Synopsis: FoodNoms helps you count calories and track macros.
Price and Platform: Free with a premium upgrade option. iOS only.
RDN Score: 5/5
Pros
Perfectly polished design includes home screen widgets making it easy to track calories, macros, water and fasting hours on one screen.
Scan nutrition labels to quickly gather data.
Record nutrition details noting where you are entering accurate or approximate calories and macros data.
Track daily averages and gain daily, weekly or monthly insights about your personal nutrition.
Log and track water and other drinks.
Create recipes and plan meals using a variety of ingredients and save meals and custom foods.
Save frequently logged meals for quick and easy recall.
Data is stored in your personal cloud account with no requirement to provide an email address so you can protect your name and privacy.
Integrates directly with the Apple Health app, Siri and Shortcuts.
Users can select motivations from losing, gaining or maintaining weight to improving heart health and practicing intermittent fasting.
Option to add goals around water, caffeine, alcohol and individual nutrients such as calcium, magnesium and iron.
Can access the community food database or opt out to keep your food logs a bit more accurate.
Create food by manual entry or scanning a nutrition label, and easily enter recipes and meals logs.
Switch from calories to kilojoules and change regional settings such as enabling carbohydrates by difference or showing 100g/ml options.
Cons
Not appropriate for anyone sensitive to or negatively triggered by tracking their food and meals.
Diet choices are very limited with options only for low-carb, high-protein and keto diets.
Bottom Line: Though not appropriate for anyone negatively triggered by calorie counting and logging, FoodNoms is made for dieters and anyone who wants to track what they eat.
Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, LD, is based in Atlanta and specializes in culinary nutrition, communications and consulting. She blogs at marisamoore.com. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
Synopsis: FoodNoms helps you count calories and track macros.
