Why this exists
Most calorie apps were built around one person, one plate.
That model breaks down when dinner is hot pot, mezze, thali, tapas, Korean BBQ, or a family-style stir-fry passed around the table.
Before I Bite starts with the whole dish, lets you split it at the table, and helps each person adjust the portion they actually ate.
Made for the shared table
Split the dish. Send their share.
Hot pot. Mezze. A thali tray. Tapas passed around the table. Set how many people shared the dish, adjust your portion, then send the others a meal link from the iPhone app. They can review and save their own share.
Meal sharing on iPhone
One meal. A log for each of you.
Your friend already logged the dish. Open their link and start with your share, including the photo and nutrition. Adjust it before saving.
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Send their share
Choose Split & send, add a note, and send the meal link through your messaging app.
02
Find shared meals
Open a friend's link, then find the meal again in Shared meals from the inbox button on Today.
03
Save your portion
Review the nutrition, adjust your split or meal date, and save your own copy to your log.
How you log
Photo. Barcode. Label. Quick add. All in every plan.
Many leading trackers paywall AI photo, barcode scanning, or both behind separate tiers. Every Before I Bite plan includes photo, barcode, label, and quick add — free with ads, or ad-free with Pro (7-day free trial).
Recognition in progress
Point your camera at hot pot, mezze, thali, tapas, or last night's leftovers. Get a nutrition estimate you can adjust before saving.
Packaged food lookup
Scan packaged food instantly and keep nutrition details editable before saving.
Nutrition label capture
Photograph a nutrition label when the barcode fails. Before I Bite reads the panel and fills the entry for you.
Speak, type, or favorites
Hands full at the table, or catching up on a meal you forgot? Dictate the dish, type the name, or tap a saved favorite to log routine meals in seconds — no photo needed.
What you're actually tracking
Built for shared dishes, not just solo plates.
Before I Bite is built for hot pot, dim sum, mezze, thali, tapas, injera, paella, churrasco, and family-style tables.
AI estimates are a starting point. You can change ingredients, split the dish, and adjust your share before saving.
Beef hot pot
3:20PM
beef slices · tofu · noodles · greens
Mezze platter
1:10PM
hummus · pita · falafel · tabbouleh
South Indian thali
7:05PM
rice · dal · curry · vegetables
Paella mixta
6:42PM
seafood · rice · peas · saffron
Portion control, your way
Adjust any ingredient without starting over.
Shared meals are rarely pre-portioned. You take a bit more rice, less of the main dish, extra sauce, or a smaller second helping.
Before I Bite lets you tweak any quantity on any food item instantly - no logging the meal from scratch, no guessing.
How it works
Scan, split, adjust, then save your portion.
Split the dish
Scan one shared plate, set how many people ate from it, and log your portion without rebuilding the meal.
Adjust your share
Change rice, broth, toppings, sauces, or serving size after the AI estimate, then save what you actually ate.
Start with core capture
AI photo scan, barcode scanner, and label OCR are built into the same logging flow.