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 Hello, a mobile app that I am familiar with is MacroFactor. MacroFactor is a tracking app created to assist you in tracking your calories and macronutrients. I have been using MacroFactor for a while, and it has made it easy to be able to know my daily intake. It was created by "Stronger by Science Technologies LLC," and I found it due to a youtube I watched, Jeff Nippard. 

This app requires some work to operate correctly, mainly constant inputs of anything you consume in a day. You start off by answering some questions about yourself, your height, weight, activity level, experience, etc., and finish by setting a goal of weight loss, weight gain, or maintenance. It then calculates your general caloric intake for a day and also breaks it down further by giving you your macro goals(protein, fats, and carbohydrates). Initially, it seemed daunting to follow a stricter diet plan, but after starting, I found it much more freeing than I first thought. I found that I was actually eating way under my calorie goal and was not losing weight how I wanted because of it. Once I started eating more, I ended up losing more. It also does something really neat; it will adjust your intake values based on your weekly trends. Having an evolving meal plan is critical to being able to maintain any weight-changing journeys, lest they become monotonous and draining. 

The design of the app is sleek and modern, with clear labels and explanations for any questions you may have. This is very helpful to anyone starting out because it can be intimidating going into something like this. It also has multiple charts and breakdowns of your eating trends, making it easy to monitor your weekly progress. On top of that, it has made inputting what I am eating easy and efficient. By scanning the barcode of anything I eat, finding it in a list of items, or describing it to an AI that finds what you are talking about, you will not have to struggle to input your consumption. 

Even with how much I enjoy the app, there are still a few recommendations I would make. I will like to see a function that allows you to shift your goals easily. I am curious to see the caloric intake for more aggressive and passive weight loss plans, but it does not have a way of switching without starting all over. Another change would be a recent search button on the food inputs. Sometimes I will have a whole meal typed into the app and forget to hit the additional "Log Items" button, and it will cause me to have to start all over. Finally, I would like the ability to input how many calories I burn a day into it, not have it go off of estimates it assumes. Some days I will burn more calories than others, so it would be nice to have to shift goals to match that. But, even with these recommendations, I still would recommend this app to anyone who is trying to either gain, lose, or maintain their weight.