Alternatives to mySymptoms for a low FODMAP diet

mySymptoms is a thorough food and symptom diary, but it’s a subscription after a 7-day trial, and its listing doesn’t mention showing the FODMAPs in what you eat. If you want a diary that works out a meal’s FODMAPs from a photo, there’s Fodmi. If you want a simple, quick diary, there’s Bowelle. Bearable tracks food alongside pain, mood, sleep and much more, and Cara Care pairs a diary with a 12-week low FODMAP program and dietitian chat.

We make Fodmi, so take our view with that in mind. Everything below about the other apps comes from their US App Store listings, which we read on 23 October 2026. Listings and prices change; check the current one before you decide.

Why people look for an alternative

mySymptoms’ listing describes a broad diary: food, drink, medication, stress, exercise, energy, sleep and bowel movements on the Bristol scale, with correlation analysis, reports and a Clinic web app for sharing with your clinician. Its listing shows a 7-day free trial, then $9.99 a month, $39.99 for six months or $59.99 a year.

People on a low FODMAP diet usually look elsewhere for one of three reasons: the price, the time it takes to log everything by hand, or because they want the app to tell them what’s in a meal, not just record it. Its listing mentions the low FODMAP diet as a use, but not FODMAP ratings for foods. Our Fodmi vs mySymptoms page goes through that difference in detail.

At a glance

App	Best for	FODMAPs in your meals	Price on the listing
Fodmi	Logging meals from a photo and seeing their FODMAPs	Yes, across the six groups	Free download, full access by subscription
Cara Care	A diary plus a 12-week low FODMAP program with dietitian chat	Its listing mentions low FODMAP recipes and a program, not FODMAP content for logged meals	Free, Premium $89.99, two-week trial
Bowelle	A quick, simple food and symptom diary	Its listing doesn’t mention FODMAPs	Free, with Premium (several prices listed)
Bearable	Food alongside pain, mood, sleep, medication and more	Its listing doesn’t mention FODMAPs	Free, with Premium (several prices listed)
mySymptoms	A detailed diary with a clinician portal	Its listing doesn’t mention FODMAP ratings	7-day trial, then from $9.99 a month

Fodmi: a diary that works out the FODMAPs

Fodmi starts from the meal on your plate. Take a photo, say what you ate, or type it. Fodmi picks out the ingredients, including hidden garlic and onion, and shows the meal across the six FODMAP groups. A few hours later it asks how the meal sat, with the Bristol stool scale, so over a few weeks you can see which foods line up with bad days. You get weekly trends and a PDF report for your doctor or dietitian, and you can look up more than 900 foods with the amount where each stays low (see the food list).

It also scans packaged food: scan the barcode, or photograph the label if the barcode isn’t found, and Fodmi rates each ingredient and tells you whether the amount you’ll eat is low.

What it doesn’t do: it doesn’t track stress, sleep or exercise, there’s no clinician portal, and it’s iPhone only. How Fodmi works out its answers.

Cara Care: a diary with a low FODMAP program

Cara Care’s listing describes a tracker for food (with favourites and photos), bowel movements, symptoms such as bloating and pain, and a log for periods, sleep, medication and more. A dashboard shows the food on your best and worst days, and you can share your data with your doctor. Its program is a self-paced 12-week low FODMAP plan with unlimited text chat with a dietitian, recipes and questionnaires. It syncs with Apple Health and is available in English and 28 other languages.

Its listing shows Premium at $89.99 with a two-week trial, and the latest version on the listing is dated October 2020, so check that it still works on your iPhone before paying.

Bowelle: the simplest diary

Bowelle’s listing describes itself as a quick, easy food and symptom diary. You record how you feel, what you eat, water, stress, bowel movements, notes and custom fields, then look at charts, daily averages over 7, 14 or 30 days, and a filterable history. You can export your data by email to share with a doctor or dietitian, and it reads sleep, steps, water and weight from Apple Health. Its listing shows an update on 15 October 2026.

It’s a diary, not a food guide: its listing doesn’t mention FODMAPs, so you would work out what was in each meal yourself.

Bearable: food as one part of a wider picture

Bearable’s listing describes a general symptom tracker used for migraine, pain, mental health, chronic illness and gut symptoms. You log how you feel, food, sleep, stress, medication and habits, and it shows correlations between your symptoms and the rest. It syncs with Apple Health and Fitbit, has reminders and reports, and you can export your data.

If your gut symptoms come with migraine, fatigue or mood changes and you want one place for everything, Bearable is built for that. Its listing doesn’t mention FODMAPs, so on a low FODMAP diet you would use a food guide alongside it.

Which should you pick?

• Want the app to tell you the FODMAPs in what you ate? Fodmi.
• Want guidance and a dietitian to chat with inside the app? Cara Care’s program, after checking it runs on your phone.
• Just want to log quickly and look for patterns yourself? Bowelle.
• Tracking pain, mood or other conditions as well as your gut? Bearable, or stay with mySymptoms.
• Your clinician wants to see your diary through a portal? mySymptoms is the one with a Clinic web app.

Whichever diary you pick, the one you keep up with is the one that shows patterns. For apps that scan packaged food, see Fodmi vs Spoonful, Fodmi vs Fig and the best low FODMAP apps for iPhone. The diet itself works best as a short trial followed by reintroduction, ideally with a dietitian. Our guide to the low FODMAP diet explains the three phases.