your week. Insights.
Protein Buddy
Start in 30 seconds
Today0g→Goal120g ✓
One goal.
One Buddy.
One better habit.
Set your target, log your first meal, and make today count.
08 / Questions
Common questions answered plainly.
More depth in the Protein Knowledge Base, where every article cites its sources.
- What is Protein Buddy?
- Protein Buddy is a protein tracking app for iPhone and Android. It tracks one number a day, the grams of protein you have eaten, against a personal target set from a short quiz. Tracking is protein first. Calories, macros, fiber and water are optional, right beside protein in Settings if you want them.
- Is Protein Buddy free?
- Yes. Manual entry, barcode scanning, typed meals and water tracking are free forever. Photo scans, voice logs and Protein Scout each come with 3 free tries. After that, a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase unlocks them without limits. Current prices are in the App Store and Google Play listings.
- Do I need an account to use it?
- No. Logging works offline without signing in. The app keeps your log on your device and backs up selected data under an anonymous install identifier. Sign in with Apple or Google if you want to restore it on another device.
- How does the photo scan work?
- Snap your plate and Protein Buddy fills in the protein in seconds. Had a bigger or smaller portion? One tap on ½, ¾, All or ×1½ and the grams follow, then save.
- Does Protein Buddy count calories?
- Yes, optionally. Protein is the one number you see by default. In Settings, under What to track, you can also tick calories, fiber, carbs or fat, set a goal for each and see them on every food you log. Untick them and they stay out of sight.
- Can I track protein and fiber together?
- Yes. Tick Fiber under What to track in Settings, and meals you scan, say or type show their fiber next to the protein, with a daily fiber goal of its own. Handy on a GLP-1 medication, where protein and fiber are the two numbers most people watch.
- Can Protein Buddy track water too?
- Yes. Say yes to Track water in setup, or tick Water under What to track in Settings, and you get a daily water goal worked out from your body weight and activity. Log a glass from the menu or the calendar, or just tell the assistant. Protein stays the one number on your Home screen, and water tracking is free.
- Does it work with Apple Health?
- Yes, in both directions. Logs you make in Protein Buddy are saved to Apple Health, and protein recorded by other apps counts toward your daily total. On Android the same two-way sync runs through Health Connect.
- Can I use it offline?
- Yes. Manual logging works anywhere, at the gym, on a flight or deep in a basement, and photos and voice logs you make offline are saved and filled in the moment you are back online.
- Is it suitable if I take a GLP-1 medication?
- It is built with that in mind. The onboarding quiz asks whether you take one and raises your protein target accordingly, because rapid weight loss with a suppressed appetite makes under-eating protein easy. Your individual target should be confirmed with your prescriber.