I didn't think MyFitnessPal was good enough either so I started working on a chatbot that you can just tell it what you ate in natural language and it will maintain a private web journal for you. I got a basic version to work and then discovered [Nutritionix][1] and lost motivation to compete. They seem to have nailed to web UI part. And they have an NLP input form you can use in the app. So it isn't the same as just texting a bot since you have to open the app, but the NLP is pretty good. And the UI for verifying what the NLP comes up with is also good. After researching every app I could find in this space Nutrionix stands as my favorite.

[1]: https://www.nutritionix.com/app

MFP is extremely limited when it comes to tracking micronutrients. If all you care about are very basic facts it's alright.

If you care about much more then Cronometer is commonly considered the best.

thanks! cronometer founder here :-) my indie hackers interview for anyone that cares: https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/03874047f2

Awesome, I didn't realize you did an interview! I have a ton of respect for the high standards you've been maintaining with data quality, keep it up.

Co-sign your cronometer rec. Once I cared about my health, for real, it was the obvious choice.

Cronometer and Carb manager are better