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by Cesarbiods

I’ve been using this app for more than a year and there’s a lot I like about it. The Apple Watch app, widgets, counting of burned calories, and it’s simpler design than all the competitors who plaster their services with ads about fitness and the latest fad diets. For a while my only gripes were the small delay between opening the app and the calories burned syncing, and that the watch app doesn’t function standalone meaning sometimes meals won’t sync to the iPhone. HOWEVER after the last update things have gotten worse. There’s a solid delay anytime you add a meal through the iPhone and the existing calorie burn sync delay is now even longer or just doesn’t sync period. As a paying subscriber please fix these issues I would prefer not to have to get a new calorie counting service,

by Valsyrie

I like how the app has no ads and uses iCloud for syncing rather than forcing me to create an account and sending me spam emails like other apps. The interface is rather easy to use once you get used to it. I also like that there is an Apple Watch app and complication.

That said there are some things that could be improved. Firstly the Apple Watch complication seems to not consistently update when you add a food from your phone. This is rather frustrating since I would like to be able to look at my calorie count at a glance from my watch but I can’t really do this if the count is sometimes off.

The UI is definitely a lot better when you activate the journal view in the settings. This allows you to see what you’ve eaten so far in the day from the main screen like in most apps. This mode should probably be made the default since some people may not find the journal view in settings and the current default mode wastes a lot of screen real estate on an imprecise calorie progress indicator that looks like a jar of jelly beans.

Also, the developers should consider moving the UI to create new plates from the settings to its own screen since I don’t think it’s very intuitive to have it in settings. Custom plates are not really “settings” but a kind of user data.

by K. Carroll

The good:
~ Simple calorie counter with a minimalistic UI. Not bloated with ads or its own social network, & it doesn't bombard you with hastags & acronyms like an ADHD teenager (cough, Noom).

~ Easy to create custom 'plates', which let you log foods you frequently eat with one tap.

~ Seamless integration w/ Apple Health app.

~ Good macronutrient tracker. Must have premium to use it though.

~ Can purchase a lifetime premium account, instead of having to subscribe indefinitely.

The bad:
~ AWFUL food database. Difficult to search & many incorrect entries, with no option to flag them for review. The premium search seems much better, but I'm not sure it's worth $15/yr or $30/lifetime. (I very much like this app, but this is the reason I uninstalled).

~ I strongly prefer a target calorie range instead of a single value. I've only seen this on SparkPeople though. Some days I eat too much & others I eat way too little. Also, I find a range much more realistic than a single number. Is anything less than that target good? Is it Price is Right style - get as close to the number without going over? 🤷‍♀️

~ No diet safeguards on this app. Which might be good people, but could be dangerous for others. Calory recommended I eat ~900 calories/day to lose weight fast. Most medical professionals warn against eating less than 1200 cal/day for women.