Create an Account
Getting started with mealtexter takes about 30 seconds. No app to download, no password to remember.
- Subscribe — Visit mealtexter.com/pricing and choose a monthly or annual plan. You will be redirected to a secure Stripe checkout page.
- Complete payment — Enter your payment details. Once payment succeeds you will be redirected back to mealtexter.
- Text your first meal — Send a text message describing what you ate to your mealtexter phone number. Your account is automatically created and linked to your phone number the first time you text.
How It Works
- You send a text message describing what you ate to your mealtexter number.
- mealtexter's AI reads your message and identifies each food item, quantity, and preparation method.
- Nutrition is estimated with calorie ranges, protein, carbs, and fat.
- The results are saved to your account, linked to your phone number.
- Depending on your reply mode setting (configurable on the dashboard), you may receive a confirmation reply with the full breakdown.
That's it. No scanning barcodes, no searching a database, no portion-size guessing games. Just text what you ate in plain English.
Log Your First Meal
Send a text describing what you ate. Be as casual or detailed as you like:
chicken burrito and a coke2 eggs, toast with butter, black coffeelarge pepperoni pizza 3 slicessalad with grilled chicken and ranchmealtexter will parse each item, estimate calories and macros, and save the meal to your daily log.
Logging Meals
Any text message that is not a recognized command is treated as a meal. Just describe what you ate in natural language.
Tips for better accuracy:
- Include quantities when you know them (
2 eggsis better thaneggs). - Mention preparation methods (
grilled chickenvsfried chicken). - You can log multiple items in one message (
burger, fries, and a milkshake). - Brand names work too (
Big Mac and a medium fry).
SMS Commands Reference
mealtexter's SMS interface is focused on meal logging. Advanced features like setting goals, logging weight, configuring notification preferences, and viewing weekly summaries are available on the web dashboard.
| Text | Description |
|---|---|
| (any food description) | Log a meal — just describe what you ate |
/today | Daily calorie and macro summary |
/undo | Remove the last logged meal |
/dashboard | Get a login link for the web dashboard |
/help or /? | Quick command reference via SMS |
STOP | Opt out of all SMS messages |
START | Opt back in to SMS messages |
Any message that does not match a command is treated as a meal and logged automatically.
Logging In to the Dashboard
The web dashboard lets you view your meal history, trends, and settings from a browser.
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Request a login link — Visit mealtexter.com and enter your phone number, or text
dashboardto your mealtexter number. - Check your texts — You will receive an SMS with a one-time login link. The link expires after 15 minutes.
- Open the link — Tap the link to sign in. Your session lasts 7 days before you need to log in again.
Dashboard Features
Today View
See your calorie progress ring (based on your custom goal), today's meals, and macro breakdown at a glance.
History
Browse every meal you have logged, with pagination. Tap any meal to see individual items and their nutrition data. Edit meal text and re-parse to correct entries.
Trends
View daily and weekly bar charts of your calorie intake plus a macro breakdown showing protein, carbs, and fat over time. Log your weight and track it on a chart over 7, 30, or 90 days.
Settings
Change your reply mode, calorie goal, protein goal, summary notification preferences (daily, weekly, or off), and timezone from the settings page.
Subscription & Billing
mealtexter offers two subscription plans:
| Plan | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $9.99/month | Billed monthly, cancel anytime |
| Annual | $99/year | $8.25/month effective, saves $20.88/year |
Both plans include unlimited meal logging, AI-powered nutrition estimates, daily and weekly summaries, the web dashboard, weight tracking, and custom calorie goals.
All billing is handled by Stripe. mealtexter never sees or stores your credit card details.
Cancel Your Account
You can cancel your subscription at any time. There are no cancellation fees and no lock-in period.
Cancel via the Dashboard
- Log in — Visit mealtexter.com and sign in with your phone number.
- Open billing — Go to your account settings and click Manage Subscription. This opens the Stripe billing portal.
- Cancel — In the Stripe portal, click Cancel plan. Your access continues until the end of your current billing period.
What happens after cancellation
- Your subscription remains active until the end of the current billing period.
- You can continue logging meals and using the dashboard until that date.
- After the period ends your account moves to an inactive state.
- Your data is retained — if you resubscribe later, your history will still be there.
SMS Opt-Out
To stop receiving text messages from mealtexter, text any of the following standard opt-out keywords:
STOPSTOPALLUNSUBSCRIBECANCELENDQUITTo opt back in later, text START, YES, or UNSTOP.