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: -...

Lifesum Widgets: Your Daily Progress at a Glance - iOS

Lifesum offers three widgets in different sizes for your iOS home screen: small, medium, and large. You can add one or multiple widgets in d...

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 you have tracked food in the app. Your streak starts at zero and increases by one e...

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

What are streaks?A streak is the number of days in a row you have tracked food in the app. Your streak starts at zero and increases by one e...

Simplify Tracking with Favorites: Save, Create, and Manage Items - iOS

If you find it time consuming to search for the food items you consume the most, or perhaps you are unable to locate the exact item you are ...

Simplify Tracking with Favorites: Save, Create, and Manage Items - Android

If you find it time consuming to search for the food items you consume the most, or perhaps you are unable to locate the exact item you are ...

How to Share Your Tracked Meals with Friends or Family on Lifesum

Easily share your tracked meals or food items from the Diary with others who use the Lifesum app. Here's how:Steps for the SenderOpen the Di...

How to identify Lifesum Verified Items

To check if a food item is Lifesum Verified, look for a blue badge with a checkmark next to the item. This indicates that the item has been ...

Net Carbs in Lifesum

The option to use Net Carbs instead of Carbs isn’t available in all settings or regions within the Lifesum app. Here’s how the option to tra...

How to Track your Water intake with Lifesum - iOS

Staying hydrated is essential for your health, and the Lifesum app makes it easy to track your daily water intake. Whether you’re using your...

How to Track your Water intake with Lifesum - Android

Staying hydrated is essential for your health, and the Lifesum app makes it easy to track your daily water intake. Using the app or the widg...

The Lifesum Water Tracker - The Importance of Tracking your Water Intake

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 to use the Barcode Scanner in Lifesum

Are you tired of searching for every single ingredient you want to add to your meal? Use the Barcode Scanner to instantly find the ingredien...

Find your recently tracked meals with 'Same as Yesterday' - iOS

Many people have strong habits when it comes to food, you might for example eat the same breakfast everyday. With the feature 'Same as Yeste...

Find your recently tracked meals with 'Same as Yesterday' - Android

Many people have strong habits when it comes to food, you might for example eat the same breakfast everyday. With the feature 'Same as Yeste...

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 ...

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-...

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...

Barcode Comparison Scanner - Android

With Barcode Comparison Scanner you can scan the barcodes of two different items when shopping or looking through what you have at home and ...

How to use the Lifesum Lock Screen Widget - iOS

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

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...