Amazing app but room for improvement – Lifesum: Food Tracker & Diet Review

First, you can’t access all the information if you don’t pay for the service. So the one-star reviews aren’t really justified since this is a subscription. If you want to use a free service, there are basic apps that offer that. I used to use one but was frustrated with the poor design and bug issues and eventually deleted that app. Lifesum’s app is beautifully designed and soooo easy to use. It’s very easy to add meals and they rate your meal based on what your goals are, which is so helpful. They also recommend how many calories you should eat per meal which makes me less anxious about trying to plan it all out myself. At the end of the day they give you a summary of your day and how you did and areas you can improve in. There are plenty of meal plans to choose from and hundreds of recipes you can access. You can filter your recipe search even more to fit your food restrictions or find something different. For example, I’m on the clean eating plan and when I search for recipes, I can filter “dairy-free” or choose “filling” or whatever other option I want. You can track your weight, your measurements, and other nutrient info, and you can see your progress over time which is so nice. I really do love this app! I do have a few suggestions: first, I think the app should give a tutorial upon downloading it to help users navigate it more. The app offers so much and I’d like to know its full potential and how to access certain areas (like overall summaries) rather than just happening across them. Second, somebody mentioned that random options pop up when you search foods and I think that’s true for the most part. For example, I searched “blueberries” and raw blueberries was the 4th or 5th option. The first result listed for literally one blueberry and I found that odd. I think it would be better if the verified results were listed first rather than other users additions. Third, one area I really wanted to track was my vitamin and mineral intake. I was disappointed to see that wasn’t available in this app, but I hope in future versions it will be added. And lastly, I’d like to see more education available in the app. Like, I don’t know what macros are lol and I’d like more tips on food and their nutrients, how to stick to working out/eating well, and so on. I think that would be so helpful!
Review by Dezondra on Lifesum: Food Tracker & Diet.