Haps guides

Calorie tracking guides.

Practical guides to choosing a tracker, logging food, using recent entries, understanding offline saves, and checking privacy controls.

Understanding energy estimates

TDEE vs BMR: what the numbers mean

Understand TDEE vs BMR, how resting-energy estimates and activity assumptions differ, and why a calculator result is separate from a calorie target.

Calorie ledger basics

What is a calorie ledger?

A calorie ledger is a simple record of calorie entries, daily totals, and a user-supplied target. Learn how it differs from coaching and estimation tools.

A practical comparison

What to compare in a calorie counter app

Use six practical tests to compare a calorie counter app: repeated logging, corrections, daily status, offline recovery, privacy controls, and product fit.

Calorie tracker privacy

A privacy checklist for calorie tracking apps

Use this practical privacy checklist to compare calorie tracking apps by data collection, permissions, analytics, offline claims, export, and deletion.

Repeated-meal tracker guide

Choosing a meal tracker for repeated meals

Compare meal trackers for repeated meals: portion checks, recent-food reuse, edits, dates, offline saving, and privacy before choosing an app.

Calorie tracker accuracy

What makes a calorie tracker accurate?

Check calorie tracker accuracy with practical tests for value sources, servings, units, corrections, recent foods, missing entries, totals and dates.