I got my lab work back and it showed I really needed to change my eating habits. I’ve done counted Macros before but never really the calories. This helps with everything including my water intake. The library of food doesn’t have everything but close enough I just choose the higher calorie item and it helps me feel good when I reach my goal. You can scan a a label you can type in your food. You can take a picture of it and for the most part it’s pretty accurate. And for me, I tend to kind of eat the same things throughout a week so I could just click on that item and log my food for the day. I’ve been doing it for 43 days and I’ve lost 13 pounds. And seriously I’ve tried other apps but when it comes to a food journal or logging my diet I’m lazy about it I don’t have time for it.

I purchased this app with the expectation that using the photo feature it would be accurate or close to accurate so far. I’ve had the app for two days. I’ve used it 14 times and it’s only been accurate twice.I asked Apple twice if I could be refunded since the app did not meet my expectations and they refused saying that reason for refund was not valid. I have never left a bad review for anything. I would’ve been happy to get my $19 + refunded But since that didn’t happen, I figure I’m obligated to inform other purchasers to be advised it may not work the way they want.So the Developer responded to my review saying in essence they understood my frustration and they are updating the app. Look I asked for a refund of the $20 as the app for me is useless and a total waste of money. It’s the first time I asked Apple for a refund since 2017 and they refused. I’m glad they are working on it but I spent my money … which will not be refunded for an app that does not work. Had they refunded me I would have written this off as a bad choice but now I stuck with an app that I paid for and does not do the job. I did cancel to make certain it does not auto renew next year. It stinks that I paid for this “work in progress “ All I wanted after the first day of using it was my money back. Don’t get stuck like I did. Buy another app! Also on the App Store this developer has no contact information. They did respond and sent details but I’m not going to “beg”. My only value at this stage to be honest and warn others. Make another choice.

At 78 with a love of eating almost anything, I have needed a simple solution that does the work of keeping track of everything. Calo, with the help of AI, has been that solution for over 4 months and 20 pounds. I don’t believe it is totally accurate. But if AI lives up to the hype, it should keep getting better. I like that I can go back to yesterday and correct or fill in blanks. I question whether changing the text in the title of an item recalibrates the calorie count (e.g. the photo thinks turkey is cheese) you correct the text to turkey, do the calories and carbs change? But the most important thing is, Calo is simple enough to keep me going back to it every meal. Thanks!

Honestly, I paid for the subscription because I liked the ability to take a picture of my food without having to type out everything or search for each item individually. Unfortunately, that was before I realized how poor the results of the pictures are and how awful the search results functionality is. Searching for Bunny white bread or Quest protein bar requires you to manually scroll through 20-30 results, no matter how much detail you put in to find what you’re trying to enter. It’s like you have to be smart enough to know exactly how they labeled it to find it (and most of the time it doesn’t make a lot of sense). I’ve found that I will do anything possible to use the barcode instead or use a different app to put in my homemade recipes to enter the calories, fat, protein and carbs in this app. Appreciate the idea behind the app but it’s not there yet. Wish I could get my money back and chose a different app.