MenuFit - Healthy Eating Out

I really wanted to like MenuFit, but the app completely misses the mark for anyone serious about tracking macros accurately. My biggest complaint is that you cannot properly customize your overall macro targets. Even worse, changing your weight goals barely seems to affect the recommended calories or macros at all. You can set drastically different goals and still receive nearly identical recommendations, which makes the personalization feel superficial and unreliable. Another frustrating issue is that adjusting the meal-level macro targets appears to do almost nothing. The suggested meals are often nowhere near the targets you set, making it feel like the app is not even referencing its own settings when generating recommendations. At that point, the app struggles to perform the most basic functions it advertises. The recommendations feel generic rather than personalized, especially for anyone following a high-protein, fitness-focused, or performance-based nutrition plan. Overall, the app may work for casual users who just want general meal ideas, but for anyone serious about bodybuilding, fat loss, athletic performance, or accurate macro tracking, there are much better options available.

So I’m on a weight loss journey right now so I prefer to eat at home but eating out is unavoidable and I always get stressed about choosing something that’s not going to ruin my progress, as I’m counting calories. This app is great! Haven’t been to a restaurant that is not found on the app even small mom and pop ones. Gives me healthy options to choose from but even if I don’t pick those it lets me know the calories and micros for other menu options, even how to make those menu options healthier! Which helps me be able to track my calorie intake. Yes it’s not free which seems to be the biggest complaint but what is these days. I think the cost is reasonable and I’m willing to pay for help to be able to stick with my goals.

I downloaded this app to try and have easy access to low calorie options at fast food places. I usually check calories on my own before ordering, but I wanted a way to shake things up and get some different ideas from what I usually order. Unfortunately, I used this app twice and the calorie counts were completely off both times. Once at Tazikis (Mediterranean cafe in the south) and once at McDonalds. Both times, the calorie counts for the meals I had selected were off by over 200 calories compared to the restaurant’s website. Both times, MenuFit advertised the meals as lower calories than they actually were. At Tazikis this was a 28% error and at McDonalds it was a 40% error. This is extremely disappointing for an app whose entire purpose is to promote healthy eating at fast food. A 200 calorie difference every time you eat at a restaurant will add up extremely quickly. I could not justify continuing to use this app (or especially to pay for the app) when both of my attempts to use it had been completely useless. I would like to see MenuFit adjust their calories to be accurate to what is published by the restaurant.