Some warnings 8 users report guilt-trip upgrade prompts; 6 users report ads that misrepresent the app. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 1,343 reviews, the store listing and the privacy label.
From our automated analysis, 26 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 12.6.7 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-26 .
The store currently lists version 12.6.7, updated 2026-05-28.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
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From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 224 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
Constant upsell pressure: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 168 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
Reviewers describe the free version as usable: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 168 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Reviewers repeatedly say the free version is worth using on its own. Nothing we can measure corroborates that — a free listing with in-app purchases looks identical whether the free tier is generous or a demo — so this is published as what reviewers say, not as a measured credit.
Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.
1,343 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
Service cut NO notice — I have been using the free version of this app for over five years. It has been great. I have contributed recipes and some data corrections. I also used it to track my weight loss progress. Suddenly I find that…
Paid version is NOT worth it — I purchased the paid version after using the free version, due to the claims of having more success loosing weight with the added features of the paid version. This is completely false and not worth it at…
The only tracker app worth the download — Genuinely, as someone who has tried SO many of these apps and refuses to use any locked behind a paywall, this is the only food tracking app I’d recommend. While of course you can get more with a…
The decline — I had this app for years and now it’s really hard to find things on the menu. I constantly have to enter things and it’s always asking me upgrade to the pro.
Very little updates — Always pushes premium- have used for several years and not changed for updates- shop around
Good guide for tracking carbs — Good guide for tracking carbs, but they are constantly bugging you to upgrade to the paid version and it’s way too expensive!
Almost perfect — I enjoy this app. It’s easy to fix macro errors on foods entered incorrectly. The free version is also pretty good but I did purchase this app. I do not like the fasting tracking they offer which is the main reason i…
I love this app — I’ve had this app for years and I absolutely love it. The recipes and it is easy to use. The free version is just as good. When I have the extra money I pay for the premium.
Great tool — Carb manager helps me stay within my target numbers. I love that you don’t have to pay the premium for barcode scanning.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 12.6.7 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-26 .
The store currently lists version 12.6.7, updated 2026-05-28.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
We’ve updated our core infrastructure to handle higher traffic volumes and improve API response times.
Appworthy
carb-manager-apple-410089731Assessed 2026-10-26 from 1,343 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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