[prMac.com] Revere, Massachusetts - Revere, Massachusetts - Indie
developer James Hollender has announced iCals - iNutrients: Calories 3.0
for iOS, a major update to his Healty & Fitness app that lists the
calorie content of more than 1,100 different foods. Broken down into
seven Categories or as a complete, alphabetical list with search
function, users can lookup and record their daily intake of calories.
Each listing includes eight pertinent facts about the food, and this 3.0
update allows users to create custom serving sizes for any item. The
new version is now a Universal app that allows for keeping track of
personal caloric intake and the ability to backup and restore the
personal information.
The iCals app provides information about foods and how they are rated
for caloric content. The following colors help readily identify which is
which:
* Black = Rated extremely high in Calories (500 - 1,181)
* Dark Red = Rated very high in Calories (400 - 499)
* Red = Rated high in Calories (300 - 399)
* Orange = Rated moderately high in Calories (250 - 299)
* Yellow = Rated moderate in Calories (200 - 249)
* Light Green = Rated moderately low in Calories (150 - 199)
* Green = Rated low in Calories (100 - 149)
* Cyan = Rated very low in Calories (50 - 99)
* White = Rated extremely low in Calories (less 50)
There are eight tables listing foods:
* All Foods (includes search capability)
* Fast Foods
* Fruits & Vegetables
* Meat, Fish & Shellfish
* Dairy & Egg
* Cereal Grains & Pasta
* Sweets
* Snacks
The app offers three different kinds of lookup: Search, Alphabetical, or
Category. Users can enter any search term to query the database's 1,100
entries (some entries have multiple names). Alphabetical searches of
the complete list is simplified through a thumb index, which opens any
letter of the alphabet immediately. Finally, users can search
alphabetically through any of seven category listings:
* Fast Foods
* Fruits & Vegetables
* Meat, Fish & Shellfish
* Dairy & Eggs
* Cereal Grains & Pasta
* Sweets
* Snacks
The database is truly encyclopedic. For example, looking up "Milk" brings up more than 35 different listings.
Feature Highlights:
* Lookup, customize, and record daily carbohydrate intake
* Comprehensive database of foods based on the USDA National Nutrient Database
* Lookup by Search, Category, or Alphabetical
* More than 1,100 foods listed from more than 2,500 searchable names
* Includes listings for Fast Foods
Selecting an item in any of the tables will display pertinent information about the selected food serving:
* Food Title
* Weight in grams
* Common Measure, e.g., 1/2 cup, etc.
* Calories
* Color coding for quick identification of caloric content range
* USDA Description
* USDA Food Group
* USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference ID
Touching the Record button on the top right to add an item to the user's
daily food intake, the calorie watcher can specify a serving size
between .1 and 9.9 times the standard serving. New in version 3.0 of
iCals is the ability to create custom serving sizes between 1 and 500
grams in 0.1 gram increments. Users can easily dial in the exact serving
size using a slider and buttons for extra fine control of their
selection. With the serving size adjusted, users just touch the Record
button in the top right to have the revised entry added to their daily
intake.
Records of servings are kept for a full year before being automatically
deleted from the database. Recorded servings can be edited to change the
date or number of servings. They can also be deleted if necessary.
Information is derived from the USDA National Nutrient Database for
Standard Reference: Energy (kcal) Content of Selected Foods per Common
Measure. There are currently over 1,100 different food servings
included, searchable using approximately 2,500 names (some foods are
known by different names or how they are prepared, e.g., "Egg,
Scrambled" and "Scrambled Egg"). A few of these have as many as six
searchable names. The Info page provides additional information about
Saturated Fat:
* What are Calories? - Wikipedia(R) definition
* Calorie Recommendations - Provides information for different groups,
e.g., Sedentary women, older adults, children, teenage girls, active
men, etc.; plus the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans
* Highest Calorie Foods - Lists 28 different foods containing the highest amounts of Calories
* How to Use this App - Shows detailed information about how to record
the user's personal nutrient intake of Calories, how to make changes to
what the user has recorded, how to backup and restore the data
* Access My Records - Provides up to a full year of recorded entries,
listed and grouped by date. Users may also view each individual entry in
the database. Allowances are made for deleting records, changing the
date, and also changing the number of servings
* Other Important Information - Provides access to a copy of the User
Agreement, and links to communicate with the developer about bugs,
suggestions or comments
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.2 or later
* 6.4 MB
The other seven iNutrient apps are:
* iCarbs - iNutrients: Carbohydrates
* iCholesterol - iNutrients: Dietary Cholesterol
* iFiber - iNutrients: Fiber
* iProteins - iNutrients: Proteins
* iSatFat - iNutrients: Saturated Fat
* iSugars - iNutrients: Sugars
* Vitamin K - iNutrients: Vitamins K1, K1D and K2
Pricing and Availability:
The iCals app is available in the iTunes App Store for the iPhone, iPad
and iPod touch. The current price is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in
other currencies) and can be found in the Health & Fitness and
Lifestyle categories. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers.
Please specify the website, blog or organization you represent when
making your request.
Based in Revere, Massachusetts, Indie developer James Hollender is a
well seasoned Information Technology professional who has been familiar
with Apple products since the days of the first Macintosh computer and
has been involved with object oriented programming since the
introduction of Java, culminating most recently in writing apps in
Objective C for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. His innovative ideas
have resulted in numerous suggestions and other awards including a
commendation from The President of the United States. James Hollender
has been involved writing iPad apps with Foliage, Kronos, Olympus and
Cross Country Automotive Services (now Agero). Copyright (C) 2010-2012
James Hollender. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and
iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the
property of their respective owners.
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