# Boba: Local AI Calorie Tracker — Food Tracking & Macro Counter

> Local AI calorie and macro tracker with camera scanning and privacy focus. (iPhone/iPad app by Dosewolf Limited.)

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- Developer: [Dosewolf Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1572309834)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Food & Drink
- Price: $4.99 (on sale, was $19.99)
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 1.9 GB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boba-local-ai-calorie-tracker/id6762167487/reviews.md

## What is Boba?

Boba is the first local AI calorie tracker that runs entirely on your phone.

Point your camera at food. Get calories, protein, carbs, and fat in seconds. No cloud. No account. No subscription. Ever.

We built Boba because we were tired of calorie apps that hide basic features behind $30-a-year paywalls, send every photo of your lunch to someone else's server, and still get half your food identifications wrong. Boba is different by design.

HOW IT WORKS
  1. Open the app.
  2. Point your camera at food.
  3. Get calories and macros in a few seconds.
  4. Log it to your day.
That's it. No account, no email, no credit card, no paywall.

ON-DEVICE AI
Boba runs a 2-billion parameter vision-language model, fine-tuned on a custom food dataset. The entire model ships inside the app — bundled at install time, no first-launch download, no cloud calls at inference. Everything happens on your iPhone's Neural Engine.
Test set accuracy: 89.8 calorie MAE. The best on-device food AI we could build.

PRIVACY BY ARCHITECTURE
Boba doesn't collect your data because the app is designed so it can't. There are no Boba servers that receive your photos. There is no user database. There are no analytics. The only outbound request the app ever makes is to Open Food Facts when you scan a barcode — and that query contains only the barcode digits, nothing else.
Your meals, weight, goals, and photos stay on your phone. Delete the app and everything is gone. That is the entire data flow.                    

WHAT'S INCLUDED
  • AI food scanner — camera → calories in seconds
  • Barcode scanner — Open Food Facts integration
  • Manual meal entry
  • Daily calorie + macro tracking
  • Water tracking
  • Weight tracking
  • Intermittent fasting timer
  • Dark mode
  • Export all your data anytime
No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. No paywalls on core features. Ever.

WHO IT'S FOR
  • People who want to lose, gain, or maintain weight without the corporate tracker experience
  • Anyone allergic to subscriptions and dark patterns
  • Privacy-conscious users who don't want their eating habits logged to a server
  • Gym-goers who track macros
  • Intermittent fasters
  • Anyone who believes calorie tracking shouldn't cost $30 a year

ABOUT THE MODEL
Boba's vision model is a fine-tuned 2B VLM built by Doses AI. It identifies dishes, estimates portions, and outputs per-item nutrition locally. We'll improve it over time. Future major model upgrades may be offered as optional in-app upgrades, but the core app — scanning, logging, tracking - will always be free.

IMPORTANT
Boba is a wellness tool, not a medical device. Calorie and macro estimates are AI approximations and may be inaccurate. Boba does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease. For clinical nutrition advice, consult a registered dietitian or doctor.

QUESTIONS?
Email us at support@doses.ai.
Made with care by Doses AI.

## Key features

- On-device AI food scanning
- Calorie and macro estimation
- Barcode scanning
- Manual meal entry
- Water and weight tracking
- Intermittent fasting timer
- Data export

## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boba-local-ai-calorie-tracker/id6762167487/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Private and works great!

*2026-07-31*

Every self tracking app that uses your data for profiling is dystopian to me. Local VLMs have made a lot of progress and are right in the uncanny valley, but are still ethical from what I can tell. Especially this <2 GB model, trained for food tracking, is perfect for on device use. 

Looking at an onion, it takes 1 minute to guess macro values and uses ~1gb of memory, which every iPhone should be able to handle. 

The design is great! Some minor features don’t display correctly; the chat window doesn’t open and I would love a feature to add ingredient tables from a photo for the „manual“ entry option, but overall in Version 1.0 this app is basically feature complete.

### 4/5 — Have potential

*2026-07-13*

Good price for one time purchase of $5 but keeps crashing whenever I press anything to update my food log on IPhone 13, probably due to out of memory. Need better optimization

## Frequently asked questions about Boba

### How does Boba estimate calories and macros?

Boba uses a 2-billion parameter vision-language model running entirely on your iPhone's Neural Engine. This on-device AI is fine-tuned on a custom food dataset, achieving an 89.8 calorie MAE on its test set for estimations.

### Is Boba free to use?

Boba is a paid app, available for a one-time purchase of $4.99. The app explicitly states 'No subscriptions. Ever.' and that core features will always remain free.

### Does Boba collect my personal data?

No, Boba is designed for privacy by architecture. It does not collect your data, send photos to servers, or maintain a user database. All data processing happens locally on your device.

### What devices does Boba support?

Boba is currently supported on iPhone and iPod devices. It is designed to run efficiently using the device's Neural Engine.

### How accurate are Boba's calorie estimates?

Boba's AI model has a test set accuracy of 89.8 calorie MAE. While it aims for accuracy, the app is a wellness tool, not a medical device, and estimates may not be perfect.

### Can I export my data from Boba?

Yes, Boba allows you to export all of your logged data at any time. This feature ensures you have full control over your information.

### Does Boba have ads?

No, Boba is completely ad-free. The app's description explicitly states 'No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. No paywalls on core features. Ever.'

### When was Boba last updated?

Boba was last updated on April 20, 2026, with the release of version 1.0. The app was also released on this date.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-04-20

No release notes.

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