Daily Macro & Carb Tracker
Real-time visual progress bars track your 50g net carb ceiling, healthy fats, and protein. Add meals with a single tap and instantly see your daily balance shift.
Core feature · FreeTrack macros, scan supermarket barcodes, browse LCHF meal plans — all 100% offline. Your health data never leaves your phone.
Built from the ground up for the Banting lifestyle — not a generic keto app rebadged.
Real-time visual progress bars track your 50g net carb ceiling, healthy fats, and protein. Add meals with a single tap and instantly see your daily balance shift.
Core feature · FreePoint your camera at any supermarket product. The on-device scanner instantly flags hidden sugars, non-Banting ingredients, and net carb content — no internet needed.
FreeBrowse a database of Banting-compliant LCHF meals and recipes tailored to fit your macros. Never wonder "what's for dinner?" again — all stored on your device, no internet required.
FreeGenerate Banting-approved shopping lists from your meal plan. Organised by category, ready for any supermarket — no paper lists, no forgotten items.
Smart lists · FreeA curated daily motivational quote greets you every time you open the app. The low-carb journey is a marathon — Banting Buddy keeps you focused on your goals.
Dashboard · FreeYour weight history, macro logs, and grocery lists are stored only on your device. No account sign-up, no cloud sync, no data sharing. Your health data belongs to you.
Full offline · Always freeKeeping net carbs around 50g a day is the guideline most Banting lists use. Without a tracker, hidden carbs in sauces, dressings, and packaged foods push you over without you knowing.
Food labelling can be misleading. Products marketed as "healthy" or "low fat" often contain maltodextrin, dextrose, or high fructose corn syrup. The barcode scanner catches these instantly.
Without a plan, you reach for whatever's available — which is rarely Banting-friendly. The built-in meal planner removes decision fatigue by showing you compliant meals that fit your remaining macros.
Your weight loss journey is personal. Many diet apps upload your data to remote servers. Banting Buddy keeps everything on your device.
Most diet and macro tracking apps are generic calorie counters. They don't understand the Banting approach, they require constant internet connectivity, and they store your health data on remote servers. Banting Buddy 2.0 was built from scratch for the Banting community — with broad product support, offline-first architecture, and a privacy-first approach that keeps your weight and health data exactly where it belongs: on your own device.
The Banting lifestyle — also called LCHF (Low Carb High Fat) — was pioneered by Professor Tim Noakes and the Real Meal Revolution. It focuses on eliminating sugar and refined carbohydrates, eating high-quality fats, and maintaining a net carb intake under 50g per day. What started as a movement has grown into a worldwide community, with millions of followers managing their health through this low-carb approach. Banting Buddy 2.0 gives this community a purpose-built digital tool to support their journey.
A good Banting app needs accurate net carb tracking (not just total carbs), a comprehensive product database for barcode scanning, offline functionality for privacy and reliability, and practical meal planning tools. Banting Buddy 2.0 was built to cover all of these in a single app — free to download, with no mandatory account creation, and no personal data ever leaving your device.
One of the biggest challenges on a Banting diet is meal planning. Without a clear plan, it's easy to reach for convenient but non-compliant foods. Banting Buddy 2.0 solves this with an intelligent grocery list builder and a curated meal plan library full of Banting-compliant recipes matched to your remaining daily macros. Generate a weekly shopping list, scan products at the store, and track every meal — all in one app, all on your device.
Banting Buddy 2.0 is built and maintained by InnateTelos. I started it because generic calorie counters don't understand Banting — they don't default to net carbs, they need constant internet, and they upload your health data. I wanted a simple offline tracker with a barcode scanner that works in a South African supermarket aisle, with no account and no data leaving your phone. All features are free with ads; an optional ad-removal purchase (1, 3 or 12 months) turns the ads off.
Questions or label corrections? Contact via the Play Store listing. General information only, not medical advice. If you take medication for diabetes or blood pressure, talk to your doctor before changing how you eat.