Answers to the most common questions about your free AI nutritionist.
Cal Plus is a free AI-powered nutrition app that helps you track calories, macros, ingredients, additives, and restaurant meals using fast AI meal scanning. The core features of Cal Plus are always free, including scanning, tracking, groups, barcode lookup, and the AI Chat Coach.
Yes. Cal Plus is free and stays free. You can use AI Meal Scanning, Barcode Scanning, Additive Detection, Restaurant Analysis, AI Nutrition Chat Coach, Daily & Weekly Insights, Groups with Friends— all without paying anything. A one-time purchase or annual subscription is optional, but the essential experience is free forever.
The Cal Plus AI Chat Coach is a built-in AI assistant that helps with nutrition questions, calorie estimates, macro planning, food substitutions, eating-out choices, and healthy-habit guidance. The coach remembers your preferences like dietary choices, favorite meals, calorie goals, foods you avoid, and personal goals—making it feel like a personal nutritionist that adapts to you. It is completely free.
Cal Plus uses computer vision to analyze a photo of your meal and instantly estimate calories, macros (protein, carbs, fats), ingredients, additives, portion sizes, and food categories. AI meal scanning is included in the free plan.
Yes. Cal Plus includes a free additive detection system that identifies common additives, emulsifiers, colorings, and preservatives. This helps users understand food quality, not just calories.
Yes. You can track calories, protein, carbohydrates, fats, fiber (when available), daily totals, and weekly insights. Tracking is free and unlimited.
Yes. The barcode scanner is free and pulls nutrition data from a global database of packaged foods.
Yes. The Menu Scan feature lets you snap a photo of any restaurant menu and get personalised meal recommendations based on your daily nutrition goals and remaining calories.
Cal Plus Groups are private, invite-only spaces where you can share meals with friends, track progress together, react with emojis, and stay accountable. Groups use 6-character codes, and all group activity stays private. Groups are part of the free features of the app.
Yes. Your food logs are private by default. Group posts are visible only to your group. Cal Plus does not sell your data, and your preferences for the AI coach are stored securely.
Cal Plus works on iPhone (iOS) and Android devices. The app is optimized for speed and low battery usage.
Cal Plus offers an optional Ad-Free upgrade via a one-time purchase or annual subscription, but all core features — scanning, tracking, groups, insights, and the AI coach — remain permanently free.
Cal Plus is built to be free, fast, AI-first, simple, accurate, and private. It includes features like AI scanning, additive detection, and an AI coach with memory — all without requiring a subscription.
Yes. Your preferences, diet choices, and conversation history are stored securely. Cal Plus does not sell personal nutrition data to third parties.
Yes. The AI Chat Coach is available with unlimited messages in the free version. No subscription is required.
Yes. You receive daily nutrition summaries, weekly calorie and macro charts, behavior patterns, protein intake consistency, and meal logging streaks. Insights are included in the free plan.
Cal Plus is designed for students, gym-goers, weight-loss users, beginners, busy professionals, people who want a free AI nutritionist, and anyone who prefers scanning over manual logging.
Yes. The AI Chat Coach has persistent memory and improves as you use the app. It remembers your goals, foods you prefer, dietary restrictions, meal habits, and personal patterns—so it can give better recommendations over time.
Tap on "Go Ad-Free" in Settings. Choose a one-time purchase or annual subscription to remove all ads. The ad-free experience is optional — all core features remain free forever.