What is it? A weight-loss app that provides you with daily calorie-controlled recipes.

How much does it cost? Free to download for the bare-bones version; about £6 a month for the full service.

What does it promise? A personalised meal plan that takes into consideration your weight, goals, budget, tastes and schedule. The theory is that deciding to eat well is one thing, and working out what to cook each day is another. This takes the choice element away, making it easier to stick to your diet.

What’s it actually like? The app itself is brilliant. You choose the foods you like and a calorie limit, and it automatically generates a recipe list. Then the hard work starts. It turns out that getting 2,000 calories of healthy, homemade food inside me every day is a full-time job. Breakfasts tend to come in three parts: usually an omelette, some yoghurt and a homemade smoothie, which takes three times as long as my usual. Lunch is invariably either expensive (tuna steak) or impossible to find in a Tesco Express (veal). Dinners are much simpler, but by that time you’re so worn out by cooking that it comes and goes in a trance. Is this how healthy people eat? Healthy people are weird.

Best and worst bits The recipes are all tasty, and not so overtly healthy that you’ll up self-sabotaging with Krispy Kremes. If I had more time, I’d use this regularly. But I’m an adult with a kid and a job, and daily three-course breakfasts feel like a luxury I can’t afford.

Is it worth it? If you’ve got the time, the money and dedication, be my guest.