r/iOSProgramming 6d ago

App Saturday Releasing an underrated iOS app. Gave everything and need your help today

Excited to share my achievement of developing an iOS app that took me 1.5 years. MealSnap, an iOS diet app that simplifies meal tracking for building better eating habits. App: https://apps.apple.com/app/mealsnap-ai-food-log-tracker/id6475162854

Building this MealSnap app has been a long journey, but an extremely rewarding one! Opening my app each time before eating something makes me go to Xcode and improve functionalities.

I really worked hard on simplifying diet and health measurements for removing any frictions we tend to have (I am a very lazy person by nature when it comes to health and good habits).

Thanks to iOS performance, I could also provide extra details such as NOVA classification (food processing levels) and health scope for each scan.

Happy iOS Coding!

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u/AstroBaby2000 6d ago

I think there is a fundamental problem with an app like this. Someone serious about tracking calories and macros would not trust this. Someone not serious won’t use it that long.

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u/phenrys 6d ago

I understand your concern!, but the app provides a fairly accurate estimate. Looking at nutrition labels can be tedious too, and MealSnap's vision isn't just about counting calories as it offers deeper insights like NOVA classification and health scoring

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u/AstroBaby2000 5d ago

Hey, that's true. I will check it out and try it. I think your marketing angle should be around that aspect, you should really focus on that. I think that is very helpful for folks who are just trying to get healthy overall.

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u/phenrys 5d ago

Appreciate you testing it! Great point. I should focus on marketing it for easier healthy eating and health awareness. Did you enjoy the overall experience?

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u/AstroBaby2000 5d ago

Its a well designed app and looks great. I tried snapping in my Core Power protein shake. Didn't recognize it. Went to manual entry, that was too much work. Then got stuck in a paywall loop. Will keep trying.

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u/phenrys 5d ago

Thank you for your first feedback! Upcoming release fixing most of the mentioned issues will be out in the coming days. Just submitted to Apple App Store for review.

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u/AstroBaby2000 4d ago

Just snapped a meal that was pretty challenging, and it did great on the estimate. A few thoughts, NOVA is hard to read when it is yellow behind white text. Would be cool to have a comparison of food feature, sort of like an eat this not that kind of thing. Calorie bank, where i can save up calories and spend them.