Fantastic and easy to use!
After following The Fitness Chef for a while and loving his funny, honest and extremely helpful content, I didn’t hesitate to sign up to his new app!
It’s everything I was looking for and so much more. It’s really easy use (after a day or two of exploring how everything works) and is helping me greatly with tracking all of my calories and sticking to my goals.
The huge range of recipes are incredible too. I have made quite a few recipes in the last two weeks and so far the Tex-Mex Beef and Rice is my favourite. I cannot wait to try out more.
I had one small issue last week and the customer service emailed me back within hours and helped me solve the issue quickly.
The app is truly worth every penny, I love it.
It’s everything I was looking for and so much more. It’s really easy use (after a day or two of exploring how everything works) and is helping me greatly with tracking all of my calories and sticking to my goals.
The huge range of recipes are incredible too. I have made quite a few recipes in the last two weeks and so far the Tex-Mex Beef and Rice is my favourite. I cannot wait to try out more.
I had one small issue last week and the customer service emailed me back within hours and helped me solve the issue quickly.
The app is truly worth every penny, I love it.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for your incredible review!
Nope
You can’t even try it out without giving up your personal info for the “free trial” that will automatically renew for $19.99 a month. That’s a huge NOPE. I don’t care how good it is, I won’t be giving up my info before I have even seen the Home Screen.
Response from developer
Hi there, Thanks for your input. Firstly, you get a 14-day free trial which enables you to experience premium features in the app to see fit it's a good fit for you. Secondly, in order for us to generate your personalised targets for your goal we need to gather information during onboarding. Thanks :)
Could be amazing
I love Graham and his recipes. Unfortunately I’m just using the app for recipes. It doesn’t automatically pull in my sleep or weight from the health app. If I miss a day I can add weight but sleep not logged. Seems pointless as you can’t see sleep history anyway. I am still using MyFitnessPal for food logging as I just can’t do it in this app it’s too difficult. Eg, I might drink 238g soya milk I want to log that in 1g increments not nearest 250g. I’m also dairy free. I use the recipes and adapt them but I’m clueless how to log it without doing everything individually. Pros you can choose own weight and macros + targets are sensible. I’m still paying for now in case improvements for logging are made. It’s not bad but could be brilliant
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Response from developer
Hi there! Thanks for your feedback. In the next couple of weeks we'll have sleep, activity and weight metrics directly available to sync from smart devices as well as steps. You can see your sleep history by tapping the analytics. In food logging, did you can enter a custom amount of grams for any food you wish? So instead of having to scroll through 1g increments on others apps you can simply type '238' in the box to log your soya milk to log it quickly and accurately on The Fitness Chef.
Worth It
I appreciate this guy’s balanced approach to food. He has been a huge part of healing my own woundedness with a necessary human activity. So grateful the internet brings him across the ocean to me.
Response from developer
That's very kind :)
Problem with recipe feature
I just downloaded this app - very excited as I love the videos I’ve watched - so sane and funny. I put into settings that I’m pescatarian. The problem is that then it ONLY shows me recipes with fish. I wanted some breakfast options and clicked “porridge,” and there were no recipes (because thankfully, there are no porridge recipes with fish). I switched it to vegetarian, and then I got MANY nice breakfast options. Is there a way to fix this?
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Macros Not Visible
Been using the app for two days and I like it so far. Helping me with some accountability and opening the eyes to my macro breakdown. Going to try some recipes soon.
Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for your review! Delighted to help!
Nope
You can’t even try it out without giving up your personal info for the “free trial” that will automatically renew for $19.99 a month. That’s a huge NOPE. I don’t care how good it is, I won’t be giving up my info before I have even see the Home Screen.
Wouldn’t let me log in
I downloaded this 2 weeks ago and was getting familiar with it. Signed up for the free trial, which would have automatically renewed tomorrow, March 8th. Tried to get use the recipes on it today, got booted out and could not get re-logged in. Nothing worked. Reset my password, still couldn’t get
Logged in. Kept getting an error message to “check my credentials” with not guidance on where or what to check. Cancelled my subscription renewal and removed the app. Maybe it doesn’t work well in the US?
Logged in. Kept getting an error message to “check my credentials” with not guidance on where or what to check. Cancelled my subscription renewal and removed the app. Maybe it doesn’t work well in the US?
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Response from developer
We are sorry you're experiencing these issues. Please contact support@fitnesschef.uk
Can’t even log in
Downloaded the app and chose the 14 day free trial to be followed by a years membership option. Completed my profile set up five times now and I can’t get any further. I can’t cancel my free trial because it’s not coming up in my Apple subscriptions, I can’t access the app to get a customer service contact email address. Every time I access the app I have to redo my profile and it won’t let me go any further than the “restore purchase” page which, when I click on, says I have no purchase despite me having a confirmation email.
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It’s good but the images..
I enjoy the app and the recipes…but the problem I have is all the images of the food is AI generated and it’s a little off putting…
Very inspiring
Been on my free trial for a week now & really enjoying. It’s like a breath of fresh air using this after some of the restricted plans I’ve previously done.
Only okay so far
I’m on a trial with the app at the moment, and it’s mostly good. But the measurements are fairly restrictive. I wish we had the option to choose spoons or cups for things like sugar or syrup etc. as it’s only offered in grams which is more faff to measure.
Be nice if they just gave us all the measurements regardless of food category. The decimal thing is annoying.
It seems to link to my Fitbit but yet it doesn’t log the exercise I do at gym from my watch. So I then have to log everything individually, which is a pain. Who has time for that?!
So for me, it’s just not worth the money just yet. I’m sure it’ll get there
Be nice if they just gave us all the measurements regardless of food category. The decimal thing is annoying.
It seems to link to my Fitbit but yet it doesn’t log the exercise I do at gym from my watch. So I then have to log everything individually, which is a pain. Who has time for that?!
So for me, it’s just not worth the money just yet. I’m sure it’ll get there
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Beware
The app is good, but beware, you won’t be able to cancel your subscription, support won’t respond.
Response from developer
Hi there, Firstly, you will always be able to cancel your membership. If you sign up via the app store you can manage your subscription via your subscriptions in your device settings. If you sign up via the website all you need to do is log into your account on the website and manage your subscription. Thanks :)
Love It
I discovered him on Facebook and heard he has an app so got it
Response from developer
Thanks for downloading! Hope you're still enjoying the app!
Waste of time
Got to input loads of stuff to get started then when you are ready BAM pay up or log out, how about putting the mandatory payment as first option.
Purchases
It’s a great app don’t get me wrong. But they should have some free things to access. It’s good. But is it $15 a month good?
Biggest load of rubbish
Wouldn’t bother. The app is slow and frequently doesn’t load.
Take away
I emailed them as there is no take away calories
I got a response to say use fake away????? I want calories for if I have an Indian but to be told look on another site and use that
Don’t waste you money I’m going back to nutracheck
I got a response to say use fake away????? I want calories for if I have an Indian but to be told look on another site and use that
Don’t waste you money I’m going back to nutracheck
Ok but not great. Period tracker should be optional.
Personally I found the app overly complicated and clunky to use. Apps like fitpal are easier to use and I find the tracking of your calories to be easier to use.
I also feel very strongly that the period tracking system should be an opt in/opt out system, rather than a blanket “Oh you’re a woman you need to track your period” what about trans women or women who do not have periods such as those who have gone through the menopause or hysterectomies. We don’t all want to track our monthly cycles.
I didn’t use it but I also couldn’t work out how to turn the period tracker off. I don’t think it really brings anything to the table for me personally.
I also feel very strongly that the period tracking system should be an opt in/opt out system, rather than a blanket “Oh you’re a woman you need to track your period” what about trans women or women who do not have periods such as those who have gone through the menopause or hysterectomies. We don’t all want to track our monthly cycles.
I didn’t use it but I also couldn’t work out how to turn the period tracker off. I don’t think it really brings anything to the table for me personally.
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Response from developer
Hi there! You can remove the period tracker from your dashboard by editing your dashboard in settings :)
Do not subscribe!
I downloaded this app last year having followed The Fitness Chef for some time on social media. Having used the app for several months on the subscription I found it over complicated and clunky. As it was a new app I hoped the developer would make changes and improvements but this didn’t happen. There are better health trackers for FREE. So don’t waste your money.
Unfortunately I didn’t realise the app was on an auto renew system and ended up paying for a second year by accident. I contacted customer support explaining my situation and requested a refund and got a smug reply from them stating I should have read the terms and conditions about their auto renew policy. They have refused to refund me and have now stopped responding to any messages. Terrible customer service all round. I’d warn all user not to engage with this app, if you have any issues, they won’t assist. It’s your money they’re interested in.
Unfortunately I didn’t realise the app was on an auto renew system and ended up paying for a second year by accident. I contacted customer support explaining my situation and requested a refund and got a smug reply from them stating I should have read the terms and conditions about their auto renew policy. They have refused to refund me and have now stopped responding to any messages. Terrible customer service all round. I’d warn all user not to engage with this app, if you have any issues, they won’t assist. It’s your money they’re interested in.
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