My Dash Diet: Sodium Tracker

I like the app and purchased the premium subscription. My problem is that you don’t allow people to set the Doctor’s ordered sodium target. All you give is either 1500 or 2300 grams per/day. My Doctor has me on a 2000 grams per/day sodium allowance. We should be able to set whatever level of sodium that we need. Otherwise I really like this app so far and look forward to many days of use.

First, the app does what it says. I cannot dispute that it meets its mission. But there are issues. The look is way too crowded, making navigation difficult. Putting all meals on one screen, plus grafts, charts, search box … poor design. The scrolling selection for servings/sizes is positioned too close to the screen edge, causing frequent switching of the screen. The above can be overlooked, but there is a major flaw. It seems most of the data is user entered. MANY are far from accurate. This is unacceptable as users must guess (or Google) for accurate sodium, calorie, and fat content. Further, there is no breakdown of sat vs unsat vs trans fats. This is a major shortcoming. I paid for the premium version before realizing the inaccurate data. Don’t waste the $9.99. Update: a recent change is causing significant lags in the logging features. I’ve been using this app daily for almost a year now. It just keeps getting worse. Does anyone know if a good alternative?

First of all, I upgraded to premium. For a one time flat fee, it was worth it. The adds were so annoying, and compromised the integrity of the app. I’ve used food trackers before with good success, but now I’m having to track sodium intake for hypertension, and following the DASH Diet. Think this is probably my best option for a simple nutrient/sodium tracker. But am missing things other apps are better at. Three things I wish they’d improve on: 1) good direction on how to navigate/use the app. Some things, like creating my own recipe, are not intuitive. I’ve reached out for help but no response. Eventually I figured it out. And more often I find a workaround. 2) improve on barcode scanner. Several times I’ve scanned and a SIMILAR food item has come up, but not the actual brand I scanned. And always the nutrient values are off. And I end up creating a food. 3) sometimes the numbers just don’t add up for a meal or a day. So knowing this I’m having to check and double check. Sometimes delete and re-enter. Very annoying. Bottom line, COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER, but it works.