We hid the scales before testing calorie estimates.
179 public weighed-food photos, corrected food matches and a challenger that did not earn a switch. What the confirmation check tells us about portions and calorie estimates.
Read the findings →From the builder
The KcalSnap journal.
App comparisons, experiments and decisions from building a calorie tracker. What we tried, what we learned, and what made it into the app.
Better references. The cheap model stayed.
48 Nutrition5k meal groups, three vision models and measured ingredient weights. What a stronger reference changed, and why we kept our primary model.
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Your lunch doesn’t need a subscription.
KcalSnap vs MyFitnessPal, Cronometer and Lose It! Compare prices, photo logging, barcodes and everyday features, including where the alternatives offer more.
Compare the apps →We tested Jev in our calorie tracker. Here’s why we didn’t ship it.
Better food matches and faster decisions than Flash Lite. The full calorie pipeline gave us a different answer, and four code fixes to ship.
Read the article →Your AI recognizes lunch. Can you trust its calorie count?
Twelve models, nine meal photos and the work between recognizing food and producing a useful calorie estimate.
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