Calorie Counter by Pro Tracker 4+

Useful but still a little buggy

If used diligently, this app will help you to both lose weight AND eat in a more healthy manner. Colonel Cosmos pointed out very well some of the little annoyances with remembering the foods you have recorded - no need for me to repeat, here; read that review. I am a former WW member who finds this app very effective for losing the 10 pounds that crept up on me since my last WW meeting in the summer of 2008. This app helped me to shed those pounds; I will continue to use it for weight maintenance! One of the best uses of $4 I've made in decades.

November, 2019: The paragraph above was written 2 years ago with the original version of this app. When I upgraded my phone two weeks ago, it no longer worked properly. So I was talked into using the “new and improved” version by the technical staff. Upgrading forced me to lose all of my previous entries and data (which annoyed me). Some aspects of the previous version were better than this one. All in all, this app is pretty good.

Avoid this developer- unfair biz practices

I bought this app years ago as a one time purchase before they moved to a subscription model. Rather than just add a new app to the app store with better features for subscription while leaving those who purchased it the option to keep their paid app or move to the upgraded subscription version at cost, they updated the original app and treated former customers like me as though I never paid outright for the use of the original app. Disrespectful indeed! In order to get features I had in the paid app, they wanted me to upgrade to a subscription! I refused as I wondered what else they’d take later if I did that. I wrote them and got no response, no resolution, no refund, nothing. Imagine my surprise (not!) browsing through apps years later and happening upon it again, only to see a complaint by someone else where they got no response after they updated and wound up losing former functionality and gaining a hefty price tag!

This company has horrible business practices and I just wanted to second what the other angry user said because after all this time, they’re still doing the same thing! Even if they offered them to be grandfathered in (I doubt that wasn’t just for show because reviews can be seen by the public), I say BUYER BEWARE!

Developer Response ,

Hi there, I believe there's been some miscommunication. If you downloaded the paid version of the app from a few years ago, you simply need to restore your purchases from the Account menu and the app will recognize your grandfathered status!

Protracker Plus

I’ve been in weight watchers many years so I know the program. WW made many changes and it’s expensive. Plus they suddenly erased all my data on their tracking app after a change without any warning and I couldn’t get all my information back. I love Oprah and appreciate so much that she is the leader. I feel that I am still in WW, but I can stay on my points plus and it keeps me in control. That is when I found Protracker. One small purchase and I was in business. I like it because it is based on a program similar to points plus in WW, which is where I left off. If I were new to WW, I would use their program because you get so much support and valuable resources. I am enjoying this app very much appreciated and helpful in so many ways. I can look up my own recipes and find support in other ways. And I am very committed. Happy tracking. 😘👍🏼