Best tracking app on Reddit

189 reviews from r/SpyApp, r/FinancialPlanning, r/PeterAttia and 50 more subreddits

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Cronometer

4.6

(10)

"I’ve used Cronometer for years, the paid version, it’s excellent."

"I'd suggest Cronometer or MacroFactor, depending on whether or not you're trying to change your body composition."

"Cronometer is goat."

"Cronometer is great"

"Will second Cronometer best app ever. Very simple to use and has the scan feature for most food I love it!"

"Cronometer App."

"The free version is awesome, and I'm considering getting the paid version!"

"I found it quite user-friendly."

"Cronometer free, MacroFactor paid."

"I used ruled.me to find out my macros and then set these figures in the Cronometer app."

MyFitnessPal

4.1

(10)

"MyFitnessPal allows you to input premade foods with all nutritional facts, making tracking easy."

"MyFitnessPal or similar"

"I use MyFitnessPal to track calories and I use Fasty to have a fasting/feeding timer."

"I also use my fitness pal app for tracking the caloric intake."

"I use myfitnesspal to track my calorie intake because I want to make sure I eat enough."

"I have also used the free version of fitness pal for years."

"MyFitnessPal is a classic"

"I like my fitness pal"

"I use free version of My Fitness Pal. Water, food, weight and exercise tracking."

"My fitness pal, pay the subscription, and most things you scan will appear."

Life360

4.6

(8)

"Life360 location updates are on point and you can see where someone is in real time."

"Life360 is great for tracking family."

"I like Life360. It’s reliable and easy to use."

"For real time tracking try out life360."

"I think life360 is the best option."

"Life360 is a good choice for family safety."

"Life360 works well for tracking family members."

"Life360 is a good tracker for families."

Happy Scale

4.7

(6)

"The spurs are your actual weights and the line is your average trend line. You can easily remove the spurs."

"Excellent app for tracking daily mood and trends over time."

"Love happy scale and my fitness pal."

"I use Happy Scale for weight and Lose It for the times that I need to track calories and/or macros."

"I like Happy Scale. Not sure if it works with Android."

"Happy Scale and MyNetDiary"

Daylio

4.2

(6)

"It's really helpful to track moods, type in triggers and set goals."

"Daylio is a good option with enough features in the free version."

"I have used it to track every day for the past two years! It has both habit tracking and summary sections."

"That's also powerful and has a nicer interface imo."

"I use daylio. Track symptoms, use it as a journal."

"I quite like Daylio or Finch. They might not do absolutely everything but they are both solid apps."

MacroFactor

4.8

(5)

"I highly recommend giving Macro Factor a try."

"I've been using MacroFactor for half a year now, and it's amazing."

"Macrofactor by a long shot"

"MacroFactor. Does both weight, trending weight, macros, body measurements, and uses AI to adjust your totals based on food eaten."

"MacroFactor."

Lose It

3.8

(6)

"It has really helped me to stay on track with my goals so far."

"I use Lose It for calorie counting."

"LoseIt app."

"I also like the Lose It app."

"I really like the lose it app. It’s easy to use!"

"I have the Lose It app, though I haven't really used it to track progress."

Qustodio

4.6

(5)

"Qustodio has a great dashboard that makes it easy to monitor everything."

"Qustodio is easy to use and tracks everything from location to screen time."

"Qustodio got a lot of features from tracking location to managing screen time and apps."

"Qustodio is good for monitoring apps, location, and screen time."

"I think Qustodio works well in this case."

Chronometer

4.8

(4)

"Check out Chronometer. They have a free version and a paid version."

"Cronometer is the best (in my opinion) for meal tracking"

"Chronometer"

"Chronometer or My Fitness Pal 🙂"

#10

Renpho

4.8

(4)

"The Renpho app syncs seamlessly with my scale and Apple Health, providing all the information I need."

"I am a big fan of the Renpho scale and app."

"I love my Renpho scale and the app that comes with it"

"I’ve been using the Renpho app that came with the $24 scale that I got."

#11

Apple

4.5

(4)

"I just use the Apple Health app."

"I simply use Apple Training for body workouts and the WorkOutdoors app for everything outdoors."

"I find the Apple Calendar simple and effective for scheduling events."

"The book tracker app is highly customizable and supports Markdown."

#12

Fatsecret

4.3

(4)

"I use Fatsecret. It's free and a solid database of foods."

"Try using FatSecret when following a Keto diet."

"Fat Secret has a rather unattractive name, but its food database and tracking features are excellent and completely free."

"Fatsecret works in China, e.g. it has menu items from chains like KFC and McDonalds."

#13

Quicken

4.3

(4)

"It's nice never having to actually enter anything."

"Quicken is still around and doing great for me. There are tons of features and methods for tracking investments, loans, accounts, etc. Maybe my favorite feature is the what if tab on loans."

"It has nice tools and ad hoc reporting, and helped me run a small software contracting side gig."

"Annoying they moved to annual subscription pricing but you do get more frequent updates."

#14

EveryDollar

4.0

(4)

"My wife and I use the EveryDollar app and it works good for both of us. They encourage couples to simply share a login."

"Every Dollar is free."

"I don’t know if it’s available where you are, but my wife and I use EveryDollar."

"I use every dollar."

#15

Stardust

5.0

(3)

"Me & my fiance use stardust! we love it."

"Use stardust! partner mode is queer friendly AND all your data is double encrypted."

"It's made by women who are committed to not selling any information and allows tracking of various health aspects."

#16

YNAB

5.0

(3)

"Another vote for YNAB here! They have 'YNAB Together'."

"I use YNAB for my budget and there is a net worth tracker."

"Great options and fun to see the numbers in different ways."

#17

MyNetDiary

4.7

(3)

"I love MyNetDiary, available for both Apple and Androids. Superb app."

"MyNetDiary.. it's been fantastic!"

"MyNetDiary is pretty great for both calorie and fasting tracking."

#18

Empower

4.7

(3)

"Big fan of personal capital."

"Great options and fun to see the numbers in different ways."

"It works okay."

#19

Hevy

4.0

(3)

"For me I went with Hevy. Pretty much everything you are asking for."

"I use Hevy. Settled on it after using a few others."

"I really like the HEVY app — does a lot of what you’re looking for."

#20

Clue

3.3

(3)

"Clue is a European company bound to EU data laws and has actually addressed that they will never give data to the US."

"I still use Clue but I only need to mark dates and it works."

"Clue is best for those looking for something gender neutral, but it's a very basic app that's less useful than an excel sheet."

#21

FitBee

5.0

(2)

"I used MFP for a long time but recently switched to FitBee - no ads, free barcode scanner & much nicer design."

"I use FitBee to track my calories and net carbs. It's got a great UI and barcode scanning is free."

#22

Clockify

5.0

(2)

"Very easy and free. I use it daily."

"Clockify is great. I just use the browser plug-in, I copy and paste the project name into the timer and hit start."

#23

StoryGraph

5.0

(2)

"Storygraph is the best."

"Storygraph, easily! It's perfect for tracking what you've read."

#24

Withings

5.0

(2)

"The Withings app effectively tracks weight and other health stats."

"Happy scale, Shotsy and the Withings app as I’m using one of their scales."

#25

Flo

5.0

(2)

"Use Flo, it's great. I think I have been using it since 6 years."

"I use Flo! it's premium version is free in India!"

#26

Toggl

4.5

(2)

"It lets me highlight the name of the project at the top of the page and then stop and start it with a simple button on the side of my browser window."

"The time tracking app *Toggl* does some of this and is easy to use."

#27

Narababy

4.5

(2)

"I use Narababy because I can track my pump and track baby all in one place."

"I use Narababy. It’s free and very simple."

#28

Fasty

4.5

(2)

"Fasty is another easy to use app that is free."

"Fasty App for tracking your fasts."

#29

WorkOutDoors

4.5

(2)

"I then have a complete overview in the Apple app Fitness/Health."

"Check the website for all the specs, and spend time setting up screens. No sub, and small buy-in $8."

#30

Google Fit

4.5

(2)

"I find google fit most accurate."

"Google fit."

#31

Malama

4.5

(2)

"Here to throw in another vote for Malama. It’s free, you can set up blood reading and snack reminders."

"My doctor recommended the Malama app. You can export a PDF of your log to send to your doctor."

#32

Tiller

4.5

(2)

"Tiller feeds data into Google Sheets seamlessly."

"[Tiller] can give you the ability to import transactions (even from a multitude of investment institutions) and has community solutions to improve your experience."

#33

Guava Health

4.0

(2)

"Guava Health for all the things"

"Guava health."

#34

Lose It!

4.0

(2)

"Lose It!"

"LoseIt app."

#35

Google Maps

4.0

(2)

"Google maps is super convenient for basic tracking."

"Google maps is an underrated option for family tracking."

#36

Strong

4.0

(2)

"I use the paid version of strong. Allows you to track everything and even gives you line charts of your 1RM."

"I've been using Strong for years."

#37

Google

4.0

(2)

"Find my device is a good option for family safety."

"Google find my device is a good option for android phones."

#38

Fitbod

4.0

(2)

"I use Fitbod. It works well for me."

"I have been using Fitbod on my iPhone for a couple years now. You do have to pay a yearly fee tho."

#39

Bearable

4.0

(2)

"I have been using Bearable for a few months now and I really like it."

"Bearable is used by a lot of folks I know."

#40

Baritastic

4.0

(2)

"Baritastic"

"I use baritastic. It’s for bariatric people but it works, it’s easy and free."

#41

GeoZilla

4.0

(2)

"GeoZilla is another app worth checking out."

"Geo Zilla offers good tracking features."

#42

Find My Kids

4.0

(2)

"Find my kids is made for family safety."

"You can also try Find My Kids for extra safety features."

#43

mSpy

4.0

(2)

"Mspy offers advanced tracking."

"There are parent spy apps you can add to her phone and she won’t even know you installed it…. They cost money."

#44

Actual

4.0

(2)

"I think it will accomplish what you are looking for. Easy tracking of investments with automatic syncs with the institutions."

"Actual has the integration with SimpleFIN and if you are willing to pay for that it (~$12/year) can automatically import all of your transactions."

#45

Glympse

3.5

(2)

"Glympse is great."

"If you’re looking for something fast and free try glympse."

#46

Personal Capital

2.5

(2)

"Best app for net worth tracking and budgeting."

"Customer service ignored me for months over a minor issue of being locked out of my account."

#47

IAmSober

5.0

(1)

"Best one is 'iamsober.' completely free with a ton of features."

#48

Guava

5.0

(1)

"I use guava, it's highly customizable, can track meds and give reminders. And free!"

#49

Finch

5.0

(1)

"Finch is so helpful, it’s got so many different options for specific needs."

#50

Heavens Above Pro

5.0

(1)

"I use Heavens Above Pro. The free version is nice, too."

#51

Heavens Above

5.0

(1)

"For Android I've had great luck with heavens above."

#52

FITIV Pulse Workout Tracker

5.0

(1)

"FITIV Pulse Workout Tracker is officially my favorite gym tracker app in 2024!"

#53

Beyond the Whiteboard

5.0

(1)

"Far and away the best Crossfit tracker app I've used."

#54

Bark

5.0

(1)

"I cannot reccomend Bark enough. Great, real time tracking."

#55

Samsung

5.0

(1)

"Samsung Health is an all-in-one and best app. I've been using it for 5 years."

#56

Ghostfolio

5.0

(1)

"As someone else mentioned, Ghostfolio is likely going to be your best bet for investments."

#57

Portfolio Performance

5.0

(1)

"Portfolio Performance: https://www.portfolio-performance.info/en/"

#58

薄荷健康

5.0

(1)

"薄荷健康 is the app most fitness minded people use in china :) it has everything in there even dishes you would find in restaurants."

#59

Ravenum

5.0

(1)

"It's a Windows time-tracking app that is completely automated and private. It just runs silently in the background keeping track of all your work."

#60

Timeular

5.0

(1)

"Timeular is a great physical time tracker that allows you to easily switch between tasks by flipping the cube."

#61

Timelog

5.0

(1)

"An app that combines time tracking with goal setting, offering a seamless import from Boosted."

#62

My Calendar

5.0

(1)

"I use a free app called 'My Calendar' which is now renamed to 'Period Calendar Period Tracker'."

#63

Period Tracker

5.0

(1)

"Functional, simple and free."

#64

My Stocks

5.0

(1)

"I really like the paid version of 'My Stocks' because you input everything yourself, no brokerage linking."

#65

Drip

5.0

(1)

"An excellent open-source app for tracking menstrual cycles and fertility, keeping your data private."

#66

Roi

5.0

(1)

"The Roi app allows for seamless tracking of all your investments across multiple platforms."

#67

My Fitness Pal

5.0

(1)

"My Fitness Pal free version does all I need."

#68

DeepKeys.ai

4.0

(1)

"I quite like DeepKeys.ai."

#69

Health App

4.0

(1)

"If you have an iPhone, the Health app has a tracker, its free and not terrible!"

#70

ISS Detector

4.0

(1)

"I like using "ISS Detector" It has tons of sats, uplink and downlink frequencies, allows notifications, can sync with calendars, has a good amount of info on each sat, a decent amount of setting to tweak, and can be used to control antennas."

#71

Macros

4.0

(1)

"There\'s an app on android called "macros". It\'s fine. And has a large amount of UK foods from supermarkets."

#72

Kinfo

4.0

(1)

"For free there’s the kinfo app."

#73

Habitify

4.0

(1)

"Habitify or motion."

#74

Caliber

4.0

(1)

"I just started using Caliber. The free version works great for me."

#75

Healthi

4.0

(1)

"I use Healthi app."

#76

Garmin

4.0

(1)

"The Garmin connect app"

#77

Yolo

4.0

(1)

"Yolo:Budget Organizer is really good."

#78

Lunch Money

4.0

(1)

"The web-based app Lunch Money has that ability. I pay $40 a year in US dollars."

#79

Tend

4.0

(1)

"You can try https://tend.cash, it lets you accurately track your fixed expenses like a repeating event on a calendar."

#80

Spendee

4.0

(1)

"Spendee!"

#81

Quicken Simplify

4.0

(1)

"I’ve tried so many apps, and quicken simplify is the one I’ve stuck with."

#82

NutraCheck

4.0

(1)

"I use NutraCheck. You can customise your macros and the food database is UKcentric."

#83

PathPal

4.0

(1)

"I'll recommend PathPal again, try again."

#84

Medisafe

4.0

(1)

"I use Medisafe, and love it."

#85

Sleep Cycle

3.0

(1)

"I use this app, it's free but has in-app purchases and I have not found exactly what the in-app purchase unlocks."

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