CalCal AI
A mobile app that turns a photo of your meal into a calorie and macro breakdown.
- Year
- 2025
- Role
- Founder, product & engineering
- Type
- Founder-owned product
Overview
What CalCal AI is
A mobile app that turns a photo of your meal into a calorie and macro breakdown.
The problem
The problem
Calorie tracking works, but searching a food database for every ingredient is tedious enough that most people quit within weeks.
The solution
The solution
Snap a photo and AI identifies the food and portions, logs the calories and macros, and tracks progress toward personalized goals, with streaks, widgets and Apple Health syncing to keep people consistent. Available in English and Arabic.
Key features
What it does
Calories from a photo
Snap your plate and AI identifies the food, portions, calories and macros.
Goals at a glance
Daily calories, macros and meals in one dashboard.
Streaks and badges
Daily streaks and achievement badges to stay consistent.
Nutrition breakdown
Weekly progress charts for calories, protein, carbs and fats.
Home & Lock screen widgets
See your progress without opening the app.
Apple Health syncing
Sync nutrition, steps and workouts with Apple Health.
Screenshots
Inside the product
CalCal AI home screen with calories remaining, macros and logged meals CalCal AI daily goals dashboard 
CalCal AI weekly nutrition breakdown charts 
CalCal AI streaks and achievement badges 
CalCal AI home and lock screen widgets 
CalCal AI syncing with Apple Health 
CalCal AI reminders and settings
Tech stack
Built with
- Expo
- React Native
- Supabase
- Google Gemini
- RevenueCat
- PostHog
Technical challenges
What made it hard
- 01
Turning a single photo into a useful nutritional estimate, and letting users correct it quickly when the AI is off.
- 02
Shipping a cross-platform React Native (Expo) app with in-app subscriptions, home screen widgets and Apple Health integration.
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