Diet tracking

Features

Apps can require continuous payment (such as MFP requiring 40$ per year), one time upfront cost, free and one is even open source. The amount of features walled off from non paying users also varies.

Apps require connection to internet for some or almost all of their features to work.

Specific food can be found by scanning the barcode (and this usually requires online connectivity), search by name, and popular/recent.

Detail of nutrition tracked varies between apps as some track just macronutrients while others go into greater detail.

Some apps do not allow entering custom foods. Some apps use user contributions to populate their database of foods while others use formal databases like USDA.

Some apps include detailed to the minute timestamps and notes. A few don't allow changing quantity?

Table of Apps

name	search fave/recent barcode	offline	quantity timestamp notes export	detailnutrition serv.choiceselect customfood	addwater
SparklePeople	y y y		y n n p	y n y	y
looseit	y y y	y	y n n y	w n ?	p
fooducate	y y y		y n n p	y n y	n
cronometer	y y y		y p p	y y y	n
fatsecret	y y w		y n n ?	y y n	w
myfitnesspal	y y y	w	y p w	y y y	y
eathismuch	w y w		y n ? ?	w y y	n
mynetdairy	y y y	y	y n n ?	y y y	w
bitesnap	w y y	y	y y y y	y y n	w
glucosebuddy	w y y		? y n n	y y n	n
my diet diary	w y n	w	y n n ?	y y y	y
MyPlate	y y y	w	y n n ?	w n y	?
smartplate	y y y		n n n ?	n n ?	?
openfoodfacts	y y y		n n n y	y y y	n most detailed database

Apps that do not export their data

Some apps do not allow exporting at all in any way and as such are almost useless to self quantification. They are in a separate table.

Sources

https://forum.quantifiedself.com/t/recommended-food-tracking-apps/252/38