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Perfect, almost
The app covers a LOT of info (food water meds mood etc) but doesn’t go into enough depth. Also, I feel like I have to click a lot to make one entry. The process of recording your food could definitely be easier, like have a suggestion lists of the individual users top breakfast food when it’s around the time they eat breakfast maybe? It’d be awesome if your personal top IMAGES of food was presented when you open the food option, rather than having to type. Also, it says “Meal” and then “Ingredients” when it should say “Meal” then “Dishes” and then “ingredients” for each dish. Also, QUANTITY! One egg or one cookie etc is very different from three when acting as a factor for health. So a quantity option would be very helpful in accuracy. Lastly, the “three best days” didn’t seem to take in account meds, which, for many people, highly effects what days would be the best or worst. I am keeping this app until I find a more thorough one, but hopefully this one is updated :) I’d definitely pay for the app if it was more thorough, but at this stage, I’m glad it’s free.Show lessMuffinmakershakerbaker
Developer Response
Hello, thank you very much for your feedback. We understand your frustration and are really sorry about that. We would love to hear what you wish from the app, so feel free to shoot your ideas to hello@cara.care 🤗 .Easy To Use While Offering a Lot of Information
I began using Cara about 3 weeks ago. I like the options of the many different features (tracking food, digestion symptoms, BM symptoms, etc). While it may not be as accurate as an elimination diet, I really appreciate the foods on the best and worst 3 days—this is definitely a lot easier than an elimination diet. This has also helped me realize how much water I drink and that I also seem to have worse symptoms on days I drink less. Cara is a lot easier than writing out a traditional food diary.
The one thing that is both a pro and a con is that you simply track food, no portions or nutrient info. This is a pro because it means I simply have to eat and add ingredients in—no measuring or counting portions, no extra time spent adding in portions. It’s a con because it would be nice to look at if smaller portions of some things are more tolerable or if I am meeting nutrient recommendations as nutrient deficiencies are common with the digestive related problems I have.
This app is definitely for those who are simply looking to live and feel better; it’s not for those who are looking to count calories.Show lessSL...
Great UI - restrictive in data input
I really wanted to love this app with all my heart. I was taking pictures, being really on top of things but sometimes, inputting things felt a bit manual by ingredient when it couldn’t find the meal.
My biggest number 1 complaint is not being able to put in the amount/serving size. This is HUGE. My dietician was like great, we know the what, but we need the how many. You could eat half a jar of peanut butter and all you would be able to put it “peanut butter”. Get what I’m saying?
If you need better search, and more granular control, use MyMacros. It’s very very data driven. It’s not as pleasing to the eye but you will really be able to track everything down to gram.Show lessJeffscottward
Customizable & easy onboard
I’ve been using Cara for about a month now. I really like how easy it was to start using and how customizable it is for tracking food and overall health. It also offers "add on" options if you want to get super detailed with your tracking.
One critique, I wish their database of known vitamins and foods were a bit larger. However, if a vitamin, supplement or food doesn't exist it is easy enough to add yourself.
I'm looking forward to taking my notes tracked in Cara to a specialist - instead of being at a loss for words when I show up to the appointment.Show lesssummer-daisy
Sooo great
I love this app. You can leave your feelings, stomach problems, what you ate. Even if you don’t have IDS, you can so use this app. One thing I love, is that they give you an over all level to your day. It gives you a better idea of if you’re worrying to much over small things. I used to worry so much because I though I was so unhealthy, but now I see that’s not true. I know it’s not meant for this, but I also like to just track my food. Not even calories, just what I’m eating. It can help your doctor better understand what’s wrong, and help you make healthier decision because you know exactly what you’re eating. I love it.Show lessTiggerbluemom
Well done
I’m actually quite impressed with this app. I was looking for a simple way to track what I eat to help me identify food sensitivities in my breastfed daughter. I found Cara and was pleased to see it took things a step further and added the symptom tracker on to it as well. While it’s a bit difficult to track my daughter’s symptoms directly with the app since it isn’t specifically designed for breastfed infants, it has still been incredibly helpful.
It’s a simple yet well designed interface and engaging enough to keep me interested in tracking. I’m usually bad at consistency, but I have been using it for almost 3 weeks now with a lot of success.Show lesschubby_love8
Download it
I’ve just been using this app for a few days, but I’m really impressed by how easy it is to use, the clean interface, and the level of specificity you can include for the different things you track. There are some things I would improve, but they are minor—like being able to copy meals from a previous entry or being able to make comments on your entries beyond the tags provided, though to be fair, you can add new, custom tags. The design of the user interface is encouraging through a somewhat gamified setup, and you earn points and badges for tracking your data and using the app. The app aggregates your data to help you recognize patterns you may not notice on your own. Highly recommend!Show lessTwinPeaksCoffeeCo
Excellent app- lots of good options
I love this app as it has been very helpful so far through the logging of foods and correlating them to my IBS symptoms. I have really liked the way it is set up and the variety of factors it takes into account such as headache or other pain, medication, stool and bloating. However, it would be great to see the app calculate a little more information such as taking into account a woman’s period (I always get similar digestive symptoms the day before my period regardless of what I eat) and ILLNESS! For instance, today I only ate crackers and soup because I’ve had a high fever all day long along with digestive issues, both of which are safe foods for me. Obviously whatever infection I’m fighting off is a huge factor- I would like to be able to turn off food/symptom correlation when I am obviously sick with the flu for instance.
Thank you for this app, I look forward to seeing the improvements made!Show lessdnsumm1
Best Tracker App
Tracking calories and micronutrients and all that was very overwhelming, I found that I gave up more when using apps like that because I felt like I was never doing enough of the right thing and too much of the wrong thing. And I would also omit “bad” things I ate because I felt like a failure if I didn’t live up to the perfect diet stats set forth by those apps. I’m so happy I found Cara because it’s not judgmental at all and it’s very easy and fast to use. And I love how it complies my data and helps me see what works for me and what doesn’t (although it’s a bit off at times). A really amazing app and it’s free which makes it even more perfect.Show lessKHOR-The Great
So much better than I expected
I downloaded this app with the assumption that it was just a tracking tool. I thought it was great that I could send my data to an email address (like my doctor) and keep track of what I was eating and my symptoms. But I got to the sixth day of tracking and it showed me the food on my worst days, I’m completely hooked. My doctor has me on the low FODMAP/SCD SIBO specific diet and this app shows me which foods are part of the FODMAP list of foods I should avoid when I look at the foods on my worst days. I love that I didn’t have to look that up. Thank you so much for creating this app. Seriously so much.Show lesscaitym10
