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Loving Lark
I have had such a pleasant experience for the last 3 weeks with Lark. The app is user friendly, easy to enter in food intake & make changes if necessary. The scales they sent works seamlessly with the app. As soon a I step on the scales it takes my weight and uploads to the app automatically. They are suppose to send a fit bit if you keep up with it but as long as I have my phone on my body, it the app keeps up with steps. It also keeps up with my sleeping as well. I love the chats as they are very beneficial to my weight loss, healthy eating and lowering my stress.
I haven’t had any issues with it as of yet.. so I am well pleased thus farShow lessNickytaher12
A great tool to help manage weight
This is a great tool for tracking what you eat, when you move or exercise and to help keep you motivated. The coaching provided helps gives you information to keep you motivated. There is also a corresponding Facebook page which helps connect you to a community who are sharing recipes and food choices.
It did take about a week or two to get the scale but I was okay with that. I love that the scale connects to the app, making it easier to track. It also gives you reminders to do your weekly weight check which is a good thing.
Knowing that I will be putting my information into the app makes me more accountable in what I eat and making sure I work out and move more often.Show lessHid B2112
Manual Entries for Lark Desired
I love the app. Would just love to be able to make manual entries or be more clarifying when entering meals or movement. Other than that it’s great. It seems to return feedback based in preset values. For instance in manually adding a grain bowl meal, I had to enter each ingredient, which included 1/4 cup of brown rice. Lark advised that I had a good bit of carbs when in actuality 1/4 cup of isn’t a good bit. The goal was to use grains that Lark recognizes as grain or I’ll get feedback to include more grain. Also I have it set to read movement data from my Apple watch but it only reads movement data when I’m carrying my phone, which isn’t often. Other than that it’s a great tool that I use through out each day.Show lessG-Ma Angelita
Lark review
I think lark is pretty decent for an automated app. If something could be improved upon it would be nice if one could scan barcodes so food items consumed along with nutritional value would be more accurate. I am only on week 4 of using lark. The first few weeks were difficult because I am assuming it lacked my history to interpret any meals logged. I tried reporting it, but have never heard back from a real person. After the 3rd week it began working very well with only a rare occasion of lark being unable to interpret my food data. It may have been an internet or connection issue of some sort. As I progress the app advances into different areas giving me information on different areas of knowledge concerning health. It is also very encouraging to get you moving and eating healthy. I have become very unhealthy and need to change my habits. Honestly, lark has motivated me to be accountable and encouraged. A sincere Thank you to the developers for this program.
-DaintaShow lessDainta
No shaming
I tried Lark on a whim following an invite from my insurance company. I have never been one to diet or exercise much, but using the Lark gives me the accountability I need without shaming me for what I ate or lack of activity. In the past few weeks that I have been using the app, I have noticed some changes in how/what I do to be healthier. The app is very easy to use and I love that it has pre-generated replies making it even easier to use. There are even reminders, throughout the day to help keep you focused. I was busy and missed a couple check ins but still NO judgment. I look forward to seeing how I can improve my health.Show lessluvlolo
Needs meal information from Lose It! app
I think almost every feature of the LarkApp is great, and I’ve been using it daily for about six weeks. The only thing I would change is the nutrition information data. There is some assumed knowledge of ingredients and caloric content of common foods, but I would love for lark to except information from Lose It! about nutritional intake each day. Lose It! is extremely specific, and contains an almost endless catalog of barcodes and nutritional information from restaurants, not to mention the ability to create your own recipes with individual ingredients. Lark would not have to build a database anything like this, if it would only accept meal information that was already logged for that day in the Lose It! app.
I realize that might make it more difficult for lark to track servings of particular types of food, like unsaturated fat and fruits and vegetables, but I can’t see that it would be too terribly hard to figure out, as Lose It! is already also tracking those things to build a person’s daily nutrients profile.
I also know I’m not the first lark user to make this exact request. For those of us who track our food diligently as part of our health journey, Lose It! is hands-down the best for this function. Incorporating that information into lark would be extremely helpful for success in the lark app, as well.Show lessjeelli05
Cheery change of habits
I do like the Lark. It is easy to put in food. You are not able to manually put in weight though except the first time setting up the app. Like everyone else, once I completed the survey as was accepted, the app would not work. There was a lag and I had to call my insurance company, who could not help at all. I sent an email to Lark. It took a couple days to get a response, but it finally got worked out. I still have not received my scale, but it says they are on the way. I have not heard from my coach either. Maybe I am doing something wrong or maybe the scales have to come first. I do like that it marks food with badges, but I have not figured out how to find the best foods for some of the badges. I’ve been using it a week now because of the lag time, so I have a lot to learn and will get it figured out. I did lose 3 lbs just changing my eating habits and moving more the first week. I would like to track my water intake though. There is not a place for that. Overall it is a good app and I think it will help me become healthier and more motivated to eat right and move more.Show lessTeacher56
Better Than Noom
Even though I’ve just used this app 4 days, it seems much better than Noom! It walks you through daily what meals you’ve had and your activities. It asks easy-to-answer questions to walk you through your day and advises you on steps to take to live a healthy lifestyle and it’s FREE!!!
The one downside that I’ve noticed so far is that they send you a scale quickly, however, they don’t send your Fitbit or other item that goes with your program until you can prove you are using the program effectively. What if someone needs that item to more efficiently complete the program, like count steps? Overall, I believe this works and takes minimal time daily. Definitely worth it!Show lessButlermom
Determined to use, but not a fan especially after losing data
Update: Lark lost all my meal data and another week of activity data for a second time at the end of the third week of using.
I have used this app for a little over two weeks now. I received my free smart scale this week, but am still waiting for information regarding the free FitBit (for the diabetes prevention program).
Chat style interface is annoying and slow even on the fastest setting. I hated this interface on Sydney and I’m glad the developers moved away from it there. Please get rid of it here as well.
Also the app seems to lose data at random. I lost all my meal data for over a week (21+ meals worth), two days of sleep data (not even the most recent days - 2 consecutive days from about a week ago), and activity data for 5 days (all the days from the past week that I didn’t lose sleep data for). This is a pretty big problem since the utility of this kind of app is directly tied to the quantity and quality of data entered.
Smart scale came preconfigured and uses a cellular connection so it is tied to this app which is sort of disappointing and frustrating not knowing where this data is being sent or stored. Bluetooth would have been a much better choice, but it was free.
Could not provide developers direct feedback because it requires the default Apple mail app which I uninstalled because I use the Gmail app.Show lesscustomer2457421257895432
Simple health app
This app is very helpful for people wanting to start or continue a more health conscious journey. It is simple to use and guides you through tracking food, activity, sleep, wellness, and mood daily. Provides easy to follow feedback and encouragement. Gives resource links and info on it’s feedback when needed. Allows you to fully edit wrong entries on food and asks if activity levels look correct - then reminds you that micro activities like cleaning, etc can be manually entered to capture more correct data. This is a fantastic add-on tool to track important data and be able to use on your own or in conjunction with a doctor to give him/her insight into your health related behaviors.
It seems it will work more efficiently with a FitBit for activity tracking, however, it is not absolutely necessary. I’ve been using it without and still enjoy the simplicity and daily feedback to keep me focused.
You are able to change the times of activity or meals so you aren’t tethered trying to enter data in real time.Show lessDesert Peacock
