Most Recommended & Downloaded Apps

• According to various articles from UK publications, the most recommended mobile apps for food/calorie counting in the UK are as follows:
• 1) MyFitnessPal (avg. UK user rating: 4.71, 80.13% 5 stars, 220,310 total ratings)
• 2) Calorie Counter by MyNetDiary — (avg. UK user rating: 4.71, 80.11% 5 stars, 1,981 total ratings)
• 3) Calorie Counter+ by MyNetDiary — (avg. UK user rating: 4.69, 81.66% 5 stars, 4,177 total ratings)

• The most downloaded digital health apps in the UK by percentage are fitness apps (30.9%), medical reference apps (16.6%), wellness apps (15.5%), and nutrition apps (7.4%).
• Mobile apps for diet and physical activity tracking are available to approximately 70% of the UK population.

Reasons for Top Apps

•  Deloitte indicates that the most notable features that convince users in the UK to use a health app regularly include:
• Reassurance that the app provides trustworthy, accurate information: 69%
• Apps that are easy to use, simple, and well-designed: 66%
• Apps that can guarantee personal data is secure: 62%
• Apps that are free of charge: 56%
• Apps that do not have advertisements: 51%
• Apps that work effectively and consistently over time: 44%
• Apps that are inexpensive and/or provide value for money: 28%
• Apps that permit users to network with people that are important to themselves: 26%

MyFitnessPal

• MyFitnessPal utilizes data that is both publicly published and user-inputted to fill their food database.
• The app also contains calorie and nutrition data on food from over 500,000 restaurants.
• Recipes and their respective nutrition info is typically uploaded by users using the ingredients in the recipe, or website links.