Protein Buddy

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What's new in Protein Buddy?

Protein Buddy keeps getting better for one reason: to make your daily protein goal easier to reach. Lately that has meant a journal you can take to your doctor, your weight and your protein in one picture, water right beside your protein and an assistant you can ask what to eat. Here is everything that changed lately.

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Protein Buddy Home screen showing daily protein progress

Made for everyday life

More helpful with every update

From restaurant menus to busy mornings, every change is designed to make protein tracking feel lighter. Here is what became easier, newest first.

  1. Ready for your next appointment

    Take your protein to your next doctor's visit

    When your doctor asks how you have been eating, now you can show them. Share your journal turns your days into a clear report: your protein against your goal, the time of day it comes in, the foods you rely on most and every meal with its time. Pick the last week, month or three months, put your name on it, and send it to your doctor, dietitian or coach, or print it for the appointment.

    • A clear report of your protein, ready in seconds
    • Every meal with its time, or a week by week summary
    • Send it, save it or print it for the visit
  2. Is it working? Now you can see it

    See your weight and your protein in one picture

    Progress is a new page one tap from Home, made for the question that matters most: is it working? Log a weigh-in and your weight draws a line over the protein you ate on the same days, with your goal weight waiting ahead. Above it, your average protein a day this week, split into morning, midday and evening. Below it, the insights that explain your habits.

    • Log a weigh-in with one tap
    • Your weight and your protein on one chart
    • See how your protein spreads across the day
  3. Protein first, water beside it

    Track your water, right beside your protein

    Protein keeps the Home screen to itself, and that does not change. Now water can join your day, if you want it to. Switch on Track water and you get a daily goal worked out from your weight and activity, a glass that fills with every drink, and each day's water waiting in your calendar. Tell the assistant you had a glass and it logs it, even in the same message as your lunch.

  4. Someone to ask

    Ask what to eat, and it can log it for you

    Protein Buddy now has an assistant you can talk to about your own day. It already knows your goal, what you have logged so far and how your week has gone, so asking what to eat for the 30g you have left gets an answer you can act on, shaped by your diet style, your appetite and what is actually sold where you live. Say yes and it prepares the log. Tell it a portion was smaller than you thought and it corrects the entry.

    • Ask what fits the protein you have left
    • Send a photo of your plate or a menu
    • Say it out loud instead of typing
    • How the assistant works
  5. Your regulars, ready to go

    The foods you eat every week are one tap away

    Most days repeat: the same yogurt, the same lunch, the same shake after training. Logging by hand now opens on your own foods instead of an empty field. Search everything you have logged before, keep the regulars in Favorites with a swipe, set the portion and log it. Nothing to describe twice, and it stays free however often you use it.

    • Search the foods you have logged before
    • Keep your regulars in Favorites
    • Set the portion before you log it
  6. Protein first, always

    Keep an eye on more than protein, if that is what you want

    Protein stays the one number on Home, and that is the whole point. If you also watch calories, fiber or your macros, Settings now asks, and the app follows: a goal for each, the numbers on the foods you log, and a day that adds up in your calendar. Leave protein on its own and nothing changes. It also means a drink or a snack with no protein in it can go into your day too.

  7. Better with company

    Pass the app on to a friend, on us

    Protein is easier to keep up when somebody else is doing it too. Keep logging and Protein Buddy hands you Buddy Passes to give away. Send one to the friend who keeps asking how you do it, as a link or a short code, and they get 30 days of the full app, with no card and nothing to cancel.

    • Earn passes by logging, not by paying
    • Your friend needs no card to start
    • Send it as a link or a short code
  8. Yesterday is not lost

    Log a day you missed, or fix one you got wrong

    A day you forgot to log does not have to stay empty. Open the calendar, step back to that day and add what you ate, by photo, by voice or by hand. Anything already in your history can be renamed, weighed again, moved to the day it belongs on or removed, so your week ends up matching what really happened.

    • Add to a day that has already passed
    • Move an entry to the right day
    • Edit or delete anything you logged
  9. Hands full? Just say it

    Log protein with Siri, without opening the app

    Ask Siri to log protein in Protein Buddy on your iPhone, answer how many grams, and it lands in your day right away, with your widgets updated on the spot. You can also add four Protein Buddy buttons to Control Center for manual, photo, voice and Protein Scout.

    • Tell Siri how many grams and you are done
    • Add four Protein Buddy buttons to Control Center
    • See your widgets update the moment you log
    • Logging with Siri, step by step
  10. A million moments at the table

    One million meal photos analyzed

    Protein Buddy has now analyzed one million meal photos, from a quick breakfast to a full dinner plate, and photo logging keeps getting better with every step. Your meals are never used to train AI models.

    • One million meal photos turned into grams of protein
    • From a quick snack to a full mixed plate
    • The same clear privacy promise for every photo
  11. Protein tracking, in your language

    Protein Buddy now feels at home in 31 languages

    Your protein goal should feel simple in any language. Protein Buddy now speaks 31 languages on iPhone and iPad, with a natural reading flow for Arabic and Hebrew. Everyday logging feels smoother too, so the app is ready whenever you are.

    • Choose from 31 app languages
    • Read naturally in Arabic and Hebrew
    • Enjoy smoother logging every day
  12. Readable with the colour off

    Turn your phone black and white, and nothing here stops working

    Some people set their screen to grayscale to use their phone less. Others see colour differently, which is far more common than most apps behave as though it is. Protein Buddy is built so that nothing on screen is told apart by hue alone: your progress is a shape that fills up, a day that reached its goal is a solid oval rather than a green one, and every nutrient carries its own glyph and its own name beside the number. Take the colour away and the number you opened the app for is still the easiest thing on the screen.

    • Progress reads as a shape, not as a colour
    • Every nutrient keeps its own glyph and name
    • Holds up under grayscale, colour filters and bedtime mode
    • Why we build it this way
  13. Help is one tap closer

    A calmer Home, with support when you need it

    Find Settings faster, reach our team without hunting, and spot a reply as soon as it arrives. Protein Buddy also keeps your progress, sign-in and purchases together, so everything is right where you left it.

    • Find Settings at a glance
    • See when support has replied
    • Keep your progress and purchases together
  14. Start once, continue anytime

    Your setup waits for you

    Need to pause while setting up Protein Buddy? Come back later and continue from where you stopped. No repeating questions, no losing your place, just a smoother path to your personal protein goal.

    • Continue from your last completed step
    • Keep the answers you already gave
    • Move smoothly from setup to your first log
  15. A smoother first day

    From download to first log, with fewer interruptions

    Your first few minutes with Protein Buddy should feel easy. Voice logging now guides you in plain words, joining our community on Android is smoother, and a lighter loading experience gets you to your goal faster.

    • Voice logging that guides you in plain words
    • A smoother way to join on Android
    • Reach your first protein log faster
  16. Your goal stays in step

    Connect your health data from day one

    Connect Apple Health or Health Connect while you set up, then keep protein and body weight in one routine. When your weight changes, Protein Buddy lets you review a new goal before changing anything. Protein Scout is now easy to find beside Meal and Barcode.

    • Start health sync while you set up
    • Review any suggested goal change before it happens
    • Choose Meal, Barcode or Scout from one camera
  17. Know what to choose next

    Meet Protein Scout, your menu shortcut

    Not sure which meal will help most? Take a photo of a restaurant menu or food display. Protein Scout ranks the best-fit options for the protein you have left today, your diet style and whether you take a GLP-1 medication. You choose, then log.

    • Turn a menu photo into ranked protein picks
    • See your week, streaks and insights in a clearer History
    • Get suggestions shaped around your day and diet
    • What Protein Scout does
  18. Log and keep moving

    Barcodes and photos that keep you moving

    Scanning now keeps you moving. Barcode results make serving sizes quick to adjust, a photo scan picks up right where you left it, and support links take you straight to the right place in Protein Buddy.

    • Adjust serving sizes from a clearer product card
    • Pick up a photo scan right where you left it
    • Jump from a support link to the right screen
  19. Support for changing appetites

    Protein support that understands GLP-1

    GLP-1 can change how hunger shows up, but your protein goal still matters. Protein Buddy can shape your daily target around your body, routine and GLP-1 use, then keep the number clear and easy to follow. It is practical support for days when every bite needs to count.

    • Build a protein goal with GLP-1 use in mind
    • Make lower-appetite days easier to plan
    • Keep protein visible without calorie pressure
  20. One number, made for you

    A personal protein goal you can actually use

    Age, body weight, activity and what you want to achieve all shape your starting goal. Protein Buddy turns those details into one clear daily number, so you can stop guessing and start building a routine that fits your life.

    • Start with a goal shaped around you
    • See how much protein is left today
    • Adjust your plan as your needs change
  21. Log your way

    Photo, voice, barcode or manual, you choose

    Busy breakfast, packaged snack or dinner out? Log protein the way the moment allows. Take a photo, say what you ate, scan a barcode or enter it yourself. Protein Buddy keeps the focus on one thing, moving your daily protein number forward.

    • Photograph a meal and the grams fill in
    • Say what you ate when your hands are full
    • Scan barcodes or log manually anytime
  22. Progress you can feel

    Watch every log build your Protein Buddy

    Every protein log adds to the character on Home, turning an abstract gram target into progress you can see. As you get closer, Protein Buddy comes together. Reach your goal and it celebrates with you, with no calorie score competing for attention.

    • See daily progress take shape on Home
    • Celebrate when your Protein Buddy is complete
    • Keep the focus on protein, not calories
  23. Your goal at a glance

    See your protein progress without opening the app

    Your protein goal can stay close even when the app is closed. Add a widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen, check your progress at a glance and jump back into logging when it suits you.

    • Keep daily progress on your Home Screen
    • Use quick actions to start a log
    • Choose grams or percentage at a glance

Straight answers

What people ask about the new features