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Today's Macros
Wednesday, 29 Jan
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Grilled chicken with rice & broccoli
PROTEIN
42g
CARBS
58g
FATS
12g
CALORIES
512
Great meal! Score: 87

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Powered by AI. Designed to be dead simple. All free.

AI Food Scanning

Snap a photo or describe what you ate. Our AI instantly identifies your food and breaks down protein, carbs, fats, fibre, and calories.

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Smart Dashboard

Visual progress bars for every macro, plus a daily score that shows how on track you are. See it all at a glance.

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Meal Ideas

Personalised recipe suggestions based on your preferences. Snacks, nibbles, and full recipes — all with macro info and prep times.

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Social Groups

Share your meals with friends and family. Cheer each other on with reactions like "Crushing it! 💪" and "Let's go! 🔥"

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AI Coach — Robin

Chat with your personal AI nutritional coach. Get tailored advice, snack ideas, and encouragement based on your actual eating patterns.

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Food History

Full history of everything you've logged. Edit or delete entries anytime. Track your patterns and progress over time.

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How It Works

Three steps. Zero friction.

From opening the app to tracking your first meal — it takes under 10 seconds.

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Sign in with Google

One tap to get started. No forms, no verification emails, no passwords to remember.

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Scan or describe your food

Take a photo of your meal or type what you ate. The AI does the rest in seconds.

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Track, learn, and improve

Watch your dashboard fill up. Get AI coaching. Share with friends. Build better habits.

Chowdown social groups — share meals with friends, react with motivational emoji
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Better together

Share meals with friends and family. Stay motivated as a group.

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Sarah 11:30

Grilled salmon with quinoa salad 🥗

38g protein · 32g carbs · 14g fats

Crushing it 💪 Let's go 🔥 Yum 😋
AI Coach

Meet Robin, your
AI nutrition coach

Robin analyses what you've eaten, spots gaps in your nutrition, and suggests what to eat next — personalised to your day, your goals.

Analyses your daily intake in real time
Suggests meals that hit your remaining macros
Learns your preferences over time
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Robin
Your AI nutritional coach

I've had eggs for breakfast and a chicken wrap for lunch. What should I eat for dinner?

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Great day so far! Looking at your macros:

Protein 68g / 150g
Carbs 95g / 220g

You need 82g more protein. I'd suggest:

🥩 Salmon with sweet potato & greens

45g protein · 38g carbs · 18g fats · 498 kcal

Perfect to close your protein gap!

If you have that, you'll hit 87% of your targets today. Want me to suggest a high-protein snack too? 💪

Pricing

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Other apps charge £40–£80 a year for features that should be free. Chowdown gives you everything — forever — for nothing.

MyFitnessPal
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Premium required for full macros, barcode scanning & no ads

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MacroFactor
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Cronometer Gold
£49.99/year

Premium needed for custom recipes, meal planning & fasting

Feature-gated free tier
Lose It Premium
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Premium for meal planning, food insights & advanced tracking

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FAQ

Common questions

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"What's the catch?"

There isn't one. No premium tier. No ads. No data selling. No trial that expires. Every feature is available to every user, forever. Chowdown was built because nutrition tracking shouldn't cost money.

"Will it become paid later?"

No. Free means free. Forever. We're not building a free tier to hook you and then flip a switch. There is no switch. The commitment is permanent.

"How do you make money?"

Voluntary donations. If you love Chowdown and want to support it, you can buy the creator a coffee. That's it. No pressure, no guilt, no hidden monetisation.

"Is the AI accurate?"

AI estimates are typically within 15–25%. That's not perfect — and we don't pretend it is. But research consistently shows that consistent tracking beats perfect tracking. People who log every meal at 80% accuracy get better results than those who log perfectly for two weeks and then quit.

"What devices does it work on?"

Any device with a web browser. iPhone, Android, tablet, laptop, desktop — it all works. Chowdown is a Progressive Web App (PWA), which means there's nothing to download from an app store. Just open app.chowdown.me and go.

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Changelog

Recently shipped 🚀

Chowdown is actively developed. Here's what's new.

Jan 2026

Robin AI coach launched

Personalised nutrition coaching powered by AI. Ask Robin what to eat next.

Jan 2026

AI food scanning accuracy improvements

Major upgrade to our food recognition model. Better portion estimation and multi-item detection.

Jan 2026

Social group reactions

React to friends' meals with "Crushing it! 💪", "Let's go! 🔥" and more.

Dec 2025

Daily macro score

See how well you're hitting your targets with a simple daily score out of 100.

Dec 2025

Meal ideas engine

Personalised meal suggestions with macro info, prep times, and difficulty ratings.

Nov 2025

Social groups launched

Share meals with friends and family. Track progress together.