iOS App - CARROT Hunger (2015) [/]
Dec 13 2021
CARROT Hunger is an iOS calorie counting app with a sarcastic computer AI.
It has the basics. You can enter food typing it in or barcode scan and it looks like it uses Nutritionix database so most everything is there. You can edit previous entries to make corrections. It gets your height and weight and recommends a daily calorie intake based on if you want to gain, maintain or lose weight. It ties into Health app which is kind of nice.
As you use the app there are two AIs making comments. The main AI makes a comment as you enter food and punishes you if you go over your daily limit. There is a trivia AI that gives you weird trivia when you look at your calorie history.
Shortcomings. It's an iPhone app so it both doesn't look great on iPad and on the UI is a bit cramped (many food entries are long so get cut off in history). There is no sync so you can't use it on multiple devices (I don't think you can use Health app as sync conduit). It is very active in the background -- I'm not sure if it's doing step tracking for some reason.
It's a free download and use. $4 to get rid of ads. $2 to unlock some shortcut features (which I don't use). You can also enable so that you can pay to not be punished and you can tip. I payed the $6 and I'm happy with it though it's not a best in class app.
It has the basics. You can enter food typing it in or barcode scan and it looks like it uses Nutritionix database so most everything is there. You can edit previous entries to make corrections. It gets your height and weight and recommends a daily calorie intake based on if you want to gain, maintain or lose weight. It ties into Health app which is kind of nice.
As you use the app there are two AIs making comments. The main AI makes a comment as you enter food and punishes you if you go over your daily limit. There is a trivia AI that gives you weird trivia when you look at your calorie history.
Shortcomings. It's an iPhone app so it both doesn't look great on iPad and on the UI is a bit cramped (many food entries are long so get cut off in history). There is no sync so you can't use it on multiple devices (I don't think you can use Health app as sync conduit). It is very active in the background -- I'm not sure if it's doing step tracking for some reason.
It's a free download and use. $4 to get rid of ads. $2 to unlock some shortcut features (which I don't use). You can also enable so that you can pay to not be punished and you can tip. I payed the $6 and I'm happy with it though it's not a best in class app.