AI food logging

Point your camera.
Get real macros
in seconds.

PlateAI turns a single photo of your plate into calories, protein, carbs, and fat — no searching, no barcodes, no guessing. Just shoot and know.

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3-stageMACROS → NUTRIENTS → HEALTH SCORE
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A cheeseburger with fries, plated and ready to be logged in PlateAI
Protein 68%
Carbs 42g
Health score 8.6
App preview

See PlateAI in action.

Real screens, real logged meals — no mockups.

PlateAI home dashboard showing calories and macro rings
Home

Today's calories and macros, at a glance

PlateAI meal detail screen for sweet potato supper
Meal log

Snap a plate, get calories back instantly

PlateAI statistics screen showing weekly calorie trend
Statistics

Weekly and monthly trends, not just today

PlateAI meal detail screen for omelette with smoked salmon
Meal log

Every ingredient accounted for, down to sodium

PlateAI Weight Control screen showing weight trend and a personalized insight
Weight control

A trend line and a nudge when it's time to adjust

PlateAI meal detail screen for eggs with smoked salmon
Meal log

High protein, logged in seconds

Why PlateAI

Everything you need to actually keep the habit.

Tracking only works if it takes less effort than skipping it. Every feature below exists to remove a step.

Snap-to-macros

One photo returns calories, protein, carbs, and fat — the camera does the work a food diary used to.

Daily macro rings

Color-coded rings for protein, carbs, and fat fill up through the day so you can see the gap at a glance.

Weight control

Log weigh-ins, chart the trend, and get a weekly or monthly nudge — synced quietly with your goals.

Real statistics

Week and month views turn every logged plate into a trend line, not just a number you forget tomorrow.

Under the hood

One photo, three passes.

Instead of one slow call that makes you stare at a spinner, analysis runs in three stages — so you see numbers almost immediately, and precision keeps arriving after.

1

Core macros, instantly

Calories, protein, carbs, and fat land within seconds of the shutter — enough to log the meal and move on.

2

Nutrient enrichment

A batched pass fills in the rest — fiber, sugars, sodium, and the micronutrients that don't need to block your first read.

3

Health score

Once the full picture is in, PlateAI scores the meal so you can compare plates at a glance, not just calories.

Your next meal, decoded in one photo.

Free to start. No barcode scanning, no manual entry.

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About PlateAI

An apple and a pie chart, because that's the whole idea.

The icon is the mission statement: real food, read as real data. PlateAI exists to close the gap between eating something and knowing what you just ate — without turning every meal into data entry.

PlateAI app icon
The problem

Food tracking has always cost more than it gives back

Searching a database, weighing ingredients, scanning barcodes — every extra step is a reason to quit by day four. Most nutrition apps optimize for completeness. We optimized for the thing people actually do: take a photo before they eat.

The approach

Let the camera replace the spreadsheet

PlateAI reads a plate the way a nutritionist would glance at one — estimating portions and ingredients from the image itself, then staging the analysis so a usable number shows up before the detailed one finishes computing.

The team

Small, independent, and still shipping weekly

PlateAI is built by a small independent team who eats its own dog food — every macro ring, weight chart, and reminder shipped because someone on the team wanted it for themselves first.

What we optimize for

Four things we won't compromise on.

Speed

Seconds, not minutes

If logging a meal takes longer than eating it, the feature has already failed.

Accuracy

Numbers you can trust

Estimates are labeled as estimates, and refine automatically as richer analysis lands.

Privacy

Your plate is yours

Photos and logs exist to serve you, not to be resold as a training set for someone else.

Simplicity

One clear number

Every screen answers one question well instead of every question badly.

Try the app the icon promises.

Free to download, ready in under a minute.

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From the team

The PlateAI Blog

Notes on nutrition, product decisions, and what we're shipping next.

New post every week
Nutrition
July 17, 2026 · 7 min read

How Many Calories Should You Actually Eat to Lose Weight?

TDEE, deficit size, and why the formula only gets you in the neighborhood — a practical guide to finding your real number.

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Nutrition
July 10, 2026 · 6 min read

How Much Protein Do You Actually Need Per Day?

Why the RDA is a floor, not a target — practical ranges, real food examples, and what changes in a deficit.

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Guide
July 3, 2026 · 5 min read

Weight tracking that doesn't spiral into daily obsession

Why we default the Weight Control reminder to weekly instead of daily, and how to read a trend line instead of a single number.

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Behind the scenes
June 26, 2026 · 3 min read

What the health score actually measures

It's not a calorie count in disguise — here's the mix of macro balance, nutrient density, and portion signals that make up a single score.

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Nutrition
June 19, 2026 · 4 min read

Reading a food photo like a nutritionist does

The visual cues — plate coverage, sauce sheen, char marks — that carry more signal than people expect, and where photo estimates still need a gut-check.

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Guide
June 12, 2026 · 6 min read

Eating Out Without Blowing Your Macros

A practical system for ordering, estimating, and logging restaurant food you didn't cook yourself.

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Nutrition
June 5, 2026 · 5 min read

"Healthy" Doesn't Mean Low-Calorie

Granola, avocado toast, smoothies — the foods that feel virtuous are often the ones quietly working against a calorie goal.

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Nutrition
May 29, 2026 · 7 min read

Does Intermittent Fasting Actually Work?

What the evidence actually says about time-restricted eating — and why the window matters less than what's on the plate.

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Read about it, then try it yourself.

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Support

How can we help?

Answers to what we hear most. Can't find it here — email us directly.

How accurate is the photo analysis?
Core macros arrive within seconds and are labeled as estimates based on what's visible in the photo. A second, batched pass refines micronutrients shortly after, so accuracy improves the longer you leave the entry open — but you're never blocked waiting for it.
Can I correct a meal if the AI gets it wrong?
Yes — every logged plate is editable. Adjust portion size, swap an ingredient, or enter macros manually, and PlateAI uses your correction for that entry going forward.
What does Weight Control do?
It's an optional module for logging weigh-ins and charting the trend over time, with weekly or monthly reminder notifications. Turn it on or off anytime from Settings — your tab bar updates instantly.
Is PlateAI free?
Yes, with a free tier covering core logging. A premium subscription unlocks higher daily limits and deeper insights — you'll see exactly what's included before you're asked to pay.
What happens to my food photos?
Photos are used to generate your nutrition estimate and are stored to power your history and statistics. They are not sold or used to train models for anyone outside of improving PlateAI itself.
I have a feature request — where does it go?
Straight to the team's inbox. We read every request and a good number of shipped features started as one, including the weekly weigh-in reminder.

Email support

For bugs, billing, or anything account-related. We reply within one business day.

plateaibusiness0@gmail.com

Feature requests

Tell us what's missing. Weekly reminders and the health score both started here.

plateaibusiness0@gmail.com

Status & known issues

Nothing broken right now. If something feels off, email support first — we'll confirm before it's posted anywhere public.

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