4.1
459 reviews
100K+
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Everyone
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About this app

Do you want to eat less unhealthy food? Do you want to lose weight? Then why not try the FoodT app! Download this app and choose 3 types of food/drink you want to consume less of and then play away! Simply press the item on the screen when there’s a green circle and don’t when there’s a red circle.
By playing this game on your phone you will be a part of exciting new scientific research. Each time you play you’ll be contributing to research at The University of Exeter. This app is based on a similar online game, which was shown to reduce users’ food intake and weight after playing the game four times.

The FoodT app will ask you a few questions before and after you play so that our research team can see whether it helps you reduce your food intake, craving and weight. You will also be asked for a few basic details about yourself (age, sex) but the app will not collect any information about your identity. All the data you provide will be anonymous.
All data from the app will be sent anonymously to our researchers at the University of Exeter and so by downloading the app you consent to this (Check the terms and conditions for more information).

The current version of the app is only available in English. If successful, we will look to translate into other languages. For the latest updates and comments about the app please see our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/foodTapp/
Updated on
Feb 6, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Health and fitness, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
430 reviews
Alison Harpy
November 9, 2023
I normally eat fairly well anyway, but this app has helped me kick a late-night snacking habit that I wanted to get rid of. Despite reading some explanations (and having a psychology degree) I don't fully understand why it works so well for me, but it does. I used it regularly for a few weeks and now just seem to need the occasional "revision" session.
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University of Exeter
February 12, 2024
Thanks so much for your positive (and amusing!) review Alison. We think the app works by dampening down the automatic 'motor excitation' response that is elicited by rewards such as craved foods. The brain's attention, motor and reward networks seem to get less 'excited' by these foods following training making them easier to resist.
Luella Horton
June 2, 2021
It has a lot of potential. I'm excited to see how far this goes. A few suggestions ... Make it so we can add pictures of our own. This would help immensely for personalization. Make it more challenging, or even a totally different gameplay, like a maze or memory game. Give better "rewards" Fireworks and gold coins for getting it right or spiders and snakes for getting it wrong. Thanks to all the creators for the time and effort towards something that might someday be really amazing.
18 people found this review helpful
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University of Exeter
June 25, 2021
Many thanks for your excellent suggestions! We have been testing out a version that allows users to upload their own images so hope to share this soon. Our team and others' are also exploring different types of tasks and additional features to make the app more game-like and engaging.
Katelyn C
February 4, 2022
I noticed a definite change in my "comfort snack" seeking behavior after a month of using the app. I like that this app is part of a scientific study. Recommendations: I'd love to see charts of my "stats" (speed, accuracy) over time. Also, the question prompts do not account for whether the food/drink I'm "craving" is a nourishing, healthy choice at an appropriate eating time (it often is, even before I started using the app). Updating the questions to reflect that would be helpful/interesting.
6 people found this review helpful
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University of Exeter
April 1, 2022
Thanks for your valuable suggestions. We'll see what we can do with our next app upgrade!

What's new

Bug fixes and improvements for Android 14