Carbs & Cals - Diabetes & Diet for Android
Need to improve search function. Searching for cheese does not bring up Cheddar cheese.. It is under "cheddar" so you have to search for cheddar. Minced beef does not seem to exist etc etc etc. !! Also some sort of export needed to take the info out of the app into excel etc. Idea is good but for the price needs to be far more polished than it is.
Iniatially when i was given the use of the pump this app was brilliant. It showed me plates of carbs and majority of foods was on this app. It even taught me to eat healthy options. However recently it is taking long time to load by this time i could have had a hypo. This has been happening for at least three weeks. Please fix otherwise I shall unistall.
Please make database not be erased after we clean temporary files and so on... Not good to have to download same data over and over again as everyone use some type of cleaning app nowadays... Rather then that very good and helpful application
Since the update I've realised how major the update has been and management of my type 1 diabetes is incredible and is now fundamental to my management and can't do without it now definitely worth the money without doubt. Only criticism is searching it takes a while to search and gain when erasing to RE write another food can lag which is a little frustrating but other than that faultless
Love the app. As type 1 diabetic it's incredibly useful. Just one gripe have downloaded images but it won't show them on android phone when no data connection? App compliments books.
It's not the easiest I have used, one annoying thing was I had to scroll back page by page to get back to my births date? Really annoying should have manual add date function. And can't mix things like cheese, ham& salad sandwich.
If you use it like the book (which I also have) it works like a book. Otherwise, it is a very poor app. Can't store the foods I regularly use, for example, doesn't offer to work out insulin dose based on carb ratio and carbs selected... and search is poor. Might as well just have an index...like the book ;-)
Definitely could be an amazing app, but will only search from the first word, so you have to know what you're searching for beforehand. Very clunky in that respect. Also, if it finds nothing, you have to hit back rather than carrying on typing.
Freezes more often than not when i open the app. A lot of food is missing as well. When it works and it has what I've eaten it's brilliant but i expected more considering i had to pay £3.99 for it!
Why have ads started appearing on the start screen, not wanted in a paid app. Where is the database stored as I couldn't find it so had to recreate all My Foods when I bought a new phone, would be much easier if could copy it across
Is anyone looking after this app?? This is giving me incorrect reading for my cp to insulin. Loved this app but its causing me problems with my blood sugars. Please fix this is my 3rd request for it to be fixed!
There were a few issues with this before the last update which made it unusable for me. Thankfully they have now been resolved and the app is great again! Essential for Carb Counters. Keep up the good work.
No gi index! Can't edit meals, lots of food missing! Great idea but I was hoping for alot more to help me, as I have just be diagnosed with type 1
Got this to make life easier when out with daughter. Had ice cream cone and it's not listed. So far not so good.
App is still not working. Just glad I have the book as back up!! When looking up food they do not load and I am kicked out!!! Please fix these issues!!!
There are 5 statistics about each food, but you can only display 4 of them (I chose to discard Fibre). The sea of negative reviews gave me pause, but it seems to basically work with my unlimited data plan, so I won't go for the refund. There's no sign of integration with MyFitnessPal. I wonder if there's an ebook?
Brilliant app best thing I have had handy as got it on my phone and loss weight using this app to
*UPDATED* app is getting worse over time, not better! User interface is annoying to navigate/customise. Good idea to help people (esp. Type 1's) get to grips with carb. counting but good ideas don't mean the app does what it should. No development time to add missing features, however there are a lot of features that allow you to build your own recipe library etc. but I don't think I could be bothered because it's so unstable. No substitute for weighing scales and the manufacturers nutritional information.
I've downloaded the files to be able to use it offline yet every time I'm not connected I get the 'failed' message. Very frustrating considering I paid $4.99
Was very pleased with this app but three days ago it stopped loading foods so unable to use. Really annoying as all BG results are stored, so can't just uninstall.
Great for logging carbs... the diabetes recording is flawed. The Background insulin wheel has to be tapped all the time and the BG record always sets as 4 so I have to keep deleting the record and re trying to input the data.... fix it please guys. This is a paid app and although I have reported the bug on the website I have heard sod all back from you guys. Will be discussing the recommendation with the health care team that flagged your system.
This app is very very annoying! It constantly downloads the food database, which is only useful if you like prepackaged food. It likes nice pretty pictures of food, yeah, that's useful. If you start building a meal and realise that you missed something out is very hard to add it in, in fact you have to start all over again! But do you use some calories when you do this a few times! All that shouting and ranting and raving. It must burn loads of calories. Totally annoying! AVOID!
I've used myfitnesspal which is great but doesn't show clear carb counts for meals. This app should be great but the search function for foods is horrendous because the titles are all over the place. Try entering a cheese sandwich, it's infuriating! Shame because when it works it's great. They just need to do some serious work on the app and database.
Worked brilliantly for one day. Now there are no foods in the list lest alone and pictures. Its ok for keeping track of you blood readings but useless for helping with your carb counting
Too time consuming and big ti be efficient tho it is reliable
Time for a user interface update. The photos don't display correctly, they are too short and wide!
App has a terrible user interface and needs a lot of work. The database also needs work and should include food from popular takeaways. Also, you can't access the app without Internet connection. I found out the hard way. They are more concerned with taking your money then providing a working app.
I used to rely on this app when out and about for carb info. It now never works, constantly deleting and trying to reload the image database. Useless when out and about. A priceless and worthy app that has beome worthless and useless. Back to the book, and if i could ask for thr money back on this app, i would.
My son has just been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, this app was recommended by our Diabetic Nurse. Amazing app, makes working out carbs a dream you even create your own food page by taking a photo and adding the details. Exceptional would strongly recommend. 1st class product well done.
The information is very good as you can count the carbs and divide by the percentage that is needed for insulin amounts in diabetes . Only drawback is that it will not download to my computer, but is available to my Sony mobile. Seems to be choosey when it comes to software. Still waiting for the download to my Samsung computer!!!
It was going great till its telling me that there is no license I paid for this app can u fix it plz so I can keep using it thanks
Using this for diabetes management and carb counting. I'm entering all this useful data but this app provides me no ability to analyse it. I can't even export it. This makes this paid for app a bit pointless. Along with a very amateur UI.
It's a very good app I have it on my tablet but they are not the same the carbs for the same food are different also you have to pay twice which I do t agree with
Downloaded all the images and items nothing is coming at search seems wasted £4. Does anyone know their contact details?
Fab food info and excellent graphics really valuable help for calorie counting whether it's for a dietary regime or blood glucose support
Down loaded app today. Set up, entered first meal(breakfast) Spent hours trying to load lunch it's now bedtime given up. Will try again in morning but looks like I've wasted £4 back to pen and paper
When I get the chance to edit my diabetes entries instead of just deleting them and stop making it download database everytime, then I'll rate 5 stars :)
The app has lowered my hba1c by a lot I never use to carb count but now I'm doing it every day!
It has improved, but it's far from slick and Adverts when your paying for an app winds me up. How big are the plates and bowls. Video intro walk through? Search Apple, surely Apple would appear first and other things with Apple a to z. No just a random list. It's frustrating
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Hi carbs and cals... My phone has detected virus' and all sorts via my software cleaner on my phone, and I am reluctant to download it. This app is amazing when can be used as is full of helpful guideance and pictures to assist the management of diabetes. Can this be fixed so I and the many other people, who find the app helpful and have PAID for the app can use it. Thanks