Nutracheck Review Is It the Best Calorie Counter for UK Users?

This Nutracheck review is for people who shop British aisles and want a barcode diary that already knows Tesco meal deals and Greggs. This is a source-reviewed guide, not a hands-on lab test. The GB App Store, Google Play, the Prices page and privacy labels were captured on 13 September 2026.

Who this Nutracheck review is for

Pick Nutracheck if your week is UK supermarket packs and high-street cafés. The GB listing, captured 13 September 2026, names Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl, M&S, Waitrose, HelloFresh and Gousto. It also names Greggs, Wetherspoon, Nando’s, Costa and Pret. That is the job. It is not a US diner encyclopedia.

Skip it if you need a free forever log with no daily cap. Lite exists, but the listing says it has daily diary limits. Skip it if you live outside the UK food supply. Compare MyFitnessPal for mixed restaurant rows, or Cronometer for micronutrients.

This page does not crown “best UK app” from stars alone. The category map is best calorie tracking apps. Protein portions still come from food. See the protein intake everyday guide.

What the public listing actually includes

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Download Calorie Counter + on the App Store · Get Calorie Counter + on Google Play

The UK App Store listing (id 444924121) is titled Calorie Counter + by Nutracheck. It is a free download with in-app purchases. It lists iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and iMessage. Version 13.2.0 appeared about six days before capture. Age rating is 18+ with in-app controls, messaging, user-generated content and health topics. Size was 131.1 MB.

Google Play (com.nutratech.app.android) lists Nutratech Limited, Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, London. The GB Play page, captured 13 September 2026, repeats the UK database, barcode and photo search, recipes and a forum. It names Samsung Health, Fitbit, Garmin and Health Connect. What’s new on that capture added an intermittent fasting timer, dated 25 August 2026.

Goals listed include loss, gain, maintenance or 5:2 fasting. You set calorie and macro targets. Water and 5-a-day reminders are named. A 2022 App Store review said leisure-activity questions did not change the target and that users must log exercise to get calories back. Nutracheck’s reply said that is the design: log the session, and the diary adds the energy. That is one old thread. Confirm the current onboarding note.

Nutracheck price, subscription and 12-month cost

All new users start with a 7-day free trial, according to both store listings. After that you subscribe monthly or yearly, or stay on Lite. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is through Apple or Google. Uninstalling the app does not cancel the bill.

The Information block on our GB App Store fetch did not reprint IAP pounds. A same-day search capture of that official listing had shown “1 Month App-Only £5.99” and “12 Months £27.99.” Treat those as a snapshot that the later full fetch did not repeat. Check the live sheet.

nutracheck.co.uk/Prices, fetched 13 September 2026 from a non-UK IP, displayed $29.99 for 12 months and compared that with $6.99 × 12 = $83.88. If checkout still uses $29.99 a year, that is the cheaper public path. A $6.99 month is $83.88 over 12 months. We will not invent a sterling 12-month total from a dollar page.

US usefulness is limited. The product is built for UK labels. If you only need a US year plan, Lose It or MacroFactor may fit the storefront better.

Ratings and what reviewers actually said

This Nutracheck review keeps those store cells apart. Two hundred and sixty-four thousand UK Apple ratings at 4.8 is a strong local sample. Play sits lower and split between 4.4 and 4.3 depending on the module. That gap is why we refuse a blended score.

Featured Apple notes praise ease and support. A May 2026 Play review liked barcode scan and watch sync. A May 2024 Play review said the trial ending felt sudden and that some food photos were blank. Nutracheck’s Harriet replied from [email protected] and offered to check screenshots. A June 2024 Play note described a payment path that pointed at iTunes from Android. Support asked for a call. Those are tickets, not our test.

Nutracheck privacy and Data Safety

Apple’s GB privacy label, captured 13 September 2026, said purchases, location, identifiers and usage data may be used to track you across other companies’ apps and sites. Purchase history, coarse location, user ID and device ID appeared under third-party advertising. Fitness data appeared under the developer’s advertising or marketing. Sensitive info appeared under analytics.

Google Play Data Safety the same day said no data is shared with third parties. The app may collect personal info, financial info and five other types. Data is encrypted in transit. You can request deletion.

A Nutracheck review that skipped the label would be incomplete. The longer contract is nutracheck.co.uk/Info/TermsAndConditions. UK customer care is named on the listing, with a Nottingham phone number on Play. That is unusual in this category. It is still not a clinic.

What independent tests actually measured

This Nutracheck review found no PubMed paper that tested Nutracheck’s barcode file against McCance and Widdowson with a published sample size. Manufacturer copy says verified UK data and more than 20 years of development. That is a company claim. It is not a methods table.

MyFitnessPal papers still matter as a warning for any diary. Crowd-sourced rows can miss sodium or fibre. Nutracheck’s pitch is that it curates UK packs instead. We did not re-weigh those packs. If a label changes, the row can lag.

NHS adult energy references are about 2,000 kcal a day for women and 2,500 kcal for men as population guides. They are not your personal target. NHS salt advice for adults is no more than 6 g a day. The app’s salt column is a reminder, not a blood test. If logging starts to feel like a punishment, stop.

How it sits next to other diaries

On that split, this Nutracheck review is the UK-aisle record. Nutracheck is the UK aisle specialist. MyFitnessPal is the wide net. Cronometer is the nutrient sheet. MacroFactor is the moving target. Pay the year only if you will scan UK packs most weeks. If you travel and eat US diner food, you will feel the gap.

Use the 7-day trial to scan your actual trolley after this Nutracheck review. If your regular foods are missing, leave before Apple or Google renews. Lite is there if you only want a short diary. Read the daily cap before you rely on it.