Monash FODMAP Diet 12+

Why did you make updates that were worse? Do you not do user research with people who have ibs?

Recently you made an update to the times which actually make it hard to record the data where I have to tap twice to edit the times? This was somehow easier to do before so I’m not sure why this change was introduced.

Could you do voice dictation so that it types as you speak for the diary section? I find typing in food measurement the most cumbersome part. I do appreciate the clean interface and the simple logic that’s applied. Although it could do a bit more to help users spot or identify patterns in their behaviours so that they can see how it affects their symptoms such as sleeping patterns, quantity of liquids they’re consuming, how often they might feel symptoms throughout the week or if these symptoms only occur in the mornings etc. If the app could provide the analytics then it would be so useful to identify triggers in behaviours. For design, my only issue is that the British stool chart could perhaps make the stools look less realistic as doing the app in public or shared spaces can be a bit off putting, I personally don’t want to get my phone to do a diary entry and then for someone to see an image of my stool if that makes sense so more discretion would be good for privacy. Happy to comment on any other features if you want to get in touch as I study UX but also suffer from GI issues. More user research and testing would really help but I know that it’s not easy

Informative guide

This is my first review of any App. The App enables me to understand the scientific background well. However, I find that it would be more useful if the app could update my input e.g. shopping list from one device to another. I spent a long time reviewing the recipes , then making a shopping list on my iPad, thinking it would update automatically on my iPhone and only then realising that was not the case. Other Apps have this facility. Frustratingly I also found that when I scroll down the recipes to find “other” to input my own recipe it wasn’t there...I couldn’t find it. I need to be able to do this so that I can accurately chart my food intake and be able to see the chart results at the end of each week and report to my dietician. it would be very useful in any future development of the App, to have a barcode reader for items bought so I could check the food product with the low FODMAP diet. This is available on another similar App. It is fair to say the traffic light system is easy to follow on the various food categories. Finally from my personal experience ...It would have been so useful if there had been some contact information to assist me in the use of the App.

Pretty good, but could use my utility

This is my first app review and I’ve only started using the app recently. Overall I think it’s a good app that offers a lot for someone to manage their symptoms. However I think it would really benefit from a scanning system so people can scan food in supermarkets to ensure it’s OK. It would also be better if you could get more recipes based off the food you log you have brought from the shop, im struggling to figure out what I can feasibly eat from the list of Green lit foods as the search function/ favourite function is not as fleshed out as it could be. I’d suggest allowing for favourited foods to be sorted by the food catagories (like you get initially on the food guide) but then suggested recipes from the foods in the list.

Aside from these suggestions the app has the most functionality out of any of the apps out there (for now) but I think it needs a refresh to keep up with potential new competitors.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review - we really appreciate your feedback and can definitely look into some of these features in future app updates!
Regarding food scanning - we have a blog post to explain why we have yet to introduce this function on our app: www.monashfodmap.com/blog/update-faq-why-doesnt-monash-fodmap-app-have-barcode-scanner/