Crippled by the UI
UPDATE: Developer restored mY account to previous UI. The app once again has all the expected features of a tracking app plus the parrot AI.
I loved this up until the latest changed to the UI. It no longer shows how many grams of food are logged; it only shows the macros. It removed my saved recipes and meals. I also can’t copy a previous entry to today. I did use the AI logging but I also relied on having access to verified information. Disappointed after 2 years of use.
I loved this up until the latest changed to the UI. It no longer shows how many grams of food are logged; it only shows the macros. It removed my saved recipes and meals. I also can’t copy a previous entry to today. I did use the AI logging but I also relied on having access to verified information. Disappointed after 2 years of use.
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Response from developer
Hi Please email me so I can sort this for you - scott@parrotpal.com
Not working right anymore
It was working fine until the new update. Now everytime I try putting in a food, it gives me an error message!
Lose weight
Be good to see change
New Layout
The new update is awful, took away lots of good features and being able to copy foods. Will not be renewing because of this!
K
Such a waste of time, stop making very app paid .
Beware Free Trial
Seems to try the app you're forced to sign up to a free trial. I tried several times to bypass it and eventually had to commit to the trial. If you don't cancel immediately you're charged £40 after 7 days. Very poor!
Uninstalled 5 mins later...
Uninstalled 5 mins later...
Was great
Loved it at first, but 6 months in and it seems to be losing its ability to read nutritional labels and barley scans anything. I have done an app update today and it’s wiped all my data, but not my information or targets.
Doesn’t work
The app fails with a lost network connection message and doesn’t log anything.
Lacklustre UI, inaccurate by nature, unresponsive support
Great concept for app but falls short on a number of fronts. Unintuitive UI. No dark mode (hello 2015). Unresponsive support. Better options out there, notably MacroFactor and LoseIt
Jesus Christ, half an hour of questioning to then be told it’s £40 quid a year
No thank, how about not wasting peoples time, I am not paying 40 quid a year to track calories, and no body should, just go back to my fitness pal and educate your self on food, track for free, these people trying to fleece people is ridiculous, £40 lol
Nice tracker
I’ve enjoyed this app for months and it already helped me to lose 6kg in very gentle and thoughtful way. But recently something went wrong and now 2/3 of the food I log is logged with 0 calories and I have to retry several times.
Weight lose
Hoping to get to my goal and stop Manjaro
Review
I’ve used parrot pal in the past and am looking forward to using it again
DO NOT GET
Honestly please save your money, although this app puts your calories higher than MyFitness Pal the app it’s self isn’t there. It really struggles to find items. Even when you use the AI function it’s wrong most of the time
What happened?
I had to reload my app, lost all data (14 months), every food I log in shows less protein, cals etc than it actually has (?) I used to edit values before - now not possible (?). Only quantity remains editable. Then I used to saved those in “saved food” - not see it any more (?) Am missing something or things changed for worse.
Totally unusable now…
Totally unusable now…
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Brilliant app
I’ve used a few different calorie apps and this is by far the best one I’ve used. The interface is easy to navigate but there are how to videos if help is needed. Being able to type, talk or snap a photo to log meals is amazing and a great feature. It takes so much stress out of food logging. And seeing all the macros and steps in an easy place, also great. Add that with the exercise parts, the podcasts and the community groups, all the support you need is there in one place. It offers so much more than other apps and the price after the trial is a fraction of what others cost.
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Not free
Another monthly subscription based app. Got all the way through setting up my goals etc then after putting in my email the next page was free trial then a charge after that.
Game changer
Well what can I say, for me this has been an absolute game changer. I am 9 weeks in and can honestly say I feel so much better, my clothes are looser, I’m sleeping better my energy has improved and my mental health is so much more positive.
This app can be as little or as much as you want. You can use it to track food in so many different ways there really is no excuse to not track everything that you eat, it will track your steps, you can add your water intake and it can help you get started with resistance training, there are podcasts to help you understand the psychology around why we do what we do and get practical advice from those in the know.
The thriving online support network is there to offer advice and support when you feel like giving up, giving you that boost to pick yourself up regardless of how far you might have gone.
I have tried loosing weight before and lost and put on again more time than I like to admit, but this just works.
If you’re wondering whether to give it a go I can only say yes! Be honest, track everything and trust the process.
This app can be as little or as much as you want. You can use it to track food in so many different ways there really is no excuse to not track everything that you eat, it will track your steps, you can add your water intake and it can help you get started with resistance training, there are podcasts to help you understand the psychology around why we do what we do and get practical advice from those in the know.
The thriving online support network is there to offer advice and support when you feel like giving up, giving you that boost to pick yourself up regardless of how far you might have gone.
I have tried loosing weight before and lost and put on again more time than I like to admit, but this just works.
If you’re wondering whether to give it a go I can only say yes! Be honest, track everything and trust the process.
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Lots to like!
There’s a lot to like about this app. I love tracking with the voice note option and the text style features - it really makes tracking so very easy. And the photo input is surprisingly quite accurate! I’ve been using for a few months now, and have been hoping an app update would fix some of the features that are lacking. For example, editing the quantity of a food is really clunky. It would be so great if you could edit with grams rather than 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 etc. Also when editing a good, you can only edit the calories and protein - not how many grams you’ve had. If this was fixed I’d be giving 4-5 stars for sure.
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Great App
Tried a few different calorie counters but this really hits the mark. Everything is explained and whilst looking complicated at first glance it become self explanatory and with it becomes second nature to track what you’re eating, I’m amazed at the accuracy from taking a photo to everything being logged with macros just seconds later. Started with the trial and now a life member, absolutely brilliant 5*.
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