Food Sensitivity Tracker Built for Symptom Correlation Not Calorie Counting

mobile app real project •• multiple requests

People managing celiac, IBS, histamine intolerance, and autoimmune conditions need to correlate foods with delayed symptoms across 1-72 hour windows. Most food diary apps were designed for calorie counting first with symptom tracking bolted on. Users on celiac and gut health forums describe tracking as a real pain and resort to spreadsheets because existing apps don't handle multi-variable elimination protocols.

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The non-obvious insight: delayed reactions (12-72 hours) are the whole problem. If reactions were immediate, people wouldn't need an app. Build the correlation engine for delayed multi-variable analysis first, pretty logging UI second.

landscape (4 existing solutions)

Triggerbites is the closest purpose-built solution but is new, subscription-based, and unproven. mySymptoms has the analytical depth but terrible UX. The gap is a modern, low-friction tracker that handles multiple intolerance protocols (FODMAP, histamine, AIP) with AI-assisted logging and clear visual correlation timelines.

mySymptoms Steep learning curve, manual entry required, crowd-sourced database with inconsistencies, $50/yr

Triggerbites Best-in-class AI extraction but new and $9/mo, limited user base, no community features

Cara Care IBS-only focus acquired by Bayer in 2025, no ingredient-level breakdown for histamine or salicylate intolerance

Fig Shopping/scanning tool only with no diary, symptom tracking, or pattern analysis capability

sources (2)

other https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/160767-tracking-food-tri... "the tracking part is a real pain with multiple intolerances" 2026-03-25

other https://triggerbites.com/blog/best-food-diary-apps-2026 "Most food diary apps were designed for calorie counting then bolted on" 2026-03-01

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