Your own version

Your own MyFitnessPal-style meal log on your iPhone

MyFitnessPal is built around a huge food database and a free calorie counter, with barcode scanning and custom macro goals on Premium. If you'd rather jot down what you eat in your own words, with a rough number when you want one, describe that simple log to Borel. It writes a native meal log in Swift that you keep on your iPhone.

Updated . Borel isn’t connected to MyFitnessPal.

A prompt to start from
“A simple meal log. For each day I add breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks as a short description, with an optional photo. Let me save favourites I eat often and add them with one tap. An optional button asks the AI for a rough calorie and protein estimate, shown as an estimate I can edit. A week view lists the days, and a chart shows estimated protein per day.”

About MyFitnessPal

What people like about MyFitnessPal

In our words, from what MyFitnessPal says about itself.

  • A free calorie counter backed by a database of over 18 million foods.
  • Barcode Scan for packaged food, on Premium.
  • Nutrition, weight and exercise tracking on the free account.

MyFitnessPal says a basic account is free and Premium renews monthly or yearly after a 7-day trial. The price it showed us was in local currency, so we don't quote one.

Made for you

What your own meal log can do

What the prompt above builds, and what you can change by asking Borel in plain words.

  • Meals in your own words

    Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks as short notes, with a photo if you like.

  • Regulars one tap away

    The porridge you have every weekday saved as a favourite and added again in a tap.

  • A rough number, if you want one

    The AI included with Borel apps can estimate calories or protein from your description, shown clearly as an estimate.

  • The week in one view

    What you ate each day, and a chart of only the numbers you chose to keep.

Said plainly

How it's different

  • There's no food database and no barcode lookup; you describe food in words, and AI estimates are rough.
  • It doesn't sync with the Health app or fitness trackers.
  • It doesn't give medical or diet advice.
  • Your app isn't MyFitnessPal and won't look or work like it: it has only what you ask Borel to build, and none of MyFitnessPal's own content.
  • Your data stays in your own app: on your iPhone by default, or in your app's own database in Borel's cloud if you add accounts.

How to get yours

From the prompt to your home screen

  • 1

    Start from the prompt

    Change anything in it first: names, rules, screens. Borel asks what it needs to know, then writes the app in Swift and SwiftUI.

  • 2

    Use it in your browser

    It opens in a live iPhone simulator streamed from Borel's Mac, at no cost. Building starts free, with 5 free credits a day, up to 30 a month.

  • 3

    Keep it on your iPhone

    With Pro, from $20 a month, Borel Companion installs it with a free Apple ID, up to 3 apps at a time, and renews each one every 7 days while it runs.

How to make a meal planner appThe screens it needs, what it keeps, the iPhone features it can use and what to ask for next.See the guide

Frequently asked questions

They're rough. The AI guesses from your words and portion sizes vary, so treat the number as a guide and correct it when you know better.

Yes, as a photo to remember the meal by. The calorie estimate comes from what you write, not from the picture.

Yes, as a bigger app. The meal planner page linked below shows how to plan a week and turn it into a shopping list.

Yes. With no accounts, the log stays on your iPhone and no one else can see it.

Make your own meal log

Start from the prompt on this page and change it until it's yours. Borel builds it while you watch.