Cronometer vs Lose It!

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [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
2. [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
3. [R62] 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.
4. [R65] 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
5. [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.
6. [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
7. [R63] 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.
8. [R70] Lose It! 2/5 · US Navigation: Navigation on the iPhone is horrible.
9. [R1] Cronometer 2/5 · US Lots of bugs since update: Constant crashes, multi year user. Please fix.
10. [R64] Lose It! 1/5 · US New update just freezing: Every time I try to edit or delete an item from yesterday’s meals, the whole thing freezes for 10+ seconds (or entirely). Lose It! has had lagging problems for several years (as a long-time paid user), but this makes it unusable.
11. [R78] Lose It! 3/5 · US Pretty good: The software is extremely slow if you try to go back and check previous days food intake or when you try to go back to a previous days meal to duplicate a meal. It stalls for a long periods of time.
12. [R73] Lose It! 1/5 · US Free version used to be good: Lose it was a great app until the company got greedy. They began taking all the features you could use for free for years and transitioning them to the paid only. The best feature was being able to scan barcodes. This is no longer an option for free users and it definitely takes the app from perfect to trash.
13. [R76] Lose It! 1/5 · US Used to be perfect: This app used to be exactly what some of us needed in an app. Now that the barcode scanner is only available on the paid version it gets a 1 star review.
14. [R30] Cronometer 3/5 · US Great customer service: I faithfully track everything and it’s easy to do. However I have noticed on some items the calorie count is different from the labels. It might not be off by a lot, but it doesn’t match. Their customer service is very helpful.
15. [R42] Cronometer 3/5 · US Good concept but sloppy programming, poor execution, lack of useful customer service.: Cronometer is probably the best nutrient tracker out there but the company has quite a way to go before it is remotely world class. Programming is very frustrating and unfriendly on anything custom, measurements units are non standard and crazy across foods, no noticeable continuous programming improvement or m
16. [R77] Lose It! 5/5 · US Stellar Support: I have been using LoseIt! and absolutely love it. I recently ran into an issue, self-inflicted, where only my iPhone had historical data - the rest had data as of last week. I give the support team highest marks. It took a while to diagnose and then fix, but we got there. They kept me in the loop and communications were clear. I now have all platforms, iPhone, iPad and web synce
17. [R104] Lose It! 5/5 · US Love It!: I’ve been using Lose It! since 2011 but seriously and daily since 2019. It has helped me keep on track with my food choices, my macros, my weight, my sleep, my water… I rely on it to stay on the beam with my food plan. I never miss a day and although I am in a 12 step food program where they discourage food apps because they can become obsessive, I don’t feel that Lose It! is obsessive,