Snap your plate. Win your week.

Chowbo is a calorie tracker you play with friends. Take a photo of your food, get calories and macros, keep your streak and beat your group.

Free on iPhone. Coming soon.
How it works

Snap. See. Win.

No food scale, no searching a database for every bite. A photo does most of the work.

1

Snap

Take a photo of your plate. Add a short note if you want it closer, like how much rice or what it was fried in.

Grilled chicken with rice
Lunch, 1:00 PM
2 cups rice, skin on
2

See

Calories, protein, carbs and fat for each item on the plate. Something looks off? Edit it or change how much you ate.

Protein112 / 144 g
Carbs240 / 305 g
Fat52 / 70 g
3

Win

Hit your target, keep your streak and level up. Then see where you stand in your group.

5 of 7 on target4Level 4
Recommended

Sharper with ChatGPT

Connect your ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan and Bowlie reads your plate with ChatGPT. It is the most accurate way to use Chowbo.

  • Closer calories and macros for each item on the plate.
  • Steadier numbers. The same meal gets the same answer.
  • Uses your plan, no extra cost from Chowbo. We get your name and email only, never your chats.
The Chow Pals

Four friends at the table

Each pal runs one tab, so you always know who is talking and why.

Sunny

A fried egg. The morning one.

Runs Today
  • The calorie ring and macros
  • Water
  • Meal reminders
  • The Monday recap

Dinner's still open270 kcal left. Kevin logged his already.

Bowlie

A rice bowl. The food one.

Runs Diary
  • Snapping and reading meals
  • The diary
  • Nutrients, item by item
  • Barcodes and recipes

Chicken ramen, 720 kcalSaved to Thursday dinner.

Bao

A steamed bun. The friend.

Runs Coach
  • Coach chat
  • Tips for your day
  • Getting started
  • Streak check-ins

Big lunch?No problem. A lighter dinner evens it out.

Chompy

A tomato. The competitor.

Runs Groups
  • Groups and leaderboards
  • Duels and challenges
  • Stakes
  • Wins and level-ups

Kevin is 50 aheadTwo dinners on target and you pass him.

Groups

Better with friends

Start a group with friends, family or the office. Set small stakes, start a duel, and see who hits their target most days.

  • Points come from logging, hitting your target and keeping your streak. Not from eating less.
  • Friends see your weekly numbers, streak and level. Never your meals, photos or weight.
  • Report a message and that person's messages are hidden for you. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours.
Features

Everything in one app

All of it free.

Apple Health and Fitbit

Steps, workouts and calories burned from Apple Health, or from Fitbit through Google Health.

Weigh-ins and your line

Set a line to stay under and log weigh-ins when you like. The trend counts, not one morning.

Water

Tap a glass when you drink one, or ask Siri to add it.

Fasting timer

Start a fast and see how long it has run.

Barcode and label scan

Packaged food? Scan the barcode or the nutrition label.

Recipes

Enter a home recipe once with its servings, then log it by the serving.

Widgets

Calories and protein left today, right on your Home Screen.

Siri shortcuts

Log water, log a meal or ask what's left, with your voice.

A diary with stickers

Meal photos become stickers, cut out on your phone, in a diary by day.

Coach

Ask Bao about your day, or send a photo of a menu.

Sign in with Apple or Google

New phone? Sign in and your meals, photos and friends come back.

Your ChatGPT plan

Recommended. Meal photos read with your own ChatGPT plan, for sharper estimates.

The app

Built for iPhone

Light and dark, with a Liquid Glass look if you like it.

The Diary tab: meals listed by day with calories and times
DiaryEvery meal, by day
The You tab: a weekly summary with average calories eaten and burned
Your weekAverages and your best day
The Groups tab: set up a profile to play with friends
GroupsPlay your week with friends
Privacy

Your food is your business

The short version. The full policy is here.

Your data is never sold or used for advertising.
Health data is never used to train AI models or shared with anyone else.
Friends never see your meals, photos or weight.
Delete your account in Settings and everything in it goes with it.

Hit your target.
Beat your friends.

Free on iPhone.