5 UX Recommendations for Food and Nutrition Apps

February 15, 2020

Research Findings

Food tracking apps are one of the most commonly used health and wellbeing apps.

As I learnt from interviewing health app users, people typically track food to:

stay within the recommended calorie limit when aiming to lose or gain weight
consume recommended amounts of macronutrients, especially when following specific diet e.g. ketogenic or vegetarian

Unfortunately, food tracking and meal planning are also one of the most common pain points and frustrations. That’s why I tested quite a few food and nutrition apps as part of my independent user testing of health and wellbeing apps. Here I’m presenting 5 UX recommendations based on user testing of MyPlate and 8fit apps.

Marta Denkiewicz Administrator

Marta is a UX designer and researcher, and the founder of Panacea Digital. After designing digital experiences and researching user needs for global companies like Sage, MasterCard or The Co-operative Group, Marta founded Panacea Digital to help healthcare startups understand their users and design digital products they'll want, love and use.