iOS Shortcut
AI Kalorien
Track calories. No app. No subscription.
AI Kalorien is not an App Store product with a subscription — it is a shortcut for the Shortcuts app on iPhone or iPad. Photo, text, barcode, or label, then Apple Health. Free. No account of ours.
- Camera
- Photo Library
- Text
- Barcode
- Label
- Health
What are Apple Shortcuts?
Shortcuts is a free Apple app that comes preinstalled on iPhone and iPad. A shortcut is a sequence of actions that run one after another — here: read a photo or text and log the values in Apple Health.
So you don’t download an app from the App Store. You add the shortcut to your Shortcuts app with one tap and run it from there.
How it feels
From the Shortcuts menu to logged — no App Store download.
Five ways in
AI where you need it. Exact data for packaged food.
- CameraSnap a plate — restaurant or home.AI
- Photo LibraryLog later from photos you already took.AI
- TextDescribe the meal — fast and discreet.AI
- BarcodeOpen Food Facts × your grams — no guessing.exact
- LabelOCR on the nutrition panel + portion math.exact
Why this instead of an app
- Free. No subscription funnel.
- Private. No tracker account — data goes to Apple Health.
- Hybrid. AI for plates; barcode and label when exact matters.
- Light. One Shortcut — not another mega-app.
At a glance
Versus typical calorie apps (Yazio, MyFitnessPal, Oviva & co.).
| AI Kalorien | Typical apps | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Often freemium / subscription |
| Account | No | Usually yes |
| Apple Health | Core path | Often optional |
| Install | One iOS Shortcut | App Store |
Orientation only. Not medical advice.
A bit more under the hood
Current version: v3. Apple Intelligence for photo/text. Open Food Facts for barcodes. OCR + math for labels. Review with a traffic light, optional corrections, then five Health samples (calories, protein, fat, carbs, fiber). ~271 Shortcut actions — deliberately hybrid so the LLM doesn’t do the arithmetic.
Try it free
iPhone or iPad · Shortcuts app · one tap.
Get the shortcut with the button in the bar at the top.
Guidance only — not nutrition or medical advice. Barcode and label are more precise for packaged food.
Links
FAQ
More answers coming.
Why does the shortcut ask for Apple Health access so often on first run?
On first run you have to allow Apple Health access several times — about five. iOS asks separately for each value (calories, protein, fat, carbs, fiber).
Just tap “Allow” each time. After that, the shortcut won’t ask again.
iOS Shortcut · No account · No subscription · Data in Apple Health