A food diary app you fill with photos

Most food diaries ask you to type. ate asks for one photo. Snap the plate and the dish is named, cut out as a sticker and saved with the date, the place and how much you liked it.

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Free · Android 8.0 or newer · No feed

Why a photo food diary is easier to keep

Written food logs die in the first week because every entry is homework. A photo takes a second, and it holds more than a line of text ever could: the plate, the light, the table you sat at.

ate turns that photo into an entry for you. It recognises the dish, names it, and files it in your diary, so the only thing you have to do is eat something worth remembering.

What each entry keeps

Every dish gets its own page with the sticker, the dish name in English and in its own language, the cuisine it belongs to and where it comes from. Under it sit your memories of eating it: the date, the place, a star rating and a note if you want one.

Eat the same dish again and the new memory stacks under the same card, so your diary stays as long as your list of dishes rather than your list of meals.

A diary, not a diet

ate does not track macros or set targets. Each dish shows a typical calorie range as a fact about it, but this is a diary of what you ate and where, kept for the pleasure of looking back.

Your diary is private by default. Nobody can follow you, there is no feed, and nobody else can open your collection.

How it works in ate

1
Snap the plate
Point the camera at something worth remembering. The photo stays at the heart of the memory.
2
It joins your collection
ate names the dish, makes its sticker and saves the story, place and rating on one page.
3
Your diary fills up
Every dish moves a cuisine forward and drops a pin on your food map.

Questions

What is the best way to keep a food diary?

The one you will actually keep. For most people that means as little typing as possible. A photo food diary like ate turns one picture into a full entry with the dish name, date, place and rating.

Can I add older food photos?

Yes. ate can look through the food photos already in your gallery and add them to your diary, with the date and place they were taken.

Is ate a calorie counter?

No. ate is a food diary for remembering meals, not a diet app. Each dish shows a typical calorie range as a fact about it, but there are no targets, no macros and no logging of portions.