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MyFitnessPal
Raised as a usability problem by 17 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 12 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Food search returns many wrong or outdated entries, taking minutes per mealUnreviewed
20132026- Searching a food database means scrolling through many wrong or outdated entries, taking minutes per meal2026-02-27
- Offline, the app only holds previously entered foods, so searching fails without signal2018-06-25
- Interface is pretty bad, making the food data hard to use2013-04-22
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 17 complaints
- Searching a food database means scrolling through many wrong or outdated entries, taking minutes per meal2026-02-27
- Logging one meal takes 3 to 4 minutes, too slow to keep up daily2025-12-10
- Lacks trend analysis, so daily weight fluctuations are hard to interpret2025-04-22
- Back button overlaid with a link that loads a full-page ad instead2022-08-25
- Too many taps and menus to log calories, slower than paper2020-07-07
- Opt-out modal blocks the screen for thirty seconds with a loading bar; Cancel is oversized2020-07-07
- Offline, the app only holds previously entered foods, so searching fails without signal2018-06-25
- Logging food is a pain to do in the app2018-06-25
- Logging food in the app was the biggest chore of weight loss2018-06-25
- App is very slow when doing simple things2018-03-29
- Desktop web interface is so bad the commenter stopped using it2018-03-29
- App doesn't open on the food diary by default, which the user finds annoying2018-03-29
- Imported recipes map ingredients to wrong items, forcing manual corrections, with a poor correction UI2016-01-13
- Phone keeps vibrating from notifications even after disabling them in the app2015-09-25
- User-submitted data is redundant and messy, and logging has friction at every step2015-08-19
- Opening the app forces a login screen before anything can be used2014-05-21
- Interface is pretty bad, making the food data hard to use2013-04-22