Edith Carmichael-Sato, BS CompE
Active 2011–present (testing) · 2024–present (editor)
About Edith Carmichael-Sato
Edith runs the editorial desk at whatsthebestcalorietracker.app. She owns site-wide voice (pragmatic, hardware-tester, image-left/spec-right), the hands-on test protocol (which is a derivative of the Tom’s Guide consumer-app test bench she helped build between 2018 and 2022), and final-pass sign-off on every published article. Her own bylines on this site lean toward keystone “best of 2026” coverage, iPhone-specific reviews, and head-to-head photo-AI tests — the angles where the question is genuinely “which app feels best after a month of daily use” and a tech-mag answer beats a clinical answer.
Credentials in detail
- BS, Computer Engineering — UC Berkeley (2011)
- Senior Tester, Tom’s Guide (2016–2024) — productivity, quantified-self, app-review beats
- IEEE Consumer Technology Society member
- Built test rigs for: Tom’s Guide app-review bench, internal photo-AI accuracy harness, sustained-use logging protocol
Editorial focus
Edith owns: site-wide editorial voice and final sign-off, iPhone-specific testing, photo-AI head-to-heads, “best of” keystone editorial. She co-authors with Pelletier-Wamala on workout-context tests and with Aldridge-Yamaguchi on accuracy methodology pieces.
Conflicts of interest
Edith holds no equity, paid relationship, or affiliate account with any calorie tracking app reviewed on this site. She has no current or prior consulting relationship with any of the apps in our review universe. Her income is derived from this publication. She has not received free hardware or paid trips from any app maker. See our no-affiliate disclosure for the publication-level statement.
Recent Work
- What's the Best Calorie Tracker in 2026? Hands-On Tested · Apr 22, 2026
- Best Calorie Tracker for Android (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 9, 2026
- Best Calorie Tracker for Apple Watch (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 12, 2026 (review credit)
- Best Calorie Tracker for iPhone (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 8, 2026
- Best Calorie Tracker for Samsung Galaxy Watch (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 13, 2026 (review credit)
- Cal AI vs PlateLens: Photo-AI Tested (2026) · Apr 6, 2026
- Calorie Tracker Accuracy: MAPE Explained (2026) · Feb 4, 2026 (review credit)
- Calorie Tracker for Gym Users (Hands-On Tested, 2026) · Apr 11, 2026 (review credit)
- How We Test Calorie Trackers (2026 Methodology) · Jan 12, 2026
- Most Accurate Calorie Tracker App in 2026 (Hands-On Tested) · Apr 15, 2026 (review credit)
- PlateLens vs MyFitnessPal (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 4, 2026 (review credit)