The question
Are you gettingenough protein?
Most people guess. Buddy turns the answer into one clear number.
Protein Buddy
New on iPhone 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, estimates, 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 now on iPhone and iPad. Three free Scout scans per install. Not in the current Android release yet.
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.
06 / Loved by people
DanielaApp Store review“One of the few that actually makes protein tracking fast instead of feeling like a chore.”
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. On iOS 18 or later, 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
Protein
30
gramsYour weekInsights
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. It does not track calories, carbs or fat.
- Is Protein Buddy free?
- The app is free to install and free to use for manual and barcode logging. AI photo and voice analysis comes with a limited one-time allowance, after which continued AI use needs a subscription. Current prices are shown in the App Store and Google Play listings.
- Do I need an account to use it?
- No. Protein Buddy works without an account and stores your log on your device. Signing in is optional and exists so you can sync between devices and restore your history if you change phone.
- How does the photo scan work?
- You photograph your meal and the app estimates the protein in it. It is an estimate, not a measurement, and portion size is where estimates vary most. You can adjust the grams before saving if you know the number is off.
- Does Protein Buddy count calories?
- No, and that is the point. Full food trackers ask you to log everything you eat. Protein Buddy asks for one number, which makes each log take seconds instead of minutes and is why people keep using it past the first week.
- 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 and barcode logging work with no connection, so you can log at the gym, on a flight or anywhere with poor signal. Photo and voice analysis need a connection because the analysis runs on a server.
- 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.