THL The Honest Log

Most people don't quit calorie apps because they stop caring.

They quit because logging one meal takes two minutes, a bad day erases a streak, and the app they trusted quietly moved its best feature behind a paywall.

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§ 02 · what the reviews said

We read 4,510 one-star reviews of the top diet apps. Here's what people actually complained about.

Ranked by count. It's mostly the same five things.

  1. 01Billing surprises & hard-to-cancel subscriptions759
  2. 02An update removed a feature people relied on711
  3. 03Generic or wrong coaching advice602
  4. 04Ads & upsell notifications in a paid app414
  5. 05Wrong calories or barcode scanner behind a paywall373

Nobody complained about the design. People leave because it charged them, changed on them, or told them something they knew was wrong.

§ 03 · the pact

Here's what won't happen.

No. There is no streak to break.

Miss a day and nothing resets. The one mechanic that makes people delete the app is not in this one.

No. Your first entry is not a search box.

Say it or snap it. No hunting a database for "chicken breast, raw, boneless, one." Ten seconds per meal, most of the time.

No. Every number shows its source.

Every estimate is checkable — brand label, USDA entry, your correction. You can trust the ones you audited, ignore the ones you didn't.

No. Your best feature will not move behind a paywall.

What you sign up for is what you get. If we ever charge for it, we tell you first and never quietly move an existing feature.

§ 04 · what it is, in three lines
§ 05 · early access

Be the first ones in.

One email when it opens. That's the entire mailing list.

You're on the list. We'll email you once, when it opens.

Straight answer on Android: we're starting on iPhone because shipping one good app beats shipping two rough ones. Android is planned, not promised. Choose Android above and you're first in line — and it moves up the list.