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Phone App That Counts Calories From a Photo of Your Meal

Snap a photo of a meal and the app estimates calories and nutrients, then tracks your daily intake.

In plain English

Mahlzait is a phone app that estimates the calories in a meal from a photo. You snap your plate, check the guess and it adds the meal to your daily log. People use it to keep a food diary without typing every item. Developer Ruslan Adilgereev sells it as a subscription with hundreds of active subscribers.

Automation90%
Startup costNot disclosed
Time to first $Not disclosed
Monthly range*$2,624 MRR

~$2,624 MRR; $3,532 last 30 days; $29,458 all-time (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Nov 10, 2026)

DifficultyMedium
SourceTrustMRR - Mahlzait ↗

Operator: Ruslan Adilgereev (developer)

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Revenue independently checked: documents reviewed by a publication, or a public dashboard.

Not disclosed.

The tool stack

RevenueCat ↗
Free up to $2.5k MTR

Mobile subscriptions

 OpenAI API ↗
Pay per token

LLM / vision

 App Store ↗
$99/yr

iOS distribution

Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.

Step-by-step setup

  1. Let users photograph a meal or type it in.
  2. Use a vision model to estimate foods, portions and calories.
  3. Keep a daily log with goals and progress charts.
  4. Free trial, then weekly or yearly subscriptions; grow through App Store search.

What's automated vs. the human 10%

The machine does

  • Core AI generation/analysis
  • Billing and onboarding

You still do

  • Product quality and support
  • Distribution and marketing
  • Compliance and edge cases

Overview

Snap a photo of a meal and the app estimates calories and nutrients, then tracks your daily intake.

Operator: Ruslan Adilgereev (developer). Website: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6747400456

Estimated split: about 90% of the work automated, 10% human.

Realistic income

TrustMRR (checked Nov 10, 2026) shows about $2,624 MRR, $3,532 in RevenueCat-verified revenue over the last 30 days and $29,458 over its tracked history, with 803 active subscriptions. This is one operator’s result, often after months or years of work, and doesn’t predict yours. Check the live listing — numbers change.

Risks

  • Photo estimates can be wrong, so users need to check portions.
  • Many calorie apps compete for the same users.
  • Food tracking is not medical advice.
  • Startup cost and time to first dollar are not disclosed.

*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.

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