MealByMeal is a subscription-based meal tracker that helps you count calories and macros over text messages. There's no app – just text what you eat and everything is logged for you. MealByMeal is the easiest way to track your food intake!
MealByMeal
MealByMeal tracks calories and macros via text message, simplifying food logging.
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What is MealByMeal?
How to use
Simply text what you eat to a designated phone number, and MealByMeal automatically tracks your food intake. You can then view and edit your history in the web app, set your goals, and visualize your progress.
Core Features
- Calorie and macro tracking via text message
- Web dashboard for viewing and editing meal history
- Goal setting for calorie intake
- Progress visualization with graphs
- AI-powered calorie and macro estimation
- Automatic unit conversion
Use Cases
- Tracking daily food intake for weight loss
- Monitoring calorie and macro consumption without using a dedicated app
- Logging meals quickly and easily, even at restaurants
- Maintaining a food diary for health and fitness purposes
FAQ
How long is the free trial?
MealByMeal offers a one week free trial to all new users. Most users can expect to see a 1-4 pound difference on the scale in the first week of use.
What features are included in each plan?
Both plans include all features. You can send text messages to MealByMeal to track your weight, estimate and track calories and macros in meals, and view/edit your history in a web dashboard that provides charts of your progress.
What is the MealByMeal refund policy?
If you are not satisfied in your first month, contact support for a full refund, no questions asked.
What countries are supported?
We only have a US number for texting. Other countries may have international texting fees.
What languages are supported?
MealByMeal handles text messages written in English the best. However, we can handle logging meals in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese with lower accuracy.
How do I trust the calorie estimations?
We have comprehensive benchmarks that track the quality of our calorie estimations. Our hybrid food database and AI solution has some of the best available calorie and macro estimation.
Is my data safe?
We never sell your data (unlike the biggest free calorie trackers). We use Stripe to handle payments and only send meal data to necessary services (hosting infrastructure, nutrition databases, AI APIs, etc).
Will I lose weight using MealByMeal?
Consuming fewer calories than you burn will result in weight loss. If you stick to your calorie goals, you will lose weight.
Does the pricing include SMS / data fees?
All of your usual text messaging fees apply when sending and receiving messages with MealByMeal. For users with unlimited texting in the US, there is no additional charge. All usual data fees apply when accessing the website on your phone.
Pricing
Monthly
$7/month
Text meals to track, Automatic calorie tracking, Automatic macro tracking, Comprehensive food database, Set calorie and macro goals, Web dashboard to track progress, Free one week trial
Annually
$21/year
Save 75%, Text meals to track, Automatic calorie tracking, Automatic macro tracking, Comprehensive food database, Set calorie and macro goals, Web dashboard to track progress, Free one week trial
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Easy to use: tracking meals is as simple as sending a text message
- No app required: eliminates the need to download and manage another app
- AI-powered: accurately estimates calories and macros
- Convenient: allows for voice logging via Siri/Google
- Affordable: 3x cheaper than MyFitnessPal
- Automatic unit conversion
- Free trial available
Cons
- Requires texting, which may incur fees for users without unlimited texting
- Accuracy depends on the AI's ability to estimate calories and macros
- Limited language support (primarily English)
- Only US number for texting