Fitbug www.fitbug.com Reviews

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Good Points: Attractive idea and website; easy to use; technically sound; downtime and technical problems have been limited and few; integration between pedometer and site works very reliably

Bad Points: Despite recent upgrade - which was largely cosmetic - the Fitbug suffers from a number of shortcomings:Entering meals takes too long and there are a number of problems with the database (duplicate items, little control over what is entered, simplistic search; there will be three items, for example for "Bread, white sliced", "White sliced Bread" or "Sliced bread, white", bloating lists unnecessarily)Alerts and automatic reminders are very basic and there is no attempt to use the data entered in a more useful way: Surely users could be presented, for example, with the three highest calory intakes "sins" of the previous week etc.?There is no facility for entering missing steps if you left the pedometer at home by mistake.

General comments: Good idea, but let down by the implementation. While technical support was always quick and helpful, other support on offer falls short of the implied promise. Too expensive for what it is and does. You're quicker counting your calories the traditional way and logging your steps in a spreadsheet.