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Best Food Scanning Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner is the top-ranked of 40 food scanning apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 101,103 ratings.

  1. 1
    Yuka - Food & Cosmetic ScannerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 101,103 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    Cal AI - Calorie TrackerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 371,189 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    Ivy: Processed Food ScannerS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 8,683 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    Exposr - Food Product ScannerS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,282 ratings · score 91
  5. 5
    Bobby Approved - Food ScannerA
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 164,258 ratings · score 88

What belongs in this list

Scan food with my phone camera to learn what is in it and whether it suits me.

Not here: a manual calorie counter with no scanning alone; scanning only one specific kind such as pet food or halal alone; a general barcode scanner alone; a general photo AI chatbot alone; a recipe app alone

More lists: Best Ingredient Scanning Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
YukaCal AIIvyExposr
A
Bobby ApprovedBitePalOliveCleanEatsMyCalVirtuafoodZOE HealthCal ScannerScanfoodAI Calorie CounterFigWelmi
B
CalzFddb AIFitHubCalorie MamaAI Calorie TrackerCalife
C
Pro CalTrash PandaCalZen AIJouleNutri AIFree Food AIKKAL AIKaleeEatCuteTrackAIBiteCal
D
OneLabelCalSnapHealthy FoodLinupHealthlyannosEWG's
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Yuka - Food & Cosmetic ScannerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 101,103 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    Cal AI - Calorie TrackerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 371,189 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    Ivy: Processed Food ScannerS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 8,683 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    Exposr - Food Product ScannerS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,282 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  5. 5
    Bobby Approved - Food ScannerA
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 164,258 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  6. 6
    BitePal: Food Calorie TrackerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 56,280 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  7. 7
    Olive: AI Health & Weight LossA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 40,198 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  8. 8
    CleanEats: Scan & Plan MealsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,579 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  9. 9
    MyCal: AI Food ScannerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,766 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  10. 10
    Virtuafood: AI Calorie TrackerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,053 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  11. 11
    ZOE Health: AI Meal TrackerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 7,053 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  12. 12
    Cal Scanner AI Calorie TrackerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,728 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  13. 13
    Calorie counter - ScanfoodA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 125 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  14. 14
    AI Calorie Counter - AppedietA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 47,483 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  15. 15
    Fig: Food Scanner & RecipesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,598 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  16. 16
    Welmi - Calorie Counter & DietA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 20,351 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  17. 17
    Calz - Calorie Counter AIB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 4,267 ratings · score 81 · good
  18. 18
    Fddb AI Calorie Counter & DietB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 28 ratings · score 81 · good
  19. 19
    FitHub: AI Calorie CounterB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 25,270 ratings · score 81 · good
  20. 20
    Calorie Mama AI: Diet CounterB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,475 ratings · score 80 · good
  21. 21
    AI Calorie Tracker:FoodPilotB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,846 ratings · score 79 · good
  22. 22
    Calife: AI Calorie TrackerB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 147 ratings · score 76 · good
  23. 23
    Pro Cal - AI Calorie TrackerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 13,683 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    Trash Panda - Food ScannerC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,966 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  25. 25
    CalZen AI Food Calorie CounterC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,103 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  26. 26
    Joule Calorie Counter, PlannerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,149 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  27. 27
    Nutri AI: Calorie TrackerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 535 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  28. 28
    Free Food AI: Calorie CounterC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 230 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  29. 29
    KKAL AI - Calorie CounterC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 229 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    Calorie Counter: KaleeC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 755 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  31. 31
    EatCute: #1 AI Calorie TrackerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 690 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  32. 32
    Calorie Counter: TrackAIC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 56 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  33. 33
    BiteCal: AI Calorie CounterC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 129 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  34. 34
    OneLabel - Product ScannerD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,554 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
  35. 35
    CalSnap: AI Calorie CounterD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,520 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  36. 36
    Healthy Food Scanner - OnForkD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,441 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  37. 37
    Linup: Calorie CounterD
    Free · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  38. 38
    Healthly: AI Calorie CounterD
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.6 · 5 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  39. 39
    annos - calorie counterD
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 10 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  40. 40
    EWG's Healthy LivingD
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 3,540 ratings · score 62 · weak · provisional

Beyond the top 40

18 more, not ranked yet

  1. Hit Calorie:Calorie Scanner
  2. HalaFit - AI Calorie Counter
  3. Calico: AI Nutrition Tracker
  4. AI Calorie Counter: SimpliFit
  5. AI Calorie Counter & Food Log
  6. PlateScan: Calorie Counter
  7. Calorie Counter & Food Scan
  8. Calorie Counter : AI Tracker
  9. Calorie Ai: Food Cal Counter
  10. Sceat: AI Nutrition Tracker
  11. Calorie Counter & Food Tracker
  12. SnapKal: Photo Calorie Counter
  13. Whole Eats
  14. Calorie Tracker AI Food Track
  15. Calorie Counter: WOMP
  16. Calorie Counter &Food database
  17. Eatio: AI Calorie Counter
  18. AI Food & Calorie Scanner

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Questions people ask

What is the best food scanning app for iPhone?
Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 101,103 people.
Which food scanning apps are free?
40 of 40 are free to download: Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner (S), Cal AI - Calorie Tracker (S), Ivy: Processed Food Scanner (S), Exposr - Food Product Scanner (S) and more. 32 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which food scanning app has the best App Store rating?
CleanEats: Scan & Plan Meals at 4.9 from 5,579 ratings.
How many food scanning apps reach S or A tier?
16 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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