Food Tracking - iOS

How to start tracking In order to track your food you have two options to start the process of tracking food to a specific meal: -...

Food Tracking - Android

How to start tracking In order to track your food you have two options to start the process of tracking food to a specific meal: -...

Widget - iOS

In order to be able to use the new iOS widget: - have Lifesum downloaded on the phone and have opened it at least once- please update y...

Streaks - what are they and what can they do for me? - iOS

What are streaks?A streak is the number of days in a row (without exception) you have tracked food in the app. A streak starts at 0 and incr...

Streaks - what are they and what can they do for me? - Android

Streaks is a free feature, available to all users: Premium and free The feature has been launched during August 2020 - data will only b...

Favorites - what is it and how does it work? - iOS

Favorites is a section in the app where you can either: 1. Create and save your own items and also track them from there2. Save fo...

Favorites - what is it and how does it work? - Android

Favorites is a section in the app where you can either: 1. Create and save your own items and also track them from there2. Save fo...

How can I share my meals with other users? - iOS

How to share your tracked meals from your Diary with other users of the Lifesum app. Sender:In order to share an already tracked meal f...

How can I share my meals with other users? - Android

How to share your tracked meals from your Diary with other users of the Lifesum app. Sender:In order to share an already tracked meal f...

How can I tell apart Lifesum verified food items from user created items? - iOS

In order to tell if an item is Lifesum verified or not, check for a blue badge with a check mark next to the item, that means that the item ...

How can I tell apart Lifesum verified food items from user created items? - Android

In order to tell if an item is Lifesum verified or not, check for a blue badge with a check mark next to the item, that means that the item ...

How can I activate net carbs?

The calculation of net carbs is only relevant to the US market as their total amount of carbs includes dietary fiber, too. That means that c...

How can I save Lifesum recipes in Favorites? - iOS

You have two options to save a Lifesum recipe in Favorites :click on the heart shown next to the recipe title in the Diary viewclick on...

How can I save Lifesum recipes in Favorites?- Android

Go to the recipe section in the app by clicking on Recipes bottom right in the app. Click on the recipe in question and click on the he...

How do I track items from my Favorites to my Diary? - iOS

All your created items are in Favorites. To track an item from Favorites please follow the instructions:If you would like to add an ite...

How do I track items from my Favorites to my Diary? - Android

All your self-created items are in Favorites. To track an item from Favorites,  please follow these instructions: 1) Go to the Dia...

How can I track exercise? - iOS

Generally you can add exercises like this to your Diary:1) Use a partner app for Automatic Tracking (Runkeeper, Fitbit, Apple Health or...

How can I track exercise? - Android

Generally, you can add exercises like this to your Diary: 1) Use a partner app for automatic tracking (Runkeeper, Fitbit, Samsung Healt...

How can I track my water intake? - iOS

Currently, water can either be tracked with the water tracker in the Diary of the app on the phone or through the Apple Watch. Ple...

How can I track my water intake? - Android

Currently water can either be tracked with the water tracker in the Diary of the app on the phone with Android wear or via the wid...

The Lifesum water tracker - what can it do for me?

Lifesum's Water Tracker helps you manage your water intake by making sure you don't forget to give your body the fluid it needs and that you...

How do I find and use the barcode scanner? - iOS

You start off in the Diary (the starting page in the app). Select the meal you want to add food to. On the next page you find the icon for t...

How do I find and use the barcode scanner? - Android

You start off in the Diary (the starting page in the app). Select the meal you want to add food to. On the next page you find the ...

Where do I find my recently tracked items? - iOS

The feature 'Recent' shows you the items you've tracked and added to your Diary. This function will it make it easier for you to track ...

Where do I find recently tracked items? - Android

The feature 'Recent' shows you the items you've tracked and added to your Diary. This function will it make easier for you to track foo...

How do I quick-track custom calories and macros? - iOS

In order to just add simple calories and the name of food as well as the macros, we recommend using this function.In the Diary tap "+" to ad...

How do I quick-track custom calories and macros? - Android

In order to just add simple calories and the name of food as well as the macros, we recommend using this function.In the Diary view, tap on ...

Lifesum's food database

We currently have five sources that create our complete food database:USDA (US) MyNetDiaryUK Food Standards Agency (UK)Bundeslebensmittelsch...

How can I report incorrect food?

We are currently using six official food databases: - one with information provided by USDA- one with information from MyNetDiary-...

How can I remove or edit the food I have tracked for a meal from my Diary? - iOS

In order to delete an item in the Diary, go to the meal and click on it. Then simply swipe over the food item from the right to the lef...

How can I remove or edit the food I have tracked for a meal from my Diary? - Android

Open the meal you want to edit. Then press on the "X" to the right of the item that you want to remove. You can also tap once on the tr...

Can I also edit/correct items created by other users?

Yes, that is possible for Premium users both on iOS and Android.This means that items can be either be completed when there is data missing...

Is there a step tracker I can use with Lifesum? - iOS

Currently the following apps can be directly connected with Lifesum in order to track your movements (and more):- RunkeeperYou can connect t...

Is there a step tracker I can use with Lifesum? - Android

Currently, the following apps can be directly connected with Lifesum in order to track your movements (and more):- Runkeeper- Fitbit- Samsun...

How can I find recipes?

Currently, you have four options with recipe content in the app:1. You can create your own recipes under Progress -> Favorites -> Reci...

How can I delete exercise? - iOS

In order to delete an exercise, please proceed as follows: Go to your Diary.Scroll down to the section "Exercise".Click on the section ...

How can I delete exercise? - Android

In order to delete the exercise, please proceed as follows: Go to your Diary.Scroll down to the Exercise section.Click on the exercise ...

I deleted the step counter from my diary by accident - how do I get it back? - iOS

In case you have disabled the Movesum step counter from your Diary or want to activate it in the first place, please go to the Progress tab ...

Is the weight of the food considered before cooking or after cooking?

When you are tracking food and searching for items in the food database, please make sure to search using keywords like e.g.:- raw- cooked-...

How can I exclude exercise calories from my calorie goal - iOS

If you wish, you can exclude exercise calories from your calorie goal. This is one of our premium features! However, in that case, it's...

How can I exclude exercise calories from my calorie goal? - Android

If you wish, you can exclude exercise calories from your calorie goal. However, in that case, it's important to pay careful attention t...

Shortcut to Barcode scanner from the Control Center - iOS

With iOS 18 you can now add a shortcut to the Lifesum Barcode Scanner from the iPhone Control Center. This allows you to quickly scan and re...

How can I use recipes from a specific Program - no matter what Program I have chosen at the moment?

At the moment every Program has allocated recipes - that means that if you change a Program you will not see the same recipes as in pre...

Is Lifesum already taking calories from sleep, sitting, etc. into consideration?

Lifesum’s calculations are based on the Mifflin - St Jeor equation and activity level. This equation is used in clinical settings to determi...

How can I track my food with voice recognition? - Android

You find the option to track via voice recognition on your keyboard in the app. The option is marked with the icon of a microphone.Depending...

Recent (logic behind the list of recently tracked items) - Android

What items does the recent list show and in what order?In the Recent list you see your latest tracked food for the same type of meal first a...

Barcode Comparison Scanner - Android

Introducing our new Barcode Comparison Scanner. With this feature you can scan barcodes from two different items when shopping or looking th...

Does Lifesum support the new Lock Screen widget function? - iOS

Yes! With the new Lifesum Lock Screen Widgets for the water tracker - you can now  keep track of your daily water intake and get a...

Siri Shortcuts, what can I do with my voice? - iOS

We just made your daily tracking and the use of Lifesum on your iOS device much easier. With a number of new Siri commands you can now acces...