Why switch to healmeal instead of Lose It!.
Lose It! is a search box first, a tracker second. healmeal is a camera first. Photo, barcode, menu scan, verbal describe. Logging stops being something you do and starts being something that happens in the background of your day.
- AI photo recognitionSnap It (basic)
- Restaurant menu scanner—
- Describe your meal in words—
- Barcode scanner
- 13 iOS widgets + Lock ScreenFew
- Personalised, proactive notificationsReminders only
- Apple Health sync
Why pick healmeal
If you only log barcoded supermarket food, either works. If you cook, eat out, or just want to spend less time inside the app, healmeal is faster every single meal.
What you get with healmeal
Lose It! built its lead on a database. healmeal trades part of that depth for a logging flow that doesn't drain your day. The camera is the front door. Search exists if you really need it, but the default for any new meal is point and shoot. Two taps, done.
The rest of the app is designed to keep that habit going. The menu scanner reads any restaurant menu and suggests the dishes that fit your remaining macros so you don't second-guess the order. The verbal logger covers the in-between moments when typing is faster than aiming a camera.
IOS native depth is where the gap widens. Thirteen widgets covering calories, protein, water, steps, streak, and weight live on the home screen and Lock Screen, so you log most of your day without opening the app at all. Notifications are personalised, not blasted. The result is a tracker you can actually keep using past day 60.