Protein Buddy

Protein and fiber tracker

Fill up on fiber. Keep your protein.

Protein Buddy tracks fiber right next to your protein. Choose Protein and fiber under Keep an eye on in Settings and fiber gets a goal of its own, right beside protein: fiber on every meal you log and both numbers against their goals for every day in your calendar, with no calories to count. Protein stays the number on your Home screen, so a filling, fiber-rich day never pushes it out of view.

96gof 120g protein
Fiber24gof 25g

An example day on Protein and fiber: fiber right beside protein, each against its own goal, and no calories to count.

Fiber beside protein, in three steps

  1. Choose Protein and fiber

    Pick it when setup asks what you would like to keep an eye on, or any time from the Keep an eye on row in Settings. Fiber joins protein, and your protein goal does not move.

  2. Set your fiber goal

    Nutrition goals gives fiber a ruler of its own, starting from a suggestion based on your own answers. Keep it, or drag it to the number your clinician gave you.

  3. Log meals, watch both fill

    Log a meal any way you like and its fiber lands next to the protein. Your calendar keeps every day's protein and fiber against their goals.

Why fiber needs protein beside it

Fiber is filling. That is the point.

Oats, beans, berries, a pear with lunch: fiber-rich food fills you up, and that is a big part of its appeal. Fullness also leaves less room, so whether you are fibermaxxing or eating around a small appetite on a GLP-1, protein is the number most likely to slip. Protein Buddy keeps protein in the ring on your Home screen while your fiber adds up in your calendar.

How much fiber is enough

The Adequate Intake set by the National Academies is 14g of fiber for every 1,000 calories you eat, and most adults get roughly half of that. Protein Buddy suggests a fiber goal for you, and if your clinician has given you a number, it takes a moment to set.

  • Women 19 to 50: about 25g a day
  • Women over 50: about 21g a day
  • Men 19 to 50: about 38g a day
  • Men over 50: about 30g a day

Fiber from the food you log

Photograph a meal, say what you ate, type it or scan a barcode, and the fiber comes back next to the protein, following the portion you pick. In your calendar, each day's Daily goal card shows the fiber you have eaten against your goal, right beside the protein ring.

  • Barcode scanning and typed meals are free forever
  • Logs that carry nutrition write fiber to Apple Health and Health Connect

An assistant that thinks in both

Ask the assistant what to eat and it favors foods that bring fiber and protein together and shows the fiber on the ones that carry it. Ask how today is going and it gives you both totals, so the next meal is an easy choice.

Straight answers

Questions about tracking protein and fiber