Calorie tracking in Australia
The AI calorie tracker that knows Australian food.
Australian food databases are reasonably good on packaged goods but thin on café food, which is where a lot of Australian calories actually live. Brunch culture in particular produces plates that no generic entry describes well.
The problem
Why generic trackers struggle here.
- Café brunch plates are assembled combinations — avocado, poached eggs, sourdough, halloumi — rather than named dishes.
- Barbecue and shared meals make individual portions hard to pin down.
- Coffee culture means milk-based drinks contribute meaningfully to daily intake and are easy to skip logging.
BetterCal takes a different route. There is no database to search — you describe the meal in plain words, and the estimate is made against how that food is actually cooked and served in Australia: the ingredients, the cooking fats, the serving vessel and the portion size.
Reference
Australian food, roughly counted.
Ranges rather than single numbers, because home and restaurant versions of the same dish differ enormously — mostly in cooking fat. Use these as a starting point, then correct against your own kitchen.
| Dish | Serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado toast with poached eggs | 1 plate | 450–650 |
| Meat pie | 1 | 400–550 |
| Flat white | regular | 110–170 |
| Sausage sizzle | 1 | 300–420 |
| Barramundi, grilled | 180 g | 250–320 |
| Lamington | 1 | 300–380 |
| Vegemite on toast | 2 slices | 220–280 |
| Chicken parmigiana | 1 serve | 900–1,300 |
| Fish and chips | 1 serve | 800–1,200 |
| Tim Tam | 1 | 90–100 |
Voice logging
Say a whole Australian meal out loud.
Tap the microphone and describe the plate the way you would to a person — "avocado toast with poached eggs, meat pie and flat white". BetterCal transcribes it, separates every dish, and writes the lot into your day with calories and macros.
One recording covers the whole meal, however many items are in it. You see the transcript before anything is saved, so a misheard dish name is obvious rather than buried inside a number.
Journal logging
Or type it like a note.
Write what you ate the way you would text a friend. No search box, no results list to choose from, no serving-size picker to scroll — just a line of plain text that turns into a logged meal.
It is the faster option when you are somewhere quiet, and it works just as well hours after the meal. Anything you log often is saved automatically, so the second time round it is a single tap and costs nothing.
Details
Portions and diets.
Serving units. Describe portions the way you normally would — grams, millilitres, cups, serves all work. You do not need to convert anything into grams first.
Diets. Vegetarian and vegan options are common, and halal is widely available in cities. BetterCal supports vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, eggetarian and everything.
Corrections stick. If a dish is made differently in your household, adjust it once and BetterCal remembers. Over a few weeks the estimates converge on your kitchen rather than an average of everyone else's.
Frequently asked questions
Can I log Australian food by voice?
Yes. Hold the microphone, describe the meal in your own words, and it is transcribed and logged with calories and macros. One recording handles several dishes at once, and you can review the transcript before it saves.
Can I type instead of speaking?
Yes — the journal takes plain typed sentences in exactly the same way. Most people mix the two: voice at home, typing when they are somewhere quiet or logging a meal after the fact.
Does it handle café brunch?
Yes. Describe the plate — "smashed avo with two poached eggs and halloumi on sourdough" — and each component is estimated separately.
Does it sync with Apple Health?
Yes, on iPhone, and Health Connect on Android. It reads steps and active calories and can import your weight.
Is it available in Australia?
Yes. Android through Google Play now, with iPhone following.
How much does it cost in Australia?
Free to download, with 20 AI meal logs a day at no cost. Meals already in your memory are always free to log again, however often you repeat them. See what is free.
Do I need to photograph my food?
No. BetterCal has no camera and no barcode scanner. You log by speaking or typing, which means you can log a meal after you have eaten it rather than having to remember beforehand.
Start today
Log Australian food in one sentence.
Free to start on iPhone and Android.
