Researchers at Monash University have developed the low FODMAP diet and a corresponding app to assist in the management of gastrointestinal symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The Monash University FODMAP diet works by swapping foods high in fermentable carbohydrates (FODMAPs), with low FODMAP alternatives. Around 75% of people with IBS experience symptom relief on a low FODMAP diet.
The app comes directly from the research team at Monash and includes the following:
- General information about the FODMAP diet and IBS.
- Easy to understand tutorials to guide you through the app and the 3-Step FODMAP diet.
- A Food Guide detailing the FODMAP content for hundreds of foods using a simple 'traffic light system'.
- A list of branded products that have been certified by Monash as low FODMAP.
- A collection of over 70 nutritious, low FODMAP recipes.
- Functions that allow you to create your own shopping list and add notes to individual foods
- A Diary that enables you to record food eaten, IBS symptoms, bowel habits and stress levels. The Diary will also guide you through step 2 of the diet - FODMAP reintroduction.
- The ability to adjust units of measurement (metric or imperial) and activate colour blindness assistance.
★☆☆☆☆
16 Aug 2026
Waste of $. Refund please.
I wish they’d offer a free trial first so I could see that this is not a terribly user friendly app. Common words don’t come up by typing a few letters and you have to type the entire thing or it’s showing you random items unrelated to what you’re searching. I’d love a refund. I won’t be using this.
raccoon_elder · v4.3.2
★★★☆☆
11 Aug 2026
Still in development
The app is just the extended version of the web site with searchable feature on a limited tested food. The challenge is still thousand of other products out there that i will have to second guess or through trial and error. Pricing is not great based on provided contents. The gluten free app was cheaper with better functionality and community base evaluation on eating out choices. The university staff needs to hurry up with the upgrade; unless this is only an attempt to recover the research costs. Not a problem there, but i think i would have to find the not so official tool to manage my condition.
LegendWinds · v4.3.2
★☆☆☆☆
11 Aug 2026
Useless
It’s better to just get a diary booklet and fill it out yourself. This does not help me one bit.
Pinkgypsy · v4.3.2
★☆☆☆☆
10 Aug 2026
Payment
Charged me without my consent. Did not even put my credit card info in but it still charged me $8.49. Maybe it was in a germs and conditions but when I checked the app to cancel that I could not find a subscription area. Not even that helpful with recipes either.
maclidu13 · v4.3.2
★★☆☆☆
7 Aug 2026
Screen cut off
iPhone 14 Pro, updated.
*In filtering, the sides of the screen are cut off. On the left, I see what is likely the word lactose or fructose etc, but all I see are the last two letters. On the right, I see part of an unhappy face.
* When searching ingredients, whether from the category of food or from the certified list, most returns are recipes or premade products that contain that food.
*There doesn't appear a category for diabetics or allergies, celiac, so many foods are presented when the user knows they can't have it.
It's pretty basic and not what I expected. A trial period before buying would have been useful. I don't think I'll be using this app much.
fys2020 · v4.3.2
★★★★★
30 Jul 2026
The best food tracker!
I use this every day for every meal and have for a few years now.
annf10 · v4.3.2
★☆☆☆☆
24 Jul 2026
Feels like an ad
I’m very disappointed in this app. The food search (which seems to be its primary use) feels poorly designed and like an ad for companies that have paid to be included. Half of the things I pull up are specific brand names, all of which are green (so ok to eat). For example, I searched rice cereal: Rice Krispies are green, but the generic puffed rice cereal is yellow (and yes, I understand they might use different sweeteners, but it still feels like an ad when the name brand is promoted like that). Additionally, specific home delivery meal kits keep showing up when I just search for a vegetable, cluttering everything up and making it hard to use. The serving size of items is also misleading. A fruit might be marked as green but when you look at the serving sizes, it will say 2.1 oz is green but 2.3 oz is yellow and 3 oz is red, and maybe the people who made this app have never eaten fruit before, but there is very little difference in a 2.1 oz serving of fruit and a 3 oz serving of fruit.
CaveCibum · v4.3.2
★★★★★
16 Jul 2026
Amazing App
I’ve had IBS all my life and found out about the low FODMAP elimination diet by my GI doctor as an adult. I downloaded this years ago and I have found out some of my intolerances that I didn’t know. When I was little I was always sick to my stomach and had a lot of pain and cramping. Didn’t know my intolerance to lactose. Back then they diagnosed me with IBS but blamed it on stress. Nobody did anything for me. My mom took me doctor to doctor and nothing. Not even a mention of an antacid for my reflux. You guys have done amazing work and I’m so thankful for you. This is an amazing app studied by amazing professors and students. If there was one thing I could add to the app is a filter that I could set to my intolerance group and see all the food from all the different groups together. Instead I have to search each item and take a pen and paper and write down all the intolerances in that group!! That would make this app so much better for me at least!! Thank you for your great work.
cinderellagirl777 · v4.3.2
★☆☆☆☆
21 Jun 2026
NOT BEGINNER FRIENDLY AT ALL
I am not a chef, nor can I read the creators of this app’s minds while cooking. While making a recipe like the chicken risotto, it tells you to sauté the vegetables all the way on high in the beginning. And then proceeds to tell you everything else you need to add. Not once does it tell you to reduce the heat. So here I am burning the living you know what out of this entire dish and now it’s disgusting and I wasted my money. And my kitchen is a burnt mess on top of it. I do not know how to cook anything without detailed instructions. Not telling when to reduce heat, or simmer, that’s a huge problem. Should have been a disclaimer about the level of cooking knowledge required for this app.
nickanwjevemwbq · v4.3.2
★☆☆☆☆
20 Jun 2026
disappointed
Been using this app for a few days and I’m disappointed to say the least. There are not many recipe options and the search function is extremely dated and has very few brands and specifics. The app description also states that there is a reintroduction guide but this was also hard to navigate and isn’t much of a guide. I am grateful for the research and I’m sure some of the cost of the app goes to funding but unfortunately as the consumer if we have to use apps behind paywalls there are much better ones for the same purpose.
berniebtw · v4.3.2
★★★★☆
18 Jun 2026
Nice app
At first I was disappointed because the app wasn’t working well on my iPad, and I posted a review as such. The developer got I touch with me, THAT was HUGE in my book. So I am adjusting my review in that the app works GREAT on my phone, and actually I use it more than I would have on the iPad. I’m very satisfied with the ease and all of the pertinent information that I can log. It’s very helpful with the tutorial as well.
Shedutri · v4.3.2
★★★★★
5 Jun 2026
Cure for IBSD
This app, a registered dietician, and 6 months of focused work allowed me to find my 2 triggers (of 6) and reduced IBSD symptoms by 90%. Prior to this, not a single one of my US MDs, not even the gastro, gave me any real instruction on how to do the low fodmap elimination process. They deprived me of any opportunity for recovery, through ten YEARS of soiling myself at work. I'm grateful Australians invested in this evidence based practice. Get a dietician and this ten dollar app - it's priceless.
Dorothybetty · v4.3.2
★★★★☆
13 May 2026
Great app, please add option to Import Diary or sync data
This app is pretty great. I used it to do an elimination diet, and afterwards I have been using it to track my diet. It’s not perfect, there are bugs sometimes, and I wish it would function better sometimes, but I’m still glad I bought this app and it use daily.
I really wish there was a way to input diary data from my phone when I am out, and have it sync with my ipad, where the majority of the database is stored. It is extremely time consuming to transfer the data manually. Or at least, if there was a way to export and IMPORT the diary, that would work too and avoid the problem with using cloud data. I would definitely pay extra for the option to just sync data in the cloud though!
wildswan · v4.3.2
★★★★☆
28 Apr 2026
Information Only
I can look up online what foods are high FODMAP which is the only thing this app does well. I wanted a meal plan for elimination. You get recipes but no plan. It has a start the diet button but it’s more literature. There’s no support while you’re on the diet. There’s no dietitians in my area and I can look that up on their free website. The diary could be nice if it helped you along the way. It’s basically a place to take notes without any prompts to know why you’re logging what. I want my $7.99 back.
baby_got_back · v4.3.2
★★★☆☆
27 Apr 2026
Okay diary entry
I wish there was a better way the app can be used to guide the reintroduction. If the diary entries only have specific foods to track, it would be better to then have a plan that actually helps you reintroduce these foods.
Also there may be some specific food intolerances in certain foods that should also be allowed to track. I don’t really understand why you can’t add any food item to your diary. From the food lookup you can only add a personal note, where does this get centralized? Why can’t you add the diary entry from here?
Overall great information, but the flows could really be improved. I’m resorting to tracking this stuff in a notes app just because I can’t enter in specific food items in the diary.
Leesescups · v4.3.2
★★★★☆
7 Apr 2026
Super helpful! Many ways to improve!
I really appreciate this app and feel it is super worth it for the diary function and cross examination of foods. The concept is unique and insanely helpful. It could use a lot of work in terms of streamlining, helping us understand data, and being more accommodating/accurate. I’ll list some of my observations below and would always be happy to give ux/ui feedback in the future via email.
-Female health: the female body is very different than the male body. Depending k my cycle, I need completely different things, have higher malabsorption rates, and different sets of motility symptoms. Incorporating this would be a game changer and differentiate you from other sources
-Data analysis: it would be great to be able to cross compare symptoms, and have an analysis drawn by the app from different foods. Also, this would be made much easier by adding a drop down feature for choosing food in meals, instead of just writing it.
-The landing page is awkward, could use some testing and redesign to know what users need quickly in the service flow
-Add widgets for iPhone!
saphya razaqi lones · v4.3.2
★★☆☆☆
27 Mar 2026
So much lost potential
So this app could so easily be fixed I want to scream. It’s like whoever made it never went grocery shopping. You know what would be fantastic? Make a section in filtering for the app of what you CANNOT eat when you’ve know which carbs your sensitive too. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have an extensive complete list of what not to eat for sorbitol. But instead this app basically is set up so I have research any item I will ever be interested in eating and slowly have my soul get crushed when I have to find out piece by piece what I cannot eat. Why would you not give people more options for filtering???? It’s honestly disgusting considering this is a paid app
Thisgirlneedshelp2 · v4.3.2
★★☆☆☆
26 Mar 2026
Not great if USA resident
Got the app mainly for the listing of food products that are safe and certified but found that 98% of the products are only sold in Australia Japan and Italy, practically nothing listed available in the USA.
Ylleko · v4.3.2
★★★★★
13 Mar 2026
Good, could be better
Overall the app is good. Team actually updates the app + fixes bugs (thank you!)
I find navigating the foods a bit cumbersome at times (things aren’t normalized well, missing foods, etc.)
I’ve been using this app a little over a year, plan on continuing to use it.
Pavkov · v4.3.2
★★☆☆☆
26 Feb 2026
Lacking
While there is some good information in this app, it’s basically just a list. No ability to check anything. No barcode scan. No sort feature. Under L”Snacks” there are a bunch of international entries I will never encounter and I cannot remove them. Get another app. I will be requesting a refund.
itsanoctopus · v4.2
No reviews at this rating.
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