MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter: What Users Actually Complain About
Overview
The app's recent updates have significantly degraded user experience through unintuitive UI changes, removal of essential meal tracking features, and implementation of restrictive paywalls. Combined with stability issues and data loss problems, these changes have frustrated long-time users who feel the app has lost its core functionality and value.
Top complaints
1. UI/UX Changes
cluster 1/8Recent updates have significantly degraded the app's usability with unintuitive layouts, increased complexity, and loss of simple overview features.
“replaced their previous intuitive user interface with this AI Slop. Absolutely no thought put into the usability of the”
“The new layout is so frustrating that it completely ruined the app.”
“the graphical interface is absolute dogshit after update”
2. Meal Macro Tracking Issues
cluster 2/8The app removed the ability to view macros per meal, which is essential for meal prepping and tracking nutritional goals.
“New update no longer allows you to see carb data by meal, only by day.”
“removed the ability to view per meal macros. Currently on a 576 day streak. Going to find an archived copy online.”
“can't see the macros per lunch, breakfast, dinner, etc. Only shows calories now. It's awful.”
3. Paywall and Subscription Concerns
cluster 3/8Basic features that were previously free are now locked behind a premium subscription, making the app less accessible.
“not how it used to be with out having to pay for a subscription not worth it.”
“have to pay to scan food and bar codes. This makes it harder and more time consuming to look food.”
“locked basic features that used to be free behind a paywall.”
4. App Stability and Performance
cluster 4/8The app frequently crashes, freezes, and has sync issues, making it unreliable for daily use.
“the app frequently crashes and you have to check nutritional info on entries carefully, as there are often multiple entr”
“app is suddenly really slow”
“app stability is really poor. The "add" button does nothing except darken the screen”
5. Data Loss and Tracking Problems
cluster 5/8Users experience logged foods disappearing, inability to view diary entries, and difficulty tracking meals accurately.
“my logged foods have disappeared. I can see macros and nutrients, but cannot see or edit what I've logged unless I go to”
“I can no longer see my custom macros at the top of my ach day in the diary”
“The latest update removed the diary view. Now you can't quickly edit entries.”
6. Login and Sync Issues
cluster 6/8Users face persistent login problems, auto-logout, and unreliable synchronization with other services.
“upgraded to premium but can't log in with my google account (premium account).”
“it constantly logs you out so you have to login multiple times a day”
“I've been unable to use it, as it gets stuck on the log in page”
7. Food Database and Tracking Accuracy
cluster 7/8The app has inaccurate food information, duplicates, and difficulty finding or logging specific foods.
“couldn't find spaghetti in its system... really!”
“creates 10s of activities as duplicates, as it sees the activity come in from Garmin”
“Dozens of duplicates of food items with incorrect macros”
8. Navigation and Functionality Loss
cluster 8/8The app has become less efficient with extra steps required for basic tasks and loss of key functionality.
“I need to click twice now to log food? If I click dinner, I don't want to have to click it again”
“copy from one day's meal to another day is not working. I can "copy from" but there's no "copy to".”
“Sharing meals or recipes with friends is a pain. I want to be able to save the meal”
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