Calorie Counter by Cronometer 12+

Very well designed system for keeping track of nutrition status. Finding my regular foods is so easy, e.g., cod liver oil only requires ‘cod’ and it suggests it right away. I like the recipe feature. For instance, I have written a recipe for my homemade bread and fruit cake, which are stored on the app; then weigh each slice before I eat it and enter the amount. I often tweak and edit the recipe from week to week, which is no problem. The app even allows me to enter the cooked weight of the bread or cake. This is so useful as a lot of water is lost during the baking. Personally I only deal in the weighed quantity of foods….not in ‘servings’. I like it to be precise as possible. I have a small digital kitchen scale which makes that easy. However, you could use servings if preferred.
As the day progresses I can check how many calories, fats, protein, carbohydrates and nutrients I’ve consumed. By the end of the day, I check if I’m short of any vitamins or minerals etc., which helps me adjust consumption of the necessary foods. My preference is to do a week or two of detailed food recording, weighing everything I eat. Then take a break from it, as it is time consuming. I only occasionally eat out and never buy ready-made meals, so I have a lot of control over what I eat. I’m very happy with the app.

What a great review!
Thanks so much for taking the time to spread the good word.

I’m a relatively new Vegan (since Christmas 2019) and so my nutrition is very important to me, I don’t want to be deficient in essential nutrients so I wanted to somehow track exactly what was in the food I was eating.

Cronometer is exactly that resource.

It has an extensive database of food items (not just plant based) and an extremely efficient search engine that, more often than not, finds exactly which food you enter and shows an instant breakdown of all the nutritional information that it contains.
It syncs to the Heath app on my iPhone and Apple Watch and keeps a running total of my targets and goals throughput the day. Because of the clear way it is presented I can see at a glance where I might not be meeting my daily recommendations and can instantly eat something to balance that deficit.(The app even makes a suggestion which food would be an optimum choice).
There are too many features and advantages for me to mention here, suffice to say I think it’s a great and invaluable resource as far as I’m concerned and living, as I do, on an extremely challenging budget I get all these benefits from the free download and website.

Thank you Cronometer team, you are directly impacting upon my Plant Based Whole Food journey in the most positive way.

Ian Sharrock
County Durham, UK.

Hi Ian!

Thank you so much for taking the time to write out this incredibly well thought out review! We are so happy to hear that Cronometer is helping you adjust to your new plant-based lifestyle and that you're using the app to be mindful about potential deficiencies!

We are thrilled that you're finding the database to be be robust and that you're enjoying syncing to Apple!


If you ever need assistance with anything at all please let us know and we would be delighted to assist!

Have a great day!

I have searched for many apps to track my calories but apps such as MyFitnessPal are very limited and only work brilliantly after paying for a subscription. However, this is where Cronometer comes in. This app allows me to track my calories on a day to day bases easily. It has a scanning feature that is free to use (unlike the other apps) and it also estimates the amount of calories I burn depending on how active I am. I could go on and on about how great this app is but I will probably end of writing for a very long time so this is as short as a could make it. If this is not enough to convince you that this app is the GOAT, then I guess there is only one way to find out and it is downloading. Trust me after you download it, you won’t regret it.

We actually think you're the GOAT.
Thanks for spreading the good word.