Tested, not
marketed.
Long-form guides on calorie tracking, macros and food logging on Android — written by someone who has shipped a tracker in that category, which means the tradeoffs are real and the criticism includes my own app.
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Database accuracy, photo logging, offline behaviour, widgets, data export and how loud the paywall is. Eight Android calorie trackers put side by side — including mine, judged on the same scale.
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