Quick and simple to the point. What’s the best app in order to keep track of what you’re eating everyday. When I say best I mean friendly user interface, accurate and (possibly) free? Is my fitness pal really the superior or are there other sleepers out there?
While I do not find the user interface to be the best, I have switched my daily tracking from MyFitnessPal to Cronometer and much prefer it. While MyFitnessPal does undoubtedly have a better user interface and a greater ease of use, Cronometer has a larger and more accurate database of nutritional information. Its ability to track macronutrients sets it far above MyFitnessPal, in my opinion.
I like fat secret the most tbh. It allows me to see my potassium and sodium too which is a huge plus for me as i like to do the 3:2 sodium potassium ratio and this app allows me to view that fairly easily. I still wish micronutrients were available to chart but as we know most food labels don’t even have more than like 2-4 micronutrients listed
I use Cronometer. The interface is great in that it offers mobile and desktop versions. There is a free version and a paid version. I can’t tell you what the free version entails because the paid version is $4 a month = $50 a year. A very reasonable price to pay, IMO. Cronometer’s database is secure, as you cannot just ‘add’ a food. It must be approved by the staff and added by them. I have found that the calories are off on some of the foods because it doesn’t use straight macros for its calculations, so it takes fiber and sugar alcohols into consideration. It’s not terrible, but if you are someone that is tracking macros extremely close for any variety of reasons, it’s annoying. You can always scan and edit a version of the food to make it more accurate, if needed. The paid version offers great reporting to help with feedback on your diet, and it offers food suggestions to get you where you need to be if you are looking for specific calories/macros. It’s easy to create recipes, import recipes (I think these are in the paid version only) and creat custom macro targets. It’s a good app…but I can only speak to the paid version because that’s all I’ve ever had.
I’ve been using LoseIt recently and find it quite capable. It’s $40 for the year but you get a week free first to see if you like it. I LOVE that I can scan barcodes of foods to automatically enter food I’ve eaten. I also like that I can quickly glance at my overall intake for the day or break it down into macros (ie: if I’m on “fat” it will show me what I ate that day and how much fat was in each item; super handy for when you’re trying to fine-tune your food choices).
It’s not the most intuitive interface but that’s because it gives you so much data. I’m sure the more I play around with it the easier and faster it will be to analyze my data.
Fwiw, I hate MFP. Their food database is corrupt with inaccurate entries.
MFP is the standard, but I have found myself most enjoying macrofactor. It has a less cluttered interface and food list, and I appreciate the additional metrics it gives. It is paid only, but at this point MFP may as well be too.