This limitation in MFP is a classic example of paywalling hurting the user experience. This is not the case in Cronometer, which allows you to set exact proportions. In MFP, you are locked into 5% increments for your macro goals. If meal segmentation is important though, it is available on the paid version. In some ways, this is more flexible than meal segmentation, since i can look at multiple meals or parts of a meal, all in the same way. However, because the site and the app are well designed and developed, i can simply multi-select any food on my diary and itll show me exactly what those foods equate to. In MFP, you can set 5 or 6 segments, which is then reflected in the caloric data, i.e.
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I think the biggest drawback of Cronometer (the free version only) is that it does not allow you to segment your food into meal times. Like i said though, this will happen maybe 5% of the time, and even then i can add the data myself and allow every other user to forego that effort in the future. In realworld terms, it means that i might not find "tesco frozen sliced mushrooms 500g", but i will find "generic button mushrooms" or "asda frozen mushrooms" and get within 1% of the nutrition listed on my food. In the meantime, Cronometer pulls from multiple government databases, which it lists alongside the food data, and has a very detailed database of common foods. The slightly smaller database size isnt a deal-breaker for me, and will naturally resolve over time. I make the effort to enter all the nutrition data into the app every time, because thats the best and only way to improve this aspect of Cronometer, or any MFP alternative. Since using Cronometer, i estimate about 5% of my foods have not been entered into its database. Since MFP is the most popular app, it has the largest accumulated database of foods, making it the easiest app to use in terms of food searching.
Not an issue specific to Cronometer, but specific to all apps whose content is communally populated. I can edit it easily and even clone it in case i want to make a new version. I can define multiple serving sizes (per 100g, per serving, per tsp, etc). On Cronometer, it is a dream! Heres what the site looks like as i edit a custom recipe. If youve ever used it, youll know what i mean. In MFP, either via the site or via the app, the user experience for making a new recipe was downright awful. MFP on the other hand locks this data behind a paywall. I use this data to track things like Leucine, Tryptophan and Omega 3, as well as the usual fiber and electrolytes. Its all there, listed for every food, every meal and every day. Seeing actual caloric figures reflecting my exercise is a big bonus for me, even if those numbers may be off as exercise-related caloric calculations tend to be.Ĭronometer attempts to track every single micronutrient, from omega 3/6/9 content of your fat to the amino acid content of your protein. Ive been using the dynamic budget to track my overall energy expenditure as i increase my workout frequency. At first it seemed counter-intuitive to set a goal and then see it move around, but actually, your preset goal and the dynamic goal are both presented next to each other on both the site and the app, so you can make your own caloric judgements with all the information readily at hand. it will adjust your daily requirements relative to your exercise and even thermal effect of food.
One quirk of Cronometer is that it uses a dynamic caloric budget. I get no crashes, no freezing, i can navigate without lag and i dont have to hunt through menus to get to the features i want (custom meals in MFP for example). The app itself is just as modern and well developed as the site. Note the ad space is roughly 10% vs MFP's 50%+. Compared to MFP, whose site was developed sometime before the wheel, the Cronometer site is a dream to use. Clean, informative, and has modern UI interactions (click + drag, etc). I have been using the free version of Cronometer for about 2 months, and can recommend it whole-heartedly over MFP. Fuck MFP.Īfter hearing the news from MyFitnessPal that they will remove the barcode scanning feature from the free version of their app on October 1st, I have been looking for an alternative that will fit my needs.
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