MyPlate Calorie Tracker — Free, USDA Food Database
Log a meal in two taps: pick a food, choose a portion, and the calories are already there. Watch your plate fill by food group. 5,740 foods, unlimited history.
Free calorie tracker: watch your plate fill up
The free daily food log for people who want more than a calorie count. A meal takes two taps, and every day you log is kept.
Why it's different
Your plate is the progress bar
Most trackers count one number down. Here the plate is the biggest thing on the screen: five food groups filling one plate, measured against the targets from your own MyPlate Plan. The calorie count sits underneath it. One look tells you what the day is still missing.
Past target? The rim turns amber. — Go over on a food group and its edge of the plate turns amber, along with its number in the list underneath. One look finds every group that has gone past.
How it compares
Other trackers vs MyPlate Tracker
| Other trackers | MyPlate Tracker | |
|---|---|---|
| History | Free plans cap it (often ~7 days) | Unlimited on the free tier |
| Food data | Crowdsourced, often inaccurate | USDA-published recipe nutrition |
| Daily targets | You set them up by hand | Auto-set by our calculator |
| Price | $40-100 / year for full features | Free core tracking |
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Everyday use
Made to be used every day
Six things that make logging quick and easy to keep up.
- Two taps to log — Your recent foods keep their portions. One tap picks, one tap adds.
- Save a meal once — Name what you just ate. It is kept in your cookbook, and one tap puts the whole meal back on any day.
- Copy yesterday's meal — Same breakfast as yesterday? Add all brings the whole meal over at once.
- Works offline — No signal? What you log is saved on your phone and sent when you are back online.
- One reminder a day — At a time you pick, and only on a day you have not logged yet. Off again in one tap.
- The week at a glance — Seven days across the top. Tap one to open it, and the streak counts the days you logged.
Phone and laptop
The same tracker on a laptop
On a wide screen the tracker spreads out: your day in the middle, your week and your streak beside it, and a sidebar for the tracker, Foods, Plans and your cookbook. Search sits in the top bar, and the log opens as one window with the results on the left and the portion on the right.
Food lookup
Look up any of 5,740 USDA foods
The food lookup is its own screen. Search a name, pick the portion you actually ate, 1 slice, 1 cup or 1 tablespoon, and the calories are already there, with protein, carbs, and fat beside them. One tap sends it to today's log.
- 95% of foods carry a household portion, so you never do gram math
- Per-portion calories, with protein, carbs, and fat on the same card
- Every food names its USDA FoodData Central source and release date
Don't know the calories? The lookup fills them in. — Log by name alone in Quick add, or let the food lookup fill the number in for you.
Add to home screen
Keep your tracker one tap away
Pin MyPlate Tracker to your home screen and it opens like any other app: full screen, no browser bar, no download.
On iPhone (Safari)
- Tap the Share button in the toolbar
- Choose "Add to Home Screen"
- Tap Add, and the tracker icon appears on your home screen
On Android (Chrome)
- Tap the menu (⋮), top right
- Choose "Add to Home screen" or "Install app"
- Confirm, and it installs like an app
How MyPlate Tracker works
1. Get your targets
Run the free MyPlate Plan calculator once to set your calorie goal and five food-group targets. Open the calculator
2. Log what you eat
Add a meal from your recents, a meal you saved, the USDA food lookup, or any of 1,072 recipes. Browse recipes
3. See where the day stands
The plate and the calorie count update as you log, and the limits underneath show added sugars, saturated fat and sodium.
MyPlate Tracker FAQ
Is MyPlate Tracker really free?
Yes. Core tracking is free with a MyPlan account: logging meals, your plate, your calorie count, and your full unlimited history. A future MyPlan Plus tier may add optional extras like weekly insights and automation.
Is there a free MyPlate calorie tracker?
MyPlate Tracker is a free daily calorie and food-group tracker. Get your personal targets from the MyPlate Plan calculator, then log meals in two taps and watch your plate fill in. It's free with a MyPlan account, with unlimited history.
What happens to what I log?
It stays in your account and only you see it. There is no cap on how far back your log goes, we do not sell your data, and deleting your account removes it. The privacy policy has the detail.
Can I save a meal and log it again?
Yes. Name a meal you have logged and it is kept in your cookbook. One tap puts the whole meal back on any day, and you can place it on the meal planner as a single card.
Does MyPlate Tracker work offline?
Yes. If your phone loses its connection, what you log is saved on the phone and marked as waiting to sync. It is sent as soon as you are back online, and nothing is logged twice.
What replaced the USDA SuperTracker?
SuperTracker was the USDA's free online diet and activity tracker. The USDA retired it in 2018. The MyPlate.gov website followed in January 2026. MyPlate.food is an independent project that preserves the MyPlate-format calorie and food-group tracking those tools were built around, grounded in the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2020-2025). It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
How do I track calories with MyPlate?
Get your daily targets from the free MyPlate Plan calculator: a calorie goal plus an amount for each of the five food groups. Then log each meal in MyPlate Tracker in two taps. Your plate and your calorie count update as you go, so you can see how the day compares to your goal.
How many calories should I eat per day?
Your daily calorie needs depend on your age, sex, height, weight, and activity level. The MyPlate Plan calculator estimates them using the National Academies' Estimated Energy Requirement equations and translates the number into MyPlate food-group amounts you can track against.