I think the apps rarely provide value or they are outside the normal workflow. I just replaced my kitchen scale and the new one has an app that essential tries

I think the apps rarely provide value or they are outside the normal workflow. I just replaced my kitchen scale and the new one has an app that essential tries to be my fitness pal. But I already use myfitnesspal so I'm not going to switch since the only time savings is the time spent typing in the weight(I still have to search for the food) which is offset by the food database being worse.