NutraCheck vs NutraSafe — cost, free plan, and how each compares

💷 Pricing breakdown

Pricing verified 6 May 2026 from the UK App Store listings.

NutraSafe pricing

• Free to download. The free tier lets you log up to 25 foods/day with barcode scanning + our per-product grade and up to 5 reactions.
• NutraSafe Pro: £3.99/month (iOS, monthly only). Unlocks AI Coach, AI meal scan, fasting features, allergen warning detail, processed-food and NRV insights, and full reaction history.

Nutracheck pricing

• Lite (free): limited daily entries, with barcode scanning included.
• Premium (monthly): £6.99/month — unlimited logging, full features.
• Premium (annual): £29.99/year (about £2.50/month).
• Free trial: 7 days on Premium.

🔍 What each app tracks

Nutracheck tracks 7 nutrients (carbs, protein, fat, sat fat, sugar, salt and fibre). NutraSafe also tracks vitamins (A, C, D, E, K and the B-group) and minerals (iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc and others) against UK NRVs — a daily picture of where your diet has gaps.

What NutraSafe includes

• Barcode scanning with our per-product grade (Free) — scan a UK barcode and see ingredients, additives and our grade in seconds.
• Up to 25 food logs/day and 5 food reactions (Free) — calorie and macro logging at no cost on the free tier.
• Public E-number lookup (Free, on the website) — 330+ E-numbers used in UK food, with what each one does, at /e-numbers/.
• Vitamins & minerals against UK NRVs (Pro) — daily percentages for vitamin A, the B-complex, C, D, E, K, plus iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc and others. The NDNS 2019-2023 data above shows why we built this in.
• Allergen warning detail on barcode scans (Pro) — set your allergens once, get a detailed alert on every scan that matches.
• AI meal scan (Pro) — photograph a meal, we estimate ingredients and macros.
• AI Coach (Pro) — chat with an assistant that has visibility of your diary and food reactions.
• Suspected-triggers analysis (Pro) — pattern analysis across your reaction log to surface candidate trigger foods.
• Processed-food insights (Pro) — a daily picture of how processed your food is, with the macro/additive breakdown behind the score.

What Nutracheck includes

• Food images for most products — visual confirmation when you log a meal.
• Long-established UK food database — maintained by an in-house team since 2005.
• UK restaurant chain coverage — entries for popular UK chains so eating out logs accurately.
• Active community forum — peer support and motivation.
• Resource library — articles, meal plans and guides built up over the years.
• 7-day free trial on the Premium plan.

🎯 Which app fits which user?

NutraSafe might suit you if you:

• Want to see vitamins and minerals tracked daily against UK NRVs, not just calories and macros
• Want to scan products for additives and E-numbers, with a per-product grade
• Have allergens you want flagged on every scan
• Want to log food reactions and take a record to your GP
• Follow a diet where micronutrients matter (vegan, low-iron risk, pregnancy, post-bariatric, etc.)
• Prefer a monthly plan rather than committing for a year

Nutracheck might suit you if you:

• Want food images alongside every entry
• Eat out at UK restaurant chains often and want chain-specific entries
• Prefer a long-established platform with an in-house verification team
• Want a community forum and an extensive article library
• Are happy tracking the 7 standard macros only
• Want to commit annually for the lower effective monthly cost (£29.99/year ≈ £2.50/month)

🆓 What you get on the free plans

The two free plans differ in what they prioritise. Here's what each one includes.

NutraSafe free tier

• Up to 25 food logs per day
• Barcode scanning with our per-product grade
• Up to 5 food reactions logged
• Our public E-number lookup at /e-numbers/
• No ads

Vitamin and mineral tracking against UK NRVs, allergen warning detail, AI Coach, AI meal scan and full reaction-pattern analysis are on NutraSafe Pro (£3.99/month, iOS, monthly only).

Nutracheck Lite tier

• Limited daily entries (Lite tier)
• Barcode scanning included
• Access to the UK food database with food images
• Tracking for the 7 nutrients (carbs, protein, fat, sat fat, sugar, salt, fibre)
• 7-day free trial available on Premium

📊 UK food database

NutraSafe database

• Built specifically for UK supermarkets — Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, M&S, Waitrose, Co-op
• Growing — updated regularly, with user submissions reviewed by us before they're published
• Each entry includes ingredient and additive data so we can run the grade and allergen checks
• Smaller than Nutracheck's overall (we're newer)

Nutracheck database

• One of the longest-running UK food databases — 20 years of entries
• Maintained by an in-house verification team
• Comprehensive UK supermarket coverage
• UK restaurant chain entries included
• Includes food images on most entries

🏆 So which should you pick?

The honest answer — they do different things

For calories and macros with food images and chain-restaurant entries: Nutracheck has spent 20 years building that. If straightforward calorie counting against a deep UK database is what you want, it's a solid pick — and the £29.99/year price works out to about £2.50/month.

For nutrition that goes beyond calories: NutraSafe also tracks vitamins and minerals against UK NRVs, scans products for additives and E-numbers, surfaces allergen warnings and logs food reactions. NutraSafe Pro is £3.99/month on iOS.

You can try both. Both apps have a free option, so the easiest way to decide is to download them and see which fits your routine. Some people end up using both alongside each other.