Fodmi vs Fig

Fig and Fodmi answer different questions. Fig asks "does this product fit my diet?": scan a barcode and it checks the ingredients against low FODMAP and more than 2,800 other diets and allergies. Fodmi asks "what was in the meal I just ate, and how did it sit?": photograph your plate, see its FODMAPs across the six groups, and check in a few hours later. Fodmi scans packets too, and rates them for the amount you’ll eat. If you follow several diets at once, Fig covers far more of them. If you're working out your own FODMAP triggers, that is what Fodmi is built for.

We make Fodmi, so take our view with that in mind. Everything below about Fig comes from its US App Store listing, which we read on 23 October 2026. Listings and prices change; check the current one before you decide.

Side by side

	Fodmi	Fig
Best for	Logging meals and finding your own triggers	Checking packaged food against several diets or allergies
How you use it	Photo, voice or text for a meal; barcode or label photos for packaged food	Barcode scan, or search foods at grocery stores and restaurants
Diets covered	Low FODMAP	Low FODMAP plus more than 2,800 diets and allergies
FODMAP amounts	Shows a meal or a scanned product across the six groups, and how much of a food stays low	Its listing describes checking ingredients; it doesn’t mention portion sizes
After-meal symptoms	Check-ins a few hours after each meal, with the Bristol stool scale	Its listing doesn’t mention symptoms or a diary
Report for your doctor	Weekly trends and a PDF report	Its listing doesn’t mention one
Devices	iPhone	iPhone
Price	Free download, full access by subscription	Free, with a Fig+ subscription for restaurants, multiple profiles and unlimited scans (listing shows from $5.99 a month, or $34.99 to $69.99 a year)

What Fig does

Fig’s listing describes an ingredient checker for people with dietary restrictions. You set up your diets and allergies, choosing from low FODMAP, gluten free, vegan, low histamine, alpha-gal and thousands more, then scan a product’s barcode to see whether its ingredients fit. It can also list foods that work for you at more than 100 grocery stores and restaurants, and build shopping lists. The listing says its ingredient ratings come with notes from a team of dietitians.

Its strength is breadth. If you avoid FODMAPs and also have a nut allergy, or you shop for a family where each person avoids something different, Fig checks everything in one scan. Its listing talks about ingredients, not amounts, and doesn’t mention logging meals or recording how you felt afterwards. On a low FODMAP diet the amount matters: many foods are fine in a small serving and not in a large one.

What Fodmi does

Fodmi starts from the meal on your plate. Take a photo, say what you ate, or type it. Fodmi picks out the ingredients, including hidden garlic and onion, and shows the meal across the six FODMAP groups. A few hours later it asks how the meal sat, so over a few weeks you can see which foods line up with bad days. You can also look up more than 900 foods with the amount where each stays low (see the food list).

It also scans packaged food: scan the barcode, or photograph the label if the barcode isn’t found, and Fodmi rates each ingredient and tells you whether the amount you’ll eat is low.

What it doesn’t do: it covers low FODMAP only, and it’s iPhone only. How Fodmi works out its answers.

Which should you pick?

• Avoiding FODMAPs and an allergen, or shopping for several people? Fig checks many diets at once.
• Standing in a shop with a packet in your hand? Both scan barcodes. Fig checks the ingredients against all your diets; Fodmi tells you whether the amount you’ll eat is low FODMAP.
• Cooking at home or eating out, and trying to work out what sets you off? Fodmi.
• Wondering how much of a food you can have? Fodmi shows the amount where each food stays low.
• Your doctor or dietitian wants a record? Fodmi’s PDF report.

If low FODMAP is your only diet, Fodmi covers both the shop and the plate. If you shop around several diets or allergies, Fig’s scan checks them all, and it can sit alongside a meal log. See also Fodmi vs Spoonful and the best low FODMAP apps for iPhone. Whichever you use, the diet works best as a short trial followed by reintroduction, ideally with a dietitian. Our guide to the low FODMAP diet explains the three phases.