The Fitness Chef 17+

Good start but not there yet

App is still new and I do prefer it already over some other apps I have used for weight loss. Like the selection of recipes, most are all easy to follow and budget friendly.

I do find it difficult with the search that I can’t search my own recipes that I’ve added. I struggle with reading and personally I don’t love the search function it’s a bit hard to narrow down what I’m looking for and would be nice if there was a better visual of the list alternate background colours(better contrast)/ emojis/ photographs next to ingredients rather than just a line as there is a lot of information for each item. There’s a lot of basic ingredients that aren’t on the app that I would expect to be on.

When adding in your own recipes would be good to add your own photograph and if you could just search for your own recipes, and even possibly
the opportunity to make the recipe public to share with other users

When adding an item to the planner I wish you could edit the quantities and meal, without having to delete and re-add the item again.

When it comes to recording weight, I have a smart scale that I use everyday and it’ll update the apple health app to track trends. Disappointing that the fitness chef app doesn’t use my weight measurements from the health app when they are already transferring data on my step count feels like a bit of a missed opportunity.

Pretty good, needs a few tweaks to be excellent

Trying this app for the first time and coming from Lose It which is fine if not a bit ugly/not fully intuitive.
Lots of great recipes which I appreciate and the core of the app is great - it is new so I imagine with a few tweaks it could be really excellent.

For me I would love the ability to customise the grams/other units when entering food in a more intuitive way - for example if something is 128 grams I have to make a guess at what the decimal or fraction would be rather than being able to enter 128g directly which makes me worry about how accurate it is recording my food and whilst it’s fine to do that calculation when I’m at home with time on my hands it becomes much harder when I’m rushing around trying to track food on the go.

Secondly, the ability to pair with the main fitness appa like Strava. I know the focus isn’t on doing sports to lose weight but it all plays into your ability to accurately stay within a calorie deficit so that’s a big thing for me.

Look forward to seeing the app grow and love your overall message and style so keep at it!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the review! 👍👍👍

Great app and recipes

Having used other apps like My Fitness Pal and Weight Watchers, this one is far better in my opinion - there are no food “categories” (eg. silly point values for a piece of chocolate and “free food” type scenarios) and you can find tons of recipes that are quick, filling and don’t break the bank. The scan works really well and you can create your recipes and save them for a quick add in future. You can track weight and/or measurements if you wish. The whole concept from The Fitness Chef, reflected on this app, allows for a better relationship with food. It’s calories in and calories out, nice and steady weight loss without deprivation and unsustainable restrictions. And if you don’t follow this chap on instagram, just check him out. The videos are masterpieces! And the messaging is on point. Fab value for money.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the wonderful review! Yes, too many apps overcomplicate things for people, which is why we want to keep things as simple as possible. Look out for some new features in the future :)