Show HN: ChatGPT for calorie tracking. Frictionless diet and exercise tracking

journable.com

6 points by stevehoyek 5 days ago

Hi, I'm Steve and I've built this mobile app to solve my very long-standing problem of not consistently using any calorie tracking apps due to the poor UX (many clicks, too much friction).

So, although I am not the best UI/UX designer, I have tried to remove friction at every corner with Journable. This applies to the

1. Tracking experience: Chat-based interface (think ChatGPT) to log food/exercise 2. Onboarding experience: No login screen, no measurements or goals, straight to the main chat window 3. Photo entries: Just take a picture of your plate and done

That said, I'm not the best UI/UX designer so I would really appreciate any feedback on the app, and I welcome any and all comments & suggestions. Should I make it easier? Faster? Simpler? Does it need more color? Keen to hear it all!

bk8335 4 days ago

Just had a play and think its really good! Like that you can start without having to login. I would like to see the constituent elements of the meal laid out and be able to edit each of them rather than just a total for the whole meal. And will it remember meals, or can I have the ability to name and save them, that would make it easier?

Personally I would prefer the feedback bit to be for the day rather than each meal as I think that will get boring/repetitive ("you had a nice balanced meal" etc.). I know a salad is good and chocolate is bad, I don't need an AI to tell me that