iMeal AI scans any food you see or crave and turns it into instant calories and macros, plus a recipe — then plans your week and writes the grocery list, all around your goals and workouts.
Free to download · No account needed · iOS
Expert-level nutrition guidance, available 24/7 in your pocket.
Snap a photo, get the full picture: every ingredient identified, complete recipe with cooking steps, and accurate macros. Not just calories—the whole breakdown.
Your meal data, photos, and preferences stay on YOUR device. No cloud storage of personal data. No selling to advertisers. Ever.
Science-based calculations from your unique profile. Not generic presets—goals designed specifically for your body and lifestyle.
Plan your entire week in 30 seconds. AI generates complete meals with recipes, respects your restrictions, and distributes calories smartly across the day.
Scan any packaged product for instant nutrition. Free and unlimited—even on the free tier. Access to 4M+ products.
Your workout affects your meal suggestions. Burned 500 calories at the gym? AI suggests higher-calorie meals to match. Syncs with Apple Health automatically.
Just type "chicken sandwich with fries and a coke"—AI parses it, estimates portions, and gives you instant nutrition. No searching required.
Tap "Get Started"—no email required. Answer a few questions about your goals, dietary preferences, and lifestyle. We'll calculate your personalized calorie and macro targets.
Select 1-14 days, tap once, done. AI generates complete meals with recipes for every slot—respecting your restrictions, budget, and cooking preferences.
Four ways to track: snap a photo for instant AI analysis, scan barcodes for packaged foods, type manually, or pick from AI-suggested meals. Whatever works for you.
Watch your daily rings fill up. See trends over 7, 30, 60, or 90 days. Your calorie budget adjusts based on activity from Apple Health.
Consistency becomes easy when tracking takes seconds. Reach your goals without the friction that made you quit other apps before.
How iMeal works, what it costs, and what your data does — the quick overview.
What is iMeal AI?
iMeal AI is an iOS app that turns any food into a plan. Scan a meal with your phone and it identifies the ingredients, reconstructs the recipe, and returns calories and macros. From there it builds calorie and macro targets for your body and goal, plans your week of meals around them, and turns that plan into a grocery list — adjusting to the workouts and calories you burn along the way.
How does iMeal turn a food photo into calories and macros?
Take a photo of your meal and iMeal's AI identifies every ingredient, estimates portions, reconstructs the full recipe with cooking steps, and returns calories plus protein, carbs, and fat for each item and the total — with a 0–100% confidence score. You can add a short note alongside the photo (“about a cup of rice”, “no dressing”, “restaurant size”) and the estimate adjusts. You review the draft and confirm before anything logs — it's a head start, not a black box.
How accurate are the photo calorie estimates?
A clear photo plus a one-line context note gives a solid estimate, and you see a confidence score every time so you know how much to trust it — then you edit anything that's off before it logs. For packaged food, the barcode scanner pulls the exact nutrition label. For the full breakdown, see How Accurate Are Calorie Estimates From a Photo?
Can iMeal plan my meals and build a grocery list?
Yes — that's the core loop. Pick 1 to 14 days and iMeal fills every empty meal slot with complete recipes that stay within about 10% of your daily macro targets, distribute calories smartly across the day, and keep variety across the week. The grocery list builds itself from that plan: it aggregates ingredients across meals, consolidates duplicates, and organizes them by store section with checkboxes for shopping.
Does iMeal work for my diet, allergies, and restrictions?
Yes. During setup you tell iMeal your diet type, allergies, restrictions (medical, religious, or preference), and the cuisines you like — and everything downstream respects it: the meal suggestions, the weekly plans, and the recipes it builds. iMeal isn't pre-tuned to one diet; it follows the one you state.
Do I have to log everything by photo?
No. iMeal is multi-source by design: photograph a plate, scan a barcode, type what you ate in plain words (“chicken sandwich with fries and a coke”), or enter it manually. Use whichever fits the moment — you're never locked into one input.
Is iMeal free, and what does Premium cost?
iMeal is free to download, and barcode scanning is free and unlimited forever — even on the free tier. The AI features (photo analysis, text-to-macros, meal suggestions, and meal planning) are Premium: $4.99/week, $9.99/month with a 3-day trial, or $59.99/year with a 7-day trial (best value). A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. No ads, on any tier.
Is my data private?
Your personal data stays on your device. There's no cloud storage of personal information, and no ads — ever. Photos and preferences are processed only to give you the AI features; they're never stored and never used to train anything.
What devices does iMeal work on?
iMeal is on iPhone today (iOS). Android is on the roadmap.
Want the deep version? See the AI calorie tracker and AI meal planner walkthroughs.
Scan a meal, get the recipe, plan the week, track it with your workouts.
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