Most trackers see half the picture. BarbellBites logs your training and your food, so it can tell you whether your lift stalled because of your programme or because of your plate.
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Get the 12-week transformation programme and our science-backed guides on barbellbites.com, then log every session right here in the app.
Rebuilt from the ground up. Faster food search, a smarter home screen, weekly step battles and a coach that learns from your real results.
Nutrition
Scan a barcode, search the UK database or tap a recent favourite. Your macros update the moment you log.
Workouts
Log a session in seconds and watch your week fill up. New personal bests are spotted for you.
Friends
See how your friends are training, then race them up the leaderboard.
Goals and streaks
Set goals for anything you track and build a streak that rewards you for turning up.
Health sync
Connect Apple Health or Health Connect and every step lands in your stats and challenges.
Premium coach
It reads your food logs and weigh-ins, works out what you really burn and sets next week's target. One tap and it's live.
Premium nutrients
Track 25+ vitamins and minerals from the food you already log, plus your supplements.
Not sure where to start? Pick a proven programme for your goal and follow along. Every set, rep and rest period is planned, and your sessions log straight into your history.
What you get with BarbellBites that other apps charge for or leave out.
| Feature |  BarbellBites | MyFitnessPal | Strong | Fitbod |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free barcode scanner | Yes | Premium only | No | No |
| Nutrition and training in one app | Yes | No | No | No |
| Live UK food database | Yes | Partly | No | No |
| Per-meal protein tracking | Yes | No | No | No |
| Weekly step challenge with friends | Yes | No | No | No |
| Social challenges and leaderboards | Yes | Partly | No | No |
| Weekly coach that adjusts your targets | Yes | No | No | No |
Paid: only on that app’s paid plan. Partly: limited support.
Real reviews from people using BarbellBites, in their own words.
“Honestly the easiest app I've ever used for tracking. I actually stick with it - that says a lot coming from someone who's tried every fitness app going.”
“Me and the lads all use this now. The competitive side of it keeps everyone accountable, and the workout tracking is genuinely better than anything else I've tried.”
“It just works. I log my meals in seconds, my workouts are all saved, and I can actually see my progress over time. Feels like it was made for people who actually train.”
Free to start, with no ads and every core feature included. Add Premium whenever you want the coach.
Everything you need to know about BarbellBites, from scanning to syncing.
Yes. BarbellBites is a native app on the Apple App Store and Google Play, with push notifications, step sync from Apple Health and Health Connect, and logging that works offline. Everything is saved to your account, so your meals, workouts and progress come with you to a new phone.
BarbellBites has two scanners built in. Barcode scanning is free: point your camera at any food barcode to pull up its full nutrition, including calories, macros and micronutrients. Most fitness apps charge for this. Workout plan QR codes let you scan the codes in our programme PDFs to load ready-made training plans straight into your workout log. Both use your phone's camera, with no extra kit needed.
The headline feature is your adaptive coach. It reads what you eat and what you lift, works out what your body is really burning from your own weight trend and intake, and tells you what to change each week, with a weekly recap, plateau alerts and food swaps. No guesswork and no generic macros. You also get a smart workout planner that builds personalised programmes around your schedule and goals, 8 expert-designed programmes (from The Aesthetic Engine to the 30-Day Shred Starter), custom meal plans built on our live UK food database with dietary preferences (vegan, keto, halal and more) and allergy or intolerance filters (gluten, dairy, nuts, shellfish and more) that you can save and log in one tap, tracking for 25+ vitamins and minerals against RDA targets, supplement tracking that feeds into your nutrient dashboard, and advanced analytics including PR tracking and volume analysis. Free users keep full core tracking, workout history, social features, barcode scanning and leaderboards. Premium comes with a 14-day free trial.
Every meal you log tracks the core macros: calories, protein, carbs and fat. Premium adds extended tracking for 25+ vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, B, C, D, E and K, iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium, fibre, sugar, saturated fat, omega-3 and more. Each one is tracked against its recommended daily allowance with colour-coded progress bars. The data comes from barcode scans and our live UK food database (hundreds of thousands of branded UK products, powered by Open Food Facts), plus our own nutrient database, and you choose which nutrients appear on your dashboard.
BarbellBites brings nutrition tracking, workout logging and an adaptive coach together in one app on iPhone and Android. What sets it apart: a coach that works out what you're really burning from your own results and tells you what to change each week, free barcode scanning (most apps charge for it), a live UK food database with per-meal protein tracking, training and nutrition in a single app, tracking for 25+ vitamins and minerals, and everything saved to your account. It's built for people who take their training seriously but want tracking to actually be enjoyable.
Add friends by searching their username or name (email search is switched off for privacy). Once you're connected you can see each other's workouts, personal records, streaks and macros, and compete on the leaderboard, ranked by total workouts. BarbellBites also syncs your daily steps from Apple Health (iOS) and Health Connect (Android), so you can compare steps with friends and go head to head in step challenges and leaderboards. Create and join challenges together and follow everyone's progress live. You earn points for logging workouts (10 points) and meals (5 points) to spend in the Shop on profile borders, badges, icons and banners. It makes accountability genuinely fun.
If something isn't working as expected, try these steps: 1) close the app fully and reopen it, 2) check you're on the latest version from the App Store or Google Play, 3) try switching between Wi-Fi and mobile data if loading is slow. If it still isn't fixed, email [email protected] with your device model, app version and a short description of the problem. We usually reply within 24 hours.
Yes. Everything is encrypted between your device and our servers, passwords are stored as one-way hashes, and card payments are handled by Stripe or Apple. We never sell your data and there are no ads. You choose what your friends can see, your email address is never shown to other users, and you can delete your account at any time in Settings. Our Privacy Policy explains exactly what we collect and why.
Yes, for the essentials. You can log workouts and meals without a connection, and they sync automatically when you're back online. Leaderboards, challenges and the coach need a connection. Open the app once while you're online so your latest data is on your phone.
