How it works

You describe what you ate, add photos, or both, and an AI model estimates the calories. Both together give the closest estimate. You check the numbers before anything goes in your diary.

Describe it

Write it the way you'd say it, like two eggs, toast with butter, a flat white. Weights help if you have them (120g spaghetti), and so does naming a brand or restaurant, but neither is needed.

Add photos

Add up to four photos of the plate. Portions are judged from what's on it and the size of the plate. A few words with a photo, like cooked in olive oil, make the estimate closer.

It may ask a question

If something that changes the number isn't clear, like the size of a drink, it asks a short question before estimating, at most twice. Small details get sensible defaults instead.

Check it, then save it

Each food is listed with its amount and calories, rounded to the nearest 10. Change any of them, add or remove a food, then save it to breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks. If you already know the calories, type the number in and skip the estimate.

Correct it later

Open an entry and tap Adjust to say what was different, like it was half a portion. The entry is estimated again with everything from the first time, and you see the old and new totals before saving. Each correction can be undone.

What the AI model sees

What you wrote, your photos, your answers to its questions, and what's already logged in that meal that day, so another one of those works. Not your name, email address, body stats or goal. The model is Google's Gemini, and what you send isn't used to train it. The Privacy Policy has the details.

Your daily goal

Set your own number, or have one worked out from your sex, age, height, weight and activity. Each day shows what's left.

Estimates are approximate. How accurate they are. Nothing in Helpings is medical advice.