SparkPeople Calorie Tracker

This is such a great program. I don’t like fad diets or trends. SparkPeople is just about limiting quantity, meeting your nutrients, and getting your fitness in. I have had so much success with this and the app, while more limited) is nice to keep you going on the road. It’s not a full substitute for the website though. I need the recipe part because I cook a lot so I need it to help me figure out my calories in meals I cook and that’s not available on the app. The app is just good to keep tracking when you aren’t near a computer. Highly recommend for weight loss though. It’s a great and supportive community, lots of interesting tips and articles, and it’s awesome at keeping you accountable for what you eat and how much you work out.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the SPARKPEOPLE program! I have lost a lot of weight and get TONS of support from others also on their weight loss journey. However, the app needs work. Every time I try to read an article, I get kicked out of the app and that is so frustrating because there are awesome tips in there! I never really got the results I was expecting as fast as I expected them, but how I know the reason and it's in the app setup! I paid for the premium version to ask a coach why I wasn't losing and They are EXTREMELY helpful! But, I didn't know that if you don't sign up on the ACTUAL website from a tablet or computer, your default settings thinks you're a man and when it comes to weight loss as a woman, this will WILL hinder your weight loss. You can't even see it from the app, you have to go to the website to change it because it gives you your personalized calorie count based on height, weight, gender... and a mans is 300 calories more a day than a woman's; so if you don't know, you're eating too much and won't see the results you hoped for! Like I said, LOVE LOVE LOVE the program but not the app so much! Please fix the article glitch and I'll change it to 4 stars!

I really like the concept of this app and it's pretty easy to use. I wish it was even easier to use by being able easily upload nutritional information from restaurants webpages into the app. At the moment, I have to sit down and manually add each nutritional fact from their website into a new template. It would also be great to be able to create a recipe without having to figure out my own nutritional facts. ..if I enter 1c milk, 1/2 medium banana, and 1/2 cup dry old fashioned oats as a single smoothie recipe, it would be nice to have the nutritional information updated automatically for that recipe rather than having to input each ingredient as a separate item on my daily meal. Tracking calories is already frustrating and time consuming and cut out seconds to minutes of time for each meal input makes for a better and better experience and will keep me WANTING to use this app in the future.