Food and nutrition tracking apps for Quantified Self
Most food tracking apps have the ability to retrieve nutritional info via text search, barcode scan or recent favorites. Barcode search never works offline but typing search and 'favorites' do in some apps. Most apps export even if user must work through 3rd party apps or the API. Only a handful of apps have time stamping.
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Necessary features are not yet available but YOU could add them. OFF is best database!
Waistline is a calorie counter and weight tracker that allows you to keep a diary of the food you eat and track variations in your weight.
All data is kept on your device, it's never shared with a server or uploaded to the "cloud" but it can be exported or imported easily when needed.
The app includes a barcode scanner that connects to the Open Food Facts database to pull in product information.
Best of all this app respects your freedom, data, and privacy. It is entirely free/libre and open source. The source code is available on GitHub
Open your food and know what you eat Be part of our collaborative, free and open database of food products from around the world!
A food products database
Open Food Facts is a database of food products with ingredients, allergens, nutrition facts and all the tidbits of information we can find on product labels. Made by everyone - Crowdsourcing
Open Food Facts is a non-profit association of volunteers.
1800+ contributors like you have added 75 000+ products from 150 countries using our Android, iPhone or Windows Phone app or their camera to scan barcodes and upload pictures of products and their labels.
For everyone - Open data
Data about food is of public interest and has to be open. The complete database is published as open data and can be reused by anyone and for any use. Check-out the cool reuses or make your own! Make better food choices
Knowledge is power. Food knowledge is power to eat better!
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Timestamps! And exporting the data one way or another. The last two do not work offline at all. Cron and MFP require yearly subscription.
Bitesnap is a fun and easy way to track what you eat.
MyFitnessPal is a vibrant health and fitness community with robust tools to track your nutritional intake and exercise levels. Our huge food database makes tracking calories easy, our community offers much needed support and best of all it's absolutely free!
This release includes all the newest features members love like international language support, AND even more:
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Voice Commands: One of our tastiest features yet: add to your diary using nothing more than your voice!! Simply press and hold the Windows button and easily add food, exercise, measurements and more to your MyFitnessPal profile.
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Push Notifications: Stay up to speed and in the loop. Get alerts when your friends are giving you support, send comments to one another’s profiles and news feeds, etc. and get alerted with a simple push notification.
-Type-ahead searching: Search and log faster and easier than ever with type-ahead search. Eating leftovers today? Just start typing the first few letters and watch your list filter to show you exactly what you’re looking for in real-time as you type.
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International Language Support – The app is now available in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Complete Support for Units of Measure – Members can now take advantage of local units of measure including weight, height, distances logged, and units of energy.
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PC Magazine Editor's Choice Selection
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Wired Magazine's Editor's Pick for Lifestyle Apps
Featured in Consumer Reports, the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Family Circle, Marie Claire, NBC, CNET, Shape, the Today Show and more.
Advertisements: MyFitnessPal displays advertisements in its mobile app unless you pay $49.99 / year.
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Award-Winning Diabetes Tools Manage your diabetes in one place. Track blood sugar, insulin, medication, food, and more. Get a summary for each day as well as your long term trends. Access your data from your desktop, mobile app, or tablet.
An online diary for tracking your diet, exercise, and other health related information. The mobile app is a companion to the website for easy logging on the go.
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No timestamps. Higher up apps work somewhat offline.
MyNetDiary is your personal weight loss, diet, and nutrition assistant. It is the most sophisticated and friendly food diary, calorie counter, and exercise tracker. Download the app, track your diet, and be healthy for life!
Succeed at weight loss with Lose It! Set goals and establish a daily calorie budget that enables you to meet them. Stay on track each day by recording your food and exercise and staying within your budget.
Enter food and exercise easily using a searchable database. Quickly re-enter foods and meals you've had in the past. Lose It! together with friends for additional support and motivation. Setup motivators to help keep you on track. Use detailed online reports to track your progress.
Advertisements: Although the Lose It website says that the iPhone application does not display advertisements [0], it does display advertisements unless you subscribe to Lose It Premium for $39.99 / year [1].
[0] http://loseit.com/product/iphone [1] https://loseit.com/premium/
MyPlate, the LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker, can help you reach your diet, weight loss and fitness goals by tracking your daily calories and exercise. Lose weight easily by setting your weight goals and track your calories and progress with our comprehensive online food journal containing over 1 Million food and fitness items. Tracking works. You will lose weight like millions of other members.
The Calorie Tracker tracks your daily caloric, fat, carbohydrate and protein intake with the click of a button. You will have access to MyPlate at LIVESTRONG.COM, which offers a comprehensive nutrition database of more than 1.3 million food and restaurant items. Most major competitors only have 7,000 items in their database.
• Easy to use interface for tracking • The largest database of food and restaurant items • Personalized daily calorie intake based on your goals • Weight tracking with easy to read progress chart • Motivational community that will inspire you to stick with your goals • Water tracking to help you ensure you are staying hydrated • Daily reminders to keep you on track to hitting your weight goal • Full support for use on iPhone and iPad • Track anywhere and anytime and sync to the website when you’re online. Log your food and fitness from your computer or your phone.
Set a weight goal and we'll tell you how to reach it! Track what you eat and your exercises on the web or using your smartphone.
Nutritionix Track allows users to track their calorie consumption and weight loss on the website.
Nutritionix is home to the largest verified nutrition database in the world, with over 500 000 food items including:
370 000 grocery Items with UPCs/GTINs from the US and Canada 100 000 restaurant items from 600+ US restaurant chains 10 000 common food dishes maintained by our dietitian team Nutritionix provides nutrition data to many of the top health and fitness apps.
The YAZIO app is the perfect tool for losing, gaining or maintaining weight. It is a food diary and calorie counter app where you can track your food easily and precisely by selecting it either from the large database or with the help of a barcode scanner. It helps you to reach the goals you've entered and makes it easy to control your diet. It also includes healthy recipes and the possibility to track macros.
