Our Team
A small consumer-software review team. We are not nutritionists or registered dietitians. We test calorie-tracking apps the way Wirecutter tests kitchen tools.
Lead Reviewer
Sarah Petersen has spent the last seven years reviewing consumer software, with a focus on how subscription pricing and feature gating reshape app value over time. She started Calorie App Directory in 2024, after a decade of personal MyFitnessPal use ended with the 2024 barcode-scanner paywall. The site grew from one annoyed essay into a full directory because it became obvious that there was no resource that compared today's calorie-tracking apps on what people actually use them for, including the ones the apps changed last year.
Areas: Long-term consumer-app reviews · Subscription pricing analysis · Comparison-table methodology · Feature-parity tracking
Data & Methodology
David Kim runs the data side of Calorie App Directory: the per-app testing matrix, the pricing tracker, and the methodology behind comparison scores. His background is product analytics — eight years at consumer-software companies before the directory work. He maintains the public testing protocol and the version log that records which app build was reviewed in which article.
Areas: Comparison methodology · Pricing data and version tracking · Product analytics · Test-protocol design
Contributing Reviewer
Jordan Rivera writes the niche reviews — vegetarian and vegan tracker comparisons, parents-and-family use cases, accessibility audits. Their reviews carry an emphasis on edge cases and database coverage gaps that mainstream review pages skip.
Areas: Niche use cases · Database coverage audits · Accessibility evaluation · Family / multi-user reviews