CalCounter

Point your camera at a meal and CalCounter estimates the calories from the photo. CalCounter is an AI calorie tracker that identifies food in images, returns a calorie count, and checks it against a food calorie database.

It also gives personalized dietary advice and recipes, so the same app covers logging what you ate and deciding what to cook next.

The catch is accuracy.

Results depend on the AI recognizing the food correctly, so mixed dishes, sauces and unusual portions are where you should double-check the numbers.

Full access to features may require a subscription.

Relying on photo recognition also will not suit everyone, especially if you prefer to weigh and log ingredients by hand.

For quick, low-effort tracking of everyday meals, a photo-based calorie counter like CalCounter is a reasonable fit, and it works best as a rough guide instead of a precise measurement.