Editorial Team
We build Protein Tracker and write the guides on this site. We are software developers and fitness enthusiasts, not dietitians, so everything we publish is sourced from peer-reviewed nutrition research and position stands rather than personal authority. Where the evidence is uncertain, we say so, and where a question needs a clinician, we say that too.
We build a protein tracking app. We are not dietitians, doctors, or nutrition researchers, and we do not publish under invented expert bylines. Everything here is general fitness information. If you have kidney disease, liver disease, are pregnant, or manage any condition affecting protein metabolism, get your target from a physician or registered dietitian instead.
Protein recommendations on this site trace back to peer-reviewed research and position stands — meta-analyses of resistance training trials, work on protein needs in a calorie deficit, and research on anabolic resistance in older adults. When we give a figure like 1.6 g/kg, we name where it comes from rather than asserting it.
Plenty of protein questions do not have a clean answer, including the exact per-meal ceiling and how much the anabolic window matters. Where the evidence is mixed or thin, we say so instead of picking the version that makes for a tidier article.
Protein Tracker only tracks protein. If you need calorie control, full macro splits, or micronutrient data, a different app will serve you better and our articles say that plainly. We would rather lose a download than recommend the wrong tool.
The coefficients quoted in articles are the same ones behind our protein calculator. If we change how a recommendation is derived, both move together, so the site never gives two different answers to the same question.
There is no single best protein tracker app. A dietitian's framework for matching the right type of app to your goal, the features that actually predict whether you'll stick with it, and an honest disclosure.
An honest look at what free protein tracker apps include, where the paywalls sit, and how to decide whether a free protein tracking app is enough for your goals.
Where protein counting goes wrong — label rounding, cooked versus raw weights, hidden protein in plant foods — and how to use a protein counter app to get a number you can trust.
A strength coach's guide to protein tracker apps — how they estimate grams, which features matter, the five reasons people quit, and how to set one up in ten minutes.
What a protein tracker is, how much protein the research actually supports, why distribution and protein quality matter, and how to use tracking as a tool you can eventually put down.
