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Show HN: An intuitive, no subscription, privacy-first calorie tracker for iPhone

by mactunes on 3/29/23, 1:29 AM with 7 comments

Hi all,

over the last 2 years I've been on and off building my app for iPhone.

Caloree is basically a freemium calorie tracker/food diary with the ability to only track calories. This sets it apart from the competition which usually allows logging a gazillion macros. This (hopefully) makes it easier for users to log their food. Feedback so far has been great.

The app launched today, which I am quite proud of. It's been 2 years next to raising 2 small kids which meant to often sacrifice the project when it was moving along nicely and spending way less time on it than I would have wanted to. It was a real test on my patience which is usually not that great :)

Let me know if you have any questions or feedback is also greatly appreciated!

- Rudy

  • by thedevtoolsmith on 3/29/23, 11:41 PM

    Congrats on the launch. I was looking for something exactly like this, I really love the offline first aspect and how it doesn't try to do anything except let me track my calories. I'm currently using Loseit and like the other commenter pointed out, the calorie limit seems a bit low. Also, are there plans to add more features such as setting a specific calorie limit and increasing the number of dishes in the database?

  • by quickthrower2 on 3/29/23, 11:16 AM

    Thanks and congratulations on the launch. I am giving this app a try. The onboarding is smooth. I don’t think it asked for sex and height but I corrected those in the settings. 1649kcal a day to maintain weight for an average height and weight man seems a bit low though? How is it calculated?