Calories and nutrition tracker

What it does

This app is a comprehensive nutrition and calorie tracker designed to help users achieve their weight goals. Users can log meals, create custom recipes, and monitor their daily intake of calories, carbs, protein, and fat. Beyond simple tracking, it provides personalized diet plans and includes a grocery list feature to help with meal planning and shopping.

Where it shines

The app excels at making data both interactive and actionable. The onboarding quiz (00:27-01:53) is detailed, building a strong sense of personalization before the user even reaches the dashboard. The interactive weight goal slider (01:27) is a highlight, offering real-time feedback that guides users toward healthy, sustainable goals. Another strong point is the seamless integration between the food diary and the grocery list (06:07), which allows users to instantly turn their logged meals into a shopping plan, closing the loop between tracking and planning.

UX highlights

Interactive Data Visualization: On the dashboard, tapping a macro-nutrient circle (e.g., 'Carbs' at 06:40) drills down into a detailed view showing exactly which foods contributed to that total. This makes data exploration intuitive and educational.
Meal Creation: The app allows users to bundle individual food items into a custom 'Meal' (04:03). This is great for logging recurring recipes like a protein shake without having to add each ingredient every time.
Barcode Scanning: A camera icon in the top bar (05:24) suggests a barcode scanning feature, which is a critical shortcut for quick food logging.
Grocery List Management: The grocery list is more than just a list. Users can check off items, edit quantities (07:17), and quickly clear purchased items, making it a functional utility.
Contextual Actions on Logged Items: Swiping on a logged food item reveals actions like adding it to a grocery list or copying it to another day (06:14), providing useful shortcuts.

Monetization & growth

The app uses a soft paywall presented at the end of a lengthy onboarding process (02:15). It offers three subscription tiers (1, 3, and 12 months), with the 3-month plan highlighted with a '7 days trial' badge. The paywall uses social proof like user testimonials and star ratings (02:20) and breaks down the price into a weekly cost to make it seem more affordable. After subscribing, a celebratory 'Congratulations' screen with confetti (02:42) reinforces the purchase decision.

Who it’s for

This app is for individuals who want to take a structured, data-driven approach to weight management or healthy eating. It suits users who appreciate detailed tracking of macronutrients and want a single tool to manage their food diary, meal plans, and grocery shopping. The level of detail suggests it's for users committed to making a lifestyle change, rather than casual calorie counters.

Notes & opportunities

The app is feature-rich, but the initial onboarding is very long. A user has to complete 11 quiz questions and a sign-up form before seeing their plan or the main app. This could lead to drop-off. Offering a way to sample the core tracking feature earlier might improve activation. Additionally, while the grocery list import is powerful, the entry point for it is on the grocery screen itself; a prompt within the diary (e.g., 'Add today's items to your grocery list?') could increase feature discovery.