Features suddenly behind a paywall
App went downhill
Separately from that, the AI features are mixed. When it guesses, it’s invariably *way* off. It does a very good job of reading nutrition labels as long as you are very careful to make sure to crop out any reference to what the label is for. Because if it sees the name of the food near the label, it will ignore the label and make random stuff up based on the name of the food. Also, scans cannot be edited, so if it reports 36g of carbs instead of 38g, you’re out of luck. And it names everything scanned from a nutrition label as “Unknown Item” so you can forget building up a list of common foods.
So of the two features that made this app special, they took one out and the other only half-works. I have an annual subscription but I’ve already set it not to renew.
Response from developer
Thank you for the candid feedback. I've noted all of it. On goal ranges: every goal card now measures against a single target, and that was deliberate based on years of customer feedback and support requests. I understand you aren't a fan of the new approach, but I have strong conviction the new pattern of always displaying values relative to a singular number is the right approach for the app. It introduces less cognitive load and works better for dense contexts, like widgets and Apple Watch complications. On Foodnoms AI: significant improvements are in testing now and should be available soon. One thing worth checking: a label scan should open an editable form before you save, where values can be corrected. If yours doesn't, email support@foodnoms.com and I'll sort it out. Ryan
Keeps me organized and planned
Don’t get this app
120 calories for a black coffee???
First: It’s unable to find a lot of food item by name and it tries to separate the components (You can’t tell me it’s not able to get the nutritive value of a Shepperd’s pie) even when asked in french. It’s an AI for crying out loud!
Second: 120 calories for a Tim Horton black, dark roast coffee (which the AI could not find apparently, even though Tim Horton have a web site with all nutritional values). What the heck?
How can trust an AI (at 59$/year no less) that can’t find information that’s widely available?
