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  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPtoFitness and Health@lemmy.ml•Is Cronometer Gold worth it?
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    12 days ago

    I ended up contacting them to get a trial and they obliged, of which I’m incredibly grateful. But after receiving it, was gutted.

    For what they charge, I thought the Gold experience would be amazing, only to find out that what you’re paying for is a half-finished app experience.

    I’m already not a fan of cross platform apps. I understand them, it’s cheaper to code once, but the experience is almost always shitty for everyone and you can feel the compromises in Cronometer. Hopefully they open up their API to allow third party apps or something, because honestly what’s on offer needs to improve. Apps should look and feel native.

    For me, what I want is the ability to export PDFs so I can review my nutrition with AI, however there’s no way to do that in app. You’re made to go to their website to do it and there’s not even a way to open that in app.

    Once you get there, the website is hard coded for desktop and once you get the PDF that too is hard coded for desktop.

    Given what they charge, you’d assume that they would focus on delivering a great experience for all of their users, but as an Android user, I feel bottom of the list.

    Thanks to their food database, they’re still better than both MyFitnessPal and Fitbit, but I’m not sure that’s worth the monthly fee.

    That said, if I see some sort of roadmap and see they’re working to finish the app experience, I’d likely subscribe to support that development.

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