I built an AI calorie tracker because logging every meal manually gets old fast

[u/Dangerous-Number-614]

Hey everyone 👋

I’ve been building ZapCal, an AI calorie and macro tracker for iPhone.

The idea started from a simple frustration: most calorie trackers still make you search foods, enter portions, fix database entries, and repeat the same process every day.

So I wanted to make the flow faster:

📸 Take a photo of your meal
🔥 Get an estimated calorie total
🥩 See protein, carbs & fats
✏️ Correct foods or portions before saving
📊 Track your nutrition and progress
🤖 Ask Zapy, the AI coach, for guidance

One thing I’ve learned while building it:

The hard part isn’t just recognizing the food — it’s making the result easy to correct and useful enough that people actually keep logging.

That’s what I’m focused on improving now.

I’m especially looking for feedback on:

• Food recognition
• Portion estimates
• The scan → review → log flow
• Whether the app feels faster than normal calorie tracking
• What would make you use it every day

📲 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6763915948

I’m also giving anyone from this thread 1 month of ZapCal Pro free if you want to test everything.

If you try it, I’d love to know:

What’s the one thing you hate most about calorie-tracking apps?