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New app is useless!!!!
I lost over 100 pounds over the last two years and Atkins was a big part of it. Using the Atkins carb counter app was incredibly helpful. It was one of the main reasons I was able to stay on the diet and do so well. I literally added hundreds of foods and products to the the app to facilitate my using it. The new revision to the app has made it completely useless. All of my two years of history of added products and food are gone. The scan function simply does not work properly. It pulls up a list of items for a given barcode, none of which match the actual product with the barcode. Finally, when you choose a food two included in your meal that day, it pulls up so many different entries for that food and does not list a quantity or a description next to them. You literally have to scroll through numerous entries to attempt to find what you were looking for an inner the right food with the right quantity. Atkins, you have done your company and your customers a great disservice by revising this app in the way you did. Fix it or give us back the old app please!Show lessJake_-_-_-a_-__nator
This app used to work well
My biggest problem with the latest update is how difficult it is to select a food to log. If I enter something like “Greek yogurt” or “walnuts” I get long lists of those exact words coming back. I cannot differentiate between them. If I select one I can see that they are different amounts per serving with different carb counts. I still don’t know which one to use as the amount of a serving is listed in grams only. I need ounces or tablespoons or cups or other familiar measurements. And while we are discussing serving sizes, the older version allowed for quarter, half and 3/4 of a serving. It would be very useful to include 1/8 serving or cup for most items. I have given up using this app until it’s more user friendly. And in the meantime I have to explore competing apps as tracking my carbs really helps me eat the way I need to.Show lessElizFitz
New update has rendered it useless
I had been using this app for about 2 to 2 and 1/2 months. I would have given the app a solid 4, it did what I needed and helped me track to the point I had lost 18lbs. Then it quit. Could not log in to the app for 10 or so days due to apparently a big new update. Annoying, but ok.
After I finally regained access, all weigh ins, all food logs…everything - gone. My beginning weight is the only thing that carried over. The UI looks nicer, but stops there. Scanning the barcode on food rarely pulls up the item (in truth it wasn’t really proficient before the update either), gone is the graph showing your progress in weight loss, and it just isn’t good.
I’ve switched to Carb Manager (it’s not perfect but it’s significantly better) and am still dropping the pounds through Atkins eating. It’s unfortunate that an app for a company this successful has taken such a turn to be such a poor representation for what this eating lifestyle has to offer.Show lessRevrobdav
Updated app
Looks like they took a perfectly good app and even though it looks pretty slick, it is basically useless now. First of all, when you search for an item, there are sometimes hundreds of items that show up on the list but there are no units of measure listed so you have to click on a lot of entries to find what you want. Even if you search using a brand name it often doesn’t show up. Then there are no increments in which to adjust your food amount. If you only use 1/4 of an avocado you can’t do it anymore. Previously if you scanned in a barcode for an unlisted food there was an option to add that to your list. That is now gone. I really was looking forward to using this app but so far have not been able to even log a full day’s use since it is so very time consuming to search for everything I use to make a meal and not be able to find half of it. This is so disappointing. I hope at least some of the problems with this new app can be corrected.Show lessmotmot99
Why fix what isn’t broken?
I would rate the former version a 4, this new version a 2. In this new version: the search feature is useless, bringing up a repetitive list requiring you to scroll for minutes to find your food; you can only choose a “serving” without reference to the quantity (no more ounces, cups, etc); you can’t choose less than one serving (no fractions, number of ounces); the carb content is not close to the labeled content; there is no graph for weight or carbs showing progress over 7 days, 30 days, or a year (as in the old version). Please go back to the old version’s customized features and tracking - I will not use this worthless version.Show lessH Tailor
Recent Update is Horrible
I’ve been using this app faithfully since January and have lost 40 pounds. Since the update, ALL of my saved information has completely vanished; all of my favorites are gone, all of my custom recipes are gone, all of my recent food items are gone. Further, when I go to log in my food, I am unable to put in fractional servings (ex. I only had 2 oz. of milk this morning which is a quarter of a serving, not a whole serving). I also found that in spite of logging in certain foods that I know have calories, the calorie count is not increasing at all (ex. breakfast total was 219 calories this morning, then I added a serving of butter but the calorie count remained at 219 - how is this possible??). I relied quite heavily on this app for my progress and success on this program over the last several months and now I can’t trust that any of the info is correct. This latest update is horrible and I’m absolutely frustrated! Please fix this!Show lessJacy65
The diet works wonders.. the app did but is now an add for spark people?!?
I started this diet using this app religiously on May 10th. It is now August 29th and I'm down 44 pounds. I've had 6 full on cheat days but other than that, only one day did I go over my 42 net carbs. I will continue to be on this diet, err, more like stay in this lifestyle but..
but but but...
A couple days ago I went to log my breakfast and just opening the app it says page not found, followed by an add for sparkpeople... If I navigate away from the homepage it looks like the app always did. But.. when I try to search for food or anything it has an error message that says "the server with the specified hostname could not be found." Now I'm no app expert but I think you could say there's an issue that needs to be resolved.
I am not sure at this point if I'll even need the app because I know approximately how many carbs are in pretty much everything that I now eat. I am 1 pound from my goal weight that I never thought I'd see again. I really didn't think it would work.
I am planning on moving (slowly, over the course of 2 weeks) to the Atkins 100. Since the app doesn't work I'll just try to keep track on my head and avoid obvious high carb foods. I think I will be able to maintain this lifestyle without the app, but it wouldn't hurt to have it working again.Show lessmaas25
Highly disappointed in new update
I’ve used this app for years and had very little issue with it. Like some of the other reviewers I have had problems accessing it and haven’t been able to utilize the app. I had an update come up and thought that would solve the problem. When I updated it it now looks totally different, which is fine. However, it removed all of my past information like carb and weight history, when I try to add food I’ve eaten that day it doesn’t have any restaurant options like it did before, and it doesn’t let you do partial servings when entering food anymore. I’m very disappointed with this new update and will most likely be looking elsewhere to track my dietary habits now. :(Show lessAnw0913
This diet works! - Week One 2 Lbs LOST already!! No JOKE
I’m genuinely LOVING Atkins 40 and this APP makes tracking carbs EASY. I’ve tried other apps that track calories, food journals, and calendar tracking. I hated tracking food because it was tedious and made me self-conscience about what I eat. The the Atkins Carb tracker is different. It’s helped me learn about how my body reacts to food, is seriously easy, and effective. (Plus it’s free!) I love food and I don’t feel bad or guilty when I track carbs with the Atkins app.
After a breakup, COVID weight gain, and getting COVID last year, I was up to 182 lbs and COULD NOT BUDGE THE SCALE. I tried all my stand-bys: running, counting calories, and weights. Nothing has worked all year. Then I do this diet/app and lose two pounds in a week, am always satisfied (never hungry), and don’t have my usual headaches from eating sugar. I’m seriously thankful for this diet and app.
Last thing, I’ve noticed in the first week that sometimes I’m under on calories but over on carbs or vice versa. Give yourself grace and look at those days and chances to learn about your body and what it needs. Then KEEP TRACKING! My first week wasn’t perfect and I still saw results.🥳Show lessA real girl, not an Atkins rep
Atkins Tracker is the best!
I love the Atkins app as you can track your meals easily, add your own recipes and yet get recipes. I also like to use it to plan ahead by putting all my meals for the coming week in so I can have onhand exactly what I need for the week. If I don’t end up having a planned meal or item in the meal, I can easily edit it. This makes it convenient for accepting invitations to lunch 😊 Also important is the guidance that is built into the program to choose your phase and much support and information. And, all of it is free!!Show lessJRae53
