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3.2 million foods, Asian dishes counted locally

Calorie counter for Chinese food

RiceCal counts Chinese food by the plate, including the ones the table shares. Dan dan mian, mapo tofu, xiaolongbao, char siew and roast duck. Snap it, describe it, scan a barcode or search by name.

JiachangcaiNoodle shopDim sumHotpotStreet breakfastHome cooked
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Jiachangcai · Noodle shop · Dim sum

Dan dan mianMapo tofuXiaolongbaoZhajiang mianChar siewRoast duckHotpotYoutiao

Why RiceCal

Made for how Asia eats

Other trackers ask you to weigh 180 g of cooked rice. RiceCal asks whether it was a bowl or a plate, and moves on.

Portions you recognise

One bowl, half a plate, two pieces with curry, five sticks. The portions people actually order.

Photo logging

Point at the plate. Every item gets named, the portion read as a weight, and anything can be fixed after.

A calmer tracker

Go over and RiceCal simply says so. It will nudge, never nag.

3,228,419
Packaged foods
48,000
Searchable foods
5
Ways to log
4 sec
To log a meal

Five ways in

Log a meal five ways

Snap a photo, describe the meal, scan a packet, search the catalogue, or reach for a saved recipe. All five sit in one sheet over your day.

  • Snap, describe, scan, search or a saved recipe
  • One sheet, nothing to dismiss twice
  • Portions per dish, not grams
Log a meal853 kcal left
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Recipes
mian
Dan dan mian1 bowl (350 g)510
Beijing zhajiang mian1 bowl (400 g)600

Photo logging

Snap the plate, we read the portion

Shoot straight down. RiceCal names the dish, reads the portion as a weight, writes the row and closes — the counting happens while you eat.

  • Multi item plates, named item by item
  • Portion read as grams, not a guess at calories
  • Tap any entry to fix it
Scanning
Looks like xiaolongbao92%
340
kcal
6 pieces
Portion
3
Other guesses
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Trends

Calories, water and weight over time

One screen, three metrics, three ranges: seven days, thirty days or a year. Every tile is the figure as well as the tab.

  • Calories against your target, day by day
  • Weigh in from the readings card, kg or lb
  • A review for every finished week
7 days30 days1 year
Calories
1,962
Water
5.8 cups
Weight
67.5 kg
Calories a day, last 7 days
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Weekly reviewsEvery finished week, one card each›

Describe and cook

Say what you ate, in your own words

Write “fried rice with a fried egg and iced tea”. RiceCal reads the sentence, matches every item and works out the portions.

  • Several dishes in one sentence
  • Portion words like half a plate
  • Your recipes, official ones and the community shelf
  • Saved recipes log in one tap
Describe the dish

Ma po tofu, two blocks of silken tofu, 500 g minced pork, three spoons doubanjiang, feeds six

Ingredients found, 6 servings
Pork500 g, minced900
Silken tofu2 blocks, 600 g480
Doubanjiang3 tablespoons180
260
kcal a serving
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Home cooking

Save the pot once, log it all week

A shared pot has no serving size. Enter what went in and how many it feeds, once, and every plate after that is one tap.

  • Per serving and whole pot, worked out as you add
  • Steps numbered as you type, one to a line
  • Share a link, or publish to the community shelf
  • Save a copy of anyone else’s recipe
My recipes
MineOfficialCommunity
Ma po tofu, my wayPublic6 servings, 8 ingredients, 260 kcal each
Yuxiang rousiIn review4 servings, 12 ingredients, 385 kcal each
Chongqing xiaomian3 servings, 9 ingredients, 515 kcal each
Share this recipe

Anyone with the link sees the ingredients, the steps and the calories, and can save their own copy.

Make it publicJoins the community shelf

Every Monday

A review at the end of every week

What you ate, how it added up, and how your weight and steps moved. Share the card if you like.

  • Meals grouped as balanced, high protein, high carbs, high fat
  • Weekly and monthly views, with the last five months for context
3 to 9 August54 under goal
1,962kcal a day
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7 of 7
Days logged
21
Meals
-0.6 kg
Weight change
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Also on your day

Water

Eight glasses, one tap each, on the day screen.

Steps and workouts

From Apple Health or Health Connect. Movement adds back to your budget, never takes away.

Weight trend

Weigh in when you like, in kg or lb.

Barcode scanning

A packet is exact. Scan it and pick the portion.

Counted across Asia

Strongest where a meal comes by the plate, the bowl or the stick. Pick a country to see what it already knows.

MalaysiaMamak · Kopitiam · Hawker stall›SingaporeHawker centre · Kopitiam · Food court›IndonesiaWarung · Kaki lima · Rumah makan Padang›ThailandStreet stall · Food court · Rice and curry shop›PhilippinesCarinderia · Turo-turo · Silog house›VietnamQuán ăn · Street cart · Cơm bình dân›JapanRamen shop · Konbini · Teishoku›South KoreaBunsik · Gogi-jip · Baekban›ChinaJiachangcai · Noodle shop · Dim sum›Hong KongCha chaan teng · Dai pai dong · Yum cha›TaiwanNight market · Beef noodle shop · Bento shop›IndiaThali · Dhaba · Tiffin›MyanmarTea shop · Street stall · Htamin zain›Sri LankaRice and curry shop · Kottu stall · Hopper stand›PakistanDhaba · Karahi house · Nihari shop›

Pricing

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