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What users complain about Calorie tracking apps

App crashes freezes and performance lags.

Across 5,799 reviews of the 26 biggest calorie tracking apps: Stability and usability problems matter far more to users than monetization friction in calorie tracking apps.

5,799 reviews · 26 apps · 123 complaints · as of June 8, 2026

27%
App crashes freezes and performance lags
33 complaints
18%
Food entry UI difficult or broken features
22 complaints
15%
Recent updates degraded user experience and layout
18 complaints
I’ve been using this app for over a year and it has a lot of potential, but it’s currently held back by several frustrating bugs and poor design decisions that make daily use much more annoying than it needs to be.…
AI Calorie Counter - Appediet

The apps behind these complaints.

What the store shows beside what their reviews count to.

Noom Weight Loss, Food Tracker4.7· 871K ratings55% negative · 311/568
Lifesum: AI Calorie Counter4.6· 151K ratings64% negative · 297/466
Cal AI - Calorie Tracker4.8· 358K ratings66% negative · 461/696
Calorie Counter by fatsecret4.8· 15K ratings12% negative · 26/216
Lose It! – Calorie Counter4.8· 773K ratings35% negative · 287/822
Foodvisor - AI Calorie Counter4.6· 17K ratings38% negative · 158/421

Star ratings are Apple’s lifetime averages across every rating ever left. Negative shares are counted from the reviews in our corpus. Windows vary per app.

Every complaint, ranked.

Shares of 123 counted complaints, from 110 reviews. A review can carry more than one theme. Each row carries a representative review. Tap one for the rest.

I’ve been using this app for over a year and it has a lot of potential, but it’s currently held back by several frustrating bugs and poor design decisions that make daily use much more annoying than it needs to be. Major Issues: • History & Search is broken: The recent items/history shows random old entries from over a year ago instead of prioritizing what I actually use. The search function does…AI Calorie Counter - Appediet
I do like this app and I really enjoy how the macros are at the top, broken down I don’t have to go look for them. Things I’d love to see implemented. *Adding a recipe by ingredient. Currently I have to go to MFP to put a recipe in, get my macros, and then add to this app which is super annoying, to be honest. *I wish my “favorited” items would be first when I search or if there was a list of fav…AI Calorie Counter - Appediet
I really loved this app when I discovered it, and I’m not exaggerating when I say their programs helped completely change my life. However. There have been little issues since the start, and this latest update is the last straw. I gave the app grace when the “meal insights” tab kept recommending I add avocado to my next meal, even though I specified when setting up my account that I’m allergic t…Foodvisor - AI Calorie Counter
There’s one issue with this app that is unbelievably tedious and frustrating. At random times, the app will only work if I’m on Wi-Fi. Other times, it will only work if Wi-Fi is turned off. I’ve learned to live with that part, even though it makes no sense. The real problem is when the app decides to work with neither. When that happens, my only option is to restart my phone. But if I restart my p…Cronometer: Calorie Counter
These developers need to get off their bits and fix the issues. Reading the comments it’s obvious that other users are having issues too. As for me I’m a pro user and i have several issues with it. The main issue is you can’t get the widget off of the lock screen. I’ve turned notifications off in the app as well as in my iPhone settings and it’s still there. This needs to be addressed. They state …AI Calorie Tracker by Yazio
App is very glitchy and within a few days wouldn’t allow me to log food without paying for the app. Not sure if that’s the way it works but I hadn’t even had a chance to figure out if I liked the app before it wouldn’t allow certain functions without the window popping up asking me to pick a plan. Once again let me reiterate that it’s glitchy and my chats weren’t showing up and I’d have to close…BetterTogether: Weight Loss
Weil the app projects to make things simple It really is not. AI is horrible. You end up having to ChatGPT everything anyhow. You put a recipe in making your life simple so you can just click the saved recipe and add it to the meals, but it keeps changing the macros on calories, fat, carbohydrates. If you end up having to go in, delete that meal, go back in and re-enter everything again. This is …Fitia: Calorie Counter & Diet
Deep Report

This is the what. The Deep Report is the why.

Sample below is from the live budgeting apps Deep Report. Yours is generated to order for calorie tracking apps.

The #1 counted gap

Sync & data runs 5.8% of this market’s negatives vs 2.2% typical, present in 9 of 14 apps.

+ 10 more gaps, ranked, inside.

Rival by rival

Rocket Money - Bills & Budgets68% negative367,314 ratings

Owns: Largest reach; bill-negotiation hook

Exposed: Billing fraud perception ('billing every three weeks'); inaccurate sync; no Zelle/CashApp

Intuit Credit Karma

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NerdWallet: Smart Money App

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YNAB

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Monarch: Budget & Track Money

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Exposed:

7 rivals read this way inside: owned ground and exposed flank, each.

Root causes behind each complaint, which competitor has already solved it, and whether the gap in calorie tracking apps is still open, the part a model can’t reconstruct.

Frequently asked

What do users complain about most in calorie tracking apps?

The most common complaint is "App crashes freezes and performance lags", 27% of analyzed complaints across 26 apps.

How many reviews did App Imp analyze for calorie tracking apps?

5,799 real App Store reviews across 26 apps. Frequency-ranked and counted, never estimated.

What are the top complaints in calorie tracking apps?

1. App crashes freezes and performance lags (27%); 2. Food entry UI difficult or broken features (18%); 3. Recent updates degraded user experience and layout (15%); 4. Data loss and sync issues between devices (14%); 5. Unresponsive customer support and developer communication (10%).

Other counted categories

Every figure above is counted from real, public App Store reviews, never estimated, never LLM-invented. 5,799 reviews across 26 calorie tracking apps.