mySymptoms Food Diary Reviews

Tried to find a food diary and symptom diary to keep track during my FODMAPs diet. This was the first one I found so I got it. DON'T PURCHASE mySymptomsFoodDiary. The UI is VERY confusing, and took me time to figure out how to use. I had to manually enter every single one of my foods and supplements, because somehow their database didn't have basic items like Oolong Tea and Probiotics. I lost my progress a bunch of times because of the confusing UI (it slows you to enter another food at the same time as you're filling out fields to enter a different food. Totally unnecessary and just makes it confusing). The design on the check items makes no sense (you're only allowed to press the literal check, and not the entire line or the name of the food). The tutorial was useless an didn't help me get a first grasp on the usability of mySymptomsFoodDiary . SAVE YOUR TIMR AND MONEY and download Cara instead. I found it after not believing this **** is the best thing out there and was so surprised to find a good app for free to do the exact same thing. If mySymptomsFoodDiary developers want to get it together they should run a user group and hire a real UI/UX designer instead of trying to build an app without paying attention to the inbox and user. Boooooo.

I was optimistic when I started using mySymptomsFoodDiary because it’s a lot more granular and you can track more things than other IBS symptom tracking apps I’ve tried. But alas, ultimately it still hasn’t been able to tell me anything I don’t already know, even after using it every day to track everything I eat for months. The analysis is the most important part of mySymptomsFoodDiary . It’s supposed to use algorithms to predict which foods you're eating, meds you’re taking, exercise you’re doing, etc that are most closely correlated with your symptoms. My problem is that even after using mySymptomsFoodDiary for so long and having symptoms almost every day, all of mySymptomsFoodDiary ’s predictions are labeled “very low confidence”. I have no idea why that is or if there’s anything I could do on my end to allow mySymptomsFoodDiary to make more confident predictions. Ultimately mySymptomsFoodDiary is useless if it can’t predict what’s causing my symptoms any better than I can. The whole reason I’m using a food diary at all is because my symptoms seem unpredictable.

I tried reaching out to their support about the low confidence issue but never got a response.

I really wish that I had read more of the reviews and just not looked at the overall rating. I downloaded this anticipating that it would be somewhat like my fitness pal or the like. Unfortunately the database food seems to be so meager that just for my breakfast alone I spent several minutes trying to type in various ingredients. Breakfast wasn’t anything crazy! It was a Starbucks coffee and a turkey bacon sandwich. The diary supposed to make this tracking of food and symptoms easy. Instead I’m spending a majority of the time entering ingredients. Very disappointed. Would not recommend unless the makers of mySymptomsFoodDiary are able to substantially increase the database of available food and ingredients. You’d probably be better served by making your own Excel spreadsheet and analyzing from there for now.

mySymptomsFoodDiary worked fine until I did the most recent update that has a cloud backup. I could not back up successfully to the cloud because it currently only allows up to 64 characters for an item. I had to modify my item name to something shorter than what I originally input so that I could sync. The developer discovered this after I contacted them for help when my sync failed every time. I got quick and helpful assistance by emailing the company.

The cloud backup is only to allow syncing between devices. You can’t sign in to the cloud data in a PC to review or edit.
It is still possible to email yourself the data as a safety mechanism to ensure data isn’t lost from mySymptomsFoodDiary once you’ve signed up for cloud syncing, but it’s not obvious and there are currently not directions for how to do so in the User Manual or in the FAQ.

So I love, love, love the features of mySymptomsFoodDiary and how it works! But I’m giving it three stars because of the unexpected costs. So when I downloaded mySymptomsFoodDiary , it was free but said “in app purchases” which typically means you can use mySymptomsFoodDiary in a limited function or for a sample time period. mySymptomsFoodDiary never asked for my card info or for an upgrade to premium or warned me about a trial period that I would be charged after. I found a charge to my apple account about a week after downloading mySymptomsFoodDiary ! I’m not very happy with the producers of mySymptomsFoodDiary because of the sneaky charge. If I’d known or had been warned, I would be ok with it, but I wasn’t. So, mySymptomsFoodDiary itself is wonderful and it’s functions and adaptability is amazing, but I really wished I’d been told about the charge up front.

Basically decent app but frustrating to use. There are many redundant listings for single food items and if I happen to choose a different example from the list than I did the last time they get counted as two separate items which messes up the analysis. I tried to just make my very own list to control the choices so I only ever see the exemplar I used before but it was almost impossible. I don’t care if it takes a while to create my own library of items if I could do it and never see the list of every entry other users have used. Otherwise the developers need to curate the list so if I choose a basic item from the list it is always the same thing. I turned out to have “flax seed” as well as “Flax seeds” as two separate items. I couldn’t remember which one I had used 2 weeks earlier. That’s incredibly frustrating. I get so aggravated that I’ve stopped using mySymptomsFoodDiary . Also it would be better to be able to look for correlations between symptoms as well. It should be possible to look for correlations between any category of data and any other.

I just started using mySymptomsFoodDiary , and I like it. It's a bit clumsy to input some of the data needed, but a lot of info is in their database. The stuff that's not takes a bit of a learning curve to create, and its done ONE STEP AT A TIME. But I'm betting that once the majority of info is inputted, it will be much easier for me.
My biggest grip, at this time, is that i can't synchronize my data between my iphone and ipad. I just (maybe stupid on my part) assumed that I would be able to use whichever device is handy to input my data. And I DEFINITELY TO NOT WANT TO INPUT NEW DATA TWICE!!.
I emailed the company about this issue and will get back to this review to update it when I get their response.
Besides that, I believe it to be (while initially clumsy to get data into the database that is not presently there) a good app that will help me figure out the foods and symptoms correlation.

A little clunky at times/could maybe benefit from a user suggestion feature, but I find it useful mostly to help me remember what I ate and determine what is causing an issue. I don’t often use the export feature or the log bc it is a lot to sift through, but sometimes I review just one category at a time to see when I last took a med or when I started it. It is a lot of work to be diligent and add all details all the time, and without consistency I don’t know how accurate the data is, but I find the most helpful thing is it makes me more conscious of what is going into or leaving my body and potentially impacting my health.

I did some searches in mySymptomsFoodDiary Store and decided to go with this one—it didn’t have the highest review but I’m glad that I chose this. First, I love the journal interface that lets you “ADD” different type of entries like bowel movements, meals, etc. each day. The entries are pre-populated with fields and buttons and are easy to fill out. For example, for bowel movement, there is a sliding scale for urgency and Bristol scale for types. mySymptomsFoodDiary has a lot of functions (I have only used the diary function) and yet the interface is very simple and streamlined — which is not always the case with a lot of the apps on the market. I highly recommend mySymptomsFoodDiary.

I have severe Ulcerative Colitis and struggle with flares and keeping my diet strictly in line. My doctors have been advising me to keep a food and symptom journal for years. This is so much easier to just plug in the details and not have to re-write everything down or try to remember. It has helped me be more detailed in what I record and figure out patterns based on what I am eating and the results. It has also been very helpful when seeing my doctors or staying in the hospital to be able to give exact info. About BMs, foods, meds, etc. I have and will continue to highly recommend mySymptomsFoodDiary. to people with any chronic health issues.

So happy I found mySymptomsFoodDiary! 5 stars all the way! Previously I was keeping track of my food intake on a google doc to figure out some health issues. mySymptomsFoodDiary actually makes it fun to keep track of your symptoms and general mood all day long. It’s brought a lot of awareness around my food choices and subsequent mood shifts. I love that mySymptomsFoodDiary doesn’t count calories. It’s so much more interesting to remove the concept of high or low calories and just focus on how a certain food makes you feel! Way more intuitive than tedious calorie counting. I think using mySymptomsFoodDiary will lead to weight loss although it’s not the primary intent of mySymptomsFoodDiary .

This is the first time I’ve EVER reviewed an app, because it’s the first
time I’ve ever been so impressed! The functionality is amazing— so much more than you’d expect for an inexpensive little app. The ability to toggle on/off certain configurations / ways the algorithm works / analysis period to find top suspects— is evidence of the care and pride into mySymptomsFoodDiary. I could not believe when I went on vacation, the times of each entry changed for that day, so I didn’t have to do any more work (ie, pretending to be on a different timezone that day) so my “X hours after” ingestion values weren’t wrecked— it just worked, without any human adjustment needed! Clearly someone has thought long and hard about every scenario, and taken steps to address it in mySymptomsFoodDiary . I think the ability to either create a new recipe or replace all previous instances of the recipe with your new entry is essential, and without it, I doubt the results would ever be accurate. Basically I’m blown away by mySymptomsFoodDiary!!!! I should note that I find technology intuitive in general. If you want a more beginner’s app, and you’re willing to trade functionality for ease of learning mySymptomsFoodDiary , maybe you’d want to choose a different one. Personally I’m so glad I didn’t. mySymptomsFoodDiary rocks!!!

I don’t think I have ever reviewed an app but I’m so pleasantly surprised with this that I actually wanted to. First of all, mySymptomsFoodDiary is very easy to use in my opinion and I love that it allows you to add ingredients to a food. I don’t think I have ever found an app that I LOVE without having to pay extra to unlock some service or having ads pop up every 30 seconds. mySymptomsFoodDiary doesn’t have that at all! All of the features are fully accessible and that’s what I appreciate the most, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this review. I also love that it does not track calories. mySymptomsFoodDiary is overall a great means of finding out what makes your body happy and what does not ☺️

mySymptomsFoodDiary helped me figure out what was causing my GI issues. I logged a couple weeks of food and voila, gluten and dairy are my culprits!

One helpful hint to anyone buying mySymptomsFoodDiary : when logging food, make sure all the ingredients are listed. If gluten is the problem but every time you eat something with gluten you just say "pizza" instead of saying "pizza" and then listing all the ingredients such as flour, oil, etc. you won't be able to figure out what the problem is. Logging ingredients makes everything easier.

A note to mySymptomsFoodDiary developers: you guys are awesome. Seriously, mySymptomsFoodDiary is amazing. I just have a couple of suggestions. Maybe a more clean/modern user interface? But that's not necessary; mySymptomsFoodDiary works great as is.

i downloaded a week ago, after 3 successive disappointing experiences with similar apps. when trying to register initially last Sunday, i did not notice the password requirements, and failed numerous times. I asked by email for help, which was immediately answered on the first hour on Monday! amazing customer service and follow up care , exceptional company!! All being wonderful, i started using it, and here’s the real amazement:- it’s probably the most comprehensive, smart, beautifully designed and well-thought app out there. Being a systems analyst myself, i naturally tried to test/challenge/trick and find the problems or things lacking with mySymptomsFoodDiary ...:). WOW AND BRAVO guys, superb achievement, you need to be proud of your work, it tremendously helps people like me with real bad lifelong symptoms of a disease that must be controlled by using such a tool that keeps track of everything so perfectly. Best thing about it is it’s simplicity and ease to amend, correct, add data backdated, improve our records, and even add new items that currently do not exist in the database. Thank you developers, great job!!

To;dr: well worth the $5 IMO.

As someone who has been diagnosed with adhd, and struggles to maintain a healthy weight; mySymptomsFoodDiary encompasses everything I need to track to “see the bigger picture”of my health. I’ve tried other fitness apps, but always ended up ditching them because it focused more on numbers then anything else. That doesn’t work for me; it tends to become all or nothing thinking. I want to build a healthy relationship with food, my body and mental health. I realized that I just need document certain aspects of my daily life to see where I’m at so I can then look at what small steps I can take that will have the most impact.

First time I have reviewed an app because this one is so necessary for anyone with chronic health issues. It is the most robust, flexible and sophisticated option for tracking symptoms and getting analytics to help you find correlations. As with anything like this, the data is only as good as what you enter, e.g. to get really good data, you have to keep religiously entering information when you’re not having symptoms.

I really hope they continue to improve mySymptomsFoodDiary and add more automation. I would especially like to see options to import data from Apple Health, Watch and other apps, e.g. automatic logging of environment events based on location and weather data. Nonetheless, it’s a phenomenal app and very helpful if you are diligent about data entry.

I love mySymptomsFoodDiary because I can track just about anything. With IBS-C, it can be very difficult to pin down what causes flare-ups, and while I JUST started using it, I can already see some interesting correlations in just a few days of tracking. The “Other” category is really important, too, because I can use it to track things like where I am in my cycle, or when I ride public transit (which can give me motion sickness as times). I’d ask the developers to include a way for women to track the very basics of their cycles because of how much it can relate to digestive symptoms, but I understand you can’t add everything to one app, and again, I can just use the “Other” category. Looking forward to the day that more foods are added to the database, but I’m happy to be contributing as I go!

I was recently diagnosed with gastroparesis, a chronic and awful condition where your stomach doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to and food is delayed from Emptying into your intestines due to lack of motility. Was told to write down the foods I eat and symptoms they cause. To keep a journal. So I went searching for an app so I could do it on my phone as that is much easier than lugging around a notebook. I was delighted when I found mySymptomsFoodDiary. I thought maybe I would find an app that came a little close but that I would have to repurpose it for my need. But mySymptomsFoodDiary is exactly what I needed. It’s wonderful. And I love that I can track medications as well since we are having to try different ones. And then the PDF that I can send to my doctor or print out is just the bees knees. Thank you a million times for making mySymptomsFoodDiary. It’s awesome. I may recommend it to my fellow friends in an online support group I’m a part of. 10K Strong. I bet they will love mySymptomsFoodDiary as much as I do. 💜💜💜🤗🙏🙌👾👽😻

mySymptomsFoodDiary is easy to use and has all the right data collected. I don’t need the macro content a lot of other apps include. That just complicates things. I am working with a nutritionist and send her all the data before my appointment. Works seamlessly. I have been using this since 2020 and have pinpointed many food intolerances and eliminated (or can control) my glucose issues. No longer pre diabetic. mySymptomsFoodDiary has been a big part of my life changing health improvements. I have tried other methods and this one is perfect for my needs.