Celiac vs Me
An iPhone app that answers questions about celiac disease and gluten-free living, from trusted medical and celiac sources and the book Celiac vs Me.
Free to download. 10 free questions, then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year.
Read the book? Free chapter excerpts, the paperback and Kindle editions, and the blog are all here.
What it does
Ask about symptoms and testing, the gluten-free diet, reading labels, eating out, travel, and everyday life, and ask follow-ups.
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Answers say where they come from, with links you can check.
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Subscribers can read the full book in the app.
You can also take a photo of an ingredient label or a menu and ask about it, find gluten-free places near you on Find Me Gluten Free, and copy or share any answer.
How it differs from a general AI chatbot
General chatbots learn from the whole internet, where celiac advice ranges from solid to badly wrong. Celiac vs Me is built for this one subject.
- Limited sources. When it searches the web, it can only use a hand-picked list of medical and celiac sources.
- Reference built in. It draws on NIH and FDA pages about celiac disease and labeling, and on the full text of the book.
- Sources shown. When an answer uses a source, it's listed underneath with a link.
- Careful claims. It separates settled science from early research, and doesn't treat a “gluten-free” label as proof that something is safe for celiacs.
The sources it can search
Medical references & research
- NIDDK (National Institutes of Health) niddk.nih.gov
- NCBI / PubMed ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH trial registry) clinicaltrials.gov
- American College of Gastroenterology gi.org
Celiac organizations
- Celiac Disease Foundation celiac.org
- Beyond Celiac beyondceliac.org
- Gluten Intolerance Group gluten.org
- Coeliac UK coeliac.org.uk
- Celiac Canada celiac.ca
This site
- Celiac vs Me — the book's chapter excerpts and blog celiacvsme.com
Answers are AI-generated general information, not medical advice. Check anything important with your doctor or dietitian.
Gluten-free places near you
Ask about a bakery, a pizza place, or somewhere to eat near you, and the answer links you straight to your city on Find Me Gluten Free.
About Find Me Gluten Free. It’s the guide many celiacs already rely on for eating out: gluten-free friendly restaurants, bakeries, and cafés around the world, each with reviews from people in the celiac and gluten-free community about what they ordered and how the kitchen handled it. It was started in 2010 by someone with celiac disease, and it’s free on the web and as an app for iPhone and Android.
How Celiac vs Me uses it. Answers link to Find Me Gluten Free’s own pages for your city (bakeries, pizza, restaurants, or 100% gluten-free places) instead of copying their listings, so you always see the current listings and reviews. The answer then helps you vet what you find: what “dedicated” should mean and what to ask before you order. Our thanks to Find Me Gluten Free for letting us send you their way.
Questions
What is Celiac vs Me?
Celiac vs Me is an iPhone app that answers questions about celiac disease and gluten-free living: symptoms and testing, the gluten-free diet, reading labels, cross-contact, eating out, and travel. It is a companion to the book Celiac vs Me: When Gluten Turns Your Food World Upside Down by Gregory Wilson.
Where do its answers come from?
Answers are written by AI (Claude, by Anthropic) from three kinds of sources: NIH and FDA reference pages about celiac disease and gluten-free labeling, the full text of the book, and web searches limited to a hand-picked list of medical and celiac organizations. Each answer lists the sources it used, with links.
Can it find gluten-free restaurants near me?
Yes. Ask about bakeries, pizza, or places to eat near you, and the answer links to that city on Find Me Gluten Free (findmeglutenfree.com), the guide to gluten-free friendly restaurants with reviews from the celiac and gluten-free community, then helps you vet what you find. If you allow location access, the app sends only your city and region; otherwise it asks which city you mean. Celiac vs Me does not list or rate places itself.
How much does it cost?
The app is free to download and includes 10 free questions. After that, a subscription costs $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year and includes unlimited questions and the full book in the app. Tapping one of the sample questions never uses a free question.
Is Celiac vs Me medical advice?
No. Answers are AI-generated general information and can be wrong. Check anything important with your doctor or dietitian, and if you are still being tested for celiac disease, do not go gluten-free until your doctor says testing is done.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-in, no advertising, and no third-party tracking. Your conversation history is stored only on your phone.
Is it available on Android or on the web?
Not at the moment. Celiac vs Me is an iPhone app. The website has the book’s chapter excerpts and the blog.
The book
Celiac vs Me: When Gluten Turns Your Food World Upside Down by Gregory Wilson is a practical, personal guide to the first weeks after a celiac diagnosis and the life that follows.
From the blog
- It was gluten-free for 20 seconds June 10, 2026
- Beyond the GF labels on the menu June 9, 2026
- Take me out to the gluten-free ballgame June 5, 2026