Pensumapp

European alternative to the US calorie trackers: Free, Local-first, built in Switzerland

Pensumapp is a company in community / reddit / buyfromeu based in Europe.

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Up front: I built this app, so this is self-promotion. I asked the mods where the specific self-promo guidelines live and never heard back, so I'm labelling it like this :) Second thing: I'm in Switzerland, so European but not EU.

Calorie tracking is a category where the defaults are American. MyFitnessPal, Lose It, MacroFactor, Cronometer. A food diary is health data, and with those apps it sits on a US server under US law, usually with ads next to it. The databases underneath are American too, which you notice the first time you search "Yoghurt" and get a page of US protein bars.

Yazio and Lifesum are European, and I paid for both before writing my own. They lean on subscription upsells and streaks, and I wanted a plain tool I could stand using three times a day. Mine is called Pensum. The parts relevant to this subreddit:

* Your diary stays on your phone. No account, no ads, no thi

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Website: pensumapp.com