Lifesum or Yazio? When it comes to nutrition and calorie counting, there are various apps available to help you. In this article, you’ll learn what sets these two popular apps for iOS and Android apart.
Lifesum or Yazio: What Is Yazio?
With Yazio, you can not only track your calories but also set goals. To do this, you enter information such as your height and weight. The app then suggests how many calories you should consume daily to lose or gain weight. You can also specify how much weight you want to lose or gain.
- In the app, you can track your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even snacks throughout the day. Yazio shows you how many macros (carbs, protein, and fat) your meals contain. With the paid Pro version, you can also view information on vitamins, minerals, and more.
- To track foods, you can either scan the barcode or search for the food manually. If your product isn’t in the database, you can also add foods yourself. You can also create your own recipes and meals.
- On the app’s home screen, you’ll see an overview of how many calories you still need to consume to reach your daily goal. There, you’ll also see how many carbohydrates, protein, and fat you’ve consumed so far that day. Using the water tracker, you can also keep track of how much water you’ve drunk. In addition, you can enter your current weight and physical activities on the home screen.
- You can also choose between different dietary plans (e.g., low-carb, low-fat, or high-protein). You can also specify the percentage of your macros that should be carbohydrates, protein, and fat.
- Yazio also includes recipes. For most of them, you’ll need the paid Pro version, though you can access a few recipes even with the free version.
- The Pro version normally costs 6.66 € per month, but special offers can sometimes bring the price down to under 2 € per month for longer subscription terms.
Lifesum – The Alternative
An alternative to Yazio is Lifesum. With this app, you can also enter your weight, height, age, and other information. Then you can decide how many kilograms you want to lose or gain per week. The app then calculates a daily goal for how many calories you should consume.
- On the home screen, you’ll find an overview of your daily calories. Here, similar to Yazio, you can see how many calories you’ve already consumed and how many macros (carbs, protein, fat) you still need to reach your daily goal. With Lifesum, you can also track breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks separately.
- You can track foods by scanning the barcode or manually entering the products and their macros into the app. You can also add your own recipes and meals to Lifesum.
- On the home screen, you can also add workouts and enter how much water you’ve already drunk.
- You can choose between different dietary plans, such as classic diet, high-protein, ketogenic, vegan, paleo, etc. The app also includes links to tests for obesity, muscle type, and lactose intolerance. However, these must be purchased.
- With the paid Premium version, you can also track your macros and calories more accurately, access recipes, create your own dishes, and sync Lifesum with other health apps.
- In your profile, you can also see how many days in a row you’ve tracked your food. This is meant to motivate you to use the app and stay on track.
- The cost of the Premium version ranges from €3.99 to €7.99 per month, depending on the subscription term.
Yazio vs. Lifesum
Yazio and Lifesum are essentially two similar apps, both in terms of structure and features.
- With Yazio, even the free version gives you access to a few recipes, while Lifesum motivates you with a “streak” to track your calories every day.
- The user interface is very similar for both apps.
