# HealthyNow — user reviews > 69 indexed App Store user reviews of HealthyNow by Cerner Corporation, rated 1.30/5 from 138 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/healthynow/id570259215/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/healthynow/id570259215.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 121 ## What do users think of HealthyNow? Overall sentiment: negative **Cons** - 🐛 Inaccurate step counts - 🐛 Food logging difficult - 🐛 Poor app navigation - 🐛 Outdated interface - 🐛 Sync issues with devices - 🐛 Frequent crashes/bugs - 🐛 Limited food entry options - 🐛 Inconsistent exercise logging - 🐛 Manual data entry required **Commonly reported bugs** - Step tracker stopped working - App crashes frequently - Doubles step counts - Does not utilize Apple Watch information - Steps from Apple Watch do not show up - App pulls total steps from all connected devices - Adds extra steps to daily total - Inflates step count when pulling from HealthKit - Food search returns irrelevant results - Exercise logging disabled randomly - Fitbit step counting disabled - App bugs out when adding entries - Step count not tracked correctly - App not maintained/updated - Cannot log in without portal code - Crashes upon launch after update - Does not import steps from HealthKit - No HealthKit integration for automatic step import - Cannot sync data from HealthKit - Doubles steps shown on Health app - Does not connect to Apple Health app data - Does not sync steps from iPhone Health app - Cannot get pin/portal code - Boots user out, won't log exercise - Does not sync well - Marketed sync to Health app does not work - Data from HealthKit is incorrect - Does not read/import steps from HealthKit properly - App appears to be mobile website - Cannot see points earned on app - Sync tracking device from app not possible - Cannot find specific foods (e.g., berries) - Filter for food does not work - Cannot track strength training on app - No option to scan food or add by calorie/nutrients - No generic food categories like 'chicken breast' - No way to track strength training on app - App crashes when trying to update anything - Cannot delete entries to update - Doesn't sync any workout/step data - Cannot get steps from RunKeeper to upload consistently - Cannot pull data from Apple WatchOS 5 and iOS 12 - Doesn't sync properly to apps that record steps - Does not work with Apple Watch - Manual input required for steps - App not user friendly - Cumbersome and outdated - Nightmare to link Apple Watch step/activity data - Manual entry is easier - Search function is useless - No option to change measurements for food - Adding food to log is tedious - No place for strength training - App won't sync properly to apps that record steps - Doesn't work for tracking exercise or syncing activity tracker - App doesn't work - Manual input of steps required - App is not intuitive - Connects to nothing - Glitchy and cumbersome - Difficult to log desired information - Many needed features are missing - Easier to use online portal - Cannot find foods on list - No option to scan or add by calorie/nutrients - Not user friendly - Mimic web version - Cannot look up points earned - Cannot sync tracking device from app - Cannot find fresh berries on list - Filter for food does not work - No means of connecting Apple Watch - App appears to be a part-time project - No update history - Cannot get pin - No way to get pin - App is the worst - Boots user out - Won't let user log exercise - Doesn't sync well - Not user friendly or intuitive - Better to tie in results from other apps - Reinventing the wheel poorly - Does not sync to Health app - Data from HealthKit is incorrect - Feature for pulling steps from Health app is missing - Manual data entry required - App is not easy to use - Takes too long to search for food/exercise - No generic food categories - No barcode scanner - No list of most used foods - No way to track strength training on app - Does not read and import steps from HealthKit properly - App appears to be mobile website - No HealthKit integration for automatic step import - Cannot sync to Health data on iPhone - Manual entry of steps required - Awful meal input - Cannot see good of app - Date format is American - Weight is in lbs - Tries to be MyFitnessPal but fails - Cannot enter food well - Cannot track exercise easily - Does not sync data from HealthKit **Most requested features** - Add barcode scanner for food - Improve food search algorithm - Allow manual calorie/nutrient entry - Add strength training tracking - Integrate with more health devices (Fitbit, Garmin, etc.) - Update app for new iOS versions/screen sizes - Add regional settings (date, weight) - Improve user interface and navigation - Add a support/FAQ section - Allow saving favorite exercises/foods - Add a dark mode option ## Newest reviews (16 of 69) ### 1/5 — The Worst *2021-03-16, version 4.0.1* This app is terrible. I have been fighting this app for the past year trying to get steps to register for my wellness portal. It’s basically stealing money from my pocket because I am not receiving monetary incentives for steps I take but not recording ### 1/5 — Atrocious *2020-03-03, version 4.0.1* This app has horrible searching algorithms. Apparently the only food that can be eaten must be branded. Hard to navigate. Doesn’t actually filter. ### 1/5 — Will this ever be updated? *2019-10-07* I called the developer company over a year ago and was told that it would be updated by the end of 2018. It's now approaching 2020. But no update. This app needs serious updating. It's been over a year since the last update. Developers, there are new screen sizes with new iPhones and FaceID. Also, please add recognition for more than just steps and weight from HealthKit, but also workouts in Apple Health. ### 1/5 — Awful *2019-10-07, version 4.0.1* Considering this is used by several multi-billion dollar company’s I expected more. This might make the cut for worst app ever used on an iPhone. ### 1/5 — App review *2019-07-31, version 4.0.1* This app is not user friendly, it takes too long to search for what you are looking for. Logging you food is not easy, I use My Fitness pall fr logging food as well as exercise which doesn’t get me the points of insurance. ### 1/5 — Useless. Doesn’t count steps accurately. *2019-05-29* This app is useless. I downloaded it to make competing in a corporate step-challenge more convenient. It did no such thing. I have worn an Apple Watch for years, and find that it’s generally accurate. The step count this app displays is DOUBLE the amount. I thought that the Apple Watch information would feed into the app, but it isn’t. I have no idea where this app is getting the step count it’s showing. Now it looks like I’m cheating in the competition, just because this app is fudging the numbers. ### 1/5 — Apple Health Sync still broken *2019-05-22, version 4.0.1* This app would sync steps from my Apple Watch back in 2017, but somewhere along the way that broke and still won’t capture step data in the wellness platform. This is the only reason I have this app and it won’t do that simple function. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Needs to be more compatible *2019-05-14* App needs to be more compatible with other electronic health devices. Like the Apple Watch, Samsung watch etc. I should not have to log what I have logged in my other health apps again, also have to manually log steps that my watch app keeps track of. (Not everyone likes or has a Fitbit.) ### 1/5 — Update please! *2019-05-08, version 4.0.1* This app has SO much potential! There isn’t one big thing that needs to be corrected. There are several small things that wouldn’t take long to fix. 1. Clean up the bugs. There are some problems I’ve ran into with the app bugging out. For instance, this morning I tried to add 15 minutes of yoga but after filling out the form and clicking add it would not allow me to add anything. It also is not currently tracking the steps taken correctly. 2. Create new entires. Everyday new foods and recipes are created all over the world. Having a generic list that says things like “baked chicken” are not going to cover it. The easy way is to allow the user to manually type in the caloric information. The other way albeit a bit harder would be to allow the app access to the phones camera thus creating a barcode scanner. Now doing either of those things is bound to lead to double entries so there would also need to be a system in place that would check for similar titles. A ONE TIME pop that says “did you mean_____?” 3. This one is a bigger one; change the layout of the app. Right now you have a block setup. Which is fine and very simple to see what you’re getting into but not always user friendly when trying to navigate deeper. By creating tabs off of a front “home screen” it would completely destroy that issue. It would also allow you to add in things like the day health tip or other quick updates! From there the user can go to the side bar and select where they want to go. The third benefit to the this method would be the ability to easily add a support tab. Which brings me to my next point. 4. In every app there should be a support tag somewhere. Even if it’s just “FAQ Commonly asked questions”. It doesn’t have to be big and fancy with a live chat or anything but maybe some links that tell you how to do certain things or a space to repot a bug. You have so much feedback in these comments. That feedback is what’s turning people away. 1.4 Stars? That’s crap. You could do so much better. Update the app and I think a lot of people will benefit from it in the future. You’re trying to create healthy lives right? With most of us being “on the go” you’re missing out on a great way to reach out to a young generation of adults that want to be healthy but don’t know how. Good luck! AND FIND A GOOD APP DEVELOPER! You know how many recent college graduates would LOVE to fix this and be able to put that down on a resume??? A lot. I know of a lot. We’re not hard to find. ### 1/5 — Just about worthless *2019-04-05, version 4.0.1* With how little this does I have no clue why they even offer this. Won’t sync with apple health, doesn’t sync to their own challenges about as worthless as an app can be. ### 1/5 — Cumbersome, Ugly, and non-functional *2019-04-05, version 4.0.1* What does this app even do? ### 1/5 — Takes forever to use this app. *2019-03-19* It takes forever to use this app for no more than it does. It takes several minutes to an hour to access your steps! Then another eternity to upload them to the Cerner Site. If I wasn’t involved in a step challenge to help lower our insurance cost, I wouldn’t use this app. ### 1/5 — Terrible! *2019-03-19* Incredibly cumbersome to use; I’ve only used (or tried to use) the food log portion of the app; the search function is useless. I tried to record that I ate an apple; the search returned “Applebee’s” and “appetizers” before giving me what I was looking for, and there’s no option to change measurements. I can’t even imagine how the rest of it works. ### 1/5 — Unimpressed *2019-01-28, version 4.0.1* Unimpressed with the functionality. Adding food to the log is tedious at best. A bar scanner would be nice. Where is the place to strength training? I use the desktop version. I don’t use the app except to add my weight. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t accurately record steps. *2019-01-09, version 4.0.1* This app won’t sync properly to any of the apps that record steps. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2018-12-18* My health insurance company wants me to use this app to track my exercise and earn cash back. Looks like they’re laughing at me because this app doesn’t work. I’ve tried and tried to log exercise or get it to talk to my activity tracker to log my steps. Neither one works. This app is terrible, unless its purpose is to keep the insurance company from having to pay up for active people. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Clumsy app *2023-04-02, version 4.0.1* Login manual entries are limited by predetermined choices, not very accurate to logged food. ### 1/5 — This app is lame *2022-12-18, version 4.0.1* What a piece crap! Trash! It crashes every time! I’m goin to uninstall now! ### 1/5 — Horrible *2022-09-09, version 4.0.1* Doubles all my step counts with my watch. Not accurate at all ### 1/5 — Does not utilize Apple Watch information *2022-05-17, version 4.0.1* I wear my Apple Watch daily. I have made sure all settings are correct. Steps from my Apple Watch do not show up in this app. They show up in every other app I use. Very disappointing. Useless. ### 1/5 — Useless *2022-03-21, version 4.0.1* They have lucky that we can’t give half of stars. I download it to get company benefits but this app have a poor quality. ### 1/5 — Hard to load *2022-01-05, version 4.0.1* If I am going to use an app it should be easy to load and use. This is not. Loaded and then promptly deleted this app. ### 1/5 — Step Count is not Accurate with Apple Watch *2021-08-23* I discovered that when I sync my steps with this app, it logs significantly more steps than what displays for the daily total in Apple’s Health Kit. This appears to be the result of a bug. Instead of pulling the daily steps from Health Kit, the app pulls the total steps from every device connected to your iPhone. So, if you go and run 3 miles with an Apple Watch on your wrist and an iPhone strapped to you arm, at the end of the day the HealthyNow app will sync 6 miles worth of steps. I was using the app to more easily upload my steps for the wellness challenge at work but after a month (when it became apparent something was off) had to go back and update each day’s data to be accurate. All I can recommend is to not use this app to log steps until they fix this. ### 1/5 — Glitchy/Buggy and Difficult to use *2021-04-30* Linked the app to my phone so it could track my steps so I don’t have to log my steps manually, but for some reason the app will add extra steps to my day. One day the app showed that I took over 18,000 steps but I really only has about 7-8,000. Also, tried tracking my calories, but it’s difficult to enter the food I’ve eaten. Too many chain restaurant meal options. I don’t dine out that often. ### 1/5 — Inaccurate step counts; No longer maintained? *2021-04-27* When pulling updates from HealthKit, HealthyNow inflates my step count greatly. It’s too bad because this app’s connectivity with my work’s wellness portal makes it really convenient to send my steps in automatically. It appears Cerner no longer maintains this app. The last App Store update was more than 4 years ago. ### 1/5 — Why? Just why? *2021-04-16* To put it bluntly, this is the only tracking app that I’ve used that is totally useless. Everything is a manual input. It supposedly links to your devices for data but it doesn’t. Food tracking is vague and difficult to use while providing no nutritional information. It doesn’t alert you of challenges because you have to sign up through your computer. A mobile app is a complete waste since it doesn’t do anything. I am trying to figure out why I even have this on my phone. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — No problems here! ❤️ *2018-08-23* Tonight I downloaded the app, got the info I needed from my work site and was able to log in easily! I had just registered for a class on my work site, and when I logged into the app, my registered class was there! Will be nice to have this info handy on my I pro (: ### 3/5 — Enjoyed it Until the Step Tracker Stopped *2023-03-09* I have enjoyed this app. I wish there was a way to add in a food item in the calorie tracker. That feature can feel a little limited but I made it work. I haven’t been able to use the step tracker for a long while now. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app but it wasn’t fixed. Any help would be most appreciated. ☺️ ### 3/5 — Outdated *2018-12-03, version 4.0.1* Would be great to see an update! ### 2/5 — Inconsistent & inflexible *2019-08-04, version 4.0.1* This app is borderline useless. You can log something in one day and the next that exercise has been disabled. The app previously allowed counting steps with my Fitbit but it was “disabled by administrator” 3 months ago with zero explanation! ### 2/5 — This app *2018-10-02* This app is not user friendly at all. It’s very outdated and cumbersome. But hey, it’s what they are giving state of Kansas employees to use for free so you know it’s not going to be the best. They are going to find the most mediocre lowest cost thing possible. You cannot easily interface with other health apps that actually work well such as Myfitnesspal and its a nightmare to link your Apple Watch step and activity data. You might as well manually enter everything. Good job Cerner and State of Kansas (Sarcasm intended.) ### 2/5 — No regional settings *2016-06-24* Date is set out the American way round and weight is in lbs. pretty basic but it does pull weight and step data from the iPhone health app. --- *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 2026-08-17.*