Is there a good app for count calories?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
84
Opportunity /100
90
Demand /100
44
Competition /100
93
Execution gap /100
3
Apps serving it
30
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to count calories, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| inaccurate calorie count | bug | 2 | Says a 20 minute run is 4 calories... |
| calorie count as basic info | missing-feature | 1 | They should add count of calories as a basic info |
| calories counted while stationary | reliability | 1 | if you sit still and do nothing, it will still tell you that you burned calories |
| confusing calorie calculation | ux | 1 | The way it calculates is confusing |
| inaccurate calorie counting | bug | 1 | It’s over counting short workouts and under counting high intensity workouts |
| incorrect calorie calculation | reliability | 1 | It doesn't calculate the right amount of calories |
| inaccurate calorie counts | reliability | 1 | Inaccurate calorie counts |
| hard to see total calories per meal | ux | 1 | It’s hard to see your total calories for each meal and difficult to log now |
| no calorie calculator | missing-feature | 1 | hopefully you all add a Cal calculator for a complete fitness/lifestyle plan |
| inaccurate calorie calculations | reliability | 1 | it doesn’t calculate ANY of the foods correctly |
| imprecise calorie calculation | reliability | 1 | El cálculo de calorías no es preciso |
| inaccurate calorie numbers even with weighed food | reliability | 1 | I weighed all my food and scanned it in the app. The app's numbers were off |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter | 4.7★ | 2,334,433 | Free |
| Cal AI - Calorie Tracker | 4.8★ | 324,584 | Free |
| Lose It! – Calorie Counter | 4.8★ | 758,188 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 84 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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