After a long winter, it’s no surprise that the waistline and hips have quietly expanded. With spring here, it’s the perfect time to get back on track with fitness. Eat less, move more—the sooner you start, the better. Before using today’s featured app, Food You, I used to rely on Boohee (Boohee Health) to track my meals. It was great for checking calorie info with its extensive food database. But the overwhelming ads eventually became a deal-breaker.
A year ago, I probably would have dismissed an app like Food You. Without a robust database, estimating food data felt like a guessing game. But with the rapid development of AI, we can now get fairly reliable estimates before eating, simply by asking the AI. That means we no longer have to worry as much about accuracy. The combination of AI and a user-fed database has made tracking calorie intake much more practical.
When you open Food You, you’ll see a clean homepage showing your meals and basic stats. Tapping the date at the top lets you view your daily data. In the settings, you can customize your calorie goals based on your habits and objectives, and even define time ranges for each meal. This way, the app automatically highlights the current mealtime on the homepage, making it quicker to log your food.
The app supports barcode scanning for food recognition, but since it may not match well with local (Chinese) food items, manual entry might still be needed. Of course, accuracy isn’t always guaranteed either way. On the details page, you’ll need to input basic info like the food name and brand. You can also scan to save a food item, gradually building your own personal food database for future use. Once the basic info is in, you can add detailed nutritional values like protein, carbs, fat, and calories. If you want to go further, there’s even space to include sugar, salt, and other components.
If you're looking for a similar app, consider downloading and trying Food You via Vipdown.
