Table 5.
Feature/app | SHa | MFPb | FSc | NCd | LIe | LWf | LSg | MDDh | CCi | MDCj | DPk | EWLl | DAm | |
Nutrition assessment | ||||||||||||||
|
Calculated energy (kcal) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | N/An | ✓ | ✓ | N/A |
|
Macronutrients distribution (%) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
Micronutrients intake (thresholds) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
✓ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
Nutrition facts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
Calories by meal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
Recommended water consumption |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
|
|
Maximum calories to reach a target weight |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
Calories of the new recipe |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
Diet plan |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Shopping list |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
PAº and phenotype | ||||||||||||||
|
Energy by type of PAp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Weight progress | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
Circumferences monitoring |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Body mass index | ✓ |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Other output features | ||||||||||||||
|
Forums or blogs |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
Social media sharing |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
|
|
Private social media |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Sharing with professionals |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Healthy habits/ rewards |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
aSH: S Health.
bMFP: MyFitnessPal.
cFS: FatSecret.
dNC: Noom Coach.
eLI: Lose it!.
fLW: Lose Weight Without Dieting.
gLS: Lifesum.
hMDD: My Diet Diary.
iCC: Calorie Count.
jMDC: My Diet Coach.
kDP: Diet Point.
lEWL: Effective Weight Loss.
mDA: Diet Assistant.
nN/A: not applicable. Features assessed only in apps providing food diaries.
oPA: physical activity.
pMDD does not calculate PA since it asks for the amount of calories instead of type of PA and duration.