scabbiaza
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9 years ago I also analyzed android apps and here is what I found:
Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myfitnesspal.android 700 000+ users and it has banners. omg
Oh, they all are so overwhelmed: recipes, articles, friends, news. Look: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sparkpeople.androidtracker
My Diet Diary Calorie Counter https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.medhelp.mydiet
I like motivations photos in background (motivational photos, but not the super slim girls or mens with big muscles, the last like saying: look at me, you loser!). They also have not only calorie input, but also how much calories you burn during the day. But as I wrote before: we will not waste time on it. Yes, user can fill it for one or two days, but then he will stop use this application.
Calorie counter https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adcoms.CalorieCounter This one is very similar on our future app. But with bad design :)
I like this review for this app: This will keep me counting calories because it's not a glitchy, slow, and sends error Messages.
or this That's all I needed. I don't know why this was so hard to find.
Calorie Tracker: Stay On Track https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aarontennyson.calorietracker
This one is also simple, but idea to use meal name instead of time is bad idea. I tried: doesn't work.
Fast Calorie Counter https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aimx.android.fastcaloriecounter.free
You can only add or remove calories with minimal range in 50 Kcal. Шngeniously! I was thinking to do the same. Currently in my own diary I use 50Kcal rounding.
Agree with this comment: Perfect You may think you need more... In practice you do not..:-)
Calorie Counter https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ikdong.calorie
Another simple app similar to our.
ivan-kleshnin
What is wrong with existing solutions?
1) They are overwhelmed with unnecessary stuff. Look at this screenshot:
This solution doesn't help users to focus (btw focus is the main thing to achieve the goals) and it's trying to steal my time with all this community, articles, etc. Don't you think the users will eat muffins by reading all this stuff and will forget to add it to your program?
2) They force you to add too much information. Often you need to describe ALL products in your meal and how much of this products you have eaten. If you have 3-4 meals per day you will need a lot of time for filling all this info. I (user) don't want to spend for this more then 3 minutes per day!
3) They pretend to be very accurate, but in reality they don't. And 500 000+ databases with food doesn't save them.
Let's say you have eaten the burger and need to add this to your food diary. What you will do when you see this:
You start thinking: so what exactly burger I had? Generic or large? With cheese or not? If I made burger by myself, I definitely will not found it any food database.
And what about local food? When I tried to use USA food database, I didn't find any ukranian traditional meals.
Summary: forget about food database. They don't help to to indicate how many calories was in your meal. Btw, it's much easier to see how many calories in a burger was by looking at its' label.
4) Often they also force you to create own meals and to do it you need to fill proteins, carbs, vitamins, etc. Why? Are you sure next time you will use the same proportions? The same products? People are not boring!
5) I want to use this program on all devices, online and offline.