Cal AI

What Cal AI does

Cal AI is a consumer mobile application that uses artificial intelligence to automate calorie and macronutrient tracking. Users snap a photo of a meal and the app combines the phone's depth sensor with computer-vision models to estimate food volume, identify ingredients, and output calories, protein, carbs, and fat — claiming 90% accuracy on visible foods. The app also accepts barcode scans, voice descriptions, and manual text entry for items that are hard to photograph, making the product multimodal rather than purely visual.

Underlying the experience is a proprietary blend of computer vision, depth-sensor signal processing, and natural language processing, with a feedback loop in which the AI learns from user corrections to improve accuracy over time. The app integrates with Apple HealthKit and Google Health Connect to incorporate heart-rate, activity, and glucose data from wearables, and it processes subscriptions through Apple App Store and Google Play in-app purchase rails.

Cal AI serves individual fitness enthusiasts, bodybuilders, and general wellness consumers pursuing weight loss or muscle gain. Revenue is generated through a freemium subscription model sold via app stores, with a 3-day free trial converting into monthly billing. The company grew without disclosed venture funding — bootstrapped to roughly $40M in annual revenue at acquisition — by scaling an influencer-marketing channel from one to over 160 signed health and fitness creators, reaching 15M+ downloads and a 4.9/5 user rating with a team of approximately seven employees. In December 2025, Cal AI was acquired by MyFitnessPal in a deal estimated at over $100 million; the team was retained as a standalone division, with a roadmap to integrate MyFitnessPal's 20-million-food database into the Cal AI interface.

Name

Cal AI

Legal name

Cal AI, Inc.

Website

https://calai.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cal AI is an AI-powered mobile app that estimates calories and macronutrients from meal photos using computer vision and depth sensors, sold via a freemium subscription to fitness enthusiasts and health-conscious consumers on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nutrition & Calorie Tracking Software

NAICS

Diet and Weight Reducing Centers (812191)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Hydration, Nutrition & Metabolic Tracking Devices (Smart Bottles, Breath/Metabolic Analyzers) (CRACAQAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fitness Wearables & Training Tech Retail (Heart-Rate Monitors, GPS Watches, Sensors) (CRAMADAH)

Keywords

• AI calorie tracking
• Nutrition monitoring app
• Photo food logging
• Macro tracking software
• Mobile health app

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription: Subscription-based model generating over $1 million in monthly profit within a year of launch. The app generated approximately $30 million in annual revenue according to multiple sources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cal AI is a consumer mobile application that estimates calories and macronutrients (protein, carbs, fat) from a photo of a meal using on-device depth-sensor input combined with proprietary computer vision and AI models. The app also accepts barcode scans, voice descriptions, and manual text entries, and integrates with Apple HealthKit and Google Health Connect for activity, heart rate, and glucose data. Revenue is generated through a freemium subscription model distributed via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Product overview

Cal AI offers a single mobile application for AI-powered nutrition tracking. The core product enables users to track calories and macros through photo-based food recognition (leveraging computer vision and depth-sensing), barcode scanning, and voice/text description. The app provides personalized nutritional analysis, progress tracking, and smart reminders. Following its acquisition by MyFitnessPal in March 2026, Cal AI operates as a standalone product while gaining access to MyFitnessPal's database of 20 million foods and 380 restaurant chains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cal AI Mobile App AI-powered consumer mobile application that estimates calories and macronutrients (protein, carbs, fat) from a photo of a meal by combining on-device depth-sensor input with proprietary computer vision and AI models; also supports barcode scanning, voice/text description, and manual entry. Integrates with Apple HealthKit and Google Health Connect, and is distributed via the Apple App Store and Google Play under a freemium subscription model.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% accuracy on visible foods
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MyFitnessPalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025MyFitnessPal acquired Cal AI in December 2025 in a deal estimated to exceed $100 million. The entire Cal AI team was retained as a standalone division within MyFitnessPal. Plans include integrating MyFitnessPal's database of 20 million foods and 380 restaurant chains into Cal AI's interface.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MyFitnessPal: Calorie and macro tracking app with the largest commercial food database (~20M foods, 380 restaurant chains); also Cal AI's acquirer and parent company. Directly comparable on core functionality (logging meals, tracking macros) and target customer (fitness/diet-conscious consumers).
• Cronometer: Nutrition tracking app focused on detailed micronutrient and macro tracking with verified database. Competes directly with Cal AI on accuracy, depth of nutritional breakdown, and the same calorie/macro tracking use case for fitness enthusiasts.
• Lose It!: Calorie counting and weight-loss app with barcode scanning, food database, and photo-based food recognition features. Direct competitor in the consumer calorie-tracking category with comparable target demographic.
• MyNetDiary: Calorie and macro tracker with a large verified food database and premium subscription model. Closely comparable on subscription-based nutrition tracking and the same fitness/health-conscious consumer target.
• MacroFactor: Macro-focused nutrition tracker using adaptive algorithms and a verified food database, popular with the same lifting/fitness demographic as Cal AI. Competes on macro accuracy, subscription pricing, and analytics depth.
• YAZIO: Calorie counter and intermittent fasting tracker with a freemium subscription model, primarily serving European and global consumers. Comparable in core functionality (calorie/macro tracking) and target persona (weight-management consumers).

Emerging players

• SnapCalorie: AI photo-based calorie estimation app that similarly uses computer vision to identify food and estimate calories/macros from photos. Closest direct emerging competitor to Cal AI's core photo-capture UX, though without Cal AI's scale.
• Bitesnap: AI-driven food photo recognition app for calorie and macro tracking. Competes directly with Cal AI's core AI photo-capture proposition at an earlier stage of scale.

Broad incumbents

• Noom: Established weight-loss platform combining coaching, psychology, and food logging at a much higher price point. Overlaps with Cal AI on the weight-management use case but differentiates via human coaching and behavior-change curriculum.
• WW (Weight Watchers): Legacy incumbent in weight management with a points-based system, branded foods, and coaching. Operates in the same consumer weight-management category as Cal AI but with a substantially broader, less fitness-focused offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• TikToktiktok.com/@getcalai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cal-ai-app

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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