Free Alternative to Nutracheck: UK Tracking Without a Subscription
Nutracheck has an excellent UK food database — but it's a paid subscription with no real free tier, and it has no GLP-1 support. Healthcount gives you macro tracking, AI meal logging and GLP-1 dose & symptom tracking, free.
Healthcount is a free, UK-built alternative to Nutracheck with macro tracking, AI meal photos, and GLP-1 dose & symptom logging — no subscription required.
What Nutracheck does well — and where it falls short
What it gets right
- Large, nutritionist-verified UK food database (500k+ items)
- Accurate barcode scanning for UK supermarket products
- Calorie and macro tracking with a clean UK-focused interface
- Established brand with a long track record
What drives people away
- Paid subscription — no genuinely free long-term tier
- No GLP-1 medication, dose or symptom tracking
- No AI meal-photo logging or natural-language input
- No progress photos / measurements built around GLP-1 journeys
- No B2B aggregated reporting for employers or insurers
Healthcount vs Nutracheck: feature by feature
A side-by-side look at what each app offers. Healthcount includes every feature below for free.
Free to use
Nutracheck
Healthcount
No ads
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Use in any browser (web)
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Calorie & macro tracking
Nutracheck
Healthcount
AI meal photo analysis
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Natural-language logging
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Barcode scanning
Nutracheck
Healthcount
UK food coverage
Nutracheck
Healthcount
GLP-1 dose tracking
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Dose scheduling & reminders
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Reorder / supply reminders
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Symptom / side-effect logging
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Weight tracking
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Progress photos
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Body measurements
Nutracheck
Healthcount
BMI / TDEE / BMR calculator
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Period tracking
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Weekly plant-diversity score
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Weekly wellness check-in
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Daily AI coaching
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Drift / trend detection
Nutracheck
Healthcount
Weekly email summary
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Healthcount
Ad-free experience
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Healthcount
Full data export (GDPR)
Nutracheck
Healthcount
What you actually pay
Nutracheck's accuracy is genuinely good, but it's a paid subscription with no lasting free tier. Healthcount is free — and adds the GLP-1 tracking Nutracheck doesn't have.
Nutracheck
Monthly
~£8.99/month
Pricing as of 2026
Annual
~£49.99/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
Nutracheck is UK-accurate — but it isn't free, and it isn't built for GLP-1
Nutracheck earned its reputation on a verified UK food database, and for pure calorie counting it's a solid choice. The catch is the subscription: there's no meaningful free tier, so you're paying every month to see your own data.
It also wasn't designed for the GLP-1 era. If you're on Mounjaro, Wegovy or Saxenda, you can't log a dose, track side effects week by week, or get a view of whether you're drifting during the tricky maintenance phase.
Healthcount is free and built around exactly that journey — UK-first, GDPR-compliant, with the food, weight, symptom and dose tracking a GLP-1 user actually needs in one place.
Features Nutracheckdoesn'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 Nutracheck. Every feature included, completely free.
Who's switching from Nutracheck to Healthcount?
The subscription-weary tracker
Likes Nutracheck's UK data but doesn't want to pay every month just to see their own logs. Healthcount is free.
The GLP-1 user
Needs dose logging, the UK dose ladder and symptom tracking — none of which Nutracheck offers.
The all-in-one tracker
Wants food, medication, photos and trends in one place rather than a food diary alone.
Frequently asked questions
Written by Anna Bromley, Healthcount Founder · Last reviewed June 2026
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