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AI-Based Meal Tracking
Nutrition Tracking App: Snap a Photo and Know What Your Child Ate
CrayonLyf is a free food intake tracker app for kids. Take photos of your child's meal and AI identifies the food items and estimates calories, protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron. Review it, confirm it and track your child's nutrition for the day and week, with no typing and no guesswork.
All features free
Android and iOS
Made for Indian families
What You Can Do with AI Nutrition Tracking
A simple way to keep a food and nutrition record for each child, even when many people feed them.
Item-by-item nutrition
See estimated calories, protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron for each item. Tracking calories takes one tap.
You stay in control
Edit item names, pieces and weight before you confirm.
Daily and weekly view
Watch today's totals and a weekly chart for every nutrient.
How AI-Based Meal Tracking Works
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Open Meal Tracking and Choose Your Child
Start your nutrition tracking in seconds. Open the Meal tab in the CrayonLyf food intake tracker app, pick the child you are logging for and tap Analyse Nutrition.
- Switch between children at the top of the screen
- See your week at a glance, with today highlighted
- One tap to start a new meal
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Take a Top View and a Side View of the Meal
Add two photos of the meal, one from the top and one from the side, then tap Continue. Simple picture guides help you take clear photos, so tracking calories and nutrients from a photo stays accurate.
- Take a top view and a side view
- Keep the whole dish in the frame
- Photos of things that are not food are not accepted
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AI Assesses the Ingredients and Analyses the Meal
Our AI food and calorie tracker looks at your photos, assesses the ingredients and analyses the meal. There is no typing and no searching a food list, so it is the easiest way to track your nutrition.
- No typing or searching for foods
- Works from the photos you just uploaded
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Review the Identified Food Items
The AI marks each food it found on your photo and lists every item with a quantity and weight. A note on screen reminds you that AI can make mistakes, so you can fix anything that looks off before it goes into your child's food intake record.
- Every identified item is listed, for example 9 items in one lunchbox
- Edit the item name, the number of pieces and the weight in grams
- Remove an item that was identified by mistake
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Track Calories and Nutrients for Every Item
See the estimated calories, protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron for each food. When it looks right, tap Confirm and Log Meal to save it to your child's nutrition tracker.
- Calories, protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron for every item
- Clearly labelled as estimated nutrition
- One tap to log the meal
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See Daily and Weekly Nutrition Tracking
Your logged meals add up automatically. Check today's total calories and nutrients, then switch nutrients to follow your child's nutrition through the whole week.
- Today's total for calories, protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron
- A weekly chart for the nutrient you choose
- Pick any day of the week to look back
The Result: A Clear Picture of What Your Child Eats
Instead of guessing or asking around, you have a record you can trust and review.
Logging takes seconds
Two photos replace typing out every item and portion.
Everyone stays informed
Meals logged by any invited caregiver are visible to the whole family.
Patterns you can see
Daily totals and the weekly chart show how your child's nutrition is trending.
Food and Calorie Tracker: Track Calories and Nutrients
Tracking calories is only part of the picture. CrayonLyf shows six numbers for every item and for every day, all labelled as estimated nutrition.
Calories
Estimated calories in every item and in the whole day.
Protein
Protein for each item, added up for the day.
Carbs
Carbohydrates in each item, with a daily total.
Fat
Fat for each item, with a daily total.
Calcium
Calcium for each item, tracked day by day.
Iron
Iron for each item, tracked day by day.
How to Choose the Best Nutrition Tracker App for Your Child
Looking for the best app to track your child's nutrition, or the best app for tracking calories and nutrition? Look for these five things. CrayonLyf is built around all of them.
It identifies food for you
The best food calorie counter app saves typing. CrayonLyf reads your meal photos and lists every item.
It shows more than calories
Look for calories and nutrients together: protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron, as CrayonLyf shows.
It lets you correct the AI
AI can make mistakes. CrayonLyf lets you edit item names, pieces and grams before you log.
It shows daily and weekly trends
A good nutrition tracker adds up the day and charts the week for each nutrient.
It is free and shared
CrayonLyf is free, and every invited caregiver sees the same food record.
Nutrition Tracking FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about AI nutrition tracking, meal logging, calories, nutrients, and using CrayonLyf for your child's daily nutrition.
How does AI nutrition tracking work?
Upload a top view and a side view photo of your child's meal. CrayonLyf identifies the food items and shows the estimated nutrition for each one, so it works as a food intake tracker without any typing.
What is the best nutrition tracker app for kids?
The best nutrition tracker app depends on what you need. Look for an app that identifies food from a photo, shows more than calories, lets you correct mistakes and shows daily and weekly trends. CrayonLyf does all of this and is free.
Is CrayonLyf a food and calorie tracker?
Yes. Each logged meal shows estimated calories for every item, and your daily and weekly totals add up automatically, so you can keep track of calories alongside protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron.
What is the best app to track calories and nutrients for children?
CrayonLyf is the best app to track calories and nutrients for children. It shows calories, protein, carbs, fat, calcium and iron together for every item and every day, takes seconds to use with just a photo, and lets every caregiver see the same record. It is also free.
What kind of photos work best?
Take a clear top view and side view with the whole dish in the frame. Photos of non-food items are not accepted.
Can I add a meal without a photo?
Yes. You can also add a meal by typing it in.
Can I track meals for more than one child?
Yes. Add multiple children to one family profile and log meals separately for each child.
Is there a food intake tracker app for Android and iOS?
Yes. CrayonLyf is available on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS.
Is nutrition tracking free?
Yes, nutrition tracking is completely free and easy to use.
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