Coming soon to iOS

The nutrition coach
that knows your
cuisine

Snap any dish — Taiwanese, Indian, Korean, Middle Eastern, Mexican — get accurate macros, AI coaching, and real guidance. Not just a number.

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🇹🇼 Taiwanese
🇨🇳 Chinese
🇯🇵 Japanese
🇰🇷 Korean
🇮🇳 Indian
🇹🇭 Thai
🇻🇳 Vietnamese
🇲🇾 Malaysian
🇲🇽 Mexican
🇱🇧 Middle Eastern
🇧🇷 Brazilian
🌍 And more

2M+ dishes · Traditional Chinese UI · Global barcode scanning · Every cuisine

2M+
Dishes recognised
12+
Global cuisines
7yr
Users ignored by other apps
$0
Ads. Ever.
Steaming pho noodle soup Pho · Vietnam
Bibimbap Korean rice bowl Bibimbap · Korea
Sushi platter Sushi · Japan
Ramen bowl Ramen · Japan
Butter chicken Butter Chicken · India
Middle Eastern mezze Mezze · Middle East
Mexican tacos Tacos · Mexico
Brazilian food Feijoada · Brazil
The problem

Every calorie app was built
for Western food.

Real 1-star reviews left on Cal AI, MyFitnessPal, and Lose It!'s App Store pages. These users are your users.

★☆☆☆☆
"I'm done. Unsubscribing."
"It barely recognises anything. There's no Traditional Chinese, and it can't identify most Asian food. I can't believe I'm paying for this."
5566Taipei · Nov 2025
Cal AI
★☆☆☆☆
"對亞洲食物跟食品不好用"
"AI identifies sweet potato as regular potato, fried eggs as vegetable salad. Taiwanese barcodes don't scan. Useless until the database improves."
dxgjiufd · Sep 2025
Cal AI
★☆☆☆☆
"系統沒有繁體中文"
"No Traditional Chinese support. That's the whole review. Still waiting after years."
台灣人 tw · Nov 2025
Cal AI
★☆☆☆☆
"Please make a Traditional Chinese version"
"I love the app but please build the Traditional Chinese version. We have been asking for 7 years."
酸柚橙辯護士 · 2025
Lose It!
★☆☆☆☆
"版面非常糟糕，而且不直覺"
"Interface is bad and not intuitive. Full of ads. Account randomly deleted with years of data lost. Do not use."
Buck Chang · Dec 2025
MyFitnessPal
★☆☆☆☆
"Scam"
"I take multiple pictures of the same food and get completely different nutritional results every time. This is a total scam."
消使用者 · Nov 2025
Cal AI
What Bao does differently

Built for the food
you actually eat

Not a database you search. An AI coach that understands your cuisine, your goals, and your language.

📸
Photo scan for any cuisine
Snap 滷肉飯 (braised pork rice), dal makhani, bibimbap, or a breakfast burrito. Accurate macros for all of them — not just Western dishes.
💬
Chat-first AI coaching
"You had 滷肉飯 (braised pork rice) for lunch — add a tea egg to hit your protein target today." Specific, warm, actionable — in your language.
🗺️
Restaurant menu scanner
Point at any menu — Chinese, Japanese, Korean BBQ, Indian, Mexican. Bao highlights the best options for your goal.
💊
GLP-1 companion mode
On Ozempic or Wegovy? Bao prioritises protein and muscle preservation — the nutrition strategy GLP-1 users actually need.
🌏
Traditional Chinese — finally
Full Traditional Chinese UI from day one. Type in Chinese, get coached in Chinese, scan barcodes from any country.
🚫
No ads. Honest pricing.
$9.99/month or $59.99/year. No cryptocurrency ads in your health app. No dynamic pricing. No dark patterns. Ever.
How we compare

What the other apps
won't tell you

Feature Bao Cal AI MyFitnessPal Lose It!
Asian food photo recognition ✓ Built for it ✗ Fails often ✗ Western only ✗ Western only
Traditional Chinese UI ✓ Full support ✗ None ✗ None ✗ None
AI nutrition coaching ✓ Chat-first ✗ Numbers only ~ Basic ✗ None
Restaurant menu scanner ✓ Any cuisine ✗ None ~ Western only ✗ None
GLP-1 companion mode ✓ Full mode ✗ None ~ Reminders only ✗ None
Ads in the app ✓ Never ✗ Yes ✗ Yes ✗ Yes
Transparent pricing ✓ $9.99/mo flat ✗ Up to $990/yr ✗ Dynamic ✗ Dynamic
Global barcode scanning ✓ Supported ✗ Fails ~ Partial ✗ Fails

Know your food.
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