The honest calorie tracker.
Snap a photo or say what you ate. You get a likely range, not a made-up exact number. And it’s forgiving when life gets in the way.
Scan with your iPhone camera
Snap it. Type it. Say it.
Usually a few seconds from photo to range. No scales, no searching through lists.
- Pick whatever’s quickestTake a photo of your plate, type “porridge with banana”, or just say it. Barcodes and saved recipes work too.
- See the likely rangeEvery estimate shows how sure it is. About 640, likely 490 to 860.
- Nudge it if it’s offOne quick question about the biggest item. Heliva learns from your corrections, so your usual meals get closer.
Honest numbers.
No app can weigh your dinner from a photo. Most give you one confident number anyway. Heliva shows how sure it is, and we’ve tested how often that holds.
Forgiving, not forgetful.
Pizza night? Log it. That’s it. It counts, just never against you. Most people don’t quit tracking out of laziness. They quit after a day they’d rather not log.
- A morning check-in catches the drinks and snacks you didn’t log, roughly, in one tap.
- Take a break for holidays or a sick week. Those days show as away, not missed.
- Over is shown honestly, never in red. No streaks to lose.
A real week, not a perfect one.
Birthday cake on Tuesday. Pizza on Friday. Forgot lunch on Saturday. The week still landed.
- Mon: 2 080 kcal, Normal day
- Tue: 2 610 kcal, Birthday cake
- Wed: 1 990 kcal, Leftovers
- Thu: 2 140 kcal, Late meeting
- Fri: 2 700 kcal, Pizza night
- Sat: about 2 000 kcal, Forgot lunch
- Sun: 1 650 kcal, Lazy Sunday
What’s for dinner? Sorted.
Tell Heliva what you like and it plans the week’s dinners, sized to your goal. Swap or move a day whenever plans change.
Save recipes from a link or a photo of the page. Pick the meals you’re shopping for, and the list writes itself.
Works with Apple Health. Weight, steps and sleep fill in by themselves, and weight you log goes back to Health. Optional: Heliva works fine without it.
I kept quitting calorie trackers. They gave me one confident number for a photo, and it was often hundreds off. None of them said so.
So I built one that shows the range, and learns when I correct it.
I also wanted one place for my health. Food, weight, movement and sleep all affect each other. Heliva starts with food and weight, and grows from there.
One price. Everything in.
Both include meal planning, recipes and the shopping list. Prices vary by country. The App Store shows yours.
Questions
How accurate is it?
From one photo, a typical meal is about a quarter off, for any method we tested. Over a week the misses largely cancel out, which is what your weight trend runs on. Heliva shows a likely range on every estimate, and our accuracy page shows how we measured it.
Do I need Apple Health?
No. Without it you type your weight and Heliva works the same. With it, weight, steps and sleep fill in by themselves.
Can it plan my meals?
Yes. Heliva plans the week’s dinners around your goal and what you like to eat, and turns the meals you pick into a shopping list. Your recipes live in the same place.
Where is my data stored?
In the EU. Your food and weight are tied to your account and never sold. Check-in answers about sleep, stress and drinks stay on your phone.
Can I cancel?
Any time, in your App Store subscriptions. Cancel during a free trial and you pay nothing. In the EU and UK, you can also cancel within 14 days of paying for a full refund from Apple.
Is there an Android version?
iPhone only for now. Leave your email and we’ll tell you once, when it’s ready.
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