MyPlate Calorie Counter 4+

Love this app

I started with Noom but tracking my food was the only part of that program that seemed useful to me and I didn’t like it much even for that. With Noom there were a lot of clicks required and irritating pop up messages following every single food entry. So I decided to for search for a free app just to track food. Next I tried MyFitnessPal. That lasted less than a day. Then I tried MyPlate. I’ve been using it for about a week and I’m loving it. It’s easy to use, clean interface, minimal junk, ads, or other annoyances. Plus it has features I didn’t even know I wanted like showing how close my intake tracks to my goal percentages for each macronutrient. The goals are also nicely customizable. I’ve already lost a couple pounds. Now I’ve signed up for one of their meal plans which is something I wasn’t even considering before trying the app. I’m super happy to have a grocery list of healthy foods all prepared for me (big time and effort saver there) and to try some new recipes this coming week. My only request would be if they could offer the option to double or quadruple recipe quantities since I’m cooking for a family. But obviously I can do that myself. At the price of free this thing is a heck of a deal. 5 stars. Update: The first day’s meal plan arrived. The meals didn’t appeal to me so I’m probably not going to do that after all. Still loving the app though.

Developer Response ,

Hi J! Thanks for your feedback! We’re glad you are enjoying MyPlate. We're constantly looking for new ways to improve our site and apps, and we love getting feedback as it helps guide our process moving forward.

Just Learning

I am one of “those people” that never had to worry about my weight...until I hit 60 and quit smoking. Because I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, I never understood the correlation between food and gaining weight. Fast forward five years and I packed on the weight. I’ve been living with it for three years and decided it was time to start losing some of this again. I knew any fad diet was not going to work for me, so I decided to start paying attention to what I’m eating and how much I’m eating. Not having any idea what foods are high in calories or carbs or proteins, I decided to download an app to help me. After reading the reviews on My Plate I decided to try it and I was absolutely amazed at how easy this was to do. Not only am I able to keep track of my portions (calories), but I am learning which foods are high in carbs, fat and protein. I am almost 4 weeks in and have lost 4 1/2 pounds. The only thing I don’t like about it is how the list of food I have entered is saved. If you originally enter it for lunch and another time do you want to have it for dinner you have to search for it in the list under lunch and then add it to dinner for that day. I also wish there were some sort of organization to it so you could sort them alphabetically and be able to delete ones that you know you’re not going to use anymore. If there is a way to delete them, I can’t find it. Other than that, I think this app is well worth it.

More Accessibility

I have been using MyFitnessPal for a long time and was looking for a refreshing new experience. Came across your app and actually I think I prefer it more than MyFitnessPal, the concept and it’s compatibility with the iPhone’s software makes me (an iPhone user) want to rather use this app instead of MyFitnessPal. I want to make this my go to app except for one feature, the fact that the color choice of the app is in relation to your iPhone being in light mode or dark mode. As someone who prefers having my phone in dark mode, when I opened the app and saw the screen dark, it was a turn off for me. Some people may think otherwise and prefer the dark mode, but to me it gave a depressing vibe. As small as this feature is, if I’m going to use an app for every meal to count calories I for sure want it to look appealing to me. I think a simple fix for this would be to give the person the option to choose whether or not they want it to be light or dark in the app settings, and to not have it based off your iPhone settings. As nit picky as this critique is, this one feature would make me switch from MyFitnessPal to your app in an instant without hesitation, but until then I’ll be staying on MyFitnessPal solely because of the ability to have my screen continue to be white, even when I’m in dark mode. This is a great app, but adding in a little personal accessibility would blow the competition out of the water.

Developer Response ,

Hi Tonioo U! We very much appreciate your feedback and I have passed along your comments to our product development team. As we are always adding new content and features to the app, we love getting feedback as it helps guide our designs and tools moving forward.