@Cordell: How exactly is pointing out features that other apps have, a disservice to all apps? I really don't follow that argument.

You'll ALWAYS find something you would like in one app, that's not in another.

Is this a psychological argument, to feel fine even though Cronometer hasn't implemented some really low-hanging fruit features like Paste to Today?

Chronometer has an abundance of features that are great.

... ok? Is that an argument for Cronometer to not implement another feature? Or an argument for the user to "accept they things they can't change"?

The issue is I dont see the favorites when the filter is off. Pain to toggle if you have a non-favorite food and a favorite in same meal.

Yes, when you tap "Add food", you can see "Most recent" foods. But that's a short list. Try searching there for a food you had "recently", like 3-5 days ago, but not very frequently. Cronometer might not find it. Here's an example: I had this "Calafia" or something cold brew coffee (can't remember the exact brand, just that it's the only coffee I've had in months), but when I search for "coffee", I get a ton of coffees I've never had.

Step 1

"Most frequent" list doesn't show the coffee I had a few days ago:

Step 2

Searching for "coffee" doesn't include the coffee I had:

Suggestion

Also, I had marked that Calafia-whatever cold brew coffee as a favorite. Yet the app doesn't show it in the search.

What I'm saying is the app should show at the top of the search results, the user's favorites, and then foods they've had, ever. Chances are far higher the user will have something they've had before, than one of the tens of thousands of foods they've never had. And even if they have one of those, it will still show up in the list after the ones they did have.

Does that make sense? The lack of this feature makes it frustrating to find the foods I've had within the past week or so and add them to today.

I see this feature has been requested for quite a long time, is there any progress on it? Having used Cronometer long enough now that there are far too many previous days to scroll through to find something manually, my need for this feature is becoming more pressing.

One reason I'd particularly like this feature is because over time I've come to realise there are certain foods I've entered in the past where I chose the wrong quantity (for instance I used a volume measurement, then later when I weighed the food I found the volume measurement was wildly different to mine - fresh herbs for instance seem to have been packed incredibly loosely in measuring them for the database, so all of my measurements are now far lower than they should be, and I cook with fresh herbs a lot!) or where a different listing in the database was better than the one I'd been using. Also, I've created some custom foods and I'd like to be able to go back and replace some items with my custom foods.

Another reason I'd like a search feature is because sometimes I've entered something in the past where I've taken the time to choose carefully (e.g. weighing a portion &/or comparing different database items to select the best one), and would rather not duplicate this effort each time. Searching the database and copying & pasting would be much easier.

One more use case for me would be when I can't remember when I last ate something and would like to find out. For instance there are some foods I aim to eat fairly regularly but not daily, or where I don't want to eat a particular food too often, and I want to check the last time I ate it so I can decide whether to eat it again.

It would be even better if it could include a kind of "find and replace" feature, but I'd be very happy just to have a very basic search!

Hey guys,

I've been using Cronometer for two weeks, and even though I love the accuracy, the truth is that logging foods is cumbersome to the point of being irritating, and worse than in MFP.

Every single time I want to add a food I had a few days ago, I need to either remember its exact brand in Search to distinguish it from all others, or cherry pick it from one of the previous day (which one? I can't Search in my own log).

Fortunately, there's an easy way to fix this, and I've recorded this screencast showing exactly how: put the recent foods first in search results.

What most people eat in a day, especially people who use Cronometer for weight management, is something they've eaten in the past several days, for two major reasons:
1. People like to eat what they like
2. That's what's in the fridge/pantry. I buy a particular carton of milk, have a cup for breakfast, there's still 7 cups left.

I guarantee that this will make the process of adding foods way faster, for all users. Sorting by frecency is a well-established heuristic, employed by all browsers whenever you type something in the address bar. Please implement it - it will save users tons of time.