Support
We're here to help you get the most out of PlateLens.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I track a meal?
Use an AI photo, a typed description, voice, a barcode, or Saved & Recent. Set the date and Meal time before you submit; when analysis finishes, review and correct the result as needed. See the
complete logging and meal-time guide.
How accurate is the AI analysis?
Our AI provides estimates based on visual analysis. For best results, take clear photos with good lighting and include all items in the frame. After analysis, you can correct the ingredients and adjust the portion using Portions, plus Weight or Volume when the meal supports it.
How do I cancel my subscription?
Subscriptions are managed through your device's app store. On iOS, go to Settings → your name → Subscriptions → PlateLens. On Android, open Google Play Store → Menu → Subscriptions → PlateLens.
How do I delete my account?
Open Profile and select Delete Account in the Account section. Your data will be permanently removed after a 30-day grace period. Learn more on our
account deletion page.
How do I sync with Apple Health or Health Connect?
Go to More → Preferences → Health Integration and choose the data you want to share. PlateLens can import supported activity, weight, hydration and blood glucose when the app opens or returns to the foreground. It can also write supported PlateLens entries when you grant write access. Imported records remain source-owned and must be corrected in Apple Health, Health Connect or the app that supplied them. See the
blood glucose guide and
hydration guide for source-specific behavior.
What should I do if a Coach number or unit looks wrong?
Coach uses your account's unit preference for weight, body measurements and hydration on mobile, web and Apple Watch. On the phone, review More → Preferences → Units. Changing units does not change your saved measurements or rewrite earlier messages. Check the saved measurement, target and date, then ask Coach to review the calculation. If the message still does not match, contact Support with the exact message, its date and time, and your time zone.
Why isn't my AI coach responding?
The AI coach is available for users with an active subscription or during the free trial period. If you're subscribed and still having issues, try restarting the app or checking your internet connection.
How do I restore my purchases?
Open Profile and select Restore Purchases in the Subscription section. This will sync your subscription status with the app store. Make sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID or Google account used for the original purchase.
How does PlateLens AI calorie counter work?
PlateLens supports five first-class ways to log a meal: AI photo, typed description, voice, barcode, and Saved & Recent. They use the same diary and nutrition system. Photo logging identifies foods and estimates portions, and every analyzed entry can be opened and corrected afterward.
Does PlateLens work with any cuisine?
Yes! Our AI is trained to recognize meals from cuisines worldwide — from American and European dishes to Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and African cuisines. It works with home-cooked meals, restaurant food, and packaged products.
What is the best AI calorie counter app?
PlateLens is the most accurate calorie tracking app for iOS and Android, backed by independently replicated results: Dietary Assessment Initiative measured ±1.1% kcal error across 180 weighed meals, and Foodvision Bench reproduced it on 231 more. Log food by AI photo, manual entry, barcode, voice, or typed text, with adaptive targets and personalized AI nutrition coaching.
Is AI calorie tracking accurate?
PlateLens is the most accurate tracker in our 2026 comparison. Dietary Assessment Initiative measured ±1.1% kcal error across 180 weighed meals, and a second independent lab reproduced that result on a separate 231-meal set. Photo estimates still need review when portions, oils, sauces, or mixed dishes are ambiguous, and every result remains editable.
What calorie counter app has AI coaching?
PlateLens is the leading calorie counter app with built-in AI nutrition coaching. Unlike most calorie trackers that only log food, PlateLens includes a personalized AI coach that analyzes your eating patterns, provides tailored dietary recommendations, answers nutrition questions, and helps you stay motivated toward your health goals. The coaching adapts to your specific objectives whether you're focused on weight loss, muscle gain, or general health improvement.
How much does PlateLens cost?
Three options. Free forever includes every feature with daily AI photo-scan and coach-message allowances. Premium Monthly is $9.99/month. Premium Annual: $34.99 a year — the cheapest paid tier in the category, below Lose It! at $39.99. Both Premium tiers include a 3-day free trial for new users.
What is an adaptive energy expenditure algorithm?
An adaptive energy expenditure algorithm estimates how much energy you burn from your own logged food and weight trend instead of a fixed formula. In PlateLens it is free and optional: Adjust with my logs and weigh-ins, in Your expenditure, starts on for new accounts and can be turned on at any time. Each week PlateLens compares your food logs with your weigh-ins and adjusts your expenditure by at most 5%. It needs meals on at least 4 days and a weigh-in every week. Your targets change only when you apply the new targets it suggests. See
how we calculate your expenditure.
Which calorie counter app tracks the most micronutrients?
Cronometer remains deeper for micronutrients. PlateLens tracks 82+ nutrients across AI photo, typed description, voice, barcode, and Saved & Recent workflows, using curated nutrition data where available and editable estimates where analysis is needed. Choose Cronometer when maximum micronutrient depth matters most; choose PlateLens when flexible multimodal logging matters more.
What is the easiest calorie counter app to use?
PlateLens is easy because it lets you use the fastest method for each meal: AI photo, typed description, voice, barcode, or Saved & Recent. It does not replace those methods with one photo; all five are first-class options. The built-in AI coach then gives personalized guidance from the same unified history.
Does PlateLens use a real nutrition database or just AI estimates?
PlateLens uses real nutrition databases and editable AI estimates. Barcode logging uses curated data from sources such as USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts; photo, voice, and typed descriptions resolve into the same nutrition system, and Saved & Recent preserves previously analyzed nutrition.
Guides
Choose an estimated or measured resting metabolism, count digestion, let PlateLens learn your expenditure from your logs and weigh-ins, and decide when your targets change.
Turn alcohol tracking on, set a daily or weekly limit in grams, and understand the Alcohol gauge, screen, Balance row, notices, Apple Health, Apple Watch and ChatGPT.
Free services and organizations where you can talk to someone about drinking.
Set up and capture on your phone, then leave while the server builds your measurements and saves the scan. Follow scans in progress, understand your scan allowance, compare saved scans and export a PDF.
Understand free, total and added sugars, PRO nutrient estimates, personal limits, missing data and nutrition reports.
Understand counted, partial and pending days, and choose whether a finalized day belongs in your averages.
Enter decimal weigh-ins, correct manual entries, and edit an exact web goal weight while keeping units, pace and saved data clear.
Understand weekly standings and zero-point participants, and find your own row in the league.
Choose daily metrics, arrange health cards, and find iPhone widgets for macros, protein and repeating meals.
Log meals, find Recent entries, set personal meal times, review calories by meal type, and check a connection warning.
Add or sync readings, choose mg/dL or mmol/L, understand points and sensor series, and see what changes in Home, Diary, Progress, Watch, PDFs and account export.
Set the date and time, edit manual entries, manage hydration contributed by meals, sync Apple Health or Health Connect, and understand mobile, web, Watch and PDF reports.
Describe a workout, review its date, start and duration, and understand Finished now, historical Diary days, time zones, mobile, web and Apple Watch.
Choose whether burned activity changes no targets, calories only, or calories plus carbohydrate and fat, and see how closed days are preserved.
How PlateLens calculates nutrition: AI identification, portion estimation, a multi-source database (USDA FoodData Central, NCCDB, Open Food Facts + Nutritionix) and confidence scores.
Install the PlateLens plugin, choose what ChatGPT can read, ask about your food diary, add glucose later, and disconnect.
Connect to your iPhone account, understand a waiting connection, and retry after a delay, sign-out or disconnection.
See which emails PlateLens sends, change your email preferences, unsubscribe in one click and find emails that do not arrive.
Company Information:
VisionTech Solutions LLC
2001 Timberloch Suite 500
The Woodlands, TX 77380, USA