Ask any fitness experts what is the most important thing that you should do whenever you are trying to lose weight and they will tell you that counting calories is a must! While this might sound way to simple to be the truth, the secret to losing weight is counting calories. Knowing exactly how many calories you eat and how many you are burning in a day is the trick to getting those amazing before and after pictures.

The Secret to Losing Weight

While we might not be able to give you the perfect training plan to lose weight, we can, however, give you some advice on what apps you can use to make the weigh losing process easier. Today we will present readers with the best calories counting apps for iPhone and iPads. In addition, the apps we are about to mention have been selected from a long list of fitness apps and they all have been tested and proven to work wonders.

Calorie Counter

The first app we are going to start with is called Calorie Counter and as its name implies, this is the ideal app for people who want to make sure that their daily calories intake is right. What makes this app worthy of being first on our list is the fact that it’s simple and effective.

Calorie Counter offers a friendly intuitive UI (user interface) that makes it easy for everyone to get access to important information such as food eaten and how many cups of water the user has drunk all throughout the day. This app is available for free.

My Diet Diary

If you are looking to take things to the next level and want to follow a strict diet, then you might want to consider giving My Diet Diary a try. This app has been designed to monitor important data such as food and water intake and to give advice on how many calories they need to burn if they want to reach their ideal weight. Furthermore, My Diet Diary features a massive food database filled with more than 150,000 items. My Diet Diary is also available for free.

Fooducate

Being able to count your calories intake and outtake is great, but Fooducate does much more than that. Fooducate features a personalized nutrition toolbox that can be used for specific diets. Let’s say for example you are following a diet plan provided by a nutritionist, Fooducate will allow you to implement this diet plan in the nutrition toolbox. Fooducate is available for free.

Lose It!

When it comes to popularity, Lose It! is ahead of everyone by miles. More than 170K people have rated this app and it has an overall rating of 4.7 stars. This proves to us that Lose It! deserves at least a try from people who are looking to lose weight.

The cool thing about this app is the fact that it supports Fitbit scales, HealthKit and Misfit. Not just that but Lose It! also features a social aspect since it lets users create weight loss challenges where they can compete with their friends. Despite the premium features that it offers, Lose It! is available for free.

MyNetDiary

MyNetDiary is renowned for the personalization options that it offers. The developers who are in charge of this app wanted to make sure that users feel like MyNetDiary has been custom tailored specifically for them and this is why everything can be customized.

Moreover, MyNetDiary features smart charts for body measurements, calories and nutrients. These charts can be used to follow and monitor the user’s progress. MyNetDiary is also available for free.