MyFitnessPal is currently one of the most used calorie counter apps, with a free and monthly or annually paid model. MyFitnessPal not only tracks your weight and calorie intake but also has a food diary and exercise log, showing recommended remaining intake and daily calories burned through exercising. MyFitnessPal also has a social aspect, allowing users to chat with other users, with forums regarding recipes, tips, and their own success stories. MyFitnessPal stands out from other food-tracking apps as it has the largest database among diet trackers, including foods from many restaurants, and allows for convenient logging with their saved data. However, the free version of MyFitnessPal does lose a few features, including meal prep and recipes, macronutrient counters, and fitness guides.
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1. Largest database amongst diet trackers
1. Inconsistencies between food entries from different user uploads
2. Quick and convenient logging
2. Difficulty editing serving sizes for fully accurate calorie counting
3. Social forums for communal discussions and assistance
Lose It! is a health tracker app that includes a food diary and an exercise log which allows for the personalization of each user’s weight, height, age, and goals. Lose It! can connect to pedometers or other fitness devices to better track daily exercise. The app features a barcode scanner for packaged foods and data on common ingredients for convenient and accurate logging. The “challenges” feature also allows users to participate in dietary challenges or even create their own for others to participate in. With a premium membership, users can set more goals, log additional information, and get extra features, but the app is rated as one of the best diet-tracking apps with its basic free features.
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Disadvantages
1. Barcode scanner and food database with popular restaurants and brand-named foods
1. Hard to log home-cooked meals and their nutritional value
2. Allows customized reminders to log meals and snacks
2. Doesn’t track micronutrients
3. Personally made challenges to each own person’s comfort and goals
3. UI can be tricky to navigate for some
Number 3: Cronometer
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Cronometer
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https://cronometer.com/
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Cronometer is an app dedicated to easily keeping track of your diet, exercise and body weight, offering exact serving sizes and exercise databases. Cronometer stands out from different diet tracking apps through its customizable features, including settings for specific diets like paleo diets or low carb diets, or physical conditions like pregnancies or lactation, changing the nutritional recommendations to accommodate each person’s needs. Cronometer is also useful in tracking micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals. There is an upgraded version that includes extra features and gets rid of ads.
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Disadvantages
1. Accommodating customizable features
1. Custom recipes need to be input through the website first before being available on the app
2. Tracks all micro and macronutrients
2. no social or community features through the app
3. Offers accessibility features like voiceover support
Lifesum is a calorie counter app that focuses on building healthy living habits. Besides just tracking calories and nutrients, Lifesum provides a rating system explaining nutritional value, as well as the healthiness and nutritional balance a meal has. Lifesum uses constructive language to make suggestions on how to balance one’s nutritional intake instead of rating “good” or “bad” food. Lifesum also tracks water intake, body measurements, and exercise in accordance with daily calorie goals. The app also includes a barcode scanner function to help log and save food, meal, and recipe entries for convenient tracking. Upgrading to premium unlocks more detailed nutritional information and educational content regarding making healthier food choices.
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Disadvantages
1. Rating systems designed to encourage and assist in healthier eating choices
1. The free version does not sync with all fitness apps
2. Convenient food logging and clean user interface
2. No online community features
3. Includes educational content for healthier eating
3. Inconsistent free features between website and app versions
Calory is known for its simplicity, as it only tracks calorie intake. The app tracks calories consumed and remaining per day in accordance with the customizable calorie targets you’ve set. Meal breakdowns are saved up to weekly, monthly, and yearly charts to track your progress and weight changes. The database used by Calory is linked to the USDA Foods Database, which has abundant and accurate information but may be inconvenient to navigate. The premium version unlocks macro and water tracking, a barcode scanner, recipes etc. which can be found in other free apps.
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1. Straightforward for users who do not need extra features
MyNetDiary is a calorie-tracking app that accommodates different eating styles, like calorie-coounting, veganism, low-carb, or keto diets. It offers meal logging, exercise tracking, and weekly target trackers. The app is noted for its connectivity to different exercise and health gadgets like Apple Watches, Google Fit, Fitbit, etc. However, the app has an emphasis on food tracking towards weight loss, which might only be some users’ goals.
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Disadvantages
1. Great connectivity with gadgets
1. Focuses food tracking for weight loss
2. Offers different dietary practice options
2. Advanced options require a premium subscription
3. Convenient logging and tracking, including scanner features
A budget-friendly calorie counter with fast and easy functions. FatSecret Calorie Counter contains all the regular features of calorie counting apps, with a food diary, food databases, exercise diary, weight chart, and collection of healthy recipes. The app features image recognition of food to help with convenient logging and calorie tracking, as well as an innovative diet calendar to help visualise patterns in eating and exercise.
Advantages
Disadvantages
1. Image recognition technology
1. Emphasizes food and calorie more than exercise
2. Healthy recipe suggestions
2. Reportedly underestimates certain nutritional values
Recommended for keto followers, Carb Manager logs and counts calories and macronutrients, specifically carbohydrates. The app includes three different calculators, a keto calculator for carbs, and nutrient calculator for protein, fats, and other nutrients, and a calorie calculator for all food consumption. The app also features many keto-friendly recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists as guides or recommendations.
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Disadvantages
1. Specialises in keto and carbohydrate tracking
1. Does not display micro or macronutrients levels
2. Multiple calculators for different food values
2. Main focus on Keto based diets
3. Includes low-carb recipes and meal plans
3. Limited amount of food entries on the free version
ControlMyWeight is a simple app for only counting calories. It is easy to use and navigate as it simply counts calories. This app is great for those who do not want over-complicated applications and too many features cluttering up the app. ControlMyWeight will send push notifications throughout the day on consumed carbs, fats, and sugars to help users stay on track. Lastly, the app displays its data in simple weight charts to help visualise progress. However, the app is only available for iOS devices like iPhones and iPads and does not do well with exporting in-app data.
An alternative take on food tracking software that uses more visual and aesthetic features than being based on data and numbers. SeeHowYouEat believes that seeing what you eat helps make dietary changes and lets users take photos of their meals instead of logging calories and nutrients. This app does not overcomplicate the documenting process with calorie and macronutrient data and can help those who want to improve their diet patterns without needing to understand food science and nutrition levels. Photos can also be easily shared on social media or with friends.
Advantages
Disadvantages
1. Does not require an understanding of calorie and nutritional data
1. No calorie or nutrition counters like classic food tracking apps
2. Easy export to social media platforms
2. Lack of editing capabilities compared to other photography apps
3. Help track diet patterns to show professionals like nutritionists and doctors
3. Many features locked behind premium app model
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