The iPhone Mom

Let me begin by saying that I’m not nearly as health conscious with food choices as I should be. I think I’ve eaten enough preservatives to guarantee myself a very long shelf life should the need arise. Most of the time I don’t  read that fine print but there was a time when my son had a wheat allergy and we were reading labels and trying to decipher the gibberish on them. I did some research online and then had a note stuck to my fridge listing all the ingredients that he needed to avoid. The system worked out okay at home but when I was in the grocery store it got tricky. This was pre iPhone days so I couldn’t even do a google search from the cracker aisle.  What R U Eating would have been a handy app to have around. It allows you to search from a database of over 80 food additives. Select one and you’ll get a description of what it does along with foods it’s commonly found in. The search is easy to navigate and full of information  you’d probably rather not know about if you’re really going to enjoy that Oreo cookie.

What R U Eating also comes with a game but I could not figure out how to play it. It features falling junk food and a set of teeth trying to eat the food. I just couldn’t get the teeth to go where I wanted them to be. Instead the game kept pausing on me. According to the iTunes description once you’ve eaten all the food all of the additives you’ve just consumed will be displayed. I never got to that point.

If you need to know exactly what’s in your packaged food this would be a nice app to have on your iPhone. It’d come in extremely handy when you’re grocery shopping. Buy it for that reason, not the game.

*Update – Marc contacted me to explain the teeth game. It’s based on the iPhone game Falling Balls and the teeth are meant to move left to right along the bottom of the screen as you tilt your iPhone. I was trying to use my finger to get the teeth to move so no wonder they didn’t catch any junk food. Thanks Marc!

Price when Reviewed: $.99

Seller: Marc Edwards