Log faster
Spend less time typing and more time getting on with your day.
- Barcode lookup for packaged food
- Saved foods and drinks you eat often
- Reusable recipes, worked out per serving
A calm food and nutrition diary
A food diary builtaround your goals.
Log food, drinks, water and exercise, then see how your day adds up against the targets you choose: less saturated fat, more fibre, enough protein, or whatever matters to you.
Free plan for as long as you like. AI help from £1.99 a month.
Try it: what matters to you?
Within targetAbove targetAbove upper thresholdIncomplete or missing
How it works
Three steps, then it fits into your day
Example: tracking saturated fat and fibre01
Choose what to track
Pick a main goal and set your own target. Turn on anything else you want to keep an eye on. Your dashboard and calendar follow what you choose.
Saturated fatUp to 20 g a dayMain goal
FibreAt least 30 g a day
Fruit & veg5 portions a day
SaltOff
02
Log your day
Add meals, drinks, water and exercise as you go. Type it, scan a barcode, reuse something you’ve saved, or describe it and let Assist estimate it.
BreakfastPorridge with blueberries2.1 g · 5.2 g
DinnerHummus and salad wrap3.6 g · 7.8 g
OtherApple0 g · 3.6 g
TeaSalmon, new potatoes, beans~4.2 g · ~6.1 g
Water1.5 litres
ActivityBrisk walk30 min
saturated fat · fibre
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See your progress
Today’s totals update as you log. Over the week, the calendar and averages show the pattern. One day over isn’t the whole story.
Saturated fat ~9.9 of 20 g
Fibre ~22.7 of 30 g
This week sat fat within target 5 of 7 days
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Features
Everything a useful food diary needs. Nothing it doesn’t.
Track what matters to you
Personal goals for the things you care about, with your own targets.
- Pick one main goal to colour your dashboard
- Saturated fat, fibre, protein, calories or five a day
- Opt into salt, carbs, sugars or alcohol units
See the bigger picture
Step back from single days and see how your weeks really go.
- Colour-coded calendar for your main goal
- Weekly summaries, trends and averages
- Reports to download as CSV or print
Build a routine
Small, regular check-ins are what make a diary useful.
- Water tracking through the day
- Exercise and activity logging
- Daily reminders, set to suit you
See Assist in action
From what you had for tea to your diary.
Describe a meal or add a photo. Assist estimates the nutrition and fills in an entry for you to check before you save it.
1Describe it
Salmon fillet with new potatoes, a knob of butter and green beans
or Add a photo
Estimate nutrition
2Assist estimates
Sat fat~4.8 g
Fibre~6.1 g
Protein~34 g
Calories~540
Fill entry for review
3Check the entry
NameSalmon, new potatoes and beans
MealTea
Saturated fat4.8 4.2 g
Fibre 6.1 g
Protein 34 g
Calories 540 kcal
Every value is marked as estimated. Change anything you know better.
Save entry
4In today’s totals
Saturated fat ~9.9 / 20 g
Fibre ~22.7 / 30 g
Tea added: +4.2 g sat fat, +6.1 g fibre
You check every estimateMarked with ~ everywherePhotos aren’t kept
Try Assist with a launch code →Paid checkout is coming soon. Until then, try Assist free with a launch code.
Why I built Daily Balance
“I was diagnosed with high cholesterol and thought my diet was pretty good. Then I started tracking it with an app and realised it wasn’t. I don’t have time to write out every meal, so I wanted AI estimates built in, but the premium versions were far too expensive.
As a software developer, I decided to build my own. The AI costs me money to run, so I can’t offer that part for free, but I can offer it at a fair, affordable price. So I decided to share Daily Balance with anyone who wants it.”
Install it on your phone
On your home screen, like any other app.
There’s nothing to download from an app store. Add Daily Balance to your home screen and it opens full screen, ready to log.
iPhone
- Open Daily Balance in Safari
- Tap the Share button
- Choose Add to Home Screen
Android
- Open Daily Balance in Chrome
- Tap the ⋮ menu
- Choose Install app or Add to Home screen
Reminders: once it’s installed, open Settings → Reminders and turn on a daily reminder. On iPhone, reminders need iOS 16.4 or later and the app added to your home screen.
Step-by-step install help →Privacy
Your diary stays private
What you eat is personal. Here’s how Daily Balance handles it.
Read the privacy policy →Your own diaryEach account has its own diary. Your entries aren’t shared with other users.
What goes to AI, and whenOnly when you ask Assist for an estimate: the photo and text you’ve entered are sent to our AI provider (currently OpenAI). Daily Balance keeps the photo only while you work on the estimate.
Export or deleteDownload your diary as a CSV or print a report whenever you like, and edit or delete any entry.
Pricing
Start free. Add Assist when you want it.
Free
The full food diary, free for as long as you like.
£0
Free for as long as you like
- Manual logging of food, drinks, water and exercise
- Barcode lookup
- Saved foods, drinks and recipes
- Personal goals and targets
- Calendar, weekly summaries and reports
Assist
Log faster by describing a meal or snapping a photo.
£1.99/month
or £19.99 a year
- Everything in Free
- AI meal estimates from a description or photo
- Nutrition-label photo reading
- 15 AI requests a day
Paid checkout is coming soon. Until then, try Assist free with a launch code.
Cancel a paid plan at any time and keep your diary on Free. Compare plans in full
What’s next
What’s next for Daily Balance?
Coming soon
Assist Plus voice
Talk through a meal with Assist, answer its questions about portions, and review the entry before saving.
Help shape what we build next
Suggest an idea, or vote on what other people have suggested. The most-wanted ideas move up the list.
Suggest or vote on a feature →Can I use it without AI?
Yes. The free plan covers everything you need to keep a full diary: manual logging, barcode lookup, saved foods and recipes, goals, the calendar and reports. AI estimates are part of Assist, and only run when you ask for one.
How accurate are the estimates?
They’re estimates, and they’re marked with ~ throughout the app. Accuracy depends on the detail you give. Portion sizes and ingredients help a lot. You review and can edit every figure before it’s saved, and packet labels or barcodes will usually be more precise.
Can I change my goals?
Yes, whenever you like. Change your main goal or any target in Settings → Goals, and your dashboard and calendar colours follow the new goal.
How do I install it?
Open Daily Balance in Safari on iPhone or Chrome on Android, then use Add to Home Screen (or Install app). It then opens like any other app. The help page has step-by-step instructions.
What happens to my photos?
When you ask for an estimate, the photo and any text you’ve entered are sent to our AI provider (currently OpenAI) to produce it. Daily Balance keeps the photo only while you work on the estimate.
Can I export my diary?
Yes. Download your diary as a CSV, or print a report to take to an appointment.
Is Daily Balance medical advice?
No. It’s a diary for tracking habits against targets you choose. If you’re following guidance for a health condition, your GP, dietitian or nurse is the right person to help set your targets, and a report can help you share how things are going.
Can I cancel Assist?
Yes, at any time. Your diary carries on under the free plan.
Is food tracking right for everyone?
Not always. If logging food starts to feel stressful or takes over your day, it’s fine to take a break. If you’re worried about your relationship with food, please speak to your GP.
Start your diary.
Set up your goals in a couple of minutes. The free plan is free for as long as you like.