Meal Snap

There's this app that I really like, Meal Snap. I've started counting calories few years back after having successfully lost close to 20 kilos and was determined not to gain any of it back. Its more of a guesswork than exact science...having to look at a dish and 'oh 200 kcals maybe?' So I read about this app, downloaded it and highly recommend it if you're looking to keep a tab on your daily caloric intake.

The first time I tried it, I was quite impressed. The values are more or less in the range of what was on the label/what I guessed.

I was more impressed that they described the 'Lurve' as multigrain chips. Its as if there's some human operator going through all the snapshots, googling the product and then sending them back to the app.

Hmm...so what if I...

Not bad. How about...

 And this one?

All in all, a pretty fun app to use. However, the app lags quite a bit. One search can take anywhere from 15mins to an hour (maybe needing a referral to a human to determine what that thing is). Sometimes longer. I had a couple of searches that were 'lost' - as in totally no results at all. It will just show you a blank snapshot instead of the one you submitted.

Still, its a new app and I hope they do improve with subsequent updates.