Carb Manager Free vs Premium
Compare the benefits of Carb Manager Premium vs Basic, and get the leading Keto and low-carb app that’s right for you.
With 5 million downloads and an average app rating of 4.8, Carb Manager is the most trusted solution for low-carb and Keto diets.
Always free, robust food and lifestyle tracker. Basic membership includes net carb tracking, weight loss progress charts, activity tracking, and more.
Macros Tracker
Track total carbs, net carbs, and diabetes carbs, set Keto and other low-carb diet macro goals, plus track a variety of micronutrients. Easy and intuitive food lookup including snap, scan, and voice logging.
Net Carb Tracking
Calculates your net carb intake, with an easy visual tracker so you always know your remaining carb allowance for the day.
Calorie Tracker
Custom calorie goal based on your current weight and weight-loss goal.
Built for the Keto Diet
All-in-one Keto diet, lifestyle, and health-tracking app. Free app includes net carb tracking, huge Keto recipe database, and an engaged Keto Community.
User Submitted Keto + Low-Carb Recipes
Access thousands of user-submitted and reviewed recipes. Quickly filter by ingredient, time, macros, meal, and more.
Active Keto Community
The web’s largest repository of low-carb and Keto recipes. Search and filter by macros, ingredients, cuisines, aversions, and more.
Advanced Biomarkers
Track advanced biomarkers for optimum health. Including ketones, blood glucose, insulin, GKI, cholesterol, and more!
Exercise Tracker
Track cardio, strength training, or daily activities like shopping or household chores to measure progress and calories burned.
5,000+ Premium Keto and Low Carb Recipes
Premium only.
Import Recipes
Premium only.
Keto Meal Plans
Premium only.
Automatic Shopping Lists
Premium only.
Custom Meals & Recipes
Premium only.
Keto Academy
Premium only.
Intermittent Fasting
Premium only.
Health & Fitness Device Sync
Premium only.
Smart Insights & Reports
Premium only.
Advanced Settings
Premium only.
Affordable
Always free.
Everything you need to thrive with the Keto and low carb lifestyle. 5,000+ Premium recipes, meal plans, intermittent fasting tracker, fitness device sync, and more.
Macros Tracker
Track total carbs, net carbs, and diabetes carbs, set Keto and other low-carb diet macro goals, plus track a variety of micronutrients. Easy and intuitive food lookup including snap, scan, and voice logging.
Net Carb Tracking
Calculates your net carb intake, with an easy visual tracker so you always know your remaining carb allowance for the day.
Calorie Tracker
Custom calorie goal based on your current weight and weight-loss goal.
Built for the Keto Diet
All-in-one Keto diet, lifestyle, and health-tracking app. Free app includes net carb tracking, huge Keto recipe database, and an engaged Keto Community.
User Submitted Keto + Low-Carb Recipes
Access thousands of user-submitted and reviewed recipes. Quickly filter by ingredient, time, macros, meal, and more.
Active Keto Community
Tens of thousands of active Keto users at your fingertips for support and accountability. Add friends, chat in groups, and join the weekly Challenge.
Advanced Biomarkers
Track advanced biomarkers for optimum health. Including ketones, blood glucose, insulin, GKI, cholesterol, and more!
Exercise Tracker
Track cardio, strength training, or daily activities like shopping or household chores to measure progress and calories burned.
5,000+ Premium Keto and Low Carb Recipes
Massive database of Keto and low-carb recipes, including 5,000+ exclusive Premium recipes from the Carb Manager Test Kitchen. Quickly filter by macros, ingredients, cuisines, aversions, and more to find your new favorite.
Import Recipes
Easily import recipes from any blog or website by pasting the URL, and let Carb Manager calculate the macros for you to easily log it.
Keto Meal Plans
Hundreds of custom weekly Keto meal plans for you and your family based on your unique macros, goals, and dietary preferences.
Automatic Shopping Lists
Easily auto-generate a shopping list based on your meal plan of the week.
Custom Meals & Recipes
Create your own custom meals & recipes for easy one-tap logging of all your daily favorites.
Keto Academy
Keto video course to help you hit the ground running for Keto health and weight-loss success in just a few quick lessons. Also includes advanced Keto hacks content to take things next-level, plus a 7-day Keto recipe bootcamp.
Intermittent Fasting
Take your health and weight loss to the next level with intermittent fasting. Track eating and fasting windows with pre-set or custom programs, and chart progress over time.
Health & Fitness Device Sync
Sync your fitness device (Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Health + Watch, Google Fit, BIOSENSE©, and more) for easy activity + health tracking.
Smart Insights & Reports
Get advanced reports to compare and correlate everything you’re tracking to laser-refine your health journey and get the best results possible.
Advanced Settings
Set macro goals for individual meals, turn on “Smart Macros” to automatically adjust daily targets as you lose weight, and more.
Affordable
Just $39.99/year.
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Lost over 100 pounds!
Katie
Lost over 67 pounds!
Brandon
Lost over 100 pounds!
Mike
Lost over 60 pounds!
Shawn A
Lost over 165 pounds!
Love
Lost 44 pounds!
Adam
Lost 64 Lbs + Reversed Pre-Diabetes!
Mike & Raci
Lost a combined 101 pounds!
Nathalie
Lost over 50 pounds!
Jennifer
Lost 67 pounds!
Raci
Lost over 50 pounds!
- Macros Tracker
Unlike other diets, with Keto you need to hit specific carb, fat, and protein goals to get the best results. Our intuitive, user-friendly macros tracker makes this a no-brainer for you.
Intuitive and User Friendly
Take the guesswork out of how to track macros as the Carb Manager app guides you intuitively through the process.
Easy and Quick Tracking
Simply log your foods for the day, and our Macros Tracker lets you know where you’re at with calories, carbs, fat, and protein so you hit your goals faster.
Accurate Macros
With Carb Manager you will always know you’re getting the most out of your Keto diet with macros set for your specific goals, and adjusted for continued accuracy as you progress.
- Food Tracker
Keeping a food diary has never been easier. Scan, track, and customize your favorite foods with the best free food tracking app designed to get you easy results.
Free Food Diary App
The fastest way to health + weight loss success is to know exactly what you’re eating to eliminate surprises. Our food tracker is always free, and easy to use.
Quickly “Scan” Foods
One of our most popular features, simply scan the barcode of any food to quickly log it for the day or check just how “Keto-friendly” it really is.
Easy Voice Logging
Just say “hey Carb Manager,” and tell us what you ate to log your foods - just as easy as talking to a friend.
- Recipes Database
Keto is so much more than just meat and avocados. Our database of thousands of delicious recipes (including 3,000+ exclusive, chef-created premium Keto recipes) means you’ll never have to eat the same thing twice... although we wouldn’t blame you for bookmarking a few favorites!
Keto Cooking Made Easy
Follow along with our simple, image-based low-carb recipes and become a master Keto chef with time to spare.
Tried + Tested Favorites
Our free recipes in Basic have been submitted by other users, and vetted by the Carb Manager Community. The Premium recipe library has been curated from around the web, and crafted by the chefs in the Carb Manager test kitchens.
Easy Recipe Tracking
For all recipes in our database, simply add them to your daily food log with a tap of your finger and know you’re on track to your Keto health goals.
- Easy Intermittent Fasting Tracker
Tap into the numerous health benefits of intermittent fasting with Carb Manager’s dedicated IF features. Choose a preset fasting program, or set custom fasts, with everything you need to track when you’re eating, right alongside what you’re eating.
Done-For-You Fasting Schedules
Apply popular fasting programs like 16:8, OMAD, and more with a simple tap. These programs run every day during your chosen eating and fasting windows.
Customize Your Fast
Set custom length fasting windows to run every day or selected days only, for 100% control over your personalized fasting schedule.
Simple Fasting Timer
From Carb Manager’s Daily Log homepage, view the fasting timer that counts down your fasting window until it’s time to feast!
- Meal Planner
Make life simple with our weekly meal planner based on your specific carb, protein, fat, and calorie targets. Your plan is tailored to your individual diet (Keto, paleo, vegetarian, food allergies or intolerances) and preferences, so you always love what you’re eating.
Recommended Dishes
Our weekly meal planner recommends dishes - you just select the ones you like, or replace ones you don’t like and we’ll add them to your meal plan calendar.
Custom Grocery List
You’ll get a custom list based on your meal plan to take with you to the grocery store. No more guessing, forgetting items, or wondering what to buy (or if it’s Keto!)
Easy Meal Tracking
For each meal in your weekly plan, simply add the recipe to your daily food log with a tap of your finger and know you’re on track to your Keto health goals.
- Keto Academy
Our premium Keto Academy breaks down the basics of a low-carb lifestyle and takes you from beginner to Keto pro in just a few quick, interactive video lessons. Here’s a look at what you’ll discover in our Keto online course:
Keto Crash Course
If you’re new to Keto, or want a quick refresher, our Keto Academy videos will have you feeling like an expert in no time.
Keto Cooking Classes
Learn to cook Keto and low-carb recipes alongside our expert Keto chef Ben Richardson.
Advanced Keto Learning
Go deeper with our experts to learn about supplements, fasting, different styles of Keto, and more in our Keto pro videos.
- Community
Join tens of thousands of users on our active Keto forums for support, motivation and community on your Keto lifestyle journey. Go further together.
Motivation + Accountability
If your friends and family aren’t on board, or you just need an extra boost, hop into our active Keto forums to connect with someone else on the same journey as you.
Always-Active Keto Forums
If you’ve used other diet apps, you’ve probably run across forums that felt like ghost towns. Carb Manager’s forums couldn’t be more different, with tens of thousands of active users sharing their experience and knowledge.
Connect With Experts
Many of our users are extremely knowledgeable and experienced in the Keto lifestyle, and will happily jump in to help you troubleshoot your Keto experience.
- Exercise Portal
With the Keto diet you’ve already got an edge on your health and weight loss goals. Take it to the next level with our exercise tracker, and make the most of your Keto journey.
Easy Exercise Tracking
Track daily workouts including weight training and cardio, or create your workouts in-app with our collection of exercise tutorials.
Daily Activity Tracker
With our exercise tracker you can log more than your workouts. See how your household chores and hobbies contribute to your health too.
Custom Exercise
Easily log any activity, including ones that may not be in our database yet (hey, nobody’s perfect) so you can log them again with the tap of your finger.
- Advanced Insights
Our advanced features take your health to the next level with insulin tracking, ketone tracking, blood pressure tracking and so much more. Get the best Keto diet biohacker app when you sign up for Carb Manager.
Advanced Health Tracking
Manage your specific health condition by tracking metrics like insulin, blood pressure and more to see how your diet is working.
Advanced Biohacking App
Ready to go beyond simply tracking calories, carb, protein, fat, and exercise metrics? Track 30+ health metrics and get detailed analytics + reporting with Premium.
Advanced Logging Features
Integrate fasting, carb cycling or other unique daily goals with our Premium tracking features to take your health to the next-next level.
Looking for Premium?
Unlock all of Carb Manager's cutting-edge features with a Premium Membership.