HMR 12+

Generally good, but with some quirks

Initially, I had some problems updating to v3.0, but I received help from the developer to fix those issues.

The current version is certainly prettier, and allows one to track water consumption as well. Also, I can graph my weight loss over time. It might be useful to be able to add notes as we go of things that one finds useful/problematic to their weight loss journey. And be able to call them up along with the weight chart or just a history of events.

The only problems that I have noticed recently relate to the app’s need to ‘phone home’ almost every time that I switch to it. When I don’t have WiFi, that sometimes prevents me from getting to the entry screen. Also the ‘ads’ presented when I switch into the app can get repetitive.

Developer Response ,

Locus91,
I apologize that you are experiencing difficulty with the HMR app. I'd like to help you resolve the issues you are experiencing. You can either email me at eshore@hmrboston.com or call me directly at 617.357.9876 x 286. If you don't reach me immediately, please leave a detailed message and I will return your call.

Profile restrictions

I’d rate this app higher, but the Profile won’t let folks enter their start day and date. I tried calling customer service to get them to change it and they said that they can’t either. They claimed the fates were based on the day of the week when I opted to have group phone calls. What malarkey! My group call date is based on the convenience of my work day and personal time; that is totally irrelevant compared to the date I started the program. My start date was a Thursday (food arrived in the late afternoon. and I began at dinner once I got home.) My first full day was Friday. I would’ve been happy if the omnipotent being who entered my start day and date had used either of these days. Because they didn’t and I’m told those fields in my profile can’t be changed, all the summary data I see id either half the right size or twice the right size depending on when in the week I am looking at it. It’s my data, my start date, my group phone call, but “they” insist I use “their” week definition. Makes data that is collected useless to me. How frustrating!

Recent Issues

In general, I've really enjoyed having this app. It has super simplified sending mid week and full week numbers to my coach. I have 2 major issues though. From the start, it has populated my class time as 12:09pm, despite what I have listed in my Group settings. My second issue just started yesterday. When I populate information for the current date, it also populated the information on the following date. So instead of showing 12 shakes and 8 entrees at my mid week, it was showing 15 shakes and 10 entrees. I thought it would resolve itself when I updated it with today's data, but now it shows the data populated for tomorrow too. Please fix!