Cal AI: AI-first Calorie Tracking

Overview

Cal AI - An AI-powered nutrition tracker that helps users scan meals, estimate macros, and monitor progress with personalized goals.

What Users Can Do

• Feature 1: Upload a meal image or enter meal text to estimate calories, protein, carbs, fat, and ingredients using AI.
• Feature 2: Save meals to a personal history, then track daily/weekly intake against calorie and macro goals.
• Feature 3: Manage profile settings (weight, target weight, goals, avatar, Gemini API key) and review progress through charts and streaks.

Why I built this

I built this platform to solve a fundamental issue I faced while studying:

• Issue 1: Manual calorie tracking is slow and hard to sustain consistently.
• Issue 2: Existing solutions often miss personalized targets and simple day-to-day progress motivation.

Tech Stack

• Next.js
• TypeScript
• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Supabase
• Gemini API
• Framer Motion
• Recharts

After launch & Impact

• Impact 1: Faster daily logging workflow by combining photo and text based meal analysis.
• Impact 2: Better adherence through visual daily/weekly feedback, streak tracking, and customizable nutrition targets.

Future Plans

• Improve nutrition estimation quality with better prompt tuning and confidence scoring.
• Add AI meal recommendations based on user goals and meal history.
• Introduce deeper analytics (weekly trends, micronutrients, and habit insights).