The 10 best free diet apps

In this article we review the 10 most downloaded and rated free diet apps in Spain.

Among the most popular diet apps are those for labeling interpretation and food recognition, which in most cases do not have objective criteria and are a bit alarmist.

In fact, several experts have expressed that they generate the so-called "chemophobia" towards additives that are actually safe in human food, and that under no circumstances replace the advice of a nutritionist.

However, this does not mean that there are no applications to be taken into account in the market. In fact, there are a good number of free diet apps that make it very easy to follow a healthy diet.. Let's see what they are.

The most recommended free dieting apps

There are several free applications that help you know what to buy and what to eat to have a proper diet according to your goals. Below you will find several recommendations.

1. Food Coaching Apps

If you are interested in apps that guide you in the process of buying the right ingredients and establish in your day to day a diet that fits what you are looking for, this selection of applications will interest you.

1.1. Oorenji

Oorenji is the most complete dieting appand includes personalized plans with 20 types of diets: vegetarian, vegan, keto, Mediterranean, slimming, low carb, etc.

It has an innovative artificial intelligence algorithm that takes into account the records of more than 1,000,000 people to propose the nutritional plan most likely to succeed based on your profile, and even your genes.

In addition, Oorenji offers the option to have a follow-up service with nutritionists and a coaching service through push notifications to activate your motivation.

This is one of the best rated free diet apps. If you want to access all its plans and challenges, you will only have to pay 2,99€ per month.

• You can download this app on this page for Android and on this page if your system is iOS.

1.2. Noom

This interesting application called Noom offers long term weight loss plans with 14 days trial.. At the end of the questionnaire they ask you for 16 €, although you can pay 1 €. It is based on cognitive-behavioral psychology for habit change, although it does not have diet plans or a nutritional method of its own.

To use it you have to fill in an initial questionnaire on medical data, which would require the supervision of a health professional. Afterwards, you have to fill out another questionnaire about lifestyle, goals and motivations, which is a bit tedious.

The app offers coaching with nutritionists and psychologists from 150 euros every 6 months or 25 € per month, a bit expensive and certainly not for all budgets.

• If you are interested in downloading this app, you can do it on this page for Android and this one for iOS.

2. Tagging Apps

These are the best free diet apps focused on providing information about food for sale.

Yuka

The French app Yuka offers information on food labeling.. The premium version costs 14,99€ per year.

It scores out of 100 based on 3 criteria: 60% of the score consists of the Nutri-Score rating, 30% of the score penalizes the presence of additives, and 10% is based on a positive assessment of whether the product is organic or organic, although this does not imply that it is sustainable.

The score is not entirely fair, as all additives approved in Europe are safe, and it does not provide information on the nutritional quality of the food. In addition, the app is not based on a validated nutritional method and does not offer different dietary options.

In France, this app offers the option of consultation with a nutritionist from 69 €.

• You can download it here for Android and here for iOS.

2.2. MyRealFood

MyRealFood is a free Spanish app based on scanning barcodes for ultra-processed foods.in search of ultra-processed foods. It classifies food into 3 groups: real food, well processed and ultra-processed.

It is based on the NOVA system of the University of São Paulo. It reports the presence of additives and the nutritional quality of the food based on the front labeling used in Chile, but does not clarify the design of its final index, so it is not 100% objective.

• This is the download page for Android systems, and this is the one for iOS systems.

2.3. Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts is a French app that defines itself as the "Wikipedia of food": a free and collaborative database.It is a free and collaborative database.

It provides information on the nutritional quality of a food according to the Nutri-Score system of five letters and colors, from green (A) for the healthiest products to dark orange (E) for the least healthy.

It also provides information on nutritional levels per 100 grams in fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt. In addition, it mentions the ecological footprint of the food, as well as whether it contains any additives.

This app is useful for comparing two foods or products of the same category, but like Nutriscore, it has errors and requires some basic notions of nutrition to make good use of it without falling into errors due to misinterpretation of information.

For example, healthy foods such as olive oil or nuts have a bad score, while cocoa or juices score well.

• To download it on an Android system, go to this page, and for iOS, here.

2.4. El CoCo

This free Spanish app, El CoCo, offers a proprietary index from 0 to 10 based on the NOVA system (degree of processing and number of ingredients). system (degree of processing and number of ingredients) and Chile's warning seals.

It is the fairest, as it does not criminalize the presence of necessary and safe additives, but takes into account whether the food has an excess of salt, sugar, calories and fat.

This is an interesting application to compare two foods of the same category and be able to make a healthier purchase.

• Click here to download it on iOS or here to download it on Android.

Other apps

These are other apps that you may want to consider.

1. Yazio

Yazio records food intake and provides graphs of weight evolution and calories burned. and calories burned. It also records your fasting hours, making it a very useful digital resource if you want to lose weight.

2. Ekilu

Ekilu provides recipes and diet plans adapted to each person.Ekilu gives the possibility to measure your progress taking into account the objectives of changing eating habits and healthy living.

The premium version costs 8 € if you pay for the whole year. This gives access to all recipes and also provides Mindfulness exercises and coaching services for habit change.

3. Nootric

From the Nootric app app gives the possibility of benefiting from a 7-day trial for 1 €, although to access the online diets it is necessary to pay from 69 € per quarter.

On the other hand, they offer diet plans for 6 months at lower weekly prices. In addition to providing a weekly menu, they also provide physical exercise routines to get in shape.

4. Dietfarma

The Dietfarma application allows you to obtain personalized diets for a monthly fee starting at 29 €, and offers a Wide range of healthy recipes based on the information it has in its database.

However, 24 hours may pass between the request and the moment the diet is obtained, so its operation is not very smooth.