Frequently asked questions

Fodmi is an iPhone app for people with IBS or a sensitive gut. You log meals by photo, voice or text, see their estimated FODMAP content, check in on how you feel afterwards, and over time see which foods line up with your bad days.

No. Fodmi estimates FODMAP content from published food composition data. Talk to a doctor before changing your diet, and to a dietitian for a guided low FODMAP plan. Read the medical disclaimer.

Not yet. Fodmi is available for iPhone.

A low FODMAP diet is sometimes used alongside SIBO treatment. Fodmi tracks meals and symptoms the same way whatever the cause, but ask your clinician which diet is right for you.

Fodmi is free to download. Full access is a subscription, and the App Store shows the price before you pay.

Open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, choose Fodmi and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve paid for. If your offer includes a free trial, cancel at least 24 hours before it ends to avoid being charged.

Purchases are handled by Apple, so refunds are too. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.

Open the subscription offer in Fodmi and tap Restore purchases, using the same Apple ID you subscribed with.

You can correct any meal with Fix result. If a food’s FODMAP estimate looks wrong, email us the food name and what you expected. Every report helps improve the database.

From Fodmi’s food database: each food has rated servings, each rated low, moderate or high for the six FODMAP groups against published cut-offs. Above the largest rated serving, Fodmi doesn’t call a food low. The details are on the sources and method page.

Each food is rated at a few servings. Past the largest one there’s no rating, so Fodmi doesn’t guess: the food page shows that stretch as not rated, and never calls it low.

Yes. The food list on this site shows the same traffic lights and “low up to” amounts as the app.

A gentle nudge a few hours after a meal asks how it sat. One tap for “All good”, or log bloating, gas, cramps and stool type. Over a few weeks Fodmi shows which foods line up with your bad days.

Check Profile → Check-ins in Fodmi, and make sure notifications for Fodmi are on in iOS Settings.

Yes. Fodmi can produce a PDF report you can share with them.

Only on your iPhone. Fodmi doesn’t sync it to other devices, so export a copy in Profile → Your data before you change phones or delete the app.

No. Fodmi doesn’t ask for your name, email address or phone number. The app creates an anonymous ID the first time it talks to our server.

Photos and descriptions are sent to our server so they can be analysed, and nothing else in your journal is. See the privacy policy for who processes them and how long they’re kept.

Delete your journal in Profile → Your data → Delete all local data. To delete meal photos and analyses on our server, email us and we’ll help you find them.