Updated for 2021! These food allergy apps can help you with everything from working out what your allergy triggers are, to getting emergency help in case of a reaction. In addition, there are apps for managing allergies in daily life too, that can help you shop, cook and eat out safely with food allergies. Thanks to modern technology, your phone can help you navigate the world with food allergies more easily and have more positive experiences.
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The Alan App
- Great for:
- Messaging System - communicate with others with food allergies
- Emergency Section - epinephrine instructions, caregiver's guide to allergies, medical contacts
- Interactive features - allergy translator, symptom tracker, restaurant menus, allergy-friendly recipes
- Locations: the United States, Canada, England, and most countries
- Price: Free
- Available on: iOS and Android
The Alan App (Allergy Life Alliance Network) is an all-in-one mobile application that provides an emergency care section, interactive resources, and a messaging system.
Communicating with others who have food allergies is made easier with The Alan App. Through our mobile application, users of any age group will be able to message others with any concerns they may have. We also have group chats for different age groups - whether the user is a parent, teenager, or young adult, they will be able to freely share their experiences or ask questions.
In addition to a group chat, the app has an allergy symptom tracker to record and discover potential allergens, as well as an emergency section to quickly access crucial information. The Alan App is the first of its kind - a community-based pocket guide.
Alerje
- Great for:
- Tracking and managing your allergens in one place
- Scanning and discovering allergens from a database of over 500,000 products
- Accessing a robust database of food allergy friendly recipes. (Or you can submit your own!)
- Location: US Only
- Price: Free
- Available on: iOS & Android
In the Alerje Food Management App, create food allergy profiles for yourself as well as your loved ones. You can also share your profile to communicate the allergen with your Food Allergy Management Team. Use your food allergy profile to filter through the appropriate recipes for the entire family to enjoy. Plus, on the scanner view, search by product name in a database of 500,000+ products!
Alliapp
- Great for: Identifying your food triggers
- Price: Free with premium subscription option
- Available on iOS and Android
This app is a food and symptoms tracker. Useful if you're still in the process of getting a diagnosis, you can input your data by photo or barcode, as well as typing in information. You can track a range of symptoms and add voice notes. The app will analyse your data and identify your triggers for you. Used by NHS doctors and with excellent reviews from users on the App Store.
EpiCenter App by AssureTech
- Great for: Finding Emergency Help, Traveling Abroad, Finding Allergy-Friendly Products, University/College Students
- Price: Free with upgrade options
- Available on iOS & Android
The EpiCenter App is AssureTech's newest technology that calls emergency services, alerts your contacts, locates the nearest hospital, and displays a medical I.D. during an allergic reaction. Plus, they have partnered with Equal Eats to also provide food allergy translations in the app for over 200 allergens in 40+ languages - including a "help" message for emergencies. You'll also have access to a number of allergy-related products that you can purchase directly through the app.
The emergency features are always free, and premium users can access advanced functions and also save on products sold through the App. Premium memberships start at $4.99 / month - get a free 30 day trial.
Are you living in the U.K. or Ireland? AssureTech has partnered with Coza Group to develop a local version of the software called TEAL. TEAL will include the same features above, but also have added features for users in the region. You can learn more about this upcoming technology here.
FoodMaestro
- Great for: Finding allergy safe foods
- Price: Free
- Location: UK
- Available on: iOS and Android
This app answers the question "Can I eat this?". Set up the app with your food allergen(s), and you can then scan barcodes to find out if foods are safe or unsafe. Developed in partnership with the NHS, with over 75,000 users, this app features 133,000 products from Sainsburys, Waitrose, Co-op, Morrisons and Tesco (but not ALDI, LIDL or M&S). You can set up multiple profiles for individual family members with different dietary needs. There is also a partner app for the Low FODMAP diet.
Free to Feed
- Great for:
- Maternal and child dietary intake
- Child symptomatology
- Food trialing tracking
- Available on: All web browsers (mobile app coming August 2021)
- Locations: All
- Price: Free with premium option for data exports: $2.99
The Free to Feed App allows parents to track mother's and child's food intake, especially vital for breastfeeding families. The log also features symptom input with picture uploads. This provides a single space for parents to easily look for reaction trends, track food trialing, and annotate day/times for food passes and fails. All of this information is shown in an easy to read history tab or exported into an excel spreadsheet.
When the mobile app launches this summer, all current user data will be shifted to the new platform as requested, so your information will not be lost in the process!
HoneyComb
- Great for:
- Combining Allergies and Diets for ultra-personalization
- Viewing suitable dishes you CAN eat
- Discovering new allergy-safe restaurants to eat-in or order online
- Price: $14 USD for lifetime access (75% preorder discount)
- Locations: Available for preorder in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
- Available on: iOS & Android
Discover 100% allergen-free restaurants and hidden gems that offer allergy-safe preparation methods. See all the dishes you can eat at each restaurant. With thousands of restaurants and a full range of cuisines, you’re sure to find something safe to eat.
Personalize your restaurant search to your dietary restrictions with over 9 special diets and 29 allergy or intolerance options. Select individual ingredients marked to be avoided, either as a preference, intolerance or a severe allergy. Depending on how you mark an ingredient, we will show you needed information about a dish and a restaurant accordingly.
After four years of development, Honeycomb is the ultimate restaurant search tool for anyone with a dietary restriction.
Libereat
- Great for: Shopping, cooking and eating out with allergies
- Price: Free
- Location: UK
- Available on: iOS and Android
This app helps you manage food allergies by scanning barcodes, creating shopping lists, selecting recipes and finding restaurants. You can set up profiles for different family members, and includes the option to include or exclude foods labelled as 'may contain'.
Libereat currently have over 136,000 products on the app and have allergen information for national restaurant chains such as Pret, Miller and Carter, All Bar One, Browns and others. Plus they also have over 450 allergy friendly recipes for you to browse!
What sets Libereat apart is that they don't screenscrape their data, and only get the information directly from the restaurants. Then, they double-check everything to make sure the information is the most accurate and as safe as possible.
MySymptoms Food Diary
- Great for: Identifying trigger foods
- Price: £2.99
- Available on iOS and Android
This app allows you to track diet and symptoms to identify which foods are causing you problems. It can help you track symptoms over time to see if they get better or worse - perfect if you are doing an exclusion diet. It analyses possible triggers for you and creates charts and reports to share with health professionals.
VivoPlan
- Great for:
- Finding nut free products.
- Locating nearby stockists and online shopping options.
- Finding local nut free bakeries (USA and Canada) by state/province.
- Price: Free
- Locations: United States, Canada & UK
- Available on: iOS and Android
Vivoplan was created by a father of a child with nut allergies, because there were not enough reliable resources online to look for new products to try. Hence he decided to create a search engine that makes it easy to find nut free products and which stores sell them in your area. Vivoplan's mission is to help the millions of people and families that live with nut allergies by being a safe and reliable source to find nut free products.
Yummly
- Great for: Finding recipes according to dietary requirements
- Price: Free
- Available on iOS and Android
Not just for people with allergies, this is a real food-lover's app with over 2 million recipes and 30 million users worldwide. This app gives you personalised recipe recommendations based on your dietary requirements and preferences. It can also create personalised shopping lists, add scheduling to your calendar, and includes video tutorials and oven timers. It even has high tech features like controlling control smart ovens, setting the oven temperature and time for you!
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Andy
Hi great article very helpful, thank you.
FYI alliapp website doesn't seem to be working and play store is showing zero downloads and reviews 👍
Again many thanks still really helpful 🙂