Food Tracking

Food tracking, smarter.

Snap a photo and get the full nutrition breakdown in seconds: carbs, calories, protein, fat, and fibre. Used by 250,000+ people managing diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic health.

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SNAQ food tracking app on iPhone showing today's meal log and nutrition summary

WHAT IS FOOD TRACKING

What is food tracking, and how does SNAQ do it differently?

Food tracking is the practice of recording meals, snacks, and drinks to understand nutritional intake, support weight management, or manage a chronic condition. SNAQ is a food tracking app that logs a meal from a single photo, returning carbs, calories, protein, fat, and fibre in seconds. It also supports voice, barcode, nutrition-label, and favourites logging, pairs with CGMs such as Dexcom and FreeStyle Libre to show how each meal relates to your glucose, and includes an AI Nutritionist that answers questions based on your own logged meals. SNAQ's meal recognition has been evaluated in peer-reviewed studies and a randomised controlled trial.

The problem

Food tracking only works if you actually do it.

Whether you're tracking for weight, blood sugar, or just to know what you eat, the thing that kills the habit is the same: typing every meal into a database, picking the closest brand, and guessing the portion, three times a day. Across health and fitness apps, only about 3% of users are still active a month in. SNAQ cuts all of that down to taking a photo.

Snap-and-done

Replace data entry with a photo.

SNAQ identifies the ingredients, portions, and macros from a single photo, so logging dinner doesn't start with a database search and end with a portion slider. That's the part that keeps people logging past week three.

Photo logs Voice logs Manual override

And every result is editable. If the photo misses the dressing, or adds something it thought it saw in your salad, you can fix that item in a couple of taps.

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SNAQ app showing photo-based meal logging with a full nutrition breakdown

Every way to log

Five ways to track a meal.

Not every meal is easy to photograph. SNAQ gives you five ways to log so your food diary stays complete.

Photo

Point your camera at the plate and get the full breakdown in seconds.

Voice

Say the meal out loud when a photo is awkward: restaurants, driving, half-eaten plates.

Barcode

Scan packaged foods to pull nutrition instantly.

Nutrition label

Photograph the label and the log fills itself in.

Favourites

Save regular meals and re-log them in one tap.

Why it works

Built on clinical evidence.

15×

Still logging after a month

45% Day-30 retention versus the 3% category median for health and fitness apps.

Real-world data, 2024

Feedback, not just a log

Ask the AI Nutritionist how your day went and get feedback based on your own logged meals and glucose data.

AI Nutritionist

CGM

Optional glucose context

Pair with a CGM to see how each meal moved your glucose curve.

Dexcom · FreeStyle Libre

Common scenarios

Where photo food tracking earns its keep.

Restaurant meals and homemade plates with no nutrition label to scan.
Building an accurate food diary to bring to a dietitian or doctor appointment.
Getting started after a new diagnosis, when food suddenly comes with homework.
Checking what your glucose did the last time you ate a similar meal, with a CGM connected.
Asking the AI coach how your day went and getting feedback based on your own logs.
Tracking carbs, calories, protein, fat, and fibre without weighing every ingredient.

Clinical Evidence

+6.6%

Time in Range (the proportion of time glucose stays within a healthy target range) · eClinicalMedicine · 2025

One of the few consumer nutrition apps backed by peer-reviewed clinical evidence in diabetes.

Validated in a randomised controlled trial with T1D patients on automated insulin delivery. Participants spent more time in their blood sugar target range.

Source: eClinicalMedicine (The Lancet), 2025 · 53 T1D participants.

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Why photo-first wins

Generic food tracker vs SNAQ

	Generic food tracker	SNAQ
Logging a meal	Search a database, pick the brand, set the portion	Take a photo
Time per meal	Minutes of manual entry	Under 10 seconds for most meals
Glucose context	None	Optional CGM overlay (Dexcom, FreeStyle Libre)
Accuracy evidence	Typically none published	Peer-reviewed studies and an RCT
Fixing a wrong entry	Re-search the database	Edit any item or portion in place

Common questions.

Does SNAQ track calories and macros, or just carbs?

Every logged meal returns carbs, calories, protein, fat, and fibre. You can use SNAQ as a general nutrition tracker; the glucose features are optional and only activate if you connect a CGM or glucose meter.

How accurate is the meal recognition?

In a peer-reviewed accuracy study (Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2024), SNAQ reduced carbohydrate estimation errors by 38% compared to self-estimates by 53 adults with T1D. The underlying volumetric technology was validated across 48 meals (JMIR mHealth, 2020) with a mean absolute carb error of 5.5 g.

Is SNAQ free?

SNAQ is free to download and includes a 7-day free trial of Premium on the App Store and Play Store. Web purchases include a 30-day money-back guarantee, and Premium starts from $2.66/month on the annual plan.

How is SNAQ different from MyFitnessPal and other food trackers?

Most food trackers are built around database search: you type the food, pick a brand, and set a portion for every item. SNAQ is photo-first: the AI identifies ingredients, portions, and macros from a picture, with voice, barcode, and label scanning as backups. SNAQ can also pair with CGMs to show how meals relate to your glucose, and its meal recognition has been evaluated in peer-reviewed research.

Do I need a CGM to use SNAQ?

No. SNAQ works with just your camera, no sensor required. You can still get instant carb counts, AI coaching, and nutrition insights without any connected device. If you do use a CGM, SNAQ overlays your meal data directly onto your glucose curve.

Do I need a prescription to use SNAQ?

No. SNAQ is consumer-available, no prescription required. Always consult your healthcare provider for clinical decisions.

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