App Detail » Protein Counter and Tracker

Published by: First Line Medical Communications

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $2.99
Current Version: 2.9.0
Released: August 01, 2014

What's New

Three new features: 1. Record & track time or meal (eg lunch) when recording food/beverage intake. 2. "How to use the app” instructions are now numbered 1–15 to indicate the steps to take when the app is first installed to become familiar with the app's capabilities; they have also been revised to highlight the need to allow the app access to your iPhone or iPad camera, microphone and speech recognition to scan barcodes and use dictation and speech recognition. 3. Sample recipes can be easily identified and deleted if desired, and a bug has been fixed.

App Description

It is so important to eat enough protein for healthy and strong muscles (including the heart), bones, tendons, ligaments, hair, nails and skin; general body function, wound healing and recovery from infections; and brain and mental health. A high protein intake promotes a feeling of fullness and suppresses hunger so helps in the prevention and management of overweight/obesity. It is also recommended that people over 40 years have a higher protein intake to prevent age-related sarcopenia (muscle wasting). This app can help you eat enough protein.
Choose and set your target daily protein intake using the information provided in the app based on current guidelines. This can be changed at any time.
Synchronize the app (on the Settings screen) if you have other First Line Medical communications nutrient counters (eg in an app bundle) so you only need to record your food and beverage intake once and it will be shared with all apps. Record your food and beverage intake using the barcode scanner, speech recognition, by favoriting foods, or by using the search function and use the serving sizes provided (mainly those suggested by USDA Food Data Central) or change to your serving size. Your progress towards your target daily intake will be visible immediately in real-time. You can also view your progress over time on the Month view dashboard, and export food diaries and protein intake into a spreadsheet for your own information or to share with healthcare providers.
The app is curated and contains 325+ common (mainly healthy) foods and drinks and you can add your own branded and other foods and recipes at any time using the barcode scanner, voice recognition or the keyboard. This means that provided you add your barcoded foods to the app via the "Add food" tab the app can function without access to the Internet (it will need access to the internet and OpenFoodFacts.org if a barcode is not in the app's database).
Apple's HealthKit functionality is integrated in the app's user interface so you can share data with Apple's Health app by tapping the Share button on the Settings screen (see screenshot 1).
Also useful nutritional information via the Info tab.
The interface is intuitive to navigate, but you may find it useful to familiarize yourself with the full functionality of the app by touching the icons, words, and bars on every screen and swiping left and right on the Tracker screen.