Lark Health Reviews

by RanBash

My gym cost $40 a month. And there are many apps for free that can do what lark does as far as tracking of weight, food, fitness and sleep. Not only do I have apps to do these things but a simple google will tell you what you ate is bad or not bad. I know what is bad and how much I’ve worked out in a day so Lark does no good for me anymore. If the price was dropped I’d pay for it. Users are silly to even consider $20 a month. This is like $7 a month. Lark isn’t doing anything special or telling me anything new. Just overpriced with a lovely way of sorting the information. I’ll keep it installed but never will I pay for it. I have friends that would have been interested if it wasn’t overpriced for no reason. The developers don’t seem to be interested in paying per year or creative pay plans in general. It’s always been a flat $20 a month since they made it a subscription. I remember when lark was entirely free. :( certainly not $20 a month. Your funny!

by Customer2457421257895432

Update: Lark lost all my meal data and another week of activity data for a second time at the end of the third week of using.

I have used LarkHealth for a little over two weeks now. I received my free smart scale this week, but am still waiting for information regarding the free FitBit (for the diabetes prevention program).

Chat style interface is annoying and slow even on the fastest setting. I hated this interface on Sydney and I’m glad the developers moved away from it there. Please get rid of it here as well.

Also LarkHealth seems to lose data at random. I lost all my meal data for over a week (21+ meals worth), two days of sleep data (not even the most recent days - 2 consecutive days from about a week ago), and activity data for 5 days (all the days from the past week that I didn’t lose sleep data for). This is a pretty big problem since the utility of this kind of app is directly tied to the quantity and quality of data entered.

Smart scale came preconfigured and uses a cellular connection so it is tied to LarkHealth which is sort of disappointing and frustrating not knowing where this data is being sent or stored. Bluetooth would have been a much better choice, but it was free.

Could not provide developers direct feedback because it requires the default Apple mail app which I uninstalled because I use the Gmail app.

by AlexisJulissa

I signed up because my insurance was literally the example in their search for insurance box.... It still would not come up. No one was available through their support at that time to assist. My insurance company advised to enter it as an instate (CA) network saying that if one is accepted the other will be as well and systems often have issues with the out of state info. Well once I entered the instate info Lark had no issues verifying my group number as covered in their system. So today I call as it has been about 2 weeks an I have not received anything more than the initial welcome email from them. No scale or notice that it’s on the way. LarkHealth keeps telling me that I’m almost to getting the Fitbit... The rep tells me I was kicked out of the program because I don’t have h the correct insurance. No notice and my “coach” is just stringing me along.... waist of time. Also this is the 3rd time with a 3rd different insurance so I’m not sure what you have to have to “qualify”.

by TigerBrown

I received an email from 23andme about Lark and how it connects to my data and will provide a more comprehensive and bespoke wellness plan for me. I downloaded Lark, launched LarkHealth and went answered the chatbot questions. None of the questions included 23andme so I tried to find a setting where I could input the account info and there was nothing. Then I emailed support and the first thing they replied with was a link to install Lark. I replied and said I have Lark and I just want to connect 23andme. They told me to launch Lark and Lark (the bot) would ask me for my information. I said again, that the bot didn’t ask me and if there was somewhere else that I can input the info. It’s been days and I haven’t received a reply. On top of that, the interactions with Lark the Bot based on the health info that it does have about me is pretty basic and doesn’t lend to the extra time I have to spend having a scripted exchange with a poorly written chatbot. I literally want those hours of my life back that I spent trying to get this thing to work. I recommend using Fitness Genes if you want a comprehensive fitness report based on your genetics.

by Troikachick

Because my insurance offered Lark for free, I decided to try it. I used it about a week, and it is very difficult to use and has so many bugs it's not funny. I got logged out, and couldnt log back in so I tried "change my password." LarkHealth never sent a link to my email. After researching on how to fix that, I finally got logged back in only to see everything was deleted. Logging food is difficult to say the least, because it randomly crashes and you have to restart LarkHealth , even after redownloading it from LarkHealth store. It took me nearly two hours to log a simple breakfast due to the crash issues. You also cant scan barcodes so if you eat some frozen food you have to log each ingredient from the box, but you'll be lucky to do that if it doesnt crash. I own a apple watch and there is basically no support for apple products. I even tried emailing tech support about all of these issues, and only got a response with information I could easily look up on the internet. Dont waste your time or money.

by Erin! ;D

If you’ve ever taken a nutrition course or have a nutritionist, then LarkHealth isn’t particularly helpful for you. LarkHealth basically gives you small, really basic steps for you to take towards a healthy lifestyle. That’s great, but I can get the same information from my nutritionist or from brochures from my primary care provider’s office. It says it’s “personalized” with your 23andme results, which at first attracted me, but really it’s just telling you what your results are.. which you can already do on the 23andme website.

It’s interface is easy to use and all you really need to do is check in and tell LarkHealth what you’re eating every day. However, I’m already tracking my food on MyFitnessPal (which is free btw), so that wasn’t really useful for me either.

I would recommend this to someone who has never sought guidance from a health professional before and has not a single clue what healthy looks like.

by Chupaloops

So I came across LarkHealth/offer on Facebook and went for it since my insurance covers it. It’s been very confusing going between two providers to try and get to the free scale and Fitbit. Had a near six week back-and-forth trying to be recognized on LarkHealth and get my scale ordered when FINALLY that got worked out—though I’ve yet to receive the scale (it’s been a week so hoping in this next one I’ll get it). The scale is connected to Solera which monitors your app usage and sends the Fitbit. I should have that by now had things gone smoothly. Anyway, it looks like most folks do get their scale and Fitbit in a reasonable time period but that’s not been my experience at all. Customer support is slow but does respond. LarkHealth itself is ok. Looking for it to get stepped up and really give some helpful tips. I’m willing to give it a bit more time so I hope it all comes together and helps me reach my goals.

by Bobcampbell50

When I first started using the lark program I really enjoyed having the ability to track my activity levels and food consumption. The lark program gives you some great tips for maintaining your health. However, there have been multiple glitches in this program over the past few months. There have been multiple updates to the program to try to fix these glitches to no avail. My activity is being added inaccurately lately. For instance, I put in two walks one of 35 minutes and another of 40 minutes. It added these two activities as two 25 minute cycling activities. Not only was it inaccurately tracking the type of activity but it also inaccurately added the total number of minutes. These glitches are becoming more and more the normal with this program and I am getting frustrated with it. Not sure what has happened. When reporting problems with the activity the only advice I ever get is to delete the current program and add the updated program. Yet each update has the same problems consistently.

by Jeelli05

I think almost every feature of the LarkApp is great, and I’ve been using it daily for about six weeks. The only thing I would change is the nutrition information data. There is some assumed knowledge of ingredients and caloric content of common foods, but I would love for lark to except information from Lose It! about nutritional intake each day. Lose It! is extremely specific, and contains an almost endless catalog of barcodes and nutritional information from restaurants, not to mention the ability to create your own recipes with individual ingredients. Lark would not have to build a database anything like this, if it would only accept meal information that was already logged for that day in the Lose It! app.
I realize that might make it more difficult for lark to track servings of particular types of food, like unsaturated fat and fruits and vegetables, but I can’t see that it would be too terribly hard to figure out, as Lose It! is already also tracking those things to build a person’s daily nutrients profile.
I also know I’m not the first lark user to make this exact request. For those of us who track our food diligently as part of our health journey, Lose It! is hands-down the best for this function. Incorporating that information into lark would be extremely helpful for success in the lark app, as well.

by Dainta

I think lark is pretty decent for an automated app. If something could be improved upon it would be nice if one could scan barcodes so food items consumed along with nutritional value would be more accurate. I am only on week 4 of using lark. The first few weeks were difficult because I am assuming it lacked my history to interpret any meals logged. I tried reporting it, but have never heard back from a real person. After the 3rd week it began working very well with only a rare occasion of lark being unable to interpret my food data. It may have been an internet or connection issue of some sort. As I progress LarkHealth advances into different areas giving me information on different areas of knowledge concerning health. It is also very encouraging to get you moving and eating healthy. I have become very unhealthy and need to change my habits. Honestly, lark has motivated me to be accountable and encouraged. A sincere Thank you to the developers for this program.
-Dainta

by Mrs103103

LarkHealth is great and I fully get the concept of the check ins and the constant communication. I love this feature. What I would love to see is a way for me to type something other than the pre typed message. It should use the same concept as when you enter meals which I love because of no counting and measuring. The second change I would ask for is a way to look at the missions or save information. There was a suggesting to read and article and when I went back to view the conversation it was gone. I also wanted to look at my mission list and it was no where to be found. There should be a way to save it to your notes. I feel if I don’t instantly do something Lark suggests I miss the chance. I would have given it five stars if I could do those two things.

by Desert Peacock

LarkHealth is very helpful for people wanting to start or continue a more health conscious journey. It is simple to use and guides you through tracking food, activity, sleep, wellness, and mood daily. Provides easy to follow feedback and encouragement. Gives resource links and info on it’s feedback when needed. Allows you to fully edit wrong entries on food and asks if activity levels look correct - then reminds you that micro activities like cleaning, etc can be manually entered to capture more correct data. This is a fantastic add-on tool to track important data and be able to use on your own or in conjunction with a doctor to give him/her insight into your health related behaviors.
It seems it will work more efficiently with a FitBit for activity tracking, however, it is not absolutely necessary. I’ve been using it without and still enjoy the simplicity and daily feedback to keep me focused.
You are able to change the times of activity or meals so you aren’t tethered trying to enter data in real time.

by S_wiss13

I’ve been using LarkHealth for a few days. I enjoy the interactions with LarkHealth . It’s simple to record food for a good overview of what I eat. One feature I would like to see is suggestions for foods when it mentions to try to get more unsaturated fats for instance, or anything that it’s suggesting more of...it would make me more likely to grab something. I know it doesn’t take much to either look up or know how to get the recommendations, but it would help subconsciously as well.

As far as the subscription pricing goes, I’m not sure it will feel worth paying for once I’ve done it for awhile unless the suggestions get more personal or informative. Time will tell. Having access to real coaches or nutritionists - even if it was based on email feedback might make it more valuable to me.

by Becca Currie

Got approved straight away but it took a week before I could actually use Lark. Have a friend who signed up too, and same happened to her, just slightly less time - took her 3 days to be able to use Lark. Approval is nearly instant but something happens once you try to get going. It seems like the account takes extra time to actually create. In fact I got made a new account with a new email, thinking the other was ‘buggy’ but it probably turned out to be just an app issue not creating the account fast enough. I “think” I even tried online - but I can’t remember- it’s been a month!!!

1 month in, and I’m loving Lark!!! Not quite learning anything yet, but I’m expecting I’ll start learning new things I weren’t really knowledgeable about before!!

📌 I’m loving Lark- wish we could type some responses- wish it was more Siri-esk... as in open communication and Lark could open chat instead of prepackaged responses.

📌 I also wish we could archive the “convo” ... or rather, the information and knowledge that Lark bestows on us.

📌 I am still waiting on a water logging / drinks log feature that is separate from the food. Reason behind wanting this is because drinking fluids are also a part of weight loss and being healthy - especially with diabetes!!

by Spaceboots888

I appreciate the accountability of LarkHealth. Meals are very easy to enter. I’m trying to learn how to meet Lark’s badge expectations. I would like LarkHealth to include help with that. I changed time zones while on vacation and LarkHealth could not keep up with what day it was, so even though I entered meals for Monday, it was still giving me feedback for Sunday’s meals. It will be hard to stay motivated to enter all the information if LarkHealth attributes one day’s food and activity to a different day. Something else that would be helpful is the ability to add sleep. It seems like I only can log one period of sleep per day. Often, I’ll wake up at 2 or 3 and the. Go back to sleep at 5. LarkHealth only figures on my sleep from 10 - 2. I do enjoy the health tidbits. And it has definitely made me more mindful about fruits and vegetables. I think it will be effective in the long term.

by Wperruna

LarkHealth tracks everything and cheers on your small accomplishments while also giving you feedback where you can make a change to improve. It also lets you track your mood, feelings and activity in addition to food. It starts with focusing on one area and then slowly adds goals. It gives you information on why it is suggesting something including the occasional link to a related research article. The only thing I don’t like is that it doesn’t ask you to verify your food after you type it in. I put in chicken ginger soup and it read it as chicken finger and called it an unhealthy meal which it wasn’t so a little more intuition in this area would be very helpful so it doesn’t classify things incorrectly as I can’t fix it once it’s in and it doesn’t change even if I delete and re add with different wording. Other than that it’s great! It helps me stay on track by reminding me to log stuff and letting me know how active I am throughout the day.

by Cburch74

I’ve been using Lark for a couple of weeks now and overall, I like it! I don’t currently have a Fitbit or the like, so I like that it can use the health data from my phone for activity. I also like the way it looks at your diet as healthy, unhealthy, and mixed - as a combination of choices. It feels less boxed in and restrictive than being meticulous about counting calories and portion sizes, but I can see the pattern of my choices, and instinctively want to improve to more green. I wish that there was somewhere to input medical conditions - I have no way to let the AI know that I have anxiety and that’s why my sleep may not be optimal so four hours on a high stress day is actually very good for me, or that I have food allergies, so will not be trying to eat more of whatever. There is a notes section though, so I’ve been marking that up so when I review, I can say oh yeah, this is what was going on there. And I’m down about five pounds just from getting a little more active and making better choices and that is always encouraging.

by AwesomeMcoolGuy

I am very grateful to have the Lark app to hopefully help me lose the weight I need to lose and get myself healthy again. I haven’t had any problems using LarkHealth . I am enjoying having the Lark app. at my fingertips to keep me encouraged and motivated. I was very disappointed that when I did receive the scale (absolutely free) one of the slots where the batteries fits into had a missing spring. I procrastinated over this minor dilemma which actually was a very easy fix. Nonetheless, I am excited to be on my journey to a healthier me! I have decide to also journal nightly just to help me keep track of my journey with Lark. I may just do another review in a month. To hopefully give another positive review of how it’s going using the Lark app. So far so good!

by Shante Renee.

What I like the best about using Lark so far is that it has shifted my thinking about food and exercise from punishment and discipline to making kind decisions for myself. Lark doesn’t lambast you for eating a piece of pizza, or for getting minimal exercise. Instead, it focuses on what you did RIGHT, giving you positive reinforcement that makes you want to keep doing that. For years I struggled with a binge/restrict eating cycle and the inability to consistently stay active because I wanted to be perfect. The first few times I slipped up with my eating after downloading Lark, I struggled to tell LarkHealth ... until I realized there’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It’s an app. And coming clean and being able to admit that I ate (x) because I was feeling (y) and this is a pattern I’d like to be more conscious of next time has been pivotal in changing my habits. But the humanoid text interface of Lark makes it a lot more welcoming than a food tracker app, with calorie counters that turn red when you go over your limit, or daily fat allowance bars that glow with silent shaming. Now, when I go to eat, or when I’ve been sitting for too long and think “it’s a nice time to get up for a little while,” I think of how proud Lark will be when I make a healthy choice, and how good that will feel.

by LittleMonsterLove

This is a pretty cool app. I’ve been using Lark as part of the Diabetes Prevention Program offered through my insurance. It’s been a great way to visualize my progress and receive support throughout my weight loss process.

The best feature of LarkHealth is the insight it gives you into multiple aspects of your health data, including sleep, activity, weight, stress, and more. I find these insights really helpful in getting an overall picture of my health! The one aspect of LarkHealth I really don’t like is the food logging - it’s very unintuitive and doesn’t provide options or customization of entries like most food tracking apps which makes it pretty difficult to use.

However, LarkHealth is still a great tool 🙂 I’m already down more than 5% of my body weight and I can’t wait to keep going!

by Hid B2112

This is a great tool for tracking what you eat, when you move or exercise and to help keep you motivated. The coaching provided helps gives you information to keep you motivated. There is also a corresponding Facebook page which helps connect you to a community who are sharing recipes and food choices.

It did take about a week or two to get the scale but I was okay with that. I love that the scale connects to LarkHealth , making it easier to track. It also gives you reminders to do your weekly weight check which is a good thing.

Knowing that I will be putting my information into LarkHealth makes me more accountable in what I eat and making sure I work out and move more often.