5 clicks to log a banana. whatt?? I got fed up with every calorie tracker out there, so I built my own. Now I'm stuck on whether to even launch it.
Here's the thing I've tried MyFitnessPal, HealthifyMe, Cronometer, all of them. Same experience every time. Search for food, scroll through 10,000 results, find something close enough, pick a portion size from a dropdown, assign it to breakfast or lunch or dinner, hit submit. Five screens for one roti. I quit by day three, every single time.
What I actually wanted was to just tell an app: "had two rotis, dal, and a mango shake" and have it figure it out. Like texting a friend.
So I started doing that with ChatGPT. Honestly worked great understood akhrot, poha, chole bhature, vague quantities like "1 bowl" or "1 plate". But the obvious problem: ChatGPT forgets everything the next day. No history. No graphs. No point.
I got fed up with every calorie tracker out there β 5 screens just to log a meal. So I built Caliq.
Type what you ate: "2 rotis, dal, and a mango shake" β it logs calories and macros automatically. Like texting a friend.
Built for Indian users: integrates INDB + IFCT databases so it actually understands our food, not just guessing from American databases.
Every number shows its source (USDA, IFCT, or AI estimate) so you know what to trust.
No signup wall. No credit card. Free to try.