OpenNutriTracker is a free app for phones that records what you eat and drink and tracks calories and nutrients, keeping the record on your device. It is for anyone who wants these numbers without sharing their eating history with a company, whether for weight loss, weight gain, managing a health condition, or general awareness.
Has 3 of 5 · Syncs across your devices ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Waistline is a free Android app for counting calories and tracking your weight. It is meant for people who want to log what they eat and keep an eye on their progress.
Has 2 of 5
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
wger is a free program for planning workouts and tracking fitness, body weight, and diet. It is for people who want to manage their training and nutrition themselves, either on a website they host or through its official apps.
Has 2 of 5
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
None of these match. Try another device.
Help me choose
I want to pick an open-source replacement for Cronometer. Below is a list from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0), in the order its website shows it. The order is a starting point, not a verdict.
- OpenNutriTracker: OpenNutriTracker is a free app for phones that records what you eat and drink and tracks calories and nutrients, keeping the record on your device. It is for anyone who wants these numbers without sharing their eating history with a company, whether for weight loss, weight gain, managing a health condition, or general awareness. [Easy setup; Android · iPhone; replaces fully; GPL-3.0; https://github.com/simonoppowa/OpenNutriTracker]
- Waistline: Waistline is a free Android app for counting calories and tracking your weight. It is meant for people who want to log what they eat and keep an eye on their progress. [Easy setup; Android; replaces fully; GPL-3.0-only; https://github.com/davidhealey/waistline]
- wger: wger is a free program for planning workouts and tracking fitness, body weight, and diet. It is for people who want to manage their training and nutrition themselves, either on a website they host or through its official apps. [Advanced setup; Linux · Android · iPhone; replaces partly; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/wger-project/wger]
Setup rating: "Easy setup" means you can install it like a normal app, use it in a browser. "Advanced setup" means you must run it on your own server or use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Full details: https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/food-tracking.json
Before recommending anything, ask me these three questions (one at a time, in plain words): 1) Which device or devices will I use it on (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone)? 2) How comfortable am I with technical setup: only installing apps from a store, happy to follow a step-by-step guide, or comfortable with servers and the command line? 3) What is my budget: free only, or willing to pay for hosting or support? Then recommend one to three projects from this list only, and for each say why, using how fully it replaces the app, its setup rating, and the devices it runs on. If nothing on the list fits me, say so plainly instead of stretching.
Before you build
Read the list of open-source projects at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/food-tracking.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
