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Learn What’s Lurking in Your Food: Fooducate
Takes the guesswork out of finding healthy foods.
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Tracks workouts as well.
Serving sizes are based on liters, not cups.
The app can be expensive for full features.
Regarding eating, it’s not only the calories but the quality of your food that counts.
The iOS and Android apps have slightly different names, but the same company makes both.
Unable to manually slide in your food.
All items must be pre-loaded into the app.
No way to add your own recipes.
The drawbacks to the free version mirror others; recipes and targeted plans require a subscription.
Share photos on social media.
Lack of photo editing capabilities.
Rather than typing a daily log of your meals, snap a photo instead.
This food-tracking app does exactly what it says.
It lets you document your meals visually without complicated calorie or macronutrient support.
it’s possible for you to also easily share photos on social media.
Share Progress With Friends: MyFitnessPal
Connect with friends.
Get motivation from the My Fitness Pal community.
Extensive food and barcode library.
Smartphone interface can be clunky to use.
Difficult to enter meals quickly.
Many features behind a paywall.
Planning your meals and staying on track with your nutritional goals is easy, though not particularly speedy.
Get a Quick Summary of Your Nutrition: Lifesum
Beautifully-designed interface.
Very easy to navigate.
Tons of recipes to inspire different eating habits.
User-created info can be inaccurate.
Premium features are expensive.
Ads can be invasive.
The attractive interface is also very easy to navigate, but ads pop up frequently.
The app isn’t straightforward about letting you know which features aren’t free either.
However, for food logging, Lifesum’s basic version ticks all the boxes.
Can sometimes be slow to load.
If you’re confused about counting your macros, Stupid Simple Macro Tracker by Venn Interactive can help.
More than tracking what you eat, this app tracks your fat, protein, and carb levels.
This app also offers a Food bank tool to help you conserving calories for special events.
Like other options, features expand if you upgrade to a paid account.
