Apps to track weight loss (or gain!)

I do love a good app, especially if it's free. To help me get on track for my healthy (well healthier) January as part of Operation Mojo I thought I would check out some of the free apps for iPhone that help monitor weight loss.

My Criteria

• It must be free (currently)
• It must be an iPhone app as I have an iPhone 5 and I want to quickly record info on the go
• It must allow me to enter my weight each day
• It must plot the information on a graph- because I like a visual of how I'm doing
• I don't want to record calorie intake or what exercise I am doing so I haven't looked at apps where you can enter that additional information

(In the order I downloaded them)

BMI Buddy by AppManimal.com 1/5

Highs

• You can record lots of measurements, but not measurements I am interested in (not sure where I would measure my abdomen for instance and I don't know what my subscapular is)
• Graphs plot BMI and caliper measurements against time
• Male friendly

Lows

• Designed for personal trainers to keep track of their clients, so less suited to individuals (unless you happen to have a pair of calipers).
• You can only enter whole kg (or lbs)

Monitor Your Weight by Husain Al-Bustan 4/5

Highs

• Allows you to enter a Start Date and Start weight so you can start using the app after to you have already started to change shape and still show total loss (or gain)
• Suggests ideal weight and a target date, but you can overwrite these (which is handy because I know I can't eat and maintain the weight it suggested for me).
• It suggests the amount of calories you use per day based on your life style and weight/ height
• It has a good summary page including how close you are to your goal weight and time as well as average daily and weekly loss
• It doesn't have adverts (currently)
• The graph shows baseline and actual weight
• It has a handy in app help section
• You can track multiple people
• You can export your entries via email, good for back up

Lows

• You can't record measurements

Weight Recorder by Travis Luke My Rating 3/5

Highs

• You can import and export data
• It will automatically calculate your percentage body fat from your bmi or from key measurements
• You choose for the graph to show Weight, BMI, Body fat or waist measurements
• No Adverts

Lows

• You can't enter targets

BMI Tracker by Mindlowned My Rating 2.5/ 5

Highs

• Very Simple: you enter your weight and it shows it in a list and on a graph as your BMI
• The graph is coloured to show you if you Obese, Over Weight, Normal or Under Weight

Lows

• You can't record any measurements
• You can't set targets (it's based on reaching/maintaining a normal BMI)
• Adverts are next to where you need to press to view the graph which gets in the way

NHS BMI healthy weight calculator and tracker by NHS Choices My Rating 3/5

Highs

• You can set reminders as either a one off, weekly or monthly
• Nice simple summary page showing you your BMI is in the range and your last weight entered
• You can easily switch between a graph showing weight or BMI against time
• You can add multiple users
• It provides some (basic) advice about what you can do to change your BMI
• No Adverts

Lows

• You can easily change your height, this shouldn't be required once set up
• You can't record any measurements
• You can't set targets (it's based on reaching/maintaining a normal BMI)

Fitter Fitness Calculator & Weight Tracker by MigoApps LLC My Rating 3/5

Highs

• When you enter a new weight you can share it via facebook and twitter
• You can set a goal of either maintaining current weight or losing a specified amount a week.  If you enter your target weight it also tells you when you can expect to reach it
• The graph shows your actual and target weight
• You can enter and calculate your BMI, BMR, body fat and waist to hip ratio.
• It has a good summary page of where you are now which links to a number of graphs

Lows

• The adverts make the information on screen a bit squashed, this feels worse on my iPhone 5 as it's not optimised for the longer screen and I generally don't like the look and feel, although the functionality is ok
• Back up, password etc require an upgrade (£1.49)

Tap Weight Free by Olexandr Luchlovsky My Rating 2/5

Highs

• If you want a very simple app to just record weight this is it.
• You can enter historical weights
• No adverts
• If you turn your phone sideways you get a larger graph which allows you to look at more historic data and change the scale

Lows

• You can't enter anything other than weight
• Too basic for me
• You can't set a target

Weight Diary Free by curlybrace.co.uk My Rating 3/5

Highs

• You can protect your information with a Passcode
• Good summary screen shows current weight, goal  weight, BMI and a graph or log of previous data or a summary of progress to date
• You can export data to dropbox

Lows

• Additional features require an Upgrade (69p)

I'm going to continue using a few of them for a couple of weeks to decide which one works best for me