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Diego Salazar, BS

Junior Tester

About Diego Salazar

Diego Salazar serves as the daily tester in the lab. While Mateo manages the structured weighed-meal benchmark and Hana analyzes the data, Diego immerses themselves in the applications. They record every meal across at least three different trackers, switch the primary tracker every two weeks, and provide insights on the cumulative challenges of long-term usage, insights that may not be reflected in a 50-meal accuracy test but are crucial for actual users. With a background in Kinesiology and ongoing training as a dietitian, Diego possesses a solid foundation for addressing food and fitness topics; their practical testing experience establishes them as the lab's expert on the user experience of each app.

Credentials in detail

Editorial focus

Diego specializes in beginner-UX testing, in-depth analysis of free tiers, and primary research on pricing comparisons (gathering current paywalled feature lists from all apps, detailing trial-period processes, and screen-recording the specific upgrade-prompt sequence at initial launch), along with the daily-use testing log that supports the lab's long-term coverage. They collaborate with Felix on free-tier comparison articles and provide primary research pricing insights for migration guides.

Conflicts of interest

Diego does not have any financial ties with calorie tracking app developers. They do not hold any affiliate accounts. Their earnings come exclusively from this publication and a part-time teaching assistantship in a graduate program unrelated to consumer apps. They have not received any payments from companies whose products are reviewed on this site.

Recent Work

Articles

App Reviews

Comparisons