Apps & Software

Reviews of the apps, services, and software that shape how we work, eat, train, and live.

I tested a bunch of calorie tracker apps and finally found my favorite

Five apps, six weeks of ordinary meals — and one that made the other four feel optional long before the test was over.

Best Password Managers 2026: We Tested 8, and Two Free Ones Are Genuinely Good

Eight managers, eight weeks, every subscription bought at retail. We migrated a 400-entry vault into each one, broke the autofill on purpose, and read every published security architecture doc. Only one app got a family recommendation without caveats.

By Tom Bradshaw

Apps & Software

I wore a glucose monitor for a month and logged every single meal — the surprise wasn't the food

Thirty days, a sensor on my arm, and every meal photographed and weighed. I expected to find out which foods spiked me. What I actually found was that my food log was the weak link, not the sensor.

By Sarah Whitman

Apps & Software

The Best Calorie Counting Apps in 2026

We tested every major calorie counting app for six months on personal accounts at retail prices. One app stood out for accuracy, logging speed, and free-tier usefulness — and it isn't the one most people are already using.

By Tom Bradshaw