What Reddit Says About Barcode Food Scanner Apps
We compiled 13 Reddit discussions about Barcode Food Scanner apps from 7 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.
Reddit Threads
r/nutrition
It also saves me time re inputting foods that I frequently eat since the app will compile all your past meal entries for easy searching. Plus you can access it for free. ... Just downloaded this based on your recommendation. Thank you!! ... I tried the NextLevelFit app and loved that it offers barco...
r/CICO
Would love to hear how it works for you – early feedback helps us a lot! ... I find that Trash Panda is the best for scanning barcodes reliably in terms of getting ingredients and added sugars back.
r/selfhosted
Cronometer is, I've been using it for a year and the barcode scanner has always worked. The ads are pretty annoying but otherwise works well. ... Well, use myfitnesspal to scan the most widely used stuff that you use. Then create the recipes for it input it into your new calorie counting app an...
r/assholedesign
October 1st came too quick, and checking out at least 20 different apps, Chronometer is the only one that came close to what I needed. ... I still can use the barcode scanner with myfitnesspal, without premium.
r/CICO
I use Dynamsoft barcode reader, it works decently. Its detection accuracy is acceptable in my case. You can give it a try. ... Try SnapCalorie, it has a free version. ... Samsung Health, if you have a Samsung, of course.
r/ultraprocessedfood
Anyone use the "open food facts" app? Allows you to scan a barcode to tell you whether food is upf, sustainae and healthy?
r/keto
I like Senza a lot for tracking. It has barcode scanning and it’s free. ... I built a spreadsheet from the USDA nutrition database. I've been using that since 2009. It monitors food, exercise, goals, some medical metrics etc.
r/CICO
Check out FitBee - free barcode scanning & no ads. Great design, too. ... Weird mine wouldn’t let me, someone said myfitnesspal is free in some countries so maybe it’s location based ... You can just set your location to UK in the app settings. That's what I do for free scanning on MFP ... ...
r/ultraprocessedfood
Edit* ok there already is apparently - OpenFoodFacts app lol Share ... Is that one any good in the UK? I have tried using it and it just doesn't recognize my food.
r/GalaxyWatch
I would also like to know what barcode scanning apps you guys are using and everything since MyFitnessPal has put the barcode scanner behind a paywall. I've been trying out my net diary but I am looking for another app that may be a little bit better Share ... I use Cronometer app. Below is fre...
r/ultraprocessedfood
Try Cleario app. ... Apricot is great and focused on ingredients. It flags additives, ultra-processed ingredients, etc. I’ve tried Yuka but it’s much more focused on general nutrition facts so you can’t find clean alternatives in a ...
r/ultraprocessedfood
"Yuka" was recommended to me by a friend. Just scan the barcode of your food and it'll give you a quick simple score /100 based on it's UPF factors…
r/CICO
Just randomly found this app after googling to see if MFP and lose it still have the barcode scanner behind a paywall. I am super happy with it so far, thank you for your hard work!! ❤️ ... App looks great! Unfortunately what’s holding me back is I’m from Ireland and it looks like most food ...
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