What is TabetAI?
TabetAI is an AI calorie and macro tracker. You photograph a meal and it estimates calories, protein, carbs and fat for each ingredient, so logging takes seconds instead of minutes, wrapped in a companion and mission system that keeps you coming back.
What are companions and synergy?
Companions are collectible anime coaches who talk to you in their own voice. Give them gifts to grow a ten-rank bond: they start using your name, unlock signature reactions, an alternate-color art at rank 5, an app-wide aura at rank 7 and a “Synced” flair on leaderboards at rank 8. Your bond, history and collection live in your account and grow the longer you stay.
Can I compete with friends?
Yes. Friends and group leaderboards rank the XP everyone earned this week and reset every Monday, so it's always a fresh race. You also see privately what top percentage of all active players you're in, and claim a weekly gem reward for your finish. TabetAI never ranks anyone on weight lost, only on healthy effort.
How accurate are the estimates?
The AI reads the actual portion in your photo and gives each result a confidence rating. You can adjust any ingredient's amount, split items out, or add a note and re-analyze if something looks off.
Do I need to scan barcodes?
No, and you're better off without them. A barcode just looks a product up in a database that can be wrong, out of date, or missing in your region. TabetAI reads the actual nutrition-facts label instead, the manufacturer's own printed numbers, and logs it as one serving. For anything without a label, just photograph the food.
How much does it cost?
TabetAI is free during the closed beta. At launch there will be a free tier with a daily allowance of AI scans, an EX subscription with a generous energy allowance, the full AI coaching suite and a daily Tabegems drop, and a MAX plan with unlimited energy.
Which platforms are supported?
Both now — Android (Google Play) and iOS (TestFlight) are in closed testing. Use the email tied to your store account (Google Play or Apple ID) so we can add you as a tester.
Does it track more than calories?
Yes. Alongside calories, protein, carbs and fat, TabetAI tracks fiber, sugar, saturated fat and sodium, each with a sensible daily target.
Can it help me watch my blood sugar?
Yes. Turn on glycemic tracking in Settings and TabetAI estimates a glycemic index for the foods you log, with a per-portion glycemic load on the EX plan. These are rough dietary estimates, not medical advice, and should never be used to dose insulin or manage a medical condition.
Can I use it to gain or maintain weight, not just lose it?
Yes. Pick lose, maintain or gain at setup or any time in Settings. Gaining turns your calorie budget into a fuel target with surplus math and gain-pace tracking; maintaining keeps your budget at your burn.
Which languages does TabetAI support?
English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, including AI results, coaching and notifications in your language.
Can it plan meals ahead, not just log them?
Yes. The day planner lets you plan up to a week ahead, save repeatable routines, copy a past day, and let the AI fill the gap in your remaining budget. Confirm a planned meal when you eat it and it becomes a normal log.
What is the Balance Score?
An end-of-day grade, D to S, that rolls calories, protein, fiber, added sugar, salt, plants and your movement into one honest read on how balanced the day was. It can never be gamed by under-eating: eat too little and it caps low. Every line of the breakdown carries its own tip on what to improve. Once a day ends, its grade locks like a training log.
Can I actually talk to my companion?
On the MAX plan, yes. Companion chat is a real conversation in their own voice: they know your day's numbers, remember what you've told them, take photos (“should I eat this?”) and voice input, and can hand a described meal straight into the logger. Guardrails keep them a warm food-and-fitness friend: never a general chatbot, and never a scold.
Why TabetAI over the big-name trackers?
The database giants make you do the work: searching entries, guessing servings, trusting barcodes. The photo-scanner apps do one trick and stop at a number. TabetAI does the reading for you and then actually coaches. You get a Balance Score with receipts, adaptive targets, companions with a real bond (and real conversations on MAX), and friends who keep you honest, in four languages. And the scoring never rewards starving yourself or ranks anyone by weight.
Is the science behind TabetAI real?
Yes, and you can check every citation. Food logging is the most evidence-backed habit in weight management: in a major trial, people who kept daily food records lost about twice as much weight (Hollis 2008, Am J Prev Med), and logging more often predicts losing more (Harvey 2019, Obesity). The Balance Score grades against published guidance: The Lancet's fiber meta-analysis, the WHO free-sugar guideline, the AHA's saturated-fat advisory and the WHO 2020 activity guidelines. Weight projections use peer-reviewed energy-balance modeling instead of the 3,500-calorie rule. Even the friends features follow the data: dieters who joined with friends kept their weight off far more often (Wing & Jeffery 1999).
