FatSecret

FatSecret is a mobile application, website and API that lets users track their nutrition, exercise and weight.

FatSecret
Developer(s)FatSecret
Initial release2007
Operating systemiOS, Android & Apple Watch
Available in23 languages
TypeDiet, nutrition and weight loss
Websitewww.fatsecret.com

History

FatSecret was founded in 2007 in Melbourne, Australia by Lenny Moses and Rodney Moses.[1][2] As of 2019, Lenny serves as the company's CEO.[3] The company is known for its calorie counting and meal tracking app, and by April 2016, the company claimed to have 45 million users of its services.[4][5][6] In August 2018, a premium version of its app was released.[7]

Since August 2009, the company has operated the FatSecret Platform API which allows access to its global food and nutrition database.[8][9]

FatSecret reportedly had 900,000 downloads of its app in January 2020.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Fatsecret: For Fat People Who Want To Be Less So". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. "Crunchbase Overview - FatSecret". Archived from the original on 2014-05-09.
  3. Swearingen, Jake (2018-10-10). "This Is Hands Down the Best Calorie Counter App, Except for Its Name". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. "The 5 Best Meal Tracking Apps for Managing Your Diet & Counting Calories". Gadget Hacks. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  5. Bendix, Aria (2019-03-11). "Researchers compared 5 popular apps for calorie-counting, and the winner is clear". Business Insider Australia. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  6. "God dag - 美好的一天 : FatSecret becomes available in Norwegian and Traditional Chinese". blog.fatsecret.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  7. "Introducing our Premium experience". blog.fatsecret.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  8. "FatSecret Looks To Become A Central Hub For Nutrition Data With New API". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  9. Saenz, Aaron (2009-09-02). "Will Fat Secret Become Wikipedia of Nutrition with New API?". Singularity Hub. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  10. "Market Intelligence Platform, Sensor Tower, Reveals the Top Performing Fitness, Nutrition and Health Apps in January 2020". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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