Free Alternative to Lose It!: A UK-Built Tracker With GLP-1 Support
Lose It! is a popular, gamified calorie counter — but it's US-centric, shows ads on the free tier, paywalls features behind Premium, and has no GLP-1 support. Healthcount gives you macro tracking, AI meal logging, and GLP-1 dose & symptom tracking, completely free.
Healthcount is a free, UK-built nutrition and GLP-1 tracking app with AI meal photos, macro logging, symptom tracking and progress photos — no ads and no paywall.
What Lose It! does well — and where it falls short
What it gets right
- Simple, friendly and beginner-friendly interface
- Gamified streaks and challenges to build habits
- Large crowd-sourced food database with barcode scanning
- Syncs with Fitbit, Apple Health and Garmin
What drives people away
- US-centric food database — patchy UK supermarket coverage
- Ads on the free tier
- Best features (meal planning, photo logging, insights) need Premium
- No GLP-1 medication, dose or symptom tracking
- No progress photos / measurements built around GLP-1 journeys
Healthcount vs Lose It!: feature by feature
A side-by-side look at what each app offers. Healthcount includes every feature below for free.
Free to use
Lose It!
Healthcount
No ads
Lose It!
Healthcount
Use in any browser (web)
Lose It!
Healthcount
Calorie & macro tracking
Lose It!
Healthcount
AI meal photo analysis
Lose It!
Healthcount
Natural-language logging
Lose It!
Healthcount
Barcode scanning
Lose It!
Healthcount
UK food coverage
Lose It!
Healthcount
GLP-1 dose tracking
Lose It!
Healthcount
Dose scheduling & reminders
Lose It!
Healthcount
Reorder / supply reminders
Lose It!
Healthcount
Symptom / side-effect logging
Lose It!
Healthcount
Weight tracking
Lose It!
Healthcount
Progress photos
Lose It!
Healthcount
Body measurements
Lose It!
Healthcount
BMI / TDEE / BMR calculator
Lose It!
Healthcount
Period tracking
Lose It!
Healthcount
Weekly plant-diversity score
Lose It!
Healthcount
Weekly wellness check-in
Lose It!
Healthcount
Daily AI coaching
Lose It!
Healthcount
Drift / trend detection
Lose It!
Healthcount
Weekly email summary
Lose It!
Healthcount
Ad-free experience
Lose It!
Healthcount
Full data export (GDPR)
Lose It!
Healthcount
What you actually pay
Lose It!'s free tier carries ads, and its more useful planning, photo and insight features sit behind Premium. Healthcount is free — no ads, no paywall.
Lose It!
Free tier
Ad-supported
Core logging with ads
Premium (annual)
~£39.99/year
Pricing as of 2026
Healthcount
GLP-1 & nutrition tracker
Free
No ads. Every feature included.
- AI meal photo analysis
- GLP-1 dose tracking & reminders
- Macros: calories, protein, carbs, fats, fibre
- Symptom & side-effect logging
- Progress photos & body measurements
- Period tracking, plant score, data export
See it in action
Healthcount is designed to be fast, calm, and simple to use.
Quick diary logging with natural language
Snap a photo, get instant macros
GLP-1 dose tracking & scheduling
Weight trends, plant score & BMI
Symptoms, period tracking & wellbeing
Before & after photo comparison
Quick diary logging with natural language
Snap a photo, get instant macros
GLP-1 dose tracking & scheduling
Weight trends, plant score & BMI
Symptoms, period tracking & wellbeing
Before & after photo comparison
Why UK users look for Lose It! alternatives
Lose It! was built for a US audience, so its food database leans heavily on American brands and portion sizes. In the UK you'll often hit gaps for Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Lidl own-brand items, or numbers that don't match the label.
With Mounjaro, Wegovy and Saxenda now widely prescribed through UK clinics, many people want more than a calorie counter — they want to log doses, track side effects, and notice when their routine is drifting before it shows on the scales.
Healthcount is built by a UK founder, for UK users, with GDPR-compliant data handling and features designed around how GLP-1 medicines are actually prescribed and used here.
Features Lose It! doesn't have
These are the features that make Healthcount different — and they're all free.
AI meal photo analysis
Snap a photo of your meal for instant calorie and macro estimates.
Healthcount's AI vision analyses your meal photo and returns estimated calories, protein, carbs, fats and fibre. No searching databases — take a photo and confirm.
GLP-1 dose tracking
Log your Mounjaro, Wegovy or Saxenda dose in seconds.
Track every injection with date, dose strength and brand. Healthcount supports the UK dose ladders, calculates your next dose, estimates supply and sends reorder reminders.
Symptom & side-effect logging
Track 11 common GLP-1 side effects with severity ratings.
Log nausea, appetite changes, headaches, injection-site pain and more, each with severity and time of day. Heatmaps reveal patterns over time.
Progress photos & measurements
Before/after photo comparisons with 7-point body measurements.
Upload dated progress photos and compare earliest vs latest side by side. Track measurements the scales don't show. All included in your data export.
Period tracking
Cycle logging with phase predictions and ovulation estimates.
Log periods and Healthcount predicts your cycle and phases, overlaid on your medication schedule and trends to spot cycle-related patterns.
AI daily coaching
Personalised daily feedback based on your actual data.
Each day the AI reviews your food, exercise, weight trends and adherence across 7, 30 and 90-day windows and gives three short, supportive coaching points.
Try Healthcount free — no credit card, no ads, no catch
Join UK users switching from Lose It!. Every feature included, completely free.
Who's switching from Lose It! to Healthcount?
The GLP-1 user
Needs dose tracking, symptom logging and weight trends in one place. Lose It! can't track medications — Healthcount was built for it.
The no-paywall tracker
Tired of ads and useful features locked behind Premium. Healthcount includes everything for free.
The UK-based tracker
Fed up getting American food results for UK shops. Healthcount is built in the UK with GDPR-compliant data.
Frequently asked questions
Written by Anna Bromley, Healthcount Founder · Last reviewed June 2026
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