What Reddit Says About Meal Calculator Apps
We compiled 8 Reddit discussions about Meal Calculator apps from 6 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.
Reddit Threads
r/nutrition
I've been using My NutriAI- Calorie Counter and the meal suggestions are simple and come with recipe's. You can also scan ingredients in your fridge and it will suggest 3 meals you can make based on your goals.
r/MealPrepSunday
Cronometer is working well for me (free version). I actually just downloaded it yesterday and have already added 4 of my meal prep recipes. I think there could be some intuitive improvements to adding items in recipes, and the UI is still taking ...
r/naturalbodybuilding
Every app I've ever used was always way off with suggested caloric intake. After a few weeks of input macrofactor has adapted to be spot on for me. It's an auto adaptive TDEE calculator within a tracker. It was a little high at first for me but it changes your caloric goals each week based...
r/nutrition
Cronometer. All the free stuff are what you actually need with much more tracking than other apps.
r/CICO
It's my favorite app but I paid for a year of premium, it often goes on sale for $20 and to me it's worth it because ads make it cumbersome to use. ... Chronometer. Easy to use, has a scanner feature, and free! ... I feel like I bought lose it lifetime cz they kept promoting it but regrett...
r/loseit
Been using it for years. So good! ... I recommend CaptureCal which is free and lets you dictate what you ate all day which helps me stick to actually tracking (<1 minute per day total vs. 2 min at every meal with other apps).
r/loseit
What finally clicked for me was Rotika, it's AI-powered so you can log home-cooked meals without manually inputting every ingredient, which kills that "homemade chicken stir fry" problem you mentioned. No overwhelming micronutrient data, just the basics. Fast enough that it doesn'...
r/beginnerfitness
My favorite is MacroFanatic, everything is completely free on it and it is social media based too so you can share recipes and meal plan templates with your friends if you want.
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