eFit Free Edition for Windows

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Key Details of eFit Free Edition

Count calories and manage diet in weight loss or muscle gain.
Last updated on March 28, 2011
There have been 2 updates
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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffMarch 28, 2011

Weight loss is a multibillion-dollar industry in the United States, and it's no surprise that software developers want a piece of that action. eFit Free Edition is a basic meal planner and weight tracker that lets you keep a record of your food intake. Although it works well enough, it's not nearly as full-featured as similar programs we've seen.

The program opens with a pop-up window encouraging you to take a survey about your weight loss plans. At the end of the survey you are given a code that will disable the survey pop-up in the future. Once we were past that, we configured eFit with our preferred units of measurement (English or metric), entered our height and weight, and started exploring. The program has a simple meal-planning feature that draws on a large database of foods, including name brands and restaurant items. You can easily enter foods that aren't already on the list. Tracking your food intake is simply a matter of selecting what you've eaten (or plan to eat) for each meal; eFit will automatically tabulate your calories, protein, carbs, and fat. The program also lets you track 13 different body measurements, including your weight and the circumference of your arms, legs, waist, and chest. A grocery list generator looks at the foods you've eaten and then creates an editable list, allowing you to quickly remove items that you don't need more of just yet. An Online Services menu gives you access to the eFit message board. The program comes with a PDF Help file that does an adequate job of explaining its features. Overall, eFit functions as it should, but it's not very sophisticated. We were especially surprised, given the program's name, that it does not offer any way to track physical activity, this being one of the most important aspects of fitness.

eFit Free Edition leaves a folder behind upon removal. We recommend this program to all users who need a basic way to track their food intake and not much else.

What’s new in version 2.0

New: Online grocery shopping available directly in eFit using generated shopping list. Shopping lists can now be generated based on any dates of future or past Daily Intake entries. BodyFat can now be estimated in the Measurements section with the click of a button. Metabolic Rate also now can be estimated in the Measurements section. Improvements: Removed advertising from shopping list screen; Added improved icons. Fixes: Removed logging that was creating multiple log files; Removed old survey.

eFit Free Edition for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: March 28, 2011

Latest update: March 28, 2011

Version: 2.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows 7
Windows 10
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server

Additional Requirements: Java Runtime Environment 6.0

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Total Downloads: 6,579

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.9/5

10 User Votes

similar to Weight Watchers only no on web
sjcliffMay 15, 2012
Pros
Like the interface. I want something to track my calories, this does the job. It also tracks protein, fat and carbs. Adding recipes was quite easy. I also wanted the software on computer and not on the internet. I think this will fit my needs well.
Cons
does not track fiber (small ding), does not have a favorite or frequent list, not intuative for selecting an earlier date or adjusting serving size, but it is possible. Does not include hip measurement for BMI. I think the estimated BMI may be off compared to other sources I have used
Summary
Recommend to anyone wanting to track food intake.
Still the best free calorie counter
eee007March 28, 2011
Pros
- Easy to use - Free - Great support - Frequent updates
Cons
- GUI and icons look a bit old
Summary
Having used some of the earlier versions, I was surpised to find that I had missed a couple of releases. The latest version just improves on an already great product. The new online shopping feature looks interesting, and the ability to copy foods from one day to the next are some great new additions.
best food and exercise tracker around
alhtucsonJanuary 10, 2011
Pros
a very easy to use program which covers food and exercise very well. online version has what most would use. I eventually bought offline version for extra chart and reports for my doctor and he has been impressed also. highly recommend!!
Cons
wish blood pressure and blood glucose could be tracked also for an all-in-one program. CNET has an excellent download (free!) for that called 'Health'
Summary
Not much to gripe about - have loved it and even find it fun to track since all the work is taken out of calculations. you can put in your own recipes very easily.
Its great if you never want to take it off
zevoconnellJanuary 2, 2011
Pros
Great food database, easy to use
Cons
hard as hell to upgrade and hard to get rid of to try to use updated version.
Summary
When New Years came around I wanted to start getting in shape. I had this program on my computer but never used it. then when i decide i would and found out there was an update. I looked for the update button but didn't find one. so I thought i would just install over it Nope didn't work and so I though i would un-install and reinstall the new version. still not working. I am now trying to take off all of the files (after having uninstalled for a 6th time) but Nope. I feel like I'm in a bad episode of Twilight Zone cause the files won't go away. I would only recommend this program if you never want to get rid of it. seriously don't download it cause once you install its not going away. other then that a good product.
Great piece of Freeware, simpler to use every release.
eee007December 25, 2010
Pros
Frequent updates. Easy to use.
Cons
Still no cardio tracking ability
Summary
I have been using this software for about one year and in that time there has been many new releases which have improved its use each time. This is great, you don't normally get this many updates from software you pay for let alone freeware. Keep up the good work.
Great program, although still in the progress
sann_itOctober 16, 2010
Pros
User-friendly, small, fast, and easy to learn how to use. Online shopping feature sounds very promising; Excellent feedback and willingness to discuss the progress from the author.
Cons
Some basic features are still missing - no charts, context menus, etc. Extra flexibility in copying entries between days would also be a plus. Also, kinda "outdated" interface reminds me of windows-95 days.
Summary
Hopefully, all cons will be fixed and new features added in a couple of month in v.2.0 (as promised by author), so let's see. I gave it 5 stars "in advance" looking forward to see all that soon. Otherwise, very easy and convenient program. I tried at least 10 other alternative programs, and this one does exactly what I need without glitches, unnecessary modules and options, frustrating advertising, overcomplicated interfaces, etc.
Looks promising, but was too complicated.
skaizunSeptember 10, 2010
Pros
Asks for body info in either US or Metric units.
Cons
Requires a multiple page survey to be filled-out, with no way to avoid/cancel it, and that window is too large to be easily cancelled, but, it can be "sent" without filling-out everything. I had to work the mouse to get to a edge to close it.
Summary
After filling-out the annoying, forced, survey, I liked that it asked for basic information in the user's choice of US or Metric units, without locking the user into one or the other (i.e., you could enter your height in US units and your weight in Metric, if you so desired). However, after doing so, I couldn't figure out what to do next with the subsequent "meal" screen. So, I guessed, and entered "turkey sandwich", which it couldn't find (to be fair, no online or other downloadable program that I tried could find it, either!). So, I tried "banana", and was shown a large number of result options, mostly of baby food items (I told the program I was not a baby, so that result was inexplicable, IMHO). Unfortunately, the result widget was extremely narrow and could not be expanded via the mouse, so it was very difficult to see the results in their entirety. For cereal, about half the results said "Baby . . . something" while the other half said "Cereal . . . something". When I used the scroll bar to see more to the right of those obscured results, I found what I wanted, but decided that I wasn't going to spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc, going through my meals trying to find and select nearly invisible results. Worse, I couldn't figure out what to do after that. There didn't seem to be a way to put the found/selected item into the menu list. All this occurred in a space of about 5 minutes, which went by very quickly, but, basically it was little to-do about even less. In conclusion, they should have made the results easier to view, eliminate "baby" foods for adults, and make the user interface easier to understand, vis-a-vis, what to do after selecting a food. Until then, don't bother with eFit.
The old version was good, this version is great ;-)
eee007August 2, 2010
Pros
The new recipe feature makes it so much easier to plan meals.
Cons
Still no feature to track cardio
Summary
The price is right, I recommend giving this one a try.
Simple, Easy to Use, Get Support for a free program.
eee007July 13, 2010
Pros
-Simple -Quick response from developer for feature request -Free -Easy to use
Cons
None this is a great free program
Summary
For a free program eFit has get support provided by the developer. Requested features are implemented super fast.
installs searchbar
jamaal0202April 8, 2010
Pros
anything that adds something without your permission has NO pro's
Cons
spyware searchbar will be installed
Summary
This program will install, without your permission, a browser exstension. SEARCHBAR

Developer’s Description

By WeightControlSoftware

Count calories and manage diet in weight loss or muscle gain.

eFit Free Edition is a diet/meal planner, and calorie counter that can aid in weight loss or building muscle mass. Achieve your goals, by easily tracking daily food intake, monitoring your weight and the progress you have made. Over 10,000 food entry in database. Shopping list generation. Body measurements tracker. Calorie counter. Calender overview of daily calories (kilojoules). US and metric measurements. Excellent user support. Support forums. Easy to use.