# Figwee Calorie Counter — user reviews > 54 indexed App Store user reviews of Figwee Calorie Counter by Bellwether Ideas LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 376 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/figwee-calorie-counter/id1253833616/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/figwee-calorie-counter/id1253833616.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 317 · 4★ 43 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Figwee Calorie Counter? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent for diabetes and carb counting management - 🎯 Visual portion sizing with adjustable slider controls - 📊 Accurate nutritional information display - 🍽️ Comprehensive food database with common items - ⚡ Quick and easy to use interface - 🔍 Unique visual approach compared to other nutrition apps - 💪 Helps with portion control and diet management - 📱 User-friendly navigation and design **Cons** - 🔐 Frequent login requirements frustrate users - 💰 Expensive subscription pricing ($7.99/month) - ❌ Deceptive free-to-paid conversion model - 🐛 Search bar functionality issues - 📧 Poor customer support responsiveness - ⚠️ Billing confusion with Apple subscription handling - 🚫 Limited food variety in database - 😤 Difficult account cancellation process **Commonly reported bugs** - Search bar keyboard not appearing on touch - App freezing and becoming unresponsive - Login authentication errors (no token passed) - Payment processing failures - App support form not functioning - Frequent forced logouts - Registration process failures **Most requested features** - Photo upload and recognition for food items - Ability to manually add custom foods and recipes - Remember me option to reduce login frequency - Barcode scanning for food labels - Custom favorite meals with combined nutrition totals - Activity tracking integration - More diverse food types and recipes - Links to dietary resources (low carb, low fat, low sugar) - Ad-free premium version without subscription - Practical items prioritized before exotic foods ## Newest reviews (15 of 54) ### 3/5 — app *2026-03-29, version 4.8* Wish app would show more practical items first before all the exotic ones. ### 5/5 — Very useful *2023-05-07, version 4.7* My daughter was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes so Figwee is our go to app to calculate carbs. ### 5/5 — T1D *2023-02-01, version 4.7* Great resource for type one diabetics ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-01-14, version 4.7* Fun app to help you judge carbs in a meal, especially when there is no food label and portion size is a concern ### 5/5 — My doctor recommended this as a type one diabetic *2022-10-25, version 4.6* Very good and helpful for counting carbs but I do wish I could just snap a photo of the food and bam carbs but it’s still amazing ### 5/5 — Best App Ever *2021-09-02, version 4.1* As a Type 1 Diabetic this app is super helpful to accurately learn how many carbs are in the meals i eat ### 5/5 — Life savior *2021-08-19, version 4.1* Life savior, easy to use, so practical, accurate , simply it’s perfect for basic user ### 4/5 — Food and activities *2021-08-08, version 4.1* Over all I find this app more useful than many others. I would add the ability to put in photos of “your favs” and the calories for food and possibly activities. I find it difficult and time consuming to have to construct some dishes I make on a regular basis. Putting in my own photo then adding more than 1 item to that dish with a total for calories based on your foods would be helpful. I eat very similar foods each day for my meals. I rarely eat out. So being able to create my actual “favs” would be very helpful. Have a section of links to a few low carb or low fat or low sugar diets might be a plus for everyone. ### 5/5 — You’re crazy if you don’t have this app *2021-07-08, version 4.1* Very helpful when you can’t get to a food scale. ### 5/5 — Great but... *2021-06-29, version 4.1* Really great app but I absolutely hate having to Login just about every time I need yo use it with email & password.. pretty time consuming and extra time is not what I have.. I would be willing to pay for a version that eliminates logging in!! ### 5/5 — So helpful for Type 1 Diabetes! *2021-05-29, version 4.1* Our daughter has Type 1 diabetes for which counting carbs is a must. Figwee has almost the most common foods, even in different iterations. Even better, one can slide the side slider to change portion size of something (e.g. just a few slices of banana vs. an entire banana). So, so helpful! I highly recommend this app! ### 5/5 — To Figwee *2021-05-21, version 4.1* I use Figwee for my meals , every day at least a couple times, since my diabetes counselor turned me on to it over a year ago.I love the sweeping function to get you to the correct amount of each food, i.e., Tble spoon, tea spoon, ounces, etc. The visual helps me keep accurate and each move of the " dial" (so to speak) gives all the nutrition information we are familiar with on boxes. Very inventive and extremely useful in figuring carbs. Thank you for developing this tool. ### 5/5 — The ONLY portion-sizing app that works *2021-02-12, version 4.0* I’ve been using this app for years, and I’m so happy that new foods are constantly being added in. I always check this app when I’m cooking something new so I don’t make too much food. It’s the ONLY app I’ve found that actually has pictures of food broken up into different sizes. ### 5/5 — Good product *2020-06-18, version 3.2* It is a good product although I do not like subscriptions (and theirs is rather expensive). Initially, had some problems with cancelling subscription, but customer support worked quick and helped. In summary, very good if you want a subscription. ### 5/5 — Best app out there! *2020-05-10, version 3.2* When I first got this app I was amazed with how it helped me keep track of my calories. Now I am healthier than ever! I love it! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Search bar *2024-03-09, version 4.7* Can not enter anything in it. Will be cancelled soon. It’s a useless app the way it is. ### 1/5 — Not happy *2023-09-05, version 4.7* Not as represented. Not a free app. ### 1/5 — Worthless piece of j *2023-06-06, version 4.7* When i touch search bar, keyboard doesnt appear. Piece of junk. ### 1/5 — No way to contact to cancel *2023-02-18, version 4.7* I tried this ap for 3 of the 7 free days; realized that it wasn’t for me. Tried many times to cancel but their message system is always down and there’s no way to get them the cancellation message. It feels like a scam to me. I even took screen shots to prove that I attempted to cancel. I would never deal with this company again ### 1/5 — Now login required!? *2020-10-23, version 3.2* Not another acct! This app was great until they required us to create an account. Why? So you can send us advertisements as well? C’mon man! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2019-07-13, version 2.7* Hard to get into. No support. ### 1/5 — Dislike *2018-07-21, version 2.7* Months ago tried to contact developers over problems, left a review, no response. Suddenly out of nowhere I get a mean response from someone obviously not from “the diabetic community,” who has clearly not experienced the terror of dropping bg over inaccurate carbs counts. Ok, Deleted, bullies. For the record, as you could see from other reviews months ago that are no longer here(??) lots of people had problems logging in. I tried to purchase the ad-free version twice. No one is against logging in — if it works properly. ### 1/5 — App has a bug *2018-05-26, version 2.6* I just purchased the $7.99 mthly subscription. I entered my information in and entered my first meal. The app is stuck/frozen and will not allow me to navigate to other sections. This happened all in one time just now. One star for now until y’all can fix the problem. ### 1/5 — Very hard to use *2018-04-13, version 2.6* I really miss the simplicity of the previous version (pre iOS 11). This is just so hard to use for quick carb counting (needed for diabetic child). ### 1/5 — $$$ pit!!!!!! *2018-03-08, version 2.6* I’m a type 1 diabetic who needs to count calories more accurately. Doctor told me about this “great app,” so I signed up for what only APPEARED to be a free app (thus the “get” next to title. But once inside, it held a figurative gun to my head for a “one time payment of $3.99 for life;” so I paid it thinking that it wasn’t a bad price however deceptive it was. Then when I tried to access the exercise feature, or the food pictures, it kept sending me the the upgrade for $7.99 PER MONTH. Very dishonest and deceptive. I will immediately discard the app, wishing I could get my $3.99 back. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great tool *2025-09-19, version 4.8* Its a great took to let you eyeball how much a serving should be. Need more food types and recipes though ### 5/5 — Great for T1D or Nutrition management *2025-05-07, version 4.8* We use primarily to understand carbs and fats in common foods for type 1 diabetes management. Love that we can see the plate portion & adjust up or down!! ### 5/5 — The best *2025-03-09, version 4.8* Always useful and accurate for my diabetes menus. ### 5/5 — Diabetes *2024-09-16, version 4.7* This app helps with my diabetes… it’s very easy to use ### 5/5 — Food goal *2024-07-02, version 4.7* Thank you for helping me track my food progress ### 5/5 — Incredibly Helpful *2024-06-22, version 4.7* I wish there was slightly more variety of foods at times but I can’t even express how grateful I am that this app exists. This is a must have for calorie and nutrition tracking that isn’t spoken about nearly enough. ### 5/5 — An Excellent Application For Diabetics *2024-05-23, version 4.7* Figwee is an excellent Application for people like me who are Diabetic. ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-12-14, version 4.7* I really enjoy this app. I feel it has helped manage our son’s diabetes by getting rough idea on nutrition information on foods. Just simple effective and great! ### 5/5 — Best App for Nutrition *2023-10-14, version 4.7* Useful and helpful in tracking carbs for diabetic daughter. Fantastic ### 5/5 — I love it *2023-06-08, version 4.7* It is the best app on earth --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-21.*