Numbers come from a table, not a guess
Every figure is looked up in a nutrition table built from public food data from the US, Canada, the UK and Switzerland, bundled in the app. The on-device model only works out what you said and how much.
iPhone · Apple Watch · Android · Wear OS
A calorie ledger you talk to.
Hold the button. Say what you ate. CaloRec hears it, understands it and writes the number. No typing, no searching, no account.
3 free days. Then $9.99, once. Your history is always free.
- No account. Nothing leaves your phone.
- $9.99, once. No subscription, ever.
- Numbers from public food data. Not from a model.
- Never guilt. Two quiet notifications a day, at most.
How it works
Three seconds from “I ate” to a number.
Response, not conversation. You say one sentence; you get one line back and, at most, one question with tappable answers.
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1 Hold to talk
Say it the way you would to a friend. “Half of what I had yesterday for lunch” works too. The hearing happens on the phone.
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2 Confirm with a tap
CaloRec shows what it heard with a chip for each portion: one slice or two, small or large. You never type a number.
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3 See your balance
One big number: food in minus what you burned. Under it, one calm line. “Room for a normal dinner, about 780.”
The plate camera
Point it at your plate.
CaloRec names the dish, lists the ingredients it can see and asks one thing: half, full or heaped? Tap an ingredient to take it off. A photo can't see everything, so it's a hint you confirm, not a verdict.
- Full
- Half
- Heaped
Why trust the numbers
The model never makes up a calorie.
“About” before every estimate
Portions are the part no model can see, so each estimate carries a chip you confirm, and totals round to tens. CaloRec says “about 780”, never “783”.
Honest ledger maths
Net = food in − active burn. Walks and workouts come from your watch and Health; your resting metabolism is never added, because the plan already assumes it. One entry per event, never two.
Private by construction
No account. No server. Nothing to leak.
Hearing and understanding happen on the phone, with two models that install with the app. The app contacts the App Store or Google Play for the purchase and those models, and nothing else. No analytics, no crash reporting, no tracking, no cloud copy of what you eat.
- Your ledger lives on your phone and rides along in your own phone backup.
- Export it any time. CaloRec never reads, uploads or deletes it.
- Share a week card if you like. Only that picture leaves the phone.
On the wrist, and at the end of the week
Hold the crown. Say lunch. Done.
Apple Watch and Wear OS carry the same balance and the same mic. Walks and runs flow in from your watch on their own, so burned calories need no typing either.
On Sunday you get a week card: how many days you held your plan, and a line in your words about what worked. “Walked after lunch most days. Thursday was a birthday, no regrets.”
Never guilt
“Over by 240. Tomorrow's a new day.”
That is the strongest sentence in the app. No red, no countdowns, no streaks to break, no popups after you say no. Two quiet notifications a day at most, and the walk one never buzzes.
The price
3 free days. Then $9.99, once.
No subscription, because a subscription is the only reason an app like this would ever want your data. The trial starts at your first saved entry, not at install, and counts whole days.
| After three free days | |
|---|---|
| Log a meal by voice or camera | $9.99, once |
| Import a walk or run from your watch | $9.99, once |
| Change your plan | $9.99, once |
| Today's balance and every past day | Free, forever |
| Week card and sharing | Free, forever |
| Export your ledger | Free, forever |
Questions people ask
What is CaloRec?
CaloRec is a calorie ledger for iPhone, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS. You hold a button and say what you ate; the phone hears it, understands it and writes the number. Your balance for the day is food in minus what you burned, against a plan you chose.
Does CaloRec need an account or send my data anywhere?
No. There is no account, no login and no server. Speech recognition and understanding run on the phone itself, with two models that install with the app. The only services the app ever contacts are the App Store or Google Play, for the purchase and those two models. Your ledger is yours, stays on your phone, and can be exported whenever you like.
How much does CaloRec cost?
Three free days, then $9.99 once. There is no subscription. After an unpaid trial, logging new meals is paid and browsing your history stays free forever.
Where do the calorie numbers come from?
From a nutrition table built from public food data (USDA FoodData Central, the Canadian Nutrient File, the UK's CoFID and the Swiss Food Composition Database), bundled in the app. The on-device model only works out what you said and how much; it never invents a calorie figure. Every estimate is rounded to tens, said with 'about', and confirmed by you with a portion chip.
Can CaloRec recognise a plate from a photo?
Yes. Point the camera at your plate and CaloRec names the dish, lists the ingredients it can see, and asks whether the portion is half, full or heaped. A photo cannot see every ingredient, so the result is a hint you confirm, not a verdict.
Which phones does CaloRec run on?
On iOS: iPhone 15 Pro or later (8 GB of memory), and Apple Watch. On Android: Android 13+ phones with 8 GB of memory (Galaxy S23 and Pixel 7 class or newer), and Wear OS. The floor is set by the on-device models the app relies on.
Does CaloRec count the calories I burn?
It counts active burn only: walks and workouts from your watch or from Apple Health and Health Connect, and runs you start in CaloRec. Your resting metabolism is never added, because a plan target already assumes it. Net balance is food in minus active burn.
Will it nag me?
No. At most two quiet notifications a day, no countdowns, no red screens, no streaks to break. If you go over, it says 'Over by 240. Tomorrow's a new day.' If you decline to buy, it never asks again with a popup.
From the journal
Notes on calories, portions and calm.
October 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Three free days, then $9.99 once: why no subscription
CaloRec is $9.99 once, after three free days. No subscription, no account. How the trial works, what stays free, and why the price is a line, not a wall.
October 24, 2026 · 2 min read
What “about 780” means: from a sentence to a number
Say 'two eggs, buttered toast and a coffee' and CaloRec answers with a number. The path that sentence takes, and why the model never invents a calorie.
October 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Why CaloRec never counts your resting metabolism
Most calorie apps add the calories your body burns at rest, then subtract them again. CaloRec counts only active burn, and the number is more honest for it.
Say what you ate. That's the whole app.
3 free days. Then $9.99, once. Your history is always free.