Kalo
Kalo is an iPhone nutrition tracker that turns meal photos, spoken descriptions, and packaged-food barcodes into nutrition entries.
What Kalo is
Kalo is an iPhone nutrition tracker that turns meal photos, spoken descriptions, and packaged-food barcodes into nutrition entries. Photograph a plate and Kalo recognizes foods, estimates portions, and returns macronutrient information. You can describe a meal aloud for the app to parse and log, or scan a barcode to create a packaged-food entry. Its daily macro view shows calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat, with macros syncing to Apple Health through HealthKit. Kalo says calorie targets are optional and does not push users toward preset targets, leaving interpretation of the numbers to each person. The app is free on iPhone and offers a free plan. Camera, microphone, and photo-library access is requested only when you choose the related logging method, not in the background, and access can be revoked in device settings. Meal photos, voice recordings, and barcode scans may be processed and stored as meal history. Kalo says data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Good
- Photo recognition estimates foods, portions, and macros
- Voice logging parses spoken meals
- Barcode scanning creates packaged-food entries
- Macros sync with Apple Health through HealthKit
- Free plan available on iPhone
Watch out
- iOS only
- No meal planning or client goals
- Meal history may include photos and recordings
Who it suits
Kalo suits iPhone users who want photo, voice, or barcode food logging and a daily macro view. It may fit people who prefer optional calorie targets.
Verdict
Kalo combines three meal-entry methods with a focused daily macro display. Its optional-target approach and free iPhone plan suit self-directed food tracking.
The facts
Each one read from Kalo's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Barcode scanning
- Kalo can scan packaged-food barcodes to create logged entries.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data collected
- The privacy policy says meal photos, voice recordings, and barcode scans may be processed and stored as meal history; account holders may provide an email address and profile details.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Kalo says its macros sync with Apple Health through HealthKit.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Nutrition view
- The daily macro view shows calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- The app requests camera, microphone, and photo library access only when the user chooses those meal logging methods; access can be revoked in device settings.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Photo logging
- Users can photograph a plate, and Kalo recognizes foods, estimates portions, and returns macros.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Photo recognition
- The app recognizes foods in a meal photo, estimates portions, and returns macros.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Kalo is a nutrition tracker that turns meal photos, spoken descriptions, and barcode scans into nutrition data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Kalo describes itself as a nutrition tracker that turns meals into nutrition information.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Retention
- The policy says personal data is removed within 30 days after account deletion, except where law requires retention.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Retention and deletion
- The policy says data is retained while an account is active and personal data is removed within 30 days after account deletion, except where legally required to retain it.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says data is encrypted in transit and at rest using industry-standard encryption.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security and deletion
- The policy states that data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and that users can delete their account and associated data in the app.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Stated audience
- Kalo describes itself as a calm, data-forward alternative to MyFitnessPal, Cal AI, Lose It, MacroFactor, and Noom.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The privacy policy lists [email protected] for questions about privacy or personal data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Targets
- Kalo says it does not push targets and describes calorie targets as optional.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Third parties
- The policy says third-party analytics, crash reporting, and food data enrichment services may receive the minimum data necessary, and Kalo does not sell personal information to third parties.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Voice logging
- Users can describe a meal aloud, and Kalo parses and logs the entry.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device permissions
- The privacy policy says camera, microphone, and photo-library access is requested only when a user chooses the corresponding meal-logging method, and not in the background.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Macro view
- Its daily macro view shows calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Nutrition approach
- The site says Kalo does not push calorie targets and lets users decide what to do with the numbers.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Platform and price
- The site describes Kalo as free on iPhone and links to the App Store.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Price and availability
- The homepage describes Kalo as free on iPhone and links to the App Store.checked 8 Oct 2026
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