{"slug": "why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix", "title": "Why every fitness app makes TDEE confusing (and my free fix)", "summary": "A developer built FreeTDEE.com, a free total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) calculator that uses the Mifflin-St Jeor formula to provide maintenance, cutting, and bulking calorie targets without requiring an account or email. The tool was built in about three hours using Next.js and Cloudflare Pages, and stores data locally in the browser.", "body_md": "I've been tracking calories for 2 years and every TDEE calculator I used asked for my email or pushed a premium plan. So I built my own.\n\n[FreeTDEE.com](https://freetdee.com) calculates your daily calorie needs using the Mifflin-St Jeor formula. Pick your activity level, get your maintenance, cutting, and bulking targets instantly.\n\nNo app. No account. Data stays in your browser's localStorage. Built with Next.js + Cloudflare Pages in ~3 hours using AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/gavinbuilds/why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix-49e0", "published_at": "2026-06-28 06:51:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-28 07:33:49.030202+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["FreeTDEE.com", "Mifflin-St Jeor", "Next.js", "Cloudflare Pages"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-every-fitness-app-makes-tdee-confusing-and-my-free-fix.jsonld"}}