Oxalate Counts (Kidney Stones)

Denise Anderson

About this app

It's a challenge when it comes to meal planning and restricting your oxalate intake. Knowing the amount of oxalate in the foods you eat is the first step to staying within your daily limit.

This app was created for individuals prone to recurring calcium oxalate stones ("stone formers"), have oxalate sensitivities and users of plant based diets (ketogenic, vegetarian, etc.) concerned with their oxalate intake. It may also be beneficial to individuals with other health conditions such as hyperoxaluria, oxalosis, leaky gut, IBD, crohn's disease, autism and fibromyalgia.

I hope this app will help guide you in planning and preparing meals with Oxalate values in mind.


Overview:This easy to use app provides tips as well a quick lookup of food oxalate counts to aid individuals suffering from calcium oxalate kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) and hyperoxaluria or oxalosis who must restrict their oxalate intake. This app works offline and requires no internet connectivity once installed.

Main features:• Handy reference for meal planning, grocery shopping and eating out

• Simple interface

• Browse foods by categories

• Browse foods in master list

• Search food items by text input or scroll

• Oxalate counts for more than 1,100 foods

• U.S. measurements used

• Easy to use

• Free of ads

• Works offline without internet connectivity

• No login, account or subscription required

• Compiled using Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health , UPMC, UChicago + others

Feedback appreciated as it will help me improve this app. Enjoy and use in good health!

Ratings and reviews

This app is a life saver!!! It took me months to finally find an app that I could use quickly at the grocery store or a restaurant. It seemed to be very similar to the oxalate lists that my doctor gave me. It's so easy to use! You'll love it. And my oxalate results have been much better and no returning oxalate stones after a year and a half!!

I'd rate this app 5 stars except for two issues. The search function is so (unbelievably!) slow displaying what I type in that it's pretty much useless. The food lists are great, but they only scroll while your finger is in contact with the screen. These two problems really slow things down. Turned off/on phone (Samsung Galaxy 7) and uninstalled/reinstalled the app... no difference. Emailed the developer but got no reply. EDIT 4/10: Thank you, Denise... it works perfectly now!

I wish there were a way to keep track of oxalate consumption within the app, like a calorie counter, but for oxalates. To be fair though, I'm only a few days old to the platform so maybe I haven't had a chance to explore all its features? An all-in-one calorie tracker/nutrient/oxalate app allowing for energy expenditure (the ability to deduct workout calories) would be ideal!

What's new

Harvard Nov 2023 updated