Calorie Scan

Know what's on
your plate.

No kitchen scale, no digging through a food database. Take one photo of your meal and see roughly how many calories it has, and how much protein, carbs and fat.

Scan my mealSee how a plate becomes numbers
  • 5 credits per run
  • Try 1 time a day without signing up
  • Failed runs are refunded
  • Results kept for 7 days
  • One plate, one photo
  • Whole meal and each item
  • A confidence level when it's unclear
Overhead view of a salmon bowl with brown rice, avocado, broccoli and tomatoesSalmonAvocadoBrown rice
This meal · Example
650 kcal
Protein
39 g
Carbs
51 g
Fat
31 g

Regular portion · an everyday estimate, not a measurement

A bowl of homemade tomato pasta
Portion choice · no photo uploaded hereIs it really just one more bite?

Same plate, different portion. Don't pick it by feel.

This one looks like: Regular

An everyday plate. When you scan, pick the size that matches the meal you're eating.

From plate to food log

More than one number. See where it comes from.

Switch between three everyday meals to see the total, the macros and each food side by side.

Overhead view of a salmon bowl with brown rice, avocado, broccoli and tomatoesInput: one plate · Regular
Shot from above, whole plate in frame, nothing covering the food

Salmon grain bowl

Example

650kcal for the whole meal

Protein
39 g
Carbs
51 g
Fat
31 g
  • Salmon120 g250 kcal
  • Brown rice150 g170 kcal
  • Avocado70 g110 kcal
  • Vegetables and tomatoes150 g120 kcal

ConfidenceHigher · everything clearly visible

The numbers above are examples that show what a result looks like. Your own scan estimates your own photo.

Try it on my own meal
No ten-minute investigation before dinner

It used to be memory work. Now one photo gets you started.

  1. 1
    Before: logging was a chore

    Try to remember what you ate

    After the meal you start guessing: how much rice, how many pieces of chicken, does the sauce count?

    1
    Now: one photo, three steps

    Get the whole plate in the photo

    Shoot from above in good light without covering the food. One plate per photo — JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB.

  2. 2
    Before: logging was a chore

    Look up the rice, then the salmon

    Search a food database item by item, then guess how much of each there was.

    2
    Now: one photo, three steps

    Pick a rough portion size

    No scale needed. Choose small, regular or large — whichever is closest.

  3. 3
    Before: logging was a chore

    Give up halfway and promise to start tomorrow

    One meal turns into homework. The harder you try, the harder it is to keep going.

    3
    Now: one photo, three steps

    See the whole meal and each item

    Calories, protein, carbs, fat and every food it found, together. Where the photo is less clear, the confidence level says so.

A family notebook about meals

Same table. A different way of seeing the meal.

Three ordinary mealtimes — no perfect recipes, and no turning dinner into a nutrition exam. These are illustrative scenes, not customer reviews.

A big bowl of pasta on a family kitchen table next to a child's cup and homework, and half a serving packed in a lunchbox
Nora's big pasta bowl, and the half saved for tomorrow
Family dinner · with her daughter

Tuesday at Nora's: a big bowl of pasta, homework all over the table.

Her daughter rolls her eyes at yet another dinner photo. Nora takes it anyway — just one. Once she sees how big the portion is, half goes into a lunchbox. Tomorrow's lunch is sorted, with no detective work.

Pack tomorrow's portion separately, then log the amount actually eaten next time.

Illustrative portrait for the Nora storyNora · SeattleDinner with her daughterIllustrative story

Example
890 kcalBig bowl of tomato pasta
Protein
28 g
Carbs
145 g
Fat
22 g
  • Pasta200 g710 kcal
  • Tomato sauce120 g100 kcal
  • Cherry tomatoes60 g20 kcal
  • Parmesan15 g60 kcal
  • Basil5 g0 kcal

A useful notePasta is most of this meal. You could save half for tomorrow and add some vegetables you like.

Medium confidence · the sauce is a mixed food

A chicken sandwich next to a notebook on an office desk, and the same notebook with more entries
Alex's takeaway sandwich, now in the notebook too
Takeaway lunch · a short lunch break

Alex's notebook isn't just for chicken breast anymore.

Three days of broccoli, then three weeks of blank pages. Now the takeaway sandwich gets a photo too. Can't see the sauce? Add a question mark and check the ingredients — one ordinary lunch no longer ruins the whole log.

Treat hidden sauce as uncertain; an estimate is not a measurement.

Illustrative portrait for the Alex storyAlex · LondonOften grabs lunch to goIllustrative story

Example
560 kcalChicken sandwich
Protein
38 g
Carbs
55 g
Fat
21 g
  • Wholegrain bread100 g250 kcal
  • Chicken breast110 g180 kcal
  • Vegetables and cucumber100 g30 kcal
  • Sauce (estimated)20 g100 kcal

A useful noteHidden sauce changes the estimate. If there's an ingredient list, check it alongside.

Medium confidence · some sauce is hidden

A bowl of noodle soup with reading glasses at home, and a phone taking a photo of the same bowl
Dad's noodle soup, photographed before dinner
Homemade noodles · weekend dinner for Dad

Jamie made noodle soup for Dad. Dinner isn't a debate about "too much" anymore.

It's a small bowl, but the noodles, the meat and the oil are no longer a matter of memory. One photo before dinner and everyone is looking at the same picture. Dad calls it a passport photo for dinner — then eats his greens first.

Check it against what actually went into the pot, especially the broth and cooking oil.

Illustrative portrait for the Jamie storyJamie · MelbourneCooks for DadIllustrative story

Example
520 kcalHomemade noodle soup
Protein
30 g
Carbs
64 g
Fat
16 g
  • Cooked noodles220 g300 kcal
  • Beef slices70 g140 kcal
  • Greens80 g20 kcal
  • Broth and oil (estimated)150 g60 kcal

A useful noteA small bowl can still be a mixed meal: noodles, meat and broth all count. Check it against how you cooked it.

Medium confidence · broth and oil are estimated

Before you scan

Estimates can vary. The limits shouldn't be vague.

Straight answers about photos, accuracy, cost and privacy.

What kind of photo works best?

One plate per photo, shot from above in good light, with the whole plate in frame and nothing covering the food. Close-ups of a single item work too. Blurry or dark photos come back with a reason instead of a number — retake rather than trust a bad scan.

How accurate is it?

Photo-based estimates of common meals typically land within 15–25% of the true value, and every result shows a confidence level. Numbers are rounded on purpose, and mixed dishes like stews, dressed salads and filled items get flagged because their contents are partly invisible. Treat the result as a guide for your day, not a measurement.

Can it tell what's inside a sandwich or a burrito?

Only partly. It estimates from what's visible, so hidden fillings and sauces lower the accuracy — that's what the confidence level and the mixed flag are for.

What happens if the photo isn't food?

You get a short explanation instead of invented numbers. Photos of nutrition labels are also refused — the label table is not a meal. If a run fails, you are not charged.

How much does it cost?

You can try it once without an account. After that each scan costs 5 credits; new accounts get free credits to start.

Do you store my photos?

Photos are used only to produce your estimate. Inputs and results stay in your history for 7 days so you can look back at them, then they are deleted. You can delete them sooner from your account.

After this meal, don't log it from memory.

Snap the plate, pick a portion, and keep everyday tracking a little simpler.

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