Snap, say or type what you ate and get a Gout Score in seconds. Log flares when they hit, and Urica shows you what came before them. You learn your own triggers instead of fearing every plate.
The throb that wakes you at 3 a.m. A bedsheet that suddenly weighs a ton. Shoes that won’t go on, plans you cancel, a limp you have to explain at work.
Then comes the part nobody warns you about: not knowing what set it off, and wondering which meal will set off the next one.
You’re far from alone. About 9 million American adults live with gout.
Chen-Xu et al., Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2019
Urica answers them for the food on your plate, then connects the dots to your own flares.
That’s not a lack of willpower. Food is only part of where uric acid comes from, and how well your body clears it matters just as much. A purine list can’t see any of that. Urica can.
In a study of 626 people with gout, two weeks on a low-purine diet lowered uric acid by about 1 mg/dL, still above the usual target.
Chen et al., European Journal of Medical Research, 2024
Still part of the picture, mostly from meat, seafood and beer. Urica counts them portion by portion, using USDA purine data.
Sodas, juice and sweets raise uric acid too. It’s the trigger most purine lists leave out.
Beer most of all. Alcohol makes your body produce more uric acid and clear less of it.
Insulin spikes and too little water both make it harder for your kidneys to clear uric acid. Urica tracks both.
And the foods on your side count too: cherries, coffee, low-fat dairy and vitamin C all work in your favor.
No weighing, no looking up purine tables. Just say what you ate.
Snap a photo, say it or type it. Home cooking, takeout and restaurant plates all work.
A score from 1 to 10, with purines, fructose and glycemic load, and the reason in plain English.
Tap once when a flare or tingle starts. Urica looks back at the days before it and shows what keeps turning up.
From 1 to 10, lower is gentler. It weighs purine, fructose, glycemic load and alcohol, and gives credit for the foods on your side. Tap a meal to try it.
Two slices of cheese pizza and a 20 oz soda
Barely any purine here, so a purine list would call this meal safe. The soda is the story: about 36 g of fructose, which raises uric acid, plus a high glycemic load with the crust.
1 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 0 − 0 = 7
Start at 1, add points, subtract up to 2 for foods on your side.
Example estimates for typical portions. In the app, every number comes from what you photograph, say or type, with purine estimates based on the USDA & ODS-NIH Purine Database (2025). The score is the same arithmetic every time.
That first twinge in your big toe matters. Log a tingle the moment you feel it and Urica checks in the next day: did it pass, or turn into a flare? Every entry builds a timeline of your gout you’ve never had before.
Everyone’s gout is a little different. After a flare, Urica looks back at your meals, drinks, water and sleep in the days before it. Over time it points out what keeps showing up, so your list of triggers comes from your own life.
Your kidneys clear most of your uric acid, and they need water to do it. Urica sets a daily goal and makes every glass one tap, so staying hydrated stops being something you only remember mid-flare.
Add each lab result and Urica charts your uric acid against the 6.0 mg/dL line most guidelines aim for on treatment. Then turn months of logs into a clear PDF, so your doctor sees the whole picture, not just the day you remember.
Spots the fructose hiding in packaged food, like high-fructose corn syrup and fruit juice concentrate.
Gout-friendly recipes with a score per serving. Found one online? Import it from a link or a photo.
“Could I have this with a beer?” Ask a follow-up question and get an answer about that meal.
Organ meats, anchovies, sugary drinks: for the few foods that really stand out, a simpler swap.
Weight and workouts come in automatically. Hydration and nutrition go back to Health.
A daily logging streak, with two freezes a month for the days life gets in the way.
In English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
Gout advice has a way of making every meal feel like a mistake. Urica doesn’t. It shows you what’s in your food and what came before your flares, then leaves the choices to you. Vegetables are never the villain, coffee and cherries count in your favor, and nobody gets scolded for a steak at a birthday dinner.
And it isn’t a replacement for your medication. If your doctor has you on allopurinol or another treatment, Urica works right alongside it.
Something else? Email support@urica.app. A person reads every message.
A chart tells you how much purine is in 100 g of a food. Urica works out how much is in your portion, adds fructose, glycemic load and alcohol, gives credit for foods like cherries and coffee, and scores the whole meal from 1 to 10. Then it lines your meals up against your own flares, which no chart can do.
Foods and portions are estimated from your photo or description, so treat them as a close guide rather than a lab result. You can correct any food or portion. Purine estimates are based on the 2025 USDA & ODS-NIH Purine Database, and the Gout Score itself isn’t guessed: it’s calculated from those numbers the same way every time.
No. There are no forbidden foods and no purine budget. Urica shows what’s in a meal and what came before your flares, and the choices stay yours. It only suggests swaps for the few foods that really stand out, like organ meats, anchovies and sugary drinks.
No. Food and habits help, but for many people with gout, urate-lowering medication such as allopurinol is what brings uric acid below target. Urica works alongside your treatment, and your doctor should guide any change to it.
Urica is free to download, with 3 meal analyses a day, flare and tingle logging, water tracking and your last 7 days of history. Pro adds unlimited scans and questions, your full history, trigger insights, metabolic trends and the doctor’s report.
No. It’s an educational tool that helps you track what you eat and how your gout behaves. It doesn’t diagnose or treat anything. Talk to your doctor or rheumatologist about your diet, medication and uric acid target.
Yes, Urica is on iPhone and Android, in English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and it’s never sold. It’s shared only with the services that run the app, as listed in our privacy policy. You can delete your account and all of its data from the app’s settings at any time.
Free on iPhone and Android. Setup takes about two minutes: a few questions about your gout, and you’re ready to scan your first meal.
On a computer? Point your phone’s camera at the code.
