For blood sugar · Updated October 2026

A food journal for blood sugar and insulin resistance

No single sugar number fits everyone. The American Diabetes Association puts non-starchy vegetables on half your plate and starchy food on about a quarter, rich in fiber and low in added sugar. Tell Cloche what you ate or take a photo. It estimates the added sugar, fiber and protein. Three pancakes with syrup come to 52 g of added sugar.

Best for: People watching blood sugar or insulin resistance who want to see where the added sugar comes from.
Price: Free on TestFlight. After that, logging stays free and meal readings cost $12.99 a month or $79 a year.

Made for iPhone. First invitations via TestFlight.

Blueberry Pancakes, the plate this page reads — Blueberry Pancakes 3 pancakes, maple syrup, logged at 8:00 am
Estimated added sugar · 52 g sugar

**52 g**Added sugars, 258% of 20 g, a sample amount for a day, not your target

**3.5 g**Fiber, 7% of 50 g, a sample amount for a day, not your target

Sample reading from Cloche’s nutrient estimates, with reference amounts for this demo. See how the estimates are checked against USDA reference foods.

Which plates pass a day’s sugar on their own?

Sugar is the fastest thing on a plate to reach the blood, and breakfast is where it hides best. These six carry the most added sugar in Cloche’s food data, next to the 20 g the demo compares against for a day. Recipes and portions vary.

Plate	Portion	Estimated added sugar	Of 20 g reference
Blueberry Pancakes	3 pancakes, maple syrup	52 g	258%
Waffle	1 waffle, syrup	30 g	150%
Cheesecake	1 slice	25 g	124%
Blueberry Muffin	1 muffin	24 g	118%
Ice Cream	1 scoop	17 g	84%
Granola with Yogurt	1 bowl	16 g	80%

Cloche counts added sugar, so the syrup on the pancakes counts and the berries and the milk do not. These amounts are not measurements of your meal.

Where do the 20 g of sugar and the 50 g of fiber come from?

The demo reads a plate against 20 g of added sugar and 50 g of fiber a day. The sugar figure comes from advice about added sugar, and added sugar is what Cloche counts. The fiber figure sits above the 28 g a 2,000-calorie day works out to in the US Dietary Guidelines. It is what the app reads a plate against, not a rule for you.

No body puts one carbohydrate number on everyone. The American Diabetes Association describes a plate instead: half vegetables, a quarter starchy food, the rest rich in fiber and low in added sugar. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases says the same. There is no right or wrong way to choose the foods that help you manage diabetes. It names soda, juice, flavored coffee and sports drinks as the ones to cut first.

Your clinician sets the numbers that fit you, along with any medicine. Cloche helps you read the food record between those visits.

Say what you ate. Cloche reads the sugar against your day.

If searching for every ingredient keeps you from logging meals, start with a sentence. Say “pancakes with syrup,” or take a photo. Cloche creates an entry you can review and correct.

See estimated calories, protein, carbs, fat and 26 nutrients, including sugar and fiber. A tracker would add the pancakes to a total. Cloche reads them for your blood sugar as they land, then answers questions about the week. We check the estimates against USDA reference foods. They remain estimates.

Your doctor may be watching more than one number. Cloche reads the same plate for fatty liver and cholesterol as well.

To check one meal right now, without the app, try the free average glucose converter.

A meal plan tells you what to eat. Your journal shows you what you ate.

$2,148$179 a month, listed

Levels, Nutrisense
A glucose sensor follows glucose over time. A food journal records what you ate.

Choose glucose monitoring when you need glucose readings. Cloche estimates food nutrients; it does not measure glucose or replace a sensor.
$60 to $80a year, listed

MyFitnessPal, Cronometer
Keep a record of foods and nutrients. Useful when you already have a logging routine that works.

A tracker adds the meal to a total. Cloche reads the same meal for your blood sugar and says what its sugar and fiber came to, as you log it.
$0often, with insurance

A dietitian
Individual nutrition guidance, with someone who can help you make a plan.

Keep your doctor and dietitian involved. Cloche gives you a record of the meals between visits.
Freeno app, no notebook

Remembering it yourself
You know roughly what you ate. The amounts are the part that slips, and a week later so does the meal.

Cloche keeps the record and reads it for what you are watching, so the week is there when you want it.
Freefood guidance

A food list
Ideas for choosing what to eat, easy to keep at hand.

A list helps you plan. A journal adds a record of the meals you actually ate.
$79a year, or $12.99 a month

Cloche
A sentence or a photo becomes an entry, and it comes back read for what you are watching.

Ask which plates carried the most sugar. Review and correct entries in the same conversation. Read our published accuracy check before relying on the estimates.

Other prices as listed on 6 September 2026; a year figure is the listed monthly price multiplied by 12. App Store ratings from the iTunes lookup on 12 September 2026. Cloche is free on TestFlight while we build, and nothing charges yet. Keep your doctor and your dietitian; Cloche is the part between visits.

An estimate of the plate. Never a reading of your blood.

Cloche describes the food you log and estimates its nutrients. It does not predict what a meal does to your glucose, and it never tells you what you have.

The numbers on your blood test, and any medicine, belong in a conversation with your clinician. Cloche does not ask about your medication.

Free on TestFlight while we build, then $12.99 a month.

Cloche is on TestFlight by invitation and free while it is. After that, logging stays free and meal readings will be $12.99 a month, or $79 a year. Nothing charges yet.

Join the waitlist for an invitation to describe a meal, review its nutrient estimate and ask which plates carried the most sugar. Your invitation comes from [email protected].