I’m currently using it for free with a program called Basecamp (highly recommend you look this up)!!
So far I really enjoy the app. Everything I’ve seen folks complain about in this thread has since been addressed! You can do .25 or .5 of something, you can scan things and it seems like everything I try to input is there (improvements in food database). The biggest things they’ve blasted is being able to describe what you ate and it inputs for you (similar to fuelin app).
Here’s my honest opinion thus far after just over a week: it’s still very buggy for Android as it will stop working randomly or sometimes I can’t press buttons (unsure about Apple) but I’m enjoying it so far. I feel really good and strong during my workouts and I like that the focus is eating the right balanced meals and the right time (carb periodisation) and not on counting calories. The app forces me to focus on how I FEEL after what I’ve eaten and less about each individual macro or calorie. Focusing on how I feel and what foods give me energy and which detract and fueling timing is actually really helpful.
There’s integrations with training peaks and more to come i hear!
Based on what everyone said re bugs etc, I think this is par for the course when you’re working with a new application – imo they should’ve launched beta and gotten feedback and then done a full launch to help market things better & avoid losing customers early. I still feel this app is in late beta stages based on my experience with the UI and bugs I’ve had.
Anyways, I get to use this for free for a full month thru Basecamp (seriously love this program) and I’ll check back and let folks know how I feel after a month.
I’ve been kicking the tyres on this since Monday, does all the nutrition stuff well in terms of recording macros, custom recipes, scan items etc. Even has a recipes section which could prove useful potentially in the future.
I really got involved with it though to help me be fueled better for rides, whether indoor TR sessions done on Zwift or outdoor ones recorded via my Garmin. I feed everything i do into Garmin and then onto Training Peaks and their integration with that is good.
You do need to add your TR workouts into TP but you only need the duration, IF and TSS for this to work as requested, as well as when you’re going to do the workout. That last bit is key, you don’t need to enter it in TP as it will prompt you in Hexis to set it on a given day before it can calculate stuff.
So far (and its early days) it seems good, I’ve set it to help me lose weight but only 1lb a week, I’m not too bothered about doing that though, the key thing for me is it seeing what I’m doing and suggesting in ride fuel intake as well as balancing out my food through the day prior and after it to enable me to perform well.
I did a 50 mile ride last night outside as the weather was too good to not get out and fueled as sugggested by the app during the day and the ride itself. Fatigue levels were high due to the heat and wind direction for the first half of the ride but I still had plenty in the (albeit tired) legs even at the very end of the ride to hit a decent sprint.
Looks promising, worth a look, I’m going monthly on it for now for a couple of months to see how it fares but will likely then go yearly as cheaper.
Certainly does all MFP, Cronometer all do with the added bonus of the management of your intake.
Only downside I don’t like so far is that whatever you log, doesn’t go into Apple Health. I don’t care about the specifics but this is frustrating as I used other apps that show my food intake and would be nice for them to know what I’ve been doing too. Surely there is no need for this to be tied to their app only
