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Carbs & Cals: Diet & Diabetes
Chello Publishing · 54 ratings · ★ 3.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 19 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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"food"
8 negative reviews mention this · 42% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No Mexican Food. No Tacos No fish tacos No Barretoes No chicken burritos, No beef burritos, No Carnitas burritos, No enchiladas, No tamales, No Spanish rice or refried beans No need the app." - The Crumby
2
"waste"
6 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your money. Incredibly overpriced. This appears to be an app designed for the UK and Europe. Most of the foods are things I have never heard of, the measurements are in grams, and it can’t find anything using the barcode. Save your money." - Doowle12
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"money"
6 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your money. Incredibly overpriced. This appears to be an app designed for the UK and Europe. Most of the foods are things I have never heard of, the measurements are in grams, and it can’t find anything using the barcode. Save your money." - Doowle12
4
"waste money"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
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"carbs"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A waste of money. I hoped I might be able to use it in the most basic way, seeing as it hasn’t had updates in 2 years, however it calculates carbs completely wrong, so is absolutely useless. One day it calculates my breakfast as 1g carbs and the next 39g. It…" - mercuryrtrogreat
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"choices"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too Cumbersome. Did not know basic measurements were metric and also too time consuming when entering own food choices. Waste of money." - NCMom 1964
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"food choices"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too Cumbersome. Did not know basic measurements were metric and also too time consuming when entering own food choices. Waste of money." - NCMom 1964
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"foods"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your money. Incredibly overpriced. This appears to be an app designed for the UK and Europe. Most of the foods are things I have never heard of, the measurements are in grams, and it can’t find anything using the barcode. Save your money." - Doowle12
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"track"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Most people on diabetes forums have recommended this app so I downloaded it and so far disappointed because foods aren't in there you can't track exercise and feel it was a waste of six dollars since support told me it wouldn't be fixed unt…" - Violetvictory
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"limited"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don't buy.... You are really limited on food choices. Many simple foods are not listed. A 5.99 mistake." - Raptor lover
📋 All 19 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
No Mexican Food
No Tacos
No fish tacos
No Barretoes
No chicken burritos,
No beef burritos,
No Carnitas burritos,
No enchiladas,
No tamales,
No Spanish rice or refried beans
No need the app.
No fish tacos
No Barretoes
No chicken burritos,
No beef burritos,
No Carnitas burritos,
No enchiladas,
No tamales,
No Spanish rice or refried beans
No need the app.
Don’t waste your money
Incredibly overpriced. This appears to be an app designed for the UK and Europe. Most of the foods are things I have never heard of, the measurements are in grams, and it can’t find anything using the barcode. Save your money.
A waste of money
I hoped I might be able to use it in the most basic way, seeing as it hasn’t had updates in 2 years, however it calculates carbs completely wrong, so is absolutely useless. One day it calculates my breakfast as 1g carbs and the next 39g. It is all over the place and completely wrong. Stick to MyFitnessPal
Wack
This app is wack and barely has the food I need. Can I get a refund please?
Diasappointed
Good potential but TERRIBLE food database.
Great app if you have ten hours to wait
This is the slowest most annoying app. I get results quicker google searching everything.
Carbs and calories
Dislike app wish could get money back. Not suited for low carb hi fat
Disappointed
Most people on diabetes forums have recommended this app so I downloaded it and so far disappointed because foods aren't in there you can't track exercise and feel it was a waste of six dollars since support told me it wouldn't be fixed until 2015
Bought the full version
Since the upgrade app did not work. Reloaded it and now it wants me to pay again. I don't think so! Really liked this app but not going to pay for it again.
Meal Dates Don't Change
Theoretically great idea however falls short.
1) Meal dates do not update.
2) Pistachios show up in the Portugal menu only. I guess they are not eaten in USA
3) Lots of food not represented and this makes the potentially brilliant program of little use
4) All country food databases should simultaneously be activated and searchable
1) Meal dates do not update.
2) Pistachios show up in the Portugal menu only. I guess they are not eaten in USA
3) Lots of food not represented and this makes the potentially brilliant program of little use
4) All country food databases should simultaneously be activated and searchable
Don't buy...
You are really limited on food choices. Many simple foods are not listed. A 5.99 mistake.
Upset
I hate this app. It is not user friendly, it is limited on food options, such as it list coke or cola, but not diet versions. It offers food choices that are common to U.S. terminology such as "eggy toast" that I assume is French Toast. It doesn't list items such as bacon, sausage, only Greek yogart. The descripiton in the free version is misleading. I don't recommend buying this app.
Rip off.
You can find the carbs in something called saltanas, but if you want to know the carbs in something as simple as a tomato, forget it.
Carbs & Cals
I thought this would be a great electronic way to keep track of carbs while also having the ability to check calorie counts. The information failed to tell you
that this app originated in the UK. The food choices are different and don't support the diet of the US. This was a waste of money for me and am still searching for something better - similar to the Calorie King book.
Save your money
I used this app one time and it was worthless. The don't even have eggs in their database. I needed to count my carb for 6 meals. This app has the ability to track 6 meals but that's about it. Waste of money and time. Maybe one day they will add to their database. Until then, I will keep looking for a carb tracker. Unless you have $7.99 you want to throw away, stay away from thos app.
Dud
This app was the biggest rip off I have ever encountered. 7.99 for really very limited information. This is more for diabetics than weight loss. A dud.
Too Cumbersome
Did not know basic measurements were metric and also too time consuming when entering own food choices. Waste of money.
iPhone X
Please we need an update for iPhone X
Good Idea
Its a good idea to use pictures to help define portions, but it crashes and deletes the meals your adding.
Sentiment summary
63%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
33%
Negative (1-2★)