{"slug": "show-hn-an-app-that-logs-your-meal-s-calories-from-a-photo", "title": "Show HN: An app that logs your meal's calories from a photo", "summary": "Better, an all-in-one fitness and nutrition app, launches with AI-powered photo meal logging that estimates portion size and breaks meals into calories, protein, carbs, and fat. The app offers 300+ exercises, a 1M+ verified food database, offline-first logging, and automatic PR detection, with core features free forever and Premium at $3.99/month or $29.99/year for unlimited AI scans and advanced insights.", "body_md": "**Free forever** · No ads · Premium optional\n\n# Snap your meal.\n\nLog your lift. *Get Better.*\n\nBetter is the all-in-one fitness and nutrition app that connects your food and training — so you stop guessing and see exactly what fuels your progress.\n\n“This app has been indispensable in my journey to get back in shape.”\n\n“Clean, smooth, easy to log without wasting time — one of my favorite fitness apps.”\n\n## Built for people who\n\nactually show up.\n\nDownload on the App Store or Google Play and start tracking your training and nutrition today — free.\n\n**300+** exercises\n\n**1M+** foods\n\n**100%** offline-ready\n\nNutrition\n\n## Log food faster\n\nthan any other app.\n\nTracking your meals shouldn’t feel like a chore. Point, snap, done — Better fills in the calories and macros for you.\n\n### AI photo logging\n\nSnap the plate — our model estimates portion size and breaks it into calories, protein, carbs, and fat. First 3 free, unlimited with Premium.\n\n### Log anywhere, offline\n\nBad signal at the restaurant? Log now — it syncs the moment you’re back.\n\n### 1M+ verified foods\n\nSearch and log from a database of over a million foods that stays accurate.\n\n### Macros & micros\n\nSet custom targets, track vitamins and minerals, and dive into rich analytics.\n\nWorkout\n\n## Log every set.\n\nBeat every PR.\n\nEverything you need to train hard and track it — without fighting a clunky logger.\n\n### 300+ exercises\n\nMuscle-group tags, previous-performance tracking, and ready-made templates.\n\n### Auto PR detection\n\nBetter spots your personal records automatically and celebrates them.\n\n### Rest timers\n\nAuto-start rest between sets so you keep your rhythm at the gym.\n\n### Works offline\n\nLog at the gym with no signal — everything syncs when you’re back.\n\n## Watch it all add up.\n\nEvery set and every meal rolls into charts, streaks, and trends — real progress instead of guessing.\n\n## One app. The whole loop.\n\n### Workout features\n\n- 300+ exercise library\n- Automatic PR detection\n- Workout templates & routines\n- Rest timers & supersets\n- Previous-performance tracking\n\n### Nutrition features\n\n- AI photo food logging\n- Offline-first food logging\n- 1M+ verified food database\n- Custom foods & recipes\n- Macro & micronutrient targets\n\n### Progress & insights\n\n- Strength & volume over time\n- Weight & body trends\n- Nutrition history at a glance\n- Streaks & logging habits\n- Syncs across your devices\n\n### Platform & privacy\n\n- iOS & Android, always in sync\n- Works fully offline\n- No ads, ever\n- Private by design\n- Free core features, forever\n\n## Straight from the store.\n\nUnedited 5-star reviews from lifters on Google Play.\n\n## Workout + nutrition.\n\nTogether.\n\nBetter is the all-in-one fitness and nutrition app — see how your food fuels your lifts, with workouts and macros connected in one place.\n\n## Free today.\n\nPremium by design.\n\nEvery core feature is free forever. Premium adds the smart layer — when you want more.\n\nFree forever\n\n$0\n\n- Workout tracking & PRs\n- Nutrition logging + 3 free AI photo scans\n- Progress charts & trends\n- Offline-first, no ads\n\n[Start free](#download)\n\nPremium\n\n$3.99/mo\n\nor $29.99/year — save 37%\n\n- Unlimited AI photo logging\n- Smart insights\n- Advanced charts\n- AI Coach soon\n- Barcode scanner soon\n\n[Get Premium](#download)\n\nNo credit card to start · cancel anytime · your data stays yours.\n\n## Built in public.\n\nWe ship every week. See what’s live, in progress, and planned.\n\n- AI photo meal logging\n- Workout tracking · auto PR\n- Nutrition · 1M+ foods\n- Premium tier\n\n- Volume & PR tracking\n\n- AI Coach\n- Barcode scanner\n\n[View full roadmap](roadmap.html)\n\n## Questions, answered.\n\n## Is Better free?\n\nYes — workout tracking, nutrition logging, and progress charts are free forever, plus 3 free AI photo scans to try. Premium is $3.99/month (or $29.99/year) and unlocks unlimited AI photo logging, smart insights, and advanced charts, with AI Coach and a barcode scanner on the way.\n\n## How is Better different from MyFitnessPal and Hevy?\n\nBetter connects your workouts and nutrition in one app. MyFitnessPal tracks only nutrition; Hevy tracks only workouts. Better shows how your food fuels your lifts — both sides, connected.\n\n## Is Better on iOS and Android?\n\nYes — Better is free on both the App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android), built from one Kotlin Multiplatform codebase so features land on both at once.\n\n## How many exercises does Better have?\n\n300+ exercises with muscle-group tags, previous-performance tracking, automatic PR detection, and workout templates.\n\n## Get started today.\n\nDownload on the App Store or Google Play — free to start, no card, no ads.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-app-that-logs-your-meal-s-calories-from-a-photo", "canonical_source": "https://btrapp.com/", "published_at": "2026-07-30 07:25:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 07:52:36.864285+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "computer-vision", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Better", "App Store", "Google Play"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-app-that-logs-your-meal-s-calories-from-a-photo", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-app-that-logs-your-meal-s-calories-from-a-photo.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-app-that-logs-your-meal-s-calories-from-a-photo.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-app-that-logs-your-meal-s-calories-from-a-photo.jsonld"}}