Listening
Speak it
Up to 60 seconds. We transcribe with a food-aware model, then discard the clip. A pending row appears the instant you tap stop.
“Two scrambled eggs, avocado toast, and a flat white”
Clip deleted after transcribe
Voice in. USDA numbers out.
Just say what you ate.USDA does the math.
Speak a meal or type a few words. DietPal transcribes, looks up USDA FoodData Central, and stores calories and macros on your log. The recording is deleted as soon as we have the text.
Logging meals out loudSpeak it. USDA fills the log.
Free: 7 AI logs a month · Premium $5.99/mo or $29.99/year · 7-day trial on yearly
- Voice
- Text
- Recents
USDA FoodData CentralVoice deleted after transcribeNo photo guessingNo barcode hunting7 free AI logs / monthUnlimited manual logs7-day trial on yearlyRecents never spend AIUSDA FoodData CentralVoice deleted after transcribeNo photo guessingNo barcode hunting7 free AI logs / monthUnlimited manual logs7-day trial on yearlyRecents never spend AI
See it in action
Log a meal in one sentence
Say what you ate — DietPal grabs the USDA calories and macros. Watch how fast it is.
Why DietPal
Tracking that gets out of the way
Most calorie apps make you search a database. DietPal listens, looks up USDA FoodData Central, and asks at most one clarifying question.
Type it
A few words become an editable log with macros.
Grilled salmon, rice, broccoli
Log recents
Yesterday’s breakfast is two taps. Repeats never spend another AI turn.
- Oatmeal, banana, honeyReuse
- Salmon, rice, saladReuse
Walk away
Analysis finishes in the background — even if you close the app.
USDA lookup running
A ring, not a lecture
Calories and macros for the day. Weekly trends when you ask.
Private by design
- AI consent first
- Voice deleted after transcribe
- Account deletion in two taps
Less than a coffee
One flat white. Or a month of DietPal.
Same money. One lasts ten minutes. The other logs every meal you speak.
A coffee you buy
~$6
One cup. Ten minutes. Then it’s gone.
DietPal · monthly
$5.99
- Voice logs all month
- USDA numbers on every meal
- Yearly $29.99 · 7-day trial
Free still includes 7 AI logs a month and unlimited manual. Cancel in Apple or Google settings.
Why people switch
Built for the tracker you already quit
No invented star ratings or user counts. These are the product facts testers actually use — USDA numbers, a deleted clip, and a free tier that is not a trap.
People logging out loudSpeak it. USDA fills the log.
USDA first
Calories come from USDA FoodData Central — not a photo model, not a barcode hunt.
Voice is a pipe
After we have the text, the clip is deleted. Your log keeps the transcript and macros.
7 AI logs / month, free
Speak or type seven meals a month at no charge. Recents and manual entries never spend a turn.
Skip Premium anytime
Onboarding paywall has Skip for now. Manual logging stays free forever.
“Salmon, rice, side salad.” Sixty seconds. Then you walk away.
Recents copy stored USDA macros. No second AI pass. No extra quota.
A ring for the day. Weekly trends when you ask. No shame copy.
The numbers
What USDA is — and what DietPal stores
AI only identifies the foods you said. It does not invent calorie counts. We look each item up, scale to your portion, and write macros onto your meal log.
USDA
FoodData Central
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s public nutrient database. Dietitians use it for calories, protein, carbs, and fat per 100 g. This is our first lookup for steak, fries, eggs, milk, Coke, and most grocery foods.
Table
DietPal dish table
Some plates are not a clean USDA match — a café latte, homemade stew, a takeaway burger. We use a curated table of typical portions, then scale to the grams we estimated.
Estimate
Last resort only
If nothing matches, we use Atwater factors (protein × 4 + carbs × 4 + fat × 9). The log marks it so you can edit the food or grams.
Example log · steak plate
| Food | Portion | kcal | P / C / F | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grilled beef steak | 170 g | 461 | 44 / 0 / 31 | USDA |
| French fries | 110 g | 343 | 3 / 45 / 17 | USDA |
| Sauteed vegetables | 150 g | 105 | 3 / 12 / 5 | Table |
| Coca-Cola, 2 glasses | 500 g | 210 | 0 / 55 / 0 | USDA |
How it works
Hear it. Ground it. Forget the file.
Step 1
You speak or type
“Salmon, rice, and a side salad” or “fish and chips.” Sixty seconds of voice, WhatsApp-small.
Step 2
USDA assigns the numbers
AI names the foods. Calories and macros come from USDA FoodData Central — or our dish table if USDA has no match. Those values are stored on your log.
Step 3
The audio is gone
After transcription the clip is deleted. Your log keeps the text, calories, and macros — not the recording.
Inside the app
Built around a day, not a spreadsheet
Today
A ring for calories. Bars for protein, carbs, and fat.
The log
Speak it once. Macros stay on the row.
The week
A quiet look at how the days stacked up.
USDA
FoodData Central first. A dish table if USDA has no match. Estimate only as a last resort.
Deleted
Voice is a pipe. After transcribe, the file is gone.
7 / month
Free AI logs. Manual records stay unlimited. Recents don’t spend a turn.
$5.99
A month — about one coffee. Yearly $29.99 with a 7-day trial.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade if you live in it.
Shown in US dollars. Apple and Google convert to £ and € on your storefront. Manual logging never hits a paywall.
Free
$0 forever
Start today. No card.
- Unlimited manual records
- 7 AI logs per month (voice or text)
- Recents copy stored macros — no extra AI
- USDA FoodData Central lookups
- Skip Premium during onboarding
Monthly
$5.99 / month
About one coffee.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited AI voice and text logs
- Same USDA engine, no monthly cap
- Cancel in Google Play or the App Store
Yearly
Best value$29.99 / year
7-day free trial · about $2.50 / month
- Everything in Monthly
- 7-day free trial on yearly
- Best value — under half of monthly
- Cancel anytime in Apple or Google settings
Good to know
Questions, answered
You speak or type the meal. AI identifies the foods and a portion in grams. Calories and macros come from USDA FoodData Central — the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s public nutrient database — not from a photo model. If USDA has no match, we use DietPal’s dish table. Estimate is last resort.
It is the USDA’s free nutrient database. Each food has calories, protein, carbs, and fat per 100 grams. DietPal scales those values to the portion you ate and stores the result on your meal log so recents and edits stay consistent.
Food names, grams, calories, protein, carbs, fat, and which source we used (USDA, table, or estimate). The voice clip is deleted after transcription. The transcript and macros stay on your log until you delete them.
Yes. Tap the mic and say something like “oatmeal with banana and honey” or “a chicken Caesar wrap and a latte.” A pending row appears at once and fills in when analysis finishes.
No. The clip is uploaded only long enough to transcribe, then deleted. What stays on your log is the text and the nutrition numbers.
Tap the meal and edit grams or the description. DietPal recalculates. If something is unclear, you get one clarifying question — not a quiz.
Free includes unlimited manual records and 7 AI logs per month. Recents do not spend an AI turn. Premium is $5.99/month or $29.99/year (the default, with a 7-day free trial). Prices show in your local currency in the App Store and Google Play. Cancel in Apple or Google settings.
No. Onboarding has Skip for now. You keep unlimited manual logging and 7 AI logs each month. Premium only unlocks unlimited voice and text analysis.
DietPal is on the App Store and Google Play. Free includes 7 AI logs a month and unlimited manual entries.
You can capture a meal without a signal. It queues and finishes when you are back online, even if you closed the app.
Your next meal can take six words
DietPal for iPhone and Android. Free to start — 7 AI logs a month, unlimited manual.