Iron Counter and Tracker

July 12, 2024

50 new items added to the app's database so the app now includes 400 foods and drinks color-coded for plants, prebiotics, probiotics and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to support a healthy gut microbiome diet.

June 16, 2024

Twenty new items added to the app's database and improved color coding to support a healthy gut microbiome diet as follows. All plants that can be included as one of the 30 different types of plant per week recommended by experts for a healthy gut microbiome are highlighted in green type and with a green leaf icon in the food popups. The most prebiotic plants (ie, those that are particularly beneficial for the gut microbiome) are highlighted in a darker green type. Fermented foods that contain beneficial live microbes to become part of the gut microbiome (probiotics) are highlighted in gold type and with a gold microbe icon in the food popups. Foods that are likely to be ultra-processed (UPFs) — ie, contain ingredients not found in a home kitchen such as preservatives, flavorings, and emulsifiers — and are likely to have a harmful effect on the gut microbiome are highlighted in red type and with a red warning triangle in the food popups.

June 2, 2024

Improvements to the "Add Food" screen — toggle the "Values per serving" option for mg/100g, mg1oz, or mg/serving for iron content; use color codes and icons to highlight added foods as plant, probiotic or ultra-processed (UPF)

May 27, 2024

Color-coded type and icons on food popups in the 330-item database now identify healthy (plant, prebiotic, probiotic) and unhealthy (likely to be ultra-processed) foods (UPFs) to support a healthy gut microbiome diet. A notepad has been added to the record intake screen.

April 5, 2024

Average daily iron intake is now displayed at the top of "Month view" screens in red type. Iron intake over 120% of target on any day is now indicated by a red exclamation mark within the daily total ring. Bug fixes and minor revisions to "How to use the app" instructions.

February 14, 2024

Redesigned "barcode scanning" screen and text popup to improve functionality on all devices, including mini iPhones. Revised coding for daily listing of logged foods so foods attributed to different meals, eg breakfast, appear together even if entered at separate times; and the ingredients of recipes logged appear in the popups detailing the contribution of each ingredient to the daily target.

January 10, 2024

The 212 plant-based foods/beverages in the 328-item database provided with the app now appear in the “Iron in foods" section, searches, and daily and long-term logs in green type to help users consume the 30+ different types of plant per week recommended by experts for a healthy gut microbiome.

November 14, 2023

Improvement to recording intake of the same food on different occasions during a day so each recording will be listed as a separate item identified by the meal and/or time of intake when you overwrite a previous entry if you confirm in the popup it should be a new entry rather than a change to the previous entry.

November 1, 2023

Three new features: 1. Record & track time or meal (eg lunch) when recording food/beverage intake. 2. "How to use the app” instructions are now numbered 1–15 to indicate the steps to take when the app is first installed to become familiar with the app's capabilities; they have also been revised to highlight the need to allow the app access to your iPhone or iPad camera, microphone and speech recognition to scan barcodes and use dictation and speech recognition. 3. Sample recipes can be easily identified and deleted if desired, and a bug has been fixed.

September 30, 2023

Revised "How to use the app" instructions to improve usability. New app icon.