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Arise: AI Food Calorie Counter
A.R.I.S.E. Apps resulting in self enhancement Ltd. · 3,133 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 21 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"other"
7 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Sigh. Immediately asks for a bunch of info to make "my plan". I didn't ask for that. I got the app thinking it was a calorie tracker, not a lifestyle and diet planner. I just want to track calories. Why can't I find a simple app to do that witho…" - joat2b
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"food"
6 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t recommend. It never has any of the food items and doesn’t allow you to add your workouts. Save your money" - kileyrhea17
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"weight"
5 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Much to complicated. This app is much more complicated than the other weight loss apps, like weight watchers, you cannot change an existing dish which you made. Also, most of the fruits might be exist in Europe, but not in America and a lot of American food is …" - SuperRex1
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"calories"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Silly stuff. Not enough macro counting and too many ways to fudge on your goals by allowing user to change calories for the day. Hard to find places to change settings." - PJ @ 71
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"find"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Silly stuff. Not enough macro counting and too many ways to fudge on your goals by allowing user to change calories for the day. Hard to find places to change settings." - PJ @ 71
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"didn"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Sigh. Immediately asks for a bunch of info to make "my plan". I didn't ask for that. I got the app thinking it was a calorie tracker, not a lifestyle and diet planner. I just want to track calories. Why can't I find a simple app to do that witho…" - joat2b
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"enter"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Barcode reader is extremely poor. Immediately on downloading I tried to scan some common foods, such a bread Aldi always carries, a common brand of canned salmon, and finally JIF peanut butter. None of these were recognized by the barcode scanner, and the result was a messa…" - AppleUserID18
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"trying"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A real review.. This AP is the worse! Confusing and ALWAYS trying to upsell. Very annoying! I’m going elsewhere for my weight loss solution." - still irrated
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"user"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Silly stuff. Not enough macro counting and too many ways to fudge on your goals by allowing user to change calories for the day. Hard to find places to change settings." - PJ @ 71
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"change"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Silly stuff. Not enough macro counting and too many ways to fudge on your goals by allowing user to change calories for the day. Hard to find places to change settings." - PJ @ 71
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"settings"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Silly stuff. Not enough macro counting and too many ways to fudge on your goals by allowing user to change calories for the day. Hard to find places to change settings." - PJ @ 71
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"items"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t recommend. It never has any of the food items and doesn’t allow you to add your workouts. Save your money" - kileyrhea17
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Обман
Silly stuff
Not enough macro counting and too many ways to fudge on your goals by allowing user to change calories for the day. Hard to find places to change settings.
Don’t recommend
It never has any of the food items and doesn’t allow you to add your workouts. Save your money
Sigh
Immediately asks for a bunch of info to make "my plan". I didn't ask for that. I got the app thinking it was a calorie tracker, not a lifestyle and diet planner. I just want to track calories. Why can't I find a simple app to do that without all the other stuff?
A little disappointed
I was looking for a new calorie tracker and this one seemed great. It had good reviews and linked to some other apps I use. I went ahead and paid for a month of Pro so I could access more features. I found that simple items from Costco were not in their database. It seems to be more UK based. I double checked my settings to make sure I had English (USA) as my language as it said to do. I also tried to add an item and it kept saying “server error” after inputting everything which was frustrating because it didn’t save anything and took time to add. Also it offered to scan the nutrition label but then didn’t read it right at all. I wish I could get my money back. That’s another thing- they should have had a free trial so that if it didn’t work for me I would not be charged $8.99. Learned my lesson!
Much to complicated
This app is much more complicated than the other weight loss apps, like weight watchers, you cannot change an existing dish which you made. Also, most of the fruits might be exist in Europe, but not in America and a lot of American food is not listed. Do not commit long-term.
Barcode reader is extremely poor
Immediately on downloading I tried to scan some common foods, such a bread Aldi always carries, a common brand of canned salmon, and finally JIF peanut butter. None of these were recognized by the barcode scanner, and the result was a message that not every food has a barcode entered yet. For the price of this subscription, I expect a decent database of food. These are common foods, not rare oddities. This is a dealbreaker for me. Other apps manage to recognize these foods. I’m not going to manually enter everything I eat. Hopefully, the developers will improve their database and barcode scanner because it’s very poor compared to several other apps I’ve tried.
A real review.
This AP is the worse! Confusing and ALWAYS trying to upsell. Very annoying! I’m going elsewhere for my weight loss solution.
Wouldn’t recommend
At first I really liked this app until I noticed when you take a picture of the barcode for food, it doesn’t give the correct calories. I scan bread which is 70 calories per slice but the app says it’s 60 calories per slice.
Too complicated
Over done and there is no simple path that I can find. Example If I know the cal count I should be able to enter it.
For me it is a total waste of $26 with no refund possible or support to help me.
I simply deleted the app and forgot it!!
For me it is a total waste of $26 with no refund possible or support to help me.
I simply deleted the app and forgot it!!
A poor effort
This app is difficult to use, there’s a tremendous lag when typing and it’s difficult to find foods. Chicken salad, for example, shows as carbohydrate heavy.
Disappointed
I’ve downloaded this app 3 times and the weight option has the lowest weight one can choose at 900lbs.
To whom it may concern
I’m trying to get in Touch with the app support
How can I do that?
How can I do that?
Trying to delete this app
How do I delete this app?
No option to maintain/gain weight
I have no idea how the interface is because I didn’t bother going passed set up. I put my current weight (which is 10lbs underweight) and the only option i could choose for my goal weight was to go down to 108. Not up. Very disappointing. Guess I’m sticking to MyFitnessPal.
What a joke this app is!
Bought the outdated version for $19.00 life time membership and was told I needed the latest version because my phone couldn't support the other one. So I went and downloaded the latest one and this app doesn't work either! You can't create a password so you can never log on and the app. They are now charging $22.99 a year for membership but when you go to buy it they change the price to $23.99 a year. Support is no help what so ever!
A.R.I.S.E.
Cumbersome
Not reading calories in English
Went to ap settings on phone and does not show. Help please. Unusable if can’t figure this out. Paid for a year.
Pretty, but serving sizes limited
This app has a beautiful layout, but as soon as I started entering foods, I realized this was not going to be a user-friendly format. For example, I entered oatmeal for breakfast, and instead of 1 cup cooked or other measuring cup options, it only offered a bunch of serving sizes in ounces. I have a food scale, but it did not specify if the nutrition facts were for dry or prepared oatmeal, so I was not sure what to enter. And if someone didn’t have a food scale, then they would not be able to track with this unit of measure at all. I think I will stick to MyFitnessPal for now, but hopefully this app will correct this issue so that it can be more user-friendly.
Pretty but database is lacking, pro details nonexistent
I've downloaded several food tracker apps to use and compare. I'm willing to pay for Pro service if it offers the right features at the right price; I'm not expecting to get everything I want for free.
That said, the reviews for ARISE made me hopeful, as did the beautiful interface and integration with HealthKit. But when I tried to add my first food item I discovered the database is horribly incomplete.
Only very basic food items are included, such as "Chips." So I tried adding something every other app's database includes- a "ThinkThin Creamy Peanut Butter Bar." Nothing came up. I tried "ThinkThin"... nothing. I tried "Think thin"... I get 1 hit for "Think thin Barry (sic) oatmeal." (Apparently it's a user-added food, and since it's hand-typed and misspelled I'd be hesitant to trust the data.) There's no scanner so I have to manually enter the item. The app allows me to enter quantity in oz only, not "bar" or "g" and I can't enter 2.1 oz because there's no decimal option for that field. Further, I can only enter Protein, Carbs, and Fat. So... what if I'm trying to track net carbs? Do I input that instead? But my entry goes into the app's public (user) database and the field is labeled "Carbs" not "Net Carbs." In other words, user added food data isn't likely to be accurate or reliable.
I don't know if an upgraded food database is included in the Pro subscription because there are no details as to what's included with Pro, only weight loss promises. The Developer's website is not in English, with no option to switch languages.
After actually using this app I'm sorry to say I don't trust all the positive "reviews." I give it a Big Thumbs Down.
That said, the reviews for ARISE made me hopeful, as did the beautiful interface and integration with HealthKit. But when I tried to add my first food item I discovered the database is horribly incomplete.
Only very basic food items are included, such as "Chips." So I tried adding something every other app's database includes- a "ThinkThin Creamy Peanut Butter Bar." Nothing came up. I tried "ThinkThin"... nothing. I tried "Think thin"... I get 1 hit for "Think thin Barry (sic) oatmeal." (Apparently it's a user-added food, and since it's hand-typed and misspelled I'd be hesitant to trust the data.) There's no scanner so I have to manually enter the item. The app allows me to enter quantity in oz only, not "bar" or "g" and I can't enter 2.1 oz because there's no decimal option for that field. Further, I can only enter Protein, Carbs, and Fat. So... what if I'm trying to track net carbs? Do I input that instead? But my entry goes into the app's public (user) database and the field is labeled "Carbs" not "Net Carbs." In other words, user added food data isn't likely to be accurate or reliable.
I don't know if an upgraded food database is included in the Pro subscription because there are no details as to what's included with Pro, only weight loss promises. The Developer's website is not in English, with no option to switch languages.
After actually using this app I'm sorry to say I don't trust all the positive "reviews." I give it a Big Thumbs Down.
Solo llevo dos días usándolo todavía no tengo mucho que decir
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Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)