[mrguyorama]

The premium version has lots of (IMO) valueless features like "macro nutrient tracking" and "water intake tracking" and "customize how many snacks you want in a day".

The free version has all the actual valuable stuff, minimal advertising, and the app, on android at least, is perfectly willing to leave you alone and not notify you with spam or advertising or anything. It's been around since literally the original app store release and is still pretty good.

[SyneRyder]

There can be value to tracking macros & water intake - someone working out to gain muscle will want to monitor that they're getting enough protein, and someone with a family history of diverticulitis or Crohn's will want to track dietary fibre & water intake.

That said - you can get to that information through the free app as well. Just tap on the Dashboard and tap on the Macronutrients graph, and you can get through to daily & weekly breakdowns.

I've often tried upgrading to Premium, but for some reason a Play Store bug keeps preventing my subscription from completing (and somehow they haven't noticed, for months?) I don't need cloud sync anyway. I wish they just had a paid app with a local database, and a CSV export feature so my data isn't locked up. Like when we used to track this stuff using diet tracking apps on Palm Pilots....

[mrguyorama]

Indeed, the fact that you can't export your data is my biggest gripe with fitness trackers. Maybe there's something you can do to "launder" the data through google fit, and maybe find a way to pull it out that way, but I haven't found one yet.