If your new resolution for 2025 is to monitor your diet and lose a few extra pounds, here is a selection of apps that will help you count the calories you ingest so as not to exceed your daily intake.
To achieve your weight loss goal, there are 2 mistakes you should not make: rushing to the gym 7 days a week (but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it and there are very good sports applications available) and follow a drastic diet or the latest fashionable detox.
So, the most important thing when starting a real weight loss (if you don’t have any particular health problems) is to achieve a calorie deficit. This seems logical, but you need to eat a little less than what your body burns so that it can draw on its reserves.
So, the total calories in your daily diet should be less than the total calories you expend each day. But it’s not always easy to know how many calories an apple, a green salad or a pizza provides. To help you, applications count these calories in a few moments and add them up throughout the day to help you meet your goal.
Foodvisor, with visual recognition
One of the most popular apps is Foodvisor. Compatible with Android and iOS, it allows you to record the calories you ingest from a simple photo or scanning the barcode if it is an industrial food. It also provides other important information such as macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and fiber.
Foodvisor is a very complete application, since it also offers to record the physical activities carried out in order to increase energy expenditure. And if you don’t know what to cook, balanced recipes are offered according to your criteria and your dietary constraints.
Healthify, for complete coaching
Healthify has a Snap tool, capable of calculating the calories and nutrients on a plate using a simple photo, but that’s not its only advantage. This application offers a complete health experience with your virtual coach named Ria. The latter answers all your questions regarding nutrition, sport, well-being, balance, etc. and recommends methods to implement to achieve your goal.
Additionally, the app helps track your steps, sleep patterns, hydration levels, and workouts. And if you have a connected watch or scale, the data will be even more precise. And if Ria isn’t enough for you, take advice from the user community and motivate each other!
Fatsecret, to count calories even in restaurants
Fatsecret is also one of the most popular applications, with several million users, in search of lasting weight loss. Indeed, no one wants to suffer the yo-yo effect and gain back all the pounds they lost so hard. FatSecret not only helps you monitor the calories you eat using a visual recognition system, but it recognizes all dishes, even those from restaurants.
From mixed salads to the most complete dishes, you will be informed of the number of calories, carbohydrates, proteins, fats and fibers. You will also be able to record your physical activity and plan healthy and balanced meals with recipes already present in the application. Everything is centralized in one place.
Yazio, calorie counter, intermittent fasting and recipes
Whether it’s burning fat, gaining muscle or simply adopting a more balanced diet, Yazio is here to help you achieve your goal. Three main features are available: a calorie counter, intermittent fasting programs and a catalog of more than 2,500 recipes.
No visual recognition, but a barcode reader and a database of more than 4 million dishes and foods are there to help you count your calories and inform you about the nutritional values and macronutrients of each meal. And if you don’t know how to cook healthy dishes, you will certainly find what you are looking for in the recipe catalog. Yazio is best known to fans of intermittent fasting, this method which consists of fasting within a specific period of time. Depending on the program chosen, the application will guide you and notify you of reminders for fasting or meal times.
Lifesum, numerous programs adapted to everyone
Although you have to manually enter what you eat, the app has an impressive database of dishes and foods to accurately count calories and nutrients. It is also possible, if it is an industrial product, to scan the barcode.
With Lifesum, you can also track your hydration and record your physical activity. But what sets Lifesum apart from its competitors is its adapted programs and its advice on the different diets you want to adopt: Ketogenic, intermittent, rich in protein, Mediterranean diet, Scandinavian, paleo, anti-sugar detox or just to eat more healthily, without processed products, choose your objective, after having informed yourself beforehand.
