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Fab app! Only two tweaks needed...

I am using this app alongside loosely following Slimming World (using an old membership pack, not attending meeting or paying their fees). It’s been really helpful in helping me understand exactly what I am eating, and tempering the free foods allowed by SW by providing a reality check as to how many calories I am consuming each day. The exercise diary is good, I should probably use it more! The motivation emails and rosettes are keeping me on track. Adding in my own recipes has really simplified my diarising efforts. Adding a new scanned food, which I have had to do twice, is straight forward enough.

The nutrition interfaces with the health app on my iPhone, but the weigh in’s and measurements do not- I think this is something that could be improved but as I am only doing waist measurement and weigh in, it hasn’t beeen too much of a burden. The addition of a notes area each day would be an excellent addition as well and would help us to recall why we might’ve eaten what on which day. I do find that, nearly five weeks into using the app, I am relying on it more than the SW philosophy as I’ve lost a stone during that time by sticking to the calorie levels prescribed by the app and not looking so much at free foods and Syns.

Great App, but just a few tweaks and it would be even better!

I’ve moved to this app from MyFitnessPal as it was more UK based. The app itself is great, there’s lots of options to track eating out which can always be an effort, and UK based measurements makes things much easier. My only two negatives are it’s not very easy when using it alongside someone else. For instance, my partner cooks and we both like to track, but in order for me to input the same meal, he has to save it in his meals, airdrop it, then I go into my meals and add it. And sometimes I don’t want a million and one random meals in ‘My meals’. Also MFP allowed you to make one meal and simply add how many servings it made (e.g Lasagna - 4 servings”. If you fancied this for dinner you simply have to add in and say ‘one serving’ and it will work it out for you. This app will let you add ‘a meal’ but it wants you to either enter the entire recipe (for the 4 portions) or go in and work out what 1/4 would be. Also if you make a dinner and want a portion for leftovers the day after, you can’t copy a “Dinner” to a “Lunch”. Only another Dinner slot, which means you have to add it to ‘Saved Meals’ etc which is a lot of effort when I simply want to scan and cook and preempt the next days lunch. Like I say, good app but a few tweaks needed to say it’s paid!

Awesome!

We have lost 2 stone using this app and there is no way we would have done that without it! It is so comprehensive and at the same time realistic. It doesn’t judge you it just tells you what’s in what you are eating, and tbh, I put the meals in first, when I see what’s in some of the food, it comes straight back off again and I don’t eat it.
There is so much hidden sugar and salt in our food these days it’s horrific really. Also food we have traditionally thought good really not so much. We have reached our targets, but we enjoy the new food we have found so much we are still eating it! We have got very creative with vegetables and flavour and it’s been something of an enjoyable experience, which is bizarre seeing as we were on a diet!!
These guys have got everything covered, all the big stores fare and a vast number of eating out places.
I have recommended to a number of friends who are amazed at what they didn’t know about what they eat, and are finding it very beneficial and helpful. I have never felt better, because although I halved what I was eating I still eat correctly and could monitor my nutrition, with the amazing information this app gives you. Thoroughly recommend it.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, thanks for the wonderful review! It is great to hear you have enjoyed using the App and found it useful during your weight loss journey. Thank you for recommending us :) best wishes, Daisy, Nutracheck Team.