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Life & fun · November 25, 2024

I Built a Lightweight Nutrition Tracker for the iPhone

Hey HN, I was overweight in college and started my weight loss journey using an app called MyFitnessPal. Tracking calories not only helped me lose weight but also taught me a lot about nutrition and helped establish healthy eating habits that continue to benefit me. However, I’ve always been frustrated by the existing nutrition tracking apps. Many are slow and bloated, lack accurate nutrition data, or don’t respect user privacy. I wanted to build something that I’d love using myself. A few things that make FitBee stand out: * Fast, lightweight and to the point - The app is just about…

I Built a Lightweight Nutrition Tracker for the iPhone launched on November 25, 2024 with 8 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Download FitBee Calorie & Macro Counter by Cortado Labs, LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like FitBee…

Health & Fitness Developer Cortado Labs, LLC Language EN English Size 115.5 MB iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch FitBee is the fastest and most accurate way to track your nutrition for free. KEY FEATURES • Large & Accurate food database of over 1 million foods • Ad Free • Free barcode and nutrition label scanning • Snap a photo to log your meal • Create recipes or import them from any website • Syncs with Apple Health • Beautiful Home Screen Widgets • Dark Mode Support • Optimized for iOS 26 ACCURATE FOOD DATABASE • Over 1 million foods with accurate nutrition data • Easily report missing or inaccurate foods AD FREE & PRIVATE • No ads in the product, ever. • Private by default. We do not collect…from apps.apple.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, I was overweight in college and started my weight loss journey using an app called MyFitnessPal. Tracking calories not only helped me lose weight but also taught me a lot about nutrition and helped establish healthy eating habits that continue to benefit me. However, I’ve always been frustrated by the…

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