CAL5 — Calorie Tracker
Jason Soh Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
CAL5 — Calorie Tracker is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Jason Soh. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 4, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 58 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 4
- 2026 · v1.1.0
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About CAL5 — Calorie Tracker
Point your camera at your food. CAL5 tells you the calories, protein, carbs and fat — in seconds, without weighing anything or searching a database. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most photo calorie trackers get the food right and the portion wrong. They log everything as "1 serving" and quietly understate your day. CAL5 is built around fixing that. • Every ingredient gets an estimated weight in grams — and you can edit it. Change 60 g of chicken to 200 g and the calories rescale instantly. • Ate half the plate? Log half. Quarter-serving portions, not whole ones. • Got it wrong? Say so in your own words and it re-estimates, keeping the weights you set by hand. • Every estimate carries a confidence rating, so a clearly framed single plate and a guess at a shared table don't look identical. • The same photo always gives the same answer. No re-scanning until you get a number you like. BUILT FOR MALAYSIAN FOOD Nasi lemak, char kuey teow, roti canai, teh tarik. Local dishes that aren't in any Western food database work here, because CAL5 describes what it sees rather than searching a list. The app is fully translated into English, Malay and Chinese. YOU DON'T NEED A PHOTO • Type what you ate — "two roti canai and a teh tarik" — and it works it out • Re-log anything from your food library in one tap • Add a food by hand, once, and keep it • Scan a packaged product's barcode, or photograph the nutrition label TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Daily calories and macros with clear progress rings • Fibre, sugar and sodium, when the food supports a real estimate • Targets calculated from your body and your goal, not a generic 2,000 • Weight chart with trend over 90 days, 6 months, a year • Before/after progress photos, side by side • Water intake and a logging streak • Badges for the milestones that actually took effort EXERCISE, WITHOUT THE GUESSWORK Log a run or a lifting session and it's estimated on your phone. Or describe a workout in words and let the app work it out. Crediting that burn back to your daily budget is off by default and yours to switch on — burn estimates are the least certain number in the app, and we'd rather say so than quietly hand you another 400 calories. BUILDING MUSCLE, NOT JUST LOSING WEIGHT Set a gaining goal and the app stops treating a surplus as a failure. Going over your target turns green, not red. YOUR DIARY STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account needed to track. Your food diary, exercise log, weight history and progress photos live on your device and nowhere else, and none of it is ever uploaded. Photos and typed descriptions are sent for analysis and are not stored. Barcode lookups and food searches go directly to Open Food Facts. There are no ads, no analytics and no trackers. GROUPS, IF YOU WANT THEM Topic groups for people tracking the same thing. Joining one is the only part of CAL5 that needs an account, and the only thing that leaves your phone is what you choose to post. Report and block are on every post, and you can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app. HONEST ABOUT ACCURACY Calorie and burn figures are AI estimates, not laboratory measurements. They're a consistent yardstick, not exact truth. CAL5 is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition, and nothing in it is medical advice. If you have a medical condition, are pregnant, or are managing your weight under supervision, talk to a qualified health professional before changing what you eat. CAL5 is not intended for anyone under 18.
What’s new
Version 1.1.0 · Updated October 4, 2026
GROUPS Topic groups for people tracking the same thing — eating local, weight loss, bulking, fitness and getting started. • Join a group, post what you're working on, reply to others • Report and block on every post; reported content is reviewed • Delete your account and all you posted, from inside the app Tracking still needs no account. Your diary, photos and weight history stay on your phone — joining a group uploads none of it. Also: a failed scan now retries itself.
App privacy
The developer, Jason Soh, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Health & Fitness: Health, Fitness
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Other User Content
- Search History: Search History
Used for: App Functionality
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