Apple SNAQ app: Please don't use
Hey all - recently downloaded and tried the SNAQ app during the free trial period it offers. DO NOT RECOMMEND. This app tries to use AI to estimate carbs from a picture, connects to a G7 and provide information etc. But I tried several different things and it was consistently wrong. It's $88/year US so it's already not cheap. But I tried 3 methods for 5 days, every meal - like this got two slices of bread wrong...
- Raw picture - estimate
- Picture with a known object for reference, i.e. quarter
- Actually putting the food on a scale and taking a picture of the item and the weight
Results were wildly inconsistent, never got the carb count correct. Even when something like a slice of bread was on the scale and it read as 20g, it came back with 25g as the weight of what it was calculating.
The app states it shouldn't be used for carb counts and insulin dosing - that's true. But you also can't use it to communicate with your Endo and have insulin to carb ratios adjusted, can't use it track the effects of food because you won't have accurate carb counts - so basically it's just "I ate at this time this item." you can get that from anything - you can put that into the Dexcom app even.
SNAQ is trash.