Guess what?   Mealstrom 1.2 is live!

The big, cool new feature this release is Eating Habits, an easy way to build a picture of how you eat. It’s really simple: hit the “Track your eating habits” button and then choose an option from each of the categories. (They update over the air, too, so you’ll always have the newest ones.) Tap those few buttons each meal, and soon you’ll be able to see how you eat. Turns out I eat more vegetarian meals than meals with meat (though not by a huge amount). I also have more dinners than anything else (lunch is #2), and, surprisingly, more of my meals are at restaurants than cooked at home.

Eating Habits on the iPhone

Charts & Graphs

 

You can check out my Eating Habits at my Mealstrom profile . Right now it’s some cool pie charts, but I’m excited to also track historical trends — how I eat on different days of the week, lag on submitting meals, average meals per day, etc. (I’m also excited to eventually revamp the profiles and make them a lot cooler and more informative.)

1.2 also has a couple other new features:

• The date button now displays the meal’s date to help avoid accidentally picking the wrong day.
• Other minor UI tweaks and improvements.
• Bug fixes, such as:
  • Submitting multiple queued meals now works properly.
  • You can erase or zoom in on pictures (previously stopped working after the fourth picture was added).

I’m also excited to announce that version 1.3 is nearly ready to go, and should be in Apple’s hands this week. Once it’s approved, you’ll hear about it here.

Check it out! As always, feedback totally welcome, especially if you have ideas for intriguing things to track with Eating Habits.

Have a great Thursday, and happy eating!

Alex