Everything I was looking for
A feature that I would find helpful is if when you are inputting a food in Quick Add or Manual Entry, something would indicate how many calories the macros you have entered in so far add up to without actually auto-filling the calories field, using the 4-9-4 estimate most nutrition labels use. There is a greyed out 0 in the calories field, and if that updated to a greyed out 40 after entering 10g of carbs, that would be incredible.
But I have zero complaints and plan to support the developer!
Response from developer
Hi, thanks so much for such positive feedback, I really appreciate it! I love your suggestion for gently auto-calculating the calories from the macros in the Quick Add and Manual Entry, I will look in to working this in to the app!
Better than Most!
Response from developer
Thanks so much for the positive feedback, it means a lot!
Really bad app
Response from developer
Hi, Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately the data that I am able to get from barcode scans is currently limited to what we get back from OpenFoodFacts. I use it because it’s free but the data is crowdsourced by users and I’m learning it’s typically not great for US based users. The next update (coming soon) will expand barcode scanning to USDA FoodData which should be better for US users. In the meantime you can select this DB in ‘Search Foods’ where you may have better luck. I apologise for the poor experience in this case but if you liked anything else about the app at all I’d really appreciate if you’d reconsider the 1 star review, or if you’d like to try again after the next update I’d appreciate that too. Otherwise thank you for taking the time to try the app and for leaving feedback. Thomas
Scanner is way off
Response from developer
Hi Blergz, I appreciate the feedback. The data we get from scanned barcodes comes from the OpenFoodFacts database which relies on user submitted values, so unfortunately it's only as good as the data that gets entered to it. It is usually accurate in my experience but it may be less so for US food. I use it because it's free, and it allows me to keep the app free too. The diary entry will default to 100g / 1g when there's no serving size available from the database. I am actively searching for ways to improve this. If there's anything else you did like about the app, I'd appreciate you reconsidering the 1 star review, but I understand if not. Thanks for taking the time to try it out and let me know if there's anything else I can do.
