Cronometer alternatives

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1. [R1] Cronometer 2/5 · US Lots of bugs since update: Constant crashes, multi year user. Please fix.
2. [R3] Cronometer 3/5 · US Very Buggy: I like this app but before I lay down money on the paid version they need to work out the bugs on the free version. It freezes a lot. Macro ratios dont update or match between views. It also does this weird “wipe” or blank screen every time you update macros or other info that is annoying.
3. [R15] Cronometer 3/5 · US Great but Glitchy App: I love the features of Cronometer. It makes tracking macros much easier. My issue is that every time I make an entry a blank white box pops up. Usually it goes away on its own. But today, as I try to update my macros, every time I enter information, the white box comes up and stays. I can’t do anything when it’s on the screen except shut down the app after each change to m
4. [R24] Cronometer 3/5 · GB Decent: Very good app feature-wise but jesus christ does it crash 90% of the time you use the barcode scanner. Makes it impossible to accurately create recipes.
5. [R18] Cronometer 3/5 · GB Great app but too many ads: I downloaded Cronomerer because I got annoyed by MyFitnessPal for changing their UI. The app is great as a tool but the full screen ads have become more and more frequent which doesn’t work for me. Frequent and intrusive ads were the reason I deleted Wordle which I was addicted to but that was not enough to keep me using it so I’m just saying that MFP don’t have full sc
6. [R19] Cronometer 2/5 · US Too many ads and pop ups: I used to love this app but the ads and pop ups are out of control
7. [R31] Cronometer 1/5 · US Ruined by Ads: I switched to this app a long time ago when MFP ran ads and I enjoyed the run. Started using it again recently and every time I feel productive about adding my foods, it shows an ad and KILLS my productivity.
8. [R33] Cronometer 3/5 · GB The ads: I understand the free version needs to have ads to keep it free but lately it’s getting too excessive. It used to be perfect, I would get a couple of ads a day when using it, now I get 1 or 2 ads every time I use the app. Otherwise it’s a great app.
9. [R9] Cronometer 3/5 · US New colors suck: I've been using this app on and off for many many years. I get that the color change is because maybe people felt 'judged' because the fat metric was in red. But the new colors are all too pastel and similar. It makes it very difficult to see at a glance what you have eaten or burned that day. You should at least give us a choice of color palate. Bring back the old colors!!
10. [R10] Cronometer 2/5 · US New "dot" design is cluttered and unintuitive.: I now have to go through every macro and micro to get rid of the new dot design for unassigned nutrients. I use to be able to check my daily intake at a glance, and now I can't. Pointless and unhelpful.
11. [R16] Cronometer 1/5 · US Bad color change and they won’t change it back/allow us to change custom colors: I get some apps change themes overtime, functionally it’s the same in terms of inputting data, but it is too hard to read now. Flat out they made it difficult to read and follow along with what you are reading. They seem pretty responsive on Reddit/social media and they aren’t changing it in the near future. I really
12. [R22] Cronometer 1/5 · US New colors are terrible: How are we supposed to read these? Just give us the option to change it back or choose a theme.
13. [R13] Cronometer 1/5 · US If you want SIMPLE -: This is not the app. I just wanted something to count my daily calories -that’s it. - simple - I don’t need to know what Arby’s, Sonci or any other commercial place has - I want simple by ingredient - THIS IS NOT IT it is actually easier to use google intelligence or ChatGPT tell it what you ate - ask for the calories and go -
14. [R21] Cronometer 3/5 · GB Certain common foods still not fully: Requested they get measurements for nettles and dandelions years ago… years later… they still haven't done it. It's frustrating as they are free foods in every British garden but I can’t log them so I have to buy other greens instead.
15. [R30] Cronometer 3/5 · GB Not many UK brands: I tried this app because I wanted a simple way to check micro nutrients. However, none of the brands I use are in the database. It’s not too difficult to add them but you only get information on macros, not micros and you are tied into the packaging portion size. For tracking macros, nutracheck has a better database for the UK.
16. [R36] Cronometer 3/5 · GB Needs a better food database: I really like this app, it looks great and gives you all the information you want but for me the food database is woefully inadequate. I live in France and it just doesn’t cut it for me. Sadly it looks like I’m going to have to go back to you know who, where I’ve never had a problem finding the food I want either English or French
17. [R6] Cronometer 3/5 · US Good Potential: Quirky app. Not able to login sometimes on an iphone. On an Ipad it will rotate to portrait on it’s own. Adding daily items will not also work (very frustrating). No feature to photograph a meal and let it decipher (I would rarely use this but when dining out it’s very useful. No ability to easily track hours not eating (IF) this should be easily added.
18. [R7] Cronometer 2/5 · US Doesn’t do as advertised: This app doesn’t do as it was advertised to me. It said we can track insulin, it can but lists just insulin. The food logging is horrible. Very little customizable displays, they put data out there that they deem you would like, it you don’t like it or like where it is too bad. There is no trial period! I wish I knew that before I dropped the $60 on this app. Find a
19. [R28] Cronometer 1/5 · US Can’t create a new food anymore on web version: I’ve been logging foods in Cronometer for almost 16 months, and a recent update introduced a frustrating issue on the web version. Previously, if I searched for a food that didn’t exist, I could immediately choose “Create New Food.” Now, the search always returns partial matches, even when the exact food doesn’t exist, so the option to create a new
20. [R34] Cronometer 1/5 · US Doesn’t sync weight from Apple health: Basic feature that doesn’t work, bad look for a supposed premium app
21. [R58] MyFitnessPal 5/5 · US Long term use: I’ve been using this app for almost 14 years, it is still has the best, most accurate nutrition data base. I like having my historic tracking data for reference.
22. [R61] MyFitnessPal 5/5 · US One of the best: This is one of the best calorie tracking apps I’ve used so far. I’ve never been a fan of tracking calories because it always seemed like such a burden; down to every single bite of food. Even at one point I terribly miscalculated my calories and had no energy, and no menstrual cycle. But this was really easy to use and it was free with very minimal in app pay options. Which was gr
23. [R62] MyFitnessPal 3/5 · US Bad update - early June: I’ve been using MyFitnessPal for about two years, but the recent layout changes have made the app difficult to use. The interface is no longer intuitive, and I find myself spending extra time just trying to log my meals, when I’m already unmotivated to log my calories. Because of this, I would no longer recommend the app to others. One major issue is how meals are display
24. [R64] MyFitnessPal 4/5 · US Nearly perfect again: I was so frustrated with the last UI update I almost gave up on using the app. Thankfully the latest update changes the food diary to a much more condensed view so I don’t need to scroll to see what I’ve eaten. Much easier to share with others as needed. Instead of 2-3 screenshots per meal now it’s one screenshot for two meals. If they had a public API for writing food entrie
25. [R66] Lose It! 5/5 · US Use it to Lose It!: An excellent tool to guide/assist/track your journey to a healthy lifestyle. I’ve been using it semi-regularly since 2011, so 15 years! It’s gotten more and more sophisticated over time and now offers a wealth of information to help you manage your weight and overall health and fitness. I highly recommend it.
26. [R67] Lose It! 3/5 · US Bummed with new UI: I use this over my fitness pal because of the simplicity and flexibility of the entries. New UI makes it harder to see what you need to see and now I find myself in long scrolls to enter in the grams instead of just being able to type the number.
27. [R69] Lose It! 5/5 · US Lose it: If you’re really serious about losing weight, this app will help you do it can’t say enough good things
28. [R71] Lose It! 1/5 · US Greed: It was amazing at the start and their Greed now is insufferable wdym I can’t scan my food now and can’t look at my Marcos
29. [R79] Cal AI 1/5 · US Money grab: I’m truly disappointed. I never leave reviews for anything but this is another level of pathetic. I couldn’t even finish setting up the app because it has you sign up for the paid subscription.
30. [R80] Cal AI 5/5 · US 5 star: Works really well helped me lose weight I will recommend
31. [R81] Cal AI 3/5 · US Synch issues: I really like this app after using MyFitnessPal for years I tried Cal AI and I really like it a lot. The issue is the sync to apple health is unreliable. It syncs some entries and not others. so until they figure that out I’m going back to my fitness pal
32. [R82] Cal AI 2/5 · US Freezes a lot: I give this app a 2, it’s great when it works but it’s freezes constantly. Please fix the freezing problem!!
33. [R93] Calorie Counter 2/5 · US Free version is glitchy: Every time I open the app it has deleted my previous entries. I’ve added today’s meals 3 times. Why would I pay for premium if I have to keep re-adding what I’ve already logged?
34. [R94] Calorie Counter 5/5 · US Best Manager: This tool is a great way to track and manage your nutrition! So many options. Give it some time and check out all the features. Once you become comfortable with it, it’s a great educational tool to understand what’s going in your body.
35. [R95] Calorie Counter 3/5 · US Great app but one issue: Only getting 3 stars because they constantly update the ui when it’s not needed. They make the ui more complicated and change it constantly. Whenever I get used to it they change the ui again and make it worse.
36. [R97] Calorie Counter 5/5 · US Help me alot many thanks: Thank you for this helpful app , i do appreciate it.
37. [R107] BitePal 1/5 · US Will continue charging: I deleted my entire account and they are still trying to charge me. I’ve blocked future payments from my bank but beware! There’s no response to try to rectify this
38. [R109] BitePal 3/5 · US Not quite what I expected: Honestly, I would’ve been better off just staying with a free version. I’ve seen so many reviews and videos on this and thought it was the way to go. Thinking that this is an AI app I figured it would be over the top with help figuring all the nutrition for foods and boy was I wrong. Unless you’re actually scanning the label which is a nice option you’re not gonna get ac
39. [R110] BitePal 1/5 · US Unauthorized charges: Unable tocancle beware!
40. [R111] BitePal 5/5 · US Awesome: Easy to use!
41. [R8] Cronometer 5/5 · US Best health app out there: I love being able to see how I’m doing with my nutrition goals, even down to specific minerals and vitamins.
42. [R11] Cronometer 5/5 · US All the biometrics: You can monitor all your biometrics. Everything. And if you have the paid version you can get suggestions on the nutrients you may need. Finally. A good app and at a decent price.
43. [R12] Cronometer 3/5 · US THIS APP IS THE 🐐: I’ve used this app for ~6 years with varied consistency, different goals, diets, and hrt. It’s probably the MOST comprehensive and customizable FREE fitness+nutrition tracker. What initially stood out to me was micronutrient tracking which idk any free app that does (or even paid!). But it’s so so important. I feel FANTASTIC when I’m hitting at least 40/50% RDI on micros. I wo
44. [R44] Cronometer 4/5 · US Helps with controlling minerals and nutrients.: This is helpful in making sure you are eating healthy. The database is full of foods so it makes it easier to log.
45. [R2] Cronometer 5/5 · US Best free cal tracker that also has free scanner: It has a free barcode scanner basically everything you need and can create quick profiles for unknown food items for free with your cammera