Tuesday 10 May 2016

Butter Get On Board With Apps

Diet and Foods apps - there's hundreds of them. Whether you use them to keep track of what you eat, get nutritional facts about certain food products (yes, as much as I hate to admit it, that bag of Grain Waves really does have 837 calories, just because they have fiber, doesn't mean they're healthy), or just have it on your phone to make you feel better about yourself (because you're GOING to start the diet soon, right?), they're an insanely popular type of app to download.

For example, Fooducate is an app that allows you to see the nutritional value of food after you scan the bar code (or manually search) using your phone. You can also see reviews of food by other app users, see alternatives that are a bit healthier than what you look up, track what you eat, and get diet advice. Another example is Diet Butler, who can tell you your ideal calorie intake ever day, based on your 'physical' data. Then, it has different features that keep people inspired, and sticking to their diet.




















Using an app instead of a website to reach an audience can be a really good option. It's super easy to track it's success - just look at the amount of downloads. Plus, people can easily leave reviews and comments about the app, so you can improve it to make or more user friendly. It can also be harder to track your eating habits/your diet on a website. Apps make it loads easier and you don't have to go searching through the web to find your details, simply open the app, and all your stuff is there. Fooducate enables you to scan a bar code and receive information about the food - whereas otherwise, you'd have to go look up all that info online.
The only issue is, how do you make yours different from all the others?

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