Hey PH -- I'm Benjamin, the solo dev behind PhaseFit. Last year I started a 100-day cut and tracked every meal in a spreadsheet. It worked -- I lost the weight -- but looking up "mapo tofu calories" for the third time that week broke me. I'm a developer, so I did what developers do: built a tool to fix my own problem. PhaseFit started as that tool. You photograph your meal, AI estimates the macros, done. No database searches, no barcode scanning. The key difference from other trackers: it's phase-based. You set a goal (lose 5 kg, maintain through the holidays), and the app structures everything around that phase -- daily AI summaries, weekly reviews, a clear endpoint. Two things happened that I didn't expect: 1. My parents started using it. My dad tracks his daily exercise. My mom's feedback led me to add a large-font mode and a healthy weight range indicator. Turns out a 60-year-old is the toughest usability tester you'll ever find. 2. The AI struggled with Asian home cooking. "Stir-fried shredded pork with green pepper" doesn't exist in Western food databases. So I fine-tuned the prompts for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cuisines. That became a real differentiator. It's a web app -- works on any device, no app store download needed. Free tier available, no credit card required. Genuinely curious: for those who've tried calorie tracking and stopped -- was it the data entry, the guilt, or something else entirely?

PhaseFit

Calorie tracking with a finish line.

Calorie tracking with a finish line.