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Thank you Lifesum for saving my life
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But i’ve been using lifesum for about 1 week and i couldn’t be happier. I struggle with a severe eating disorder (bulimia). I typically purge but I started abusing laxatives and I’ve been starving myself (or I would do intense workouts and eat less than 600 calories). I’d do all of that and then end up gaining weight back + more. It seriously messed with my GI tract and it was getting so severe that my doctors had to talk to me about going into inpatient treatment therapy. I don’t know what about this app is making me feel better about myself. I’ve been eating my daily calories (well, I try but sometimes I eat under) and I feel much better about myself. I think it’s also cause the app looks aesthetically appealing as well. I have the premium version of the app and it’s a 10/10. I don’t even need to eat healthy because i’m still in a calorie deficit and i’m seeing results. thank youShow lessnortorioususer
Love this app with some minor flaws!
I switched from MyFitnessPal because of the lack of Apple Watch integration. This app syncs flawlessly with my watch. It also gives great feedback on what foods I chose to put in my body. The LifeScore function is really awesome to see on a weekly basis so I can fine tune my diet and exercise. It’s a great way to track your food quality, calories and macros.
However, there are some minor flaws with this app. It does not log your micronutrients for you, only your macronutrients. I would really like to be able to see what vitamins and minerals I’m getting enough of. Another thing that is frustrating is that I strength train 3-4 times a week but it says I don’t strength train at all…I’m not sure why that is. Also, you have to hand log your recipes instead of just typing in a url like in MyFitnessPal. Despite these things I would still recommend this app to the health conscious person who wants consistent feedback on the quality of their diet.Show lessNaima P.
I paid for recipes with BUGS?? 🐜
I really used to like this app and I knew I might have wanted to get the premium one day; but it seems like I must’ve got it at the wrong time. So far being a premium member I’ve seen the dumbest things on this app. this app doesn’t even track the smiley faces right; I eat super good some times and I don’t even get good face ratings at the end of the day. Besides that, Im mainly paying for the recipes because I wanted to see if I would get more help with being more creative with the food I eat. But today I seen that they recommended grasshopper tacos?? And I know that a lot of people eat or are open to eating bugs; but seriously? that is the most disgusting & the most unrealistic thing I’ve ever seen. the fact that we’re paying this much money for trash recipes and gimmicky stuff like this really pisses me off and I won’t be buying the premium membership ever again. this seriously was a waste of time and if I could go back I really would. I hate that it seems like the longer that I’m on this (premium) app; the the more I regret every penny that I paid here. Really would not recommend anything but the default membership. 👎🏼 since being a premium member doesn’t really get you anything but dumba$$ smiley faces, ridiculous recipes and a “life score” rated by a test that doesn’t even make sense. DONT WASTE UR MONEY!Show lessLaisa cal
Developer Response
Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that Lifesum didn't reach your expectations and we thank you for your rating and feedback.Perfect tracking app
I read others reviews of how beautiful this app is, everything I read was true. It is so easy to use and has so many features to customize to you need: meal plans, pre-calculated macros, recipes. I love that it counts down how many macros you have left and it offers several barand percentage graphs to track your progress . It also compares your daily intake to your stated goal intake. I used Lose It before and it was fine, but this one is way easier and faster and even after 3 days I’m already making better choices because I enjoy tracking and I want to get that smilie face that days Balanced lol it sounds a bit strange I know but it’s just another tool to encourage you to stick to your goals. I could not love this app any more . The developers obviously put a lot of thought into this and it’s just a delight to use. I have a family so I don’t have time to mess around with complicated tracking apps and this one makes it possible for me to stick to my goals while loving a real life. It is sustainable and I look very forward to the results I get because someone created this incredible app. Thank you so so much developers. It’s already hard enough to work, have a family, and then try to eat healthy and workout? It’s a lot and you make it possible. Thank youShow lessh.longbrook
It’s good but discouraging
I’ve had this app for a week now and there is good and bad. I was baited into the $2 a month program and it charged me the whole year which I didn’t know would happen and I’m not happy about that. I wanted to just see what the premium would offer, it does have nice but expensive recipe's. It’s simple to use but has issues when you log items or creating a recipe. The thing though that is most frustrating is the ratings. I have become obsessed with getting my rating high for the day with the smiley face. Today I made a smoothie which each ingredient had the highest rating, after logging it, it said my rating was just okay, slightly imbalanced. I don’t understand since the fruits I added were the highest rated! If you don’t have the exact amount of everything below your goal then it immanently says the food or meal is bad. My life score also went down too even though I’ve been eating good food. The day ratings are really all over the place and not accurate in my opinion. I’m trying so hard to loose weight and really eat better but I feel so discouraged when using this app at times, since I feel like I have no progress. Another note is that if you don’t eat a lot in the day it gives you a bad rating too. So eat but don’t eat? I don’t know, it’s an okay app for just logging calories but the smiley faces will get to you and make you not want to eat just about anything.Show lessMorgk06
Developer Response
Thank you very much for reaching out. A part of the subscriptions are "intro" offers for new users, meaning that you get a discount with the first purchase and the renewal will be full price. The information about that is clearly displayed during the purchase process. If you are unsure about this in your case, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via https://lifesum.com/deep/settings?page=support so we can have a look at your purchase.LOVE!!!
I found out I have LDL that is too high so I decided to fine tune my diet and felt I needed an app to help me track everything. After doing a little research I decided to try Lifesum. After using it for a few days I purchased the pro version because I wanted to see more details about my nutrition and feel it was worth it. At first, I did not like how it has different faces that rate your food choices (smily face, frowning face, elated face etc. ) . I then realized that is because I did not like it when the face was not the super happy one (as in getting a neutral face after eating a processed salty snack for example) lol! As a result, having something as basic and simple as the faces that immediately tell you about the nutrition of what you are taking in, I find myself motivated to just have the green face with a huge smile on it! It is a very easy to navigate app, and I like that you can also scan a barcode from the packaging of food items. Lifesum is an excellent guide if you are ready to be honest with yourself about your nutrition and make improvements in your health.Show lessToodles96
Interface Design and Glitches Hamper Experience
I love this app and it’s helped me get into the habit of tracking my meals, but every once in a while a poor design choice or glitch really hampers the experience.
For instance: creating a food, meal, or recipe pulls up a menu from the bottom of the screen that can be closed by swiping down at any point in the multi-menu process, which erases all work in creating the food/meal/recipe. I’ve had the re-do data entry for items multiple times due to my instinct to swipe down to get rid of the keyboard, which could be easily solved by a simple “are you sure you want to delete your progress?” dialogue.
A glitch I encounter often is the date of a meal I’m entering items into switching to the current date. Know what you’re having for dinner tomorrow, or want to back-log items you didn’t have time for yesterday? You may suddenly, unknowingly be entering items into today’s log. Paired with the inability to move items between dates and meals (which would be an excellent feature), this can be a real pain and result in a lot of re-doing.Show lessMrAlexM9
App is just ok.
This app is ok for tracking. However, when you go to enter the food choices several different versions of that food pop up all with caloric differences for the same food. I weigh my foods, & I see different caloric amounts for the weights of the same food. For example, Red grapefruit will have a few different choices to select from but no matter the ounces, the calories will slightly differ 30-50 cals. I don’t understand this & it can be very frustrating. & makes me feel as though my efforts are not always accurate & ultimately a wasteful purchase. The app has a nice design but could be better. Another feature that is annoying is if you want to review past food logs, & u leave the app open & go to do something else on your phone if you click back to the app it will reset to you viewing the food log of the current day. Which if you had to scroll back 8 days, you’d have to scroll back 8 days again even if you just go to do something else even though the app is open which again is annoying & there should be a better way to compare past to future logs. The app does have nice recipes thought too. Im not sure I’ll be renewing it, I might look for another food log app before my subscription is up.Show lessmilkytrades666
Beautiful App and Great Plans with room to grow
This app is absolutely beautiful. If a smooth flow and easy navigation is important to you this might be a great place to start in your search for the perfect dieting app. In addition to the look and feel it also has some great content. My wife and I both tried the Paleo Diet for the first time in our lives. We loved the diet and everything it had to offer. We also both experienced incredible results in both energy and weight loss.
The opportunity we found is after finishing the 21 day plan we would like to take a rest from a specific lifestyle diet and would like to just eat clean. We were excited to jump into classic dieting while browsing the easy to make recipes shared in the app. Unfortunately as of right now there is no way to create a grocery list and plan meals for your days unless you are in a specific diet from what we are seeing. This is a huge miss especially when we both paid for the premium service. Additionally we’d love to be able to link our accounts so we can be in sync between our grocery list, and what meals we have planned out for the day.
All in all it’s a good app with room for improvement to become a great app.Show lessJoe DiPasquale
Developer Response
Thank you very much for your review! We will inform the responsible team regarding your feedback. This is definitely valid points. We will be continuously working on more features so hopefully we will be able to soon improve your experience.Beautiful and easy to use with some adaptability issues
First of all, the visual design of this app is incredible. Other similar apps have designs that make it feel outdated, which in turn can make the data or plans feel outdated even when that’s not true. Gorgeous color scheme, icons, motion design, etc, and lots of great features like the barcode scanner and ability to quickly select previous days’ meals.
However, there’s a few issues with how the tracker adapts to your daily activity. The app will add to my remaining calories if I’ve been active that day, but the macros that it has set will not adapt with them. For example, it tells me to eat 120g of protein per day, but yesterday I happened to be super active and had 1000 more calories I could eat. Even though I had a huge amount of calories left, my macros didnt adjust, so I had a bright red indicator on my macros for going over even when I really should’ve eaten more. For how much I love the rest of the app I really dislike how those goals stay static.
I also wish it could connect to Fitbit with a little more detail- I don’t use Apple Heath to track my steps and wish it could detect steps, type of workout (like weight training), etc from the Fitbit app.
All in all, I love this app and would absolutely recommend it to everyone, just be aware that it’s okay to ignore the bright red macro counter if you’ve done a lot of activity and need to eat more that day.Show lessJackinzi
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your positive feedback and kind words, we have shared it with the teams in charge! Furthermore, we really apologise for the issue you are experiencing. Please feel free and contact us with details, step description and screenshots at contact@lifesum.com so we can start investigating your issue. Please also include phone model, OS and Lifesum version. Thank you and have a great day!
