Send what you have
Text a sentence or send a photo. Add a label, weight, or portion when you want more precision.
The iMessage calorie tracker that stays in view.
Text BodyBuddy what you ate. It logs calories and protein, remembers corrections, plans meals ahead, and keeps your running day visible in the Dynamic Island while you text.
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See your day in the Dynamic Island
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Food does not arrive in neat database fields.
Meals arrive as photos, half-finished plates, restaurant plans, voice notes, and corrections. Conversation handles all of them without making you learn another input screen.
Correct it naturally
Say you ate half, changed the order, forgot the dressing, or saved the rest. The log updates with the conversation.
Plan before you eat
Ask for a restaurant option, name a meal for later, or send a voice note. Planned food becomes part of the same day.
Your running day, live while you text.
BodyBuddy is the first calorie tracker to put meal slots and calorie progress in the Dynamic Island during an iMessage conversation.
The Live Activity appears while the conversation is active and clears a few minutes after you stop texting. It gives the conversation a lightweight heads-up display without leaving stale information on your phone all day.
See how the Dynamic Island experience works
Accuracy scales with the information you have.
Conversation lets you provide as much precision as you actually have. It does not force a false level of certainty or a rigid workflow.
Measured
“150g yogurt, label says 90 calories”
Logged from the number you supplied
Database-grounded
“My usual CAVA bowl with grilled chicken”
Matched to published or saved details
Estimated
“Half a plate of homemade pad thai”
Estimated from the description or photo
A tracker waits. BodyBuddy can text first.
BodyBuddy can notice that lunch is still missing, ask how the plan went, and help decide what comes next. Logging becomes part of an ongoing coaching relationship instead of a chore you have to remember alone.
“hey, lunch is usually around now. did today get away from you?”
A proactive check-in from BodyBuddy
Food logging is only the doorway.
BodyBuddy keeps you on track with your entire health, from your meals to your doctor's appointments and everything in between.
Questions
Does food logging really happen in iMessage?
Yes. You talk to BodyBuddy in Apple's Messages app. You can describe a meal, send a photo, share a voice note, correct an earlier entry, or plan food for later. The BodyBuddy app handles setup, history, controls, and the rest of your health experience.
Does the Dynamic Island stay active all day?
No. The calorie view appears while you are actively texting BodyBuddy and clears a few minutes after the conversation stops. It is a live heads-up display for the conversation, not a stale activity that remains for eight hours.
How accurate is conversational calorie tracking?
Accuracy depends on the information available. A measured serving or nutrition label can be logged precisely. A restaurant item can use published nutrition data. A casual description or photo is an estimate. You can add details or correct the log in ordinary language at any time.
Can BodyBuddy text me first?
Yes. BodyBuddy can check in proactively about meals, plans, and goals instead of waiting for you to remember to open a tracker.
Is BodyBuddy only a calorie tracker?
No. Food logging is one doorway into BodyBuddy. BodyBuddy is an AI health accountability coach that can also help you follow workout plans, sleep goals, and instructions from doctors and other health professionals.