Scan Food.
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Smarter.Track Smarter.
Hedgepal is an AI calorie tracker and food scanner app. Snap a photo and Pal turns it into calories, macros, meal history, and goal progress in seconds — all the tracking, none of the spreadsheet feeling.
Free to start / private by design
Why use Hedgepal
Everything You Need to
Eat Smarter.
Scan, log, and understand your food like never before — powered by AI built for real life.
Free up your time
Hedgepal automatically calculates your calories, protein, carbs, and fat. You can also add your own foods and recipes — no need to calculate calories manually.
AI Food Scanner
Point your camera at any meal and instantly get calories, protein, carbs, and fats — no barcode or manual search needed. Works on any food.
Integrate with your favourite fitness products
Hedgepal integrates with your favourite fitness products so you can track your calories, protein, carbs, fat AND exercises all in one place.
Lose weight effortlessly
Set a target weight and let Hedgepal automatically adjust your daily calorie budget. Build streaks, stay on track, and hit your goals without the guesswork.
Macro & Calorie Tracking
Set daily goals for calories, protein, carbs, and fat. Watch your progress update in real-time with clear, beautiful charts that keep you motivated.
Streak & Habit Tracking
Build consistency with daily logging streaks. Celebrate milestones and stay motivated with personalised reminders that help you hit your health goals.
Meet your buddy
Pal knows exactly what's on your plate
From a home-cooked curry to a restaurant salad, Pal recognises real food and breaks down the nutrition — so healthy choices feel effortless, not exhausting.
How it works
Track calories in 4 easy steps
Real People. Real Results.
Thousands trust Hedgepal for their nutrition goals
The AI scanner is insanely accurate. I just point my phone at my meal and it logs everything instantly — no more guessing portions or typing entries manually. Best nutrition app I've ever used.
Finally an app that actually understands macros. The ingredient breakdown is something I've never seen anywhere else. Hitting my protein goals has never been this easy.
I recommend Hedgepal to all my clients. The food database is massive and the AI health score feature is brilliant — it gives people real insight into what they're eating every day.
The streak tracking keeps me accountable every single day. I used to skip logging after a bad day — now I actually look forward to checking my diary. Love the daily summary view.
My dietitian was genuinely impressed when I showed her my 6-week macro data. She said it helped her fine-tune my meal plan way more precisely than any food journal she'd seen before.
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Practical advice and science-backed guides from the Hedgepal team.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Hedgepal is an AI calorie and nutrition tracking app. Scan food, track calories and macros, log water and weight, and follow your progress toward your nutrition goals.
Simply point your phone camera at any meal. Our AI instantly identifies the food, estimates portion size, and logs the full nutritional breakdown including calories, protein, carbs, and fats.
Our Privacy Policy explains how Hedgepal uses and protects your data, including the service providers that process it to run the app. We do not sell your health data. You can request account deletion in the app or contact hello@hedgepal.app for help.
Hedgepal is free to download and includes core calorie tracking. Hedgepal Premium unlocks unlimited AI food scans, full AI coach access, and advanced insights. Current features and subscription prices are shown in the app before you purchase.
Hedgepal is available on iOS through the App Store. Android is coming soon. You can also use our free nutrition and fitness calculators on this website.
Yes. Hedgepal lets you log water alongside food and track your weight and body measurements over time, so you can see your nutrition habits and progress together.
Manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple ID settings: open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions and Hedgepal. Deleting your Hedgepal account does not cancel your subscription. See Account & Access for more help.
Yes. Hedgepal includes an AI coach that can answer questions about your logged meals and nutrition goals. Full AI coach access is included with Hedgepal Premium; check the app for current plan details.
Hedgepal is built around AI photo-based food scanning — just take a picture of your meal and it instantly logs calories, protein, carbs, and fats. Unlike apps that rely on barcode scans or manual search, Hedgepal works on home-cooked meals, restaurant dishes, and packaged food alike.
Hedgepal is free to download and includes core calorie tracking, with AI photo scanning available in the app. Premium includes unlimited AI food scans. Check the current free features and plan limits in the app when comparing it with other calorie trackers.
Yes. Hedgepal automatically calculates calories and macros from a photo of your meal and adjusts your daily calorie budget based on your weight loss goal, so you can stay on track without manually looking up or calculating nutrition facts.
Divide your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared — for example, 70 kg ÷ (1.75 m × 1.75 m) = 22.9. If you use pounds and inches, the formula is (weight in lb ÷ height in inches²) × 703. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is classed as a healthy weight for most adults.
The Mifflin-St Jeor equation is the most widely recommended method: multiply your weight in kilograms by 10, add your height in centimetres multiplied by 6.25, subtract your age multiplied by 5, then add 5 if you are male or subtract 161 if you are female. The result is the calories your body burns at complete rest.
Multiply your BMR by an activity factor: 1.2 if sedentary, 1.375 if lightly active, 1.55 if moderately active, 1.725 if very active, or 1.9 if extra active. The result is your total daily energy expenditure — the calories you need to maintain your current weight.
BMI compares your weight to your height and tells you where you currently are. BMR is the calories your body burns at complete rest. TDEE is your BMR multiplied by how much you move, giving your total daily burn. BMI describes your starting point, while BMR and TDEE tell you how much to eat to change it.
Start from your TDEE and subtract roughly 300 to 500 calories per day. A 500-calorie daily deficit produces about 0.45 kg (1 lb) of weight loss per week for most people. Avoid eating below your BMR for extended periods, as that makes adequate nutrition difficult and accelerates muscle loss.
Yes. Hedgepal works out your daily calorie budget from your height, weight, age, activity level, and goal, then adjusts it as you log meals and your weight changes — so you do not have to run the BMR and TDEE formulas by hand.
Photo calorie tracking produces an estimate. Results depend on the foods, visible portions, and ingredients, and a photo may not show added oils or sauces. Review the food and portion after scanning and adjust the entry when needed.
Yes. Every scan returns a full macro breakdown — protein, carbohydrates, and fats — alongside the calorie count, so you can hit macro targets rather than just a single calorie number.
No. Hedgepal estimates portion size directly from the photo, so a kitchen scale is optional. If you want extra precision for a particular meal, you can refine the portion manually after the scan.
Download Hedgepal & Take Control of Your Health
Scan your first meal in seconds. Pal handles the calories, macros, and goal tracking — available on the App Store, with Android coming soon.
