
By: Nikki Nies
Being aware of what you’re eating on a regular basis is a great way to become more aware of nutritional issues and hone in on what strengths are currently in place. In such a high tech access world, utilizing pre existing tools on hand, such as one’s phone.
While, I don’t want to assume every one has a smart phone, more people do have smart phones than don’t. It’s unrealistic to think people want to carry around a food journal and write down how much they’re eating, but with many having their phones on them regularly, it’s so much easier to plug information into phone and have a quick analysis provided.
After some research on what other user’s rave about, here’s an overview of some of the more highly rated, recommended apps:
App |
Description and Features |
Apple Store Average Rating |
Additional In App Purchases |
My Fitness Pal |
- Recipe calculator—enter own recipes and calculate nutrient contents
- Includes over 3 million foods;
- Barcode scanner
- Can save and reuse entire meals
- Adds multiple items simulatenously
- Create custom foods and exercise
- Fully syncs with internet
- Track with friends!—support each other’s progress
- Track all major nutrients
|
4.5 stars |
|
Calorie Counter and Food Diary by MyNetDiary |
- Multiple servings—i.e. cups, oz, grams
- Daily Improvement Plan
- Food Check—check and compare foods while shopping and in restaurants
- Water tracking
- Built in bar code scanner
- Includes 530,000 foods entered by staff and 300,000 popular foods contributed by members
- Calculates based on age, height, weight, gender and activity level
- Calculates target calories, weight maintenance calories, BMI and BMR
|
4.5 stars |
i.e. 1 month subscription $8.99; 3 month subscription $23.99; 6 month subscription $41.99; 12 month subscription $59.99 |
Fooducate—Healthy Weight loss, Diet Tracker and Food Scanner |
- Tracks quality of calories, not just quantity
- Scans product barcode to see food’s nutrition guide (A,B, C or D)
- Add own foods to track
- Learn about pro’s and cons
- Ability to share feedback with community
- Teaches about excessive sugar, trans fat, MSG, artificial sweeteners, GMO, controversial food colorings, HFCS, additives and preservatives
- Able to personalize with carb control, health conditions (i.e. pregnancy, low cholesterol), avoid MSG, HCFS, GMOs
|
4.5 stars |
i.e. Pro–$9.99, Gluten & Allergies $14.99; Personal Weight Loss Coach $19.99; 10 Day Weight Loss Kickstart $1.99 |
GoMeals |
- Includes food tracker, activity tracker, glucose tracker, restaurant tracker and cloud sync
- Able to manage nutrition and exercise
- Calculates # of calories burned
- Includes over 20,000 restaurant items
- Ability to back up history/favorites with cloud network
|
4 stars |
|
CalorieKing Food Search |
- Contain over 70,000 foods and 260 fast food restaurants and chains
- Provides information on protein, fiber, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium and alcohol
|
5 |
Remove Adds $1.99 |
Tap & Track—Calorie Counter |
- Contains large offline food database—over 500,000 foods, 700 restaurants, 2000 food brands
- Has 40:30:30 “pie charts” of reports
- Full screen graphs
- BMI calculator
- Tracker calories and food score; daily info on calories, fat, saturated fat, protein, carbs, sugar, sodium and fiber
- Free sync with backup and restore
- Can set diet plan and goal weight
|
4.5 stars |
|
Previously, I’ve only had experience using MyFitness Pal, but I’ve just downloaded Tap & Track and Fooducate. I’ll let you know these apps go! What apps have you had the most success with? What type of tracker do you use?
Sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifercohen/2012/08/21/the-8-best-smart-phone-apps-for-weight-loss/
http://www.redbookmag.com/health-wellness/advice/my-food-diary#slide-6
http://lifehacker.com/five-best-food-and-nutrition-tracking-tools-1084103754http://www.topapps.net/apple-ios/top-iphone-apps-for-losing-weight.html/
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