Monash University FODMAP diet App Reviews

I was shocked to see negative reviews of this app from the university that created the Low FOD-MAP approach. When I read through them many of them seemed to not understand what this diet entails. This is a way of eating that helps you avoid foods that are hard to process. One reviewer claimed the app was full of discrepancies because a ripe banana is verboten while an unripe banana is okay. Um. Ripe bananas are high in fructose which makes them a high fodmap food while an unripe banana has less sugar and by definition is a low fodmap food. This way of eating has changed my life. Im grateful for the app and think you will be too if you take effort to learn its purpose.

If you are seriously going low FODMAP then this app is the best investment you can make. Sure there are things it does not do but the Guide Section is the core and doing the diet without it will likely mean you are missing important details. It works if you work with it. And buying it supports more research and a bigger database.

This app is indispensable for sticking to the Low FODMAP diet. I use it all the time while grocery shopping or eating out to remember what I can and cant have. The diet would be impossible to stick to without it, and Id end up feeling horribly sick. Such a life saver! And its such a reliable source! All the information comes directly from the researchers who developed the diet. All the food in the database has been rigorously tested. I checked out some other apps and found they had wrong information! Not this app. You know its all accurate information. There are of course foods that the researchers havent tested yet, so there will be gaps. Also as the university is based in Australia, the US brands are under represented. But for best results, I read labels on everything before I purchase it. Im so happy to have an easily accessible list of accurate information. Theres just too much bad information out there that puts my health at risk. This app is worth every penny!

I dont know what I would do without this wonderful app. It is such a valuable reference tool if you are following a low Fodmap diet. I refer to it often!

This app has really improved the quality of my life. Before I knew about it I was really guessing about what to eat because the information online is often contradictory or insufficient in terms of serving size. But this app makes it so much clearer. It does take a bit of rooting around sometimes but with a little patience Ive gotten to know it and now have most of my regular foods memorized. I am so grateful to the people at Monash University who created it, I cant imagine how people got by before. Highly recommend.

Very thorough in products, would honestly be lost without this app, its very accurate for me and is constantly being updated. Well worth the money.

This app got me on track with the low fodmap diet. The information was very helpful as I began the diet and now I look up foods regularly. My only complaint is that its understandably incomplete though I know theyre always adding new food. Its a very helpful app for those starting to eat low fodmap.

This app is awesome and a very handy resource from the official experts on the low fodmap diet. They continually update and expand their database of foods as their research continues. A must for all people who are required to follow a low a FODMAP diet, from a person who has been on the diet for 2.5 years.

Best tool for safe foods and serving sizes Most of the negative reviews are from people who do not take the time to understand how to use the app. Updates are so much better

This app is overpriced. It needs a lot more foods in it--needs category for candy. Also the category for dairy free, soy free has cheese and edemame in it! It should allow you to change the color of an item that bothers you like soybeans or something.

I check this app regularly because when I follow the low FODMAP diet, my IBS symptoms are more manageable. Ive almost memorized what I can and cant eat thanks to this handy app! I look forward to seeing more food items added. It would be nice if I can track my symptoms on a chart if I eat certain food items. This is being offered by other apps.

App says stay away from milk. Milk is bad. Milk is high in fodmaps. Go to the first recipe. First ingredient is milk. You dont even need to put milk in an egg omelette to begin with.

Recent update was excellent. Wish the ap could share data with Apple Health. I was initially very disappointed in this app. However, as I have used it more and discovered that one can add recipes, I am more impressed. Unfortunately, it does not allow you to edit those recipes without adding another version. It lacks most ethnic foods and recipe categories we enjoy - Indian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Ethiopian, Thai, for example. It disagrees with the handout my Gastroentorologist gave me. I assume the app is more up-to-date but dont know that for certain.

Read about the Monash team and app in the US Well + Good email. Well worth the money and has totally transformed my how I eat Was already healthy but still getting ibs Not anymore since using this. Super easy to use and positive yummy suggestions too. Keep the good work up!

I have been using this app to manage my daughters diet for a few years now. While it took sometime to learn to navigate, it has helped us identify exactly which FODMAPs cause problems and has given us the opportunity to try new foods. It is a little tricky to figure out some of the Australian names for foods but the picture helps and the new country feature is also very helpful. I also love the resources about FODMAP. It has helped me understand my daughter condition and better meet her dietary needs.

I tried a number of free apps before spending the money on this one and after the first day or two really liked it, but its been down hill from there. I am new to FODMAP and needed something to help with identifying what to buy and what I could/couldnt eat but also wanted to be able to track my symptoms and help identify what my triggers could be. Menus pre populate for you but you have to manually take them out and cant unless you replace it with something else first. If you skip a meal, the recommended menu stays in place. You only have 5 personalized meal options you can track so if you add a 6th option late in the week, it changes whatever you ate the previous day to that item as well. You can only track 1 week at a time but the report feature actually shuts down the app and wont open.

This app is very international, which is great...except that where I live (USA) they havent got many of the foods listed in the database. And many of the foods we have got here, just arent in the database. The recipes are also a disappointment. Instead of focusing on foods you CAN eat, most of the recipes use small amounts of foods I cant eat, or substitutions with fake versions of food I cant eat. Its basically like junk food vegan only for low FODMAP. Wish I hadnt bought this, waste of money.

This app contains just a few food options, which makes it unpractical for daily use. Why to pay $8, if you cant find what youre r normally eating and seeing in the supermarket or restaurant. The app is limited and also, not easy to use.

Thank you to the researchers and designers who built this useful tool. It deserves much higher ratings. I appreciate the updates. I use this app all the time and it has improved my health.

This app is well done, the rating system is very intuitive. It has help me tremendously to identify foods and has improved my symptoms very much. Wish that it was adapted better to US market. Thanks very good app.