App Showcase: Appediet

What it does

Appediet is an AI-driven health and fitness app designed to help users achieve their weight goals through personalized diet plans and comprehensive tracking. The app's core function is to log food, water, and exercise, providing detailed nutritional feedback. It uses a combination of manual entry, barcode scanning, and AI-powered photo analysis to simplify the logging process. Beyond tracking, it offers a library of recipes and an AI chatbot that acts as a personal health assistant.

Where it shines

The app stands out with its powerful AI features. The food scanner, demonstrated at 08:11, impressively identifies individual items on a plate and calculates their nutritional value automatically. This removes a major point of friction for users. The AI assistant (09:08) takes this a step further by providing conversational feedback on logged meals, transforming raw data into actionable insights with visualizations like a meal-specific radar chart.

UX highlights

• The dashboard (04:34) provides a clear, at-a-glance view of daily progress with a large circular progress bar for calories and smaller bars for macronutrients.
• Food logging is made flexible with four distinct input methods shown at 03:33, including manual search, barcode scanning, voice input, and AI photo scanning.
• The app uses gamification effectively, awarding badges for milestones like completing a first search ('Newcomer' at 04:27) or hitting a water intake goal ('Hydration Hero' at 06:27).
• The recipe section (10:59) is well-organized, allowing users to filter by meal type, dietary preference, and more, making it easy to discover suitable meals.
• Throughout the app, micro-interactions and animations provide satisfying feedback, such as when logging water (06:06) or adding a food item.
• The AI chatbot offers pre-suggested prompts (09:34), guiding users on how to interact with it and discover its capabilities.

Monetization & growth

Monetization is introduced at the end of the onboarding process with a soft paywall (02:51). The primary offer is a 3-day free trial that converts to a half-year subscription. The paywall uses a feature carousel to highlight the benefits of the premium plan, such as a scientific diet plan and fast food tracking. It also breaks down the price to a weekly cost to make it seem more affordable. After subscribing, a celebratory 'You're Premium now' screen (03:22) reinforces the user's decision.

Who it’s for

Appediet is designed for individuals who are serious about tracking their diet and want detailed insights to achieve specific weight loss or health goals. Its advanced AI features appeal to tech-savvy users who want a streamlined logging experience. The personalized plans and AI coaching make it suitable for those who need guidance and accountability but may not want to hire a human nutritionist.

Notes & opportunities

The onboarding is very thorough but could be a point of drop-off for less patient users, as sign-up and multiple permissions are required before any value is shown. While the AI food scanner is powerful, its accuracy on complex, homemade meals (like at 08:42) could be a challenge. The app could also benefit from integrating workout tracking more deeply with calorie burning, as the 'Calories Burned' section on the dashboard remains at zero even after a workout is logged.