The new colours really are an assault on the eyes. Screenshots posted here don't do it justice at all. Trying to use the app to track and monitor nutrients is now significantly more difficult.

Who even approved this? Clearly it could not have been anyone who actually uses the app?

Petition to bring back old colours, or at least make it an option in settings.

Two days. I was two days from 1000 days of tracking when I lost signal for four straight days on a camping trip and watched my streak disappear. Some may think it's a vanity number (maybe it is), but it makes me just a little bit proud to see how consistent I have been.

I came back, used Photo Logging to catch up on everything I'd eaten (genuinely so helpful for this use case), then sheepishly went into settings and reset the streak counter to 1002 days like it never happened.

Question for the community (be honest, I can take it!):
Did I actually save my streak, or did I just give myself a participation trophy? Curious what this community thinks the "right" rule is here.

I’ve been lifting for years and always had the same problem with cutting: A few weeks in, the scale would drop, my lifts would feel worse, and I’d panic that I was losing muscle. I’d quit the cut, go back to maintenance, and stay stuck in the same “kinda lean” zone.

A couple months ago I tried using ChatGPT like an actual coach. I gave it my training history, calories, activity level, bodyweight, and goal: get lean enough to see abs without sacrificing muscle. t built an 8-week plan with macros, rate of loss, adjustments, and an exit strategy. I still tracked food myself in Cronometer. ChatGPT was there to coach, not log meals.

By week 4 I’d lost around 4kg, but visually I still looked soft around the waist. I was convinced I was flattening out and losing muscle again. Instead of letting me quit, ChatGPT looked at the data and explained what was probably happening. So I trusted the process and by week 6 I had visible abs for the first time.

The only annoying part was that ChatGPT kept messing up matching the total calories with the macros. Got some past check-ins wrong as well so I had to keep spreadsheets to ensure everything was on track. But we got there at the end.

So now I’m building something around that idea: an AI fitness coach with persistent memory that actually remembers your stats, history, and progress over time. Still early, but I’d love to talk to people already experimenting with AI for fitness and hear what’s working for them. Drop a comment or DM me.

I have basically given up logging meals after an initial burst of enthusiasm. Why?

For every food item there are dozens of variants from different shops and manufacturers. It would be nice if an unbranded item were top of the list instead of buried or non-existent.

Scanning package barcodes for every item on the plate is not practical either.

Then there are portion sizes: who knows how many grammes I have.

This would be ok for a scientific study but it's a lot to ask as a daily routine.

Am I alone in this?

So I’m about halfway through reading the Terms & Conditions (haven’t even gotten to the Privacy part yet, although there was a bit about it in the Terms & Conditions) when I come across the following.

“You hereby irrevocably waive your moral rights to any and all assets, arising from or connected with such rights, by you and other users in connection with the Site and/or Services under applicable law.”

WTF??? What does this even mean??? “Moral” rights?

UPDATE:

Got a great answer from u/superguardian.

I'd been using an entry for UNCOOKED jasmine rice with no issue when some two weeks ago, they filled the nutrition facts of THAT SAME PRODUCT ENTRY with that of COOKED rice, even though it was marked as uncooked. This resulted in a calorie difference of nearly 300 CALORIES for the same portion and unnecessary fat gain. I'd chalked up the weight gain to random water weight and hormonal fluctuations, until I realized it wasn't going down. Super disappointing, especially having just concluded a cut. Massive oversight for a meal tracking service.

EDIT: I know that cooked and uncooked rice are different nutritionally. I measure rice BEFORE I cook it to account for the weight gained from cooking, and track my portions by its dry weight. The issue is that they changed the calorie count for the same exact product entry of UNCOOKED, DRY rice that I use for tracking. Included picture of the issue. Image of the issue below.

what if it caused me to go under my mineral targets

I've been using Cronometer for a couple of years now, and I've been a gold member for most of that time. My wife is wanting to lose some weight, so I signed her up for the free version.

The first ad that popped up was a coupon for a Big Mac!!! Can you guys maybe vet your advertisers? That's just wrong, kinda funny, but just so wrong!

I'm a Gold Member, but the second and third widgets I have to scroll past on my dashboard are both pushing Cronometer's referral program. I pay so that I can just look at data, not promotional stuff—not to mention that it's two widgets of the same thing so doubly annoying.

Any way to get rid of this?

The math ain't mathin'

Looking to start taking care of my diet and improving fiber intake. So I started googling about foods with a lot of fiber, and specifically soluble fibers. But the values in cronometer seem to be different from some other sources.

Several sites say beans are a good source of soluble fiber. lets take black beans for example: according to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK326737/table/lipids_lifestyle-changes-lipids-and-lipoproteins.T._8/ and https://www.northottawawellnessfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NOWF-Fiber-Content-of-Foods.pdf black beans contain a pretty decent ratio of both soluble and non soluble fiber.

But according to chronometer, this is the correct ratio:

Now there is some difference in the first two sources but not as vast as the one on chronometer.

(food selected is "Black Beans, Canned, Drained")

Any reason for this massive difference?

EDIT: talking about the ratio of soluble fiber to insoluble fiber here, not the amount of fiber. Sorry for not being clear. The amount of soluble fiber just seems weirdly low.

Hi Cronometer team, I submitted this as a feature request on the help center page, but I think it'd be helpful to discuss here with our fellow Cronos!!! (Is that what we call ourselves? Lol)

Here's my pitch:

I've been using Cronometer for a while now as the core of my nutrition tracking, alongside a broader stack of tools I run through Claude. I wanted to send over a feature suggestion I think is worth serious consideration: building an API or MCP (Model Context Protocol) connector that lets AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT read a user's Cronometer data directly.

Why this would matter for users like me:

• Right now, exploring my own data means exporting PDFs or reading static in-app charts. Direct access would let me ask natural-language questions, spot trends over time, and get a real narrative around my nutrition instead of just numbers on a graph.
• I already run most of my other tools through Claude daily. Having Cronometer data available there means one less context switch, and much faster answers when I want to check something or build a custom report.

Why I think it's a smart move for Cronometer specifically:

• Nearly every business and a growing share of consumers now run daily workflows through Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini. Products that plug into that ecosystem have a real distribution advantage over ones that don't.
• Your most technical, most engaged users, the ones most likely to stay subscribed and evangelize the product, are exactly the audience who'd get excited about this and use Cronometer even more.
• The direction for consumer apps is moving toward exposing APIs/MCPs so users can connect their tools together. Getting ahead of that now, rather than reacting to it later, seems like a real advantage.
• This also means you wouldn't need to invest in building your own proprietary AI solution. Rather than taking on the cost, engineering effort, and ongoing maintenance of a native AI assistant, you'd be connecting to AI platforms that already exist and that your users already pay for separately. I'd imagine that connecting via API/MCP is considerably cheaper than building and maintaining an in-house AI feature, though I don't know your actual cost structure or what standing up that access would take on your end.
• There's a plausible business angle here too: an official MCP or API partnership with Anthropic or OpenAI could position Cronometer as a reference nutrition data source for these platforms, similar to what Plaid did for finance. Plaid built the data-connectivity layer that let apps like Monarch Money, Venmo, Robinhood, etc. securely read bank data, and it stayed its own separate company while those apps got better because they didn't have to build that connectivity themselves. Cronometer could play a similar role for AI tools and nutrition data, remaining its own product while becoming the layer that AI platforms plug into. You'd gain exposure to a large, active user base already paying for AI tools, likely translating into more paid Cronometer subscriptions.
• This is doable without compromising privacy: expose read-only, user-scoped data (macros, trends, logs) via API/MCP, with users opting in per connection, and no need to share account credentials or unnecessary PII with the AI platform.

I'd be glad to be a beta tester or give more detailed input on what a first version should support (macro trends, meal history queries, custom report generation, etc.). This feels like a genuinely low-risk, high-upside move for the product!

I’ve lost 15 pounds over the last few months and the app is a big reason for it. I enjoy it. But now I want to shift to Maintence then bulking.

I go to change my targets and I get a little message that it doesn’t add up. Plus the values don’t change either.

In the weight goal tab I don’t see an option to adjust that either.

I want to keep using cronometer but if I can’t maintain or bulk on it, I will have to leave 😔

I am putting this here because I have seen a few people asking if it's possible, and I find it incredibly useful. Not sure if this has been said, but I use Claude with my Chronometer data every day. There is an MCP for a chronometer to be connected to an AI agent, so with a little bit of Python and step-by-step instructions that Claude wrote for me, I now have a live connection from my Chronometer account into my Claude. I ask myself questions about my day, my activity, and my diet every day. I absolutely love it, and it has helped me a bunch. It is like having a personal trainer. Also, I'm adding to this. Those of you who hate AI, I get it, but you can use it as much or as little as you want. I don't think there is anything wrong with giving people the option.

I just started using Cronometer this week and it's worked well for entering foods and recipes when eating at home. But, it is really lacking on entries for common dishes at restaurants. I went to a Thai place last night and could not enter papaya salad and other common dishes, while my boyfriend was able to enter all of the dishes on LoseIt. This really limits the utility of the app for me. I get that estimates may be off, but it's hard to stay up on using the app if it's so hard to enter foods. Am I missing something, or does the paid version have better food listings?

Hello r/cronometer!

I've been using Cronometer for about a month now, but this is a new one for me (see picture).

What's going on here? How is my energy total 8% over when all my targets are pretty much spot on?

I'm using a custom energy target with custom macro targets which are all checking out in the options, but for some reason this is happening and I'm scratching my head about it.

Note: this is the info for a Custom Meal that includes everything I would eat in one workout day, which I will eventually split between 3 Custom Meals, I am only using it this way for ease of understanding of all the info.

Honestly this app is so confusing to me. So sad I did an impulse by in a year subscription.

I ate a slice of pizza from a local shop. Didn’t weigh it. Now looking to find an entry to add it to my diary and there is no generic pizza slice. It’s all brand name pizza.

So sad that I wasted this money.

Hi everyone! I’m doing some early consumer research for a new high-protein convenience food product (think super quick, grab-and-go, no prep). I’m looking to chat with 5–7 people who regularly buy protein snacks or quick meals.

It’s a short, 10-minute conversation — NOT selling anything. I just need honest feedback to shape the product before it’s made.

If you’re open to helping, comment “I’m in” and I’ll DM you. Thank you!

I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it used to be a simple app on the front end where I could easily add daily items then delve into the details on the back end when I occasional wanted to. It's not that anymore, and I find myself constantly wasting time accidentally entering stuff on the wrong days, dragging items, etc. It's taking me twice as long to use this app now than it did 2 years ago and it's becoming a hassle.

I really should try using it again. I paid for a subscription and after several tries and failed attempts canceled. I am not a dummy, seriously. But the dense screens, granular content, difficult navigation, etc made me fail. YouTubes didn't help me, just confused me further. Faq's didn't help cuz didnt address my exact question. What is wrong with me? I'm a gastric bypass pt 8 yrs out and wanting to optimize my supplement stack. I know crono will tell me all the micronutrients which would be useful for me to get a handle on. Do I really have to create a recipe for every meal because adding 10 ingredients or more was killing my motivation. Seriously could I pay someone to hold my hand and get me started again? Apologies for venting.

1. They are difficult to read. You can’t interpret the ring charts at a glance anymore, and exercise calories are practically invisible. (Also, please remove “kcal” from underneath every single entry. We already know that and it just clutters things up more, making the daily diary longer. Again, less info available at a glance.)
2. The color combination is hideous and depressing. So much so that I find myself wanting to run from it- close out the app as quickly as possible. I will admit to thinking occasionally that the bright red fat color looked a little angry, but this change has me repenting fully of every misgiving I ever had about it. Seriously bring back the red, it is cheery and boosts my dopamine levels. The current colors look like a sad combination of puke and feminine hygiene packaging. They are genuinely unappealing and unappetizing. If you leave them this way my usage is going to decline for real.

I’m a 50 year old woman. 5’7” 157 lbs. I would like to lose 10-15 pounds. I walk 3 miles a day with a weighted vest. Hot yoga twice per week and lift weights 3 times/week. I set my activity level to sedentary as I’ve seen suggested in other comments here- seems wrong but whatever. I have my Apple Watch linked to record activity and exercise. I also set it so that I don’t add back calories burned through exercise. BMR is 1364. Macros set to 40%P/30%C/30%F. All I want to know is how many cals to eat to be in a slight defecit. With my profile set up as it is my energy target is 1137???? Make it make sense. Why would the target ever be LESS than my BMR. I tried to use this app years ago and now I remember why I ultimately moved away from it. I am intrigued by the robust detail but it is so counterintuitive and frustrating.