Show HN: Famnom – Nutrition tracker and meal planner for families

Post by umangsh » Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 12:28 AM UTC

pdimitar wrote: post #41

umangsh wrote: post #2

Hi everyone, I’m the author of Famnom. I built it after trying various nutrition tracking apps but didn’t find anything that fit my needs. What is it? Famnom is an easy-to-use macro and micro-nutrient tracker, and meal planner. Choose from a database of foods or add your own, create recipes and log meals. Set custom nutrition goals or use FDA RDIs for macros - calories, fats, proteins, carbs and micro-nutrients - Mag…

I am very interested in apps like this but a very small landing page with almost zero explanations or demos and immediately wanting me to sign up, is the best way for me to navigate away. Either have a demo account with ephemeral in-browser storage so people can experiment, or allow people to experiment anonymously first. Again, I am super interested and will make an account anyway but I have to tell you, your landin…

Post by umangsh » Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 12:47 AM UTC

markmiro wrote: post #26

I've thought about making something like this in the past. I've used the "Nutrients" iOS app for tracking nutrition, but not in the way it's meant to be used. Maybe my usage patterns could help you writing your app. I tend to use the app to get a pulse on the nutrient density of the foods I consume (or feed my daughter). I would make simple meals, and plug them in, and then try to get all the nutrient bars filled up.…

Post by artichikin » Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 12:59 AM UTC

prepend wrote: post #43

daedalus_j wrote: post #23

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Cronometer is pretty great. However... It's multi-user support is... entirely non-existent. And they seem rather uninterested in feedback. I'd happily pay them for a feature where I could easily make dinner, and split it between multiple users. But no, I have to save a "recipe" (which stays in the DB forever) and then add a portion of that recipe from the other user's account. So a family-based offering is definitely…

I tried to use chronometer but they wouldn’t allow me to sign up with an email address of chronometer@prepend.com. They would accept it but never send the validation email. It was annoying so I used a few other apps. I ended up just using a spreadsheet as all these apps seem oddly expensive for a food log.

Post by jwally » Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 1:13 AM UTC

umangsh wrote: post #40

cdubzzz wrote: post #13

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I built kcal[0] after a similar search. The focus is primarily on macros and ultimately I kind of lost steam on developing further (though we still use it to great success). A part of why lost interest is that I didn’t like PHP + Laravel as much as Python + Django. Anyway I see you have the Famnom code on GH but apparently not with an OSS license. Are you planning to seek contributions with a friendly license in the…

Absolutely open to contributions :). Didn't pay attention to licensing yet, will look at options.

Post by umangsh » Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 2:56 AM UTC

hungrigekatze wrote: post #21

This seems like Cronometer? I've been using Cronometer for a decade plus. It was built for folks who were following the CRON way of eating: Caloric Restriction Optimum Nutrition. So undereating by 20 - 30% of your recommended caloric needs for your height, weight, fat-to-muscle ratio, and activity level was the aim, but to do so while eating nutrient-rich foods, getting most or all of your nutrients from non-suppleme…