>As someone coming from MacroFactor,

We've had many people who have unsubscribed from MacroFactor after using our MacroCodex.

Not just this, we've also built MacroFactor Workout's rival Symbiote Workout app which is also completely free! it's now in Beta and under rapid developement.

For calorie tracking, you've established apps like Cronometer and MyFitnessPal or they can use our completely free AI calorie tracker CalorieCodex! which does what you want! barcode scan / photo to calorie and macro output etc...

>estimating macros on food is the hardest part of dieting. So your app is great but it tackles the part of dieting that people aren't stuggling with and doesn't address the part that they do struggle with.

I believe MacroCodex actually targets the part most people are likely to struggle with and this is why it is able to provide guaranteed results!

This app is not a calorie tracker, though it can pull calorie totals and weight from other apps using Health Connect on Android.

To understand the problem we are solving, you'll need to read this: https://macrocodex.app/knowledge/rethink/adaptive-tdee/

We've had to design this algorithm to figure out real maintenance calories:

https://macrocodex.app/knowledge/macrocodex/smart-calorie-bu...

>Most dieting apps are pushing for the AI photo and barcode scanning to make estimating easier and though far from perfect, it makes the whole experience at least somewhat doable.

We also have an AI calorie tracker; it's CalorieCodex. It's in BETA and can do Barcode/Photo using BYOK AI.