# CAL5 — Calorie Tracker — Photo to calories in seconds > Photo to calories in seconds (iPhone/iPad app by Jason Soh.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cal5-calorie-tracker/id6811402428 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Jason Soh](https://appshunter.io/developer/6808060231) - Category: Health & Fitness, Food & Drink - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 58 MB - Languages: American English, Malay, Chinese (Simplified, China) - Released: 2026-09-22 - Data updated: 2026-11-06 ## What is CAL5? 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. ## Is CAL5 safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess CAL5. ## Is CAL5 legit? CAL5 — Calorie Tracker has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for CAL5 is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-24 FIXES • Weight and exercise logged on a past day now stay on that day • The Home weight tile shows the weight for the day you are viewing NEW • Weight history: see every weigh-in, fix or delete any of them • Tap a logged exercise to correct it • Insights shows where you started and how far you have come • If a photo scan fails, log the meal by search or by hand instead • Optional Sunday evening reminder to look back on your week ### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-04 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. 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