Recipes and a meal plan
Diet and allergy filters, a plan sized to your calorie target, and a shopping list built from it. Recipes are suggestions, not allergy advice.
Android first. iPhone later.
Food, workouts and screen time in one calm app
Free core app. No ads. Made for people who like their numbers checked.
- Free core app
- No ads
- Export or delete in the app
- Free core appLogging, barcode scanning, workouts and targets stay free.
- No adsNo ad SDKs. Your health data is not sold.
- Yours to takeExport everything, or delete your account, in the app.
- Android firstClosed beta now. iPhone comes later, with no date yet.
Log it in seconds. Check the number.
Barcode scan. USDA food list. Recipes. Meal plan.
Scan a barcode, search a food or type it in. Vital shows where each number came from and flags calories that do not match the protein, fat and carbs, so you can fix them before you log. No signal? Entries wait on your phone and sync later.
- Barcode scanning is free and stays free.
- A USDA-based food list that works offline.
- More than 80 recipes, a weekly meal plan and a shopping list.
Lift. Log. Beat last time.
Sets. Records. Plate math. Muscle map.
Log sets with a rest timer, see a personal record when you beat one, and let the plate calculator do the arithmetic. The muscle map shows what you trained this week and what you did not.
- Ready-made plans, or build your own program.
- A suggestion for your next session, with the reason.
- Training days can raise your calorie target by an amount you choose.
See the whole week at once.
Weekly recap. Screen time. Check-in.
Once a week Vital shows what happened with your food and your training, then asks for a quick check-in. Screen time sits next to them: set a daily budget, run focus timers, and see the trend.
- The recap counts days you logged anything, not only food.
- Missed a day? Mark it, and estimates never count toward streaks or badges.
- Screen time is entered by you. Vital cannot read your phone's usage automatically.
Bring your own AI.
Claude. ChatGPT. Your log, your token.
Vital has no built-in AI in the first release. If you already use Claude or ChatGPT, you can connect it to your own log: create an access token in the app, read-only unless you say otherwise, and your AI app can read your food, workouts and weight. Connecting is part of Premium.
- The token is yours. Revoke it any time and it stops working at once.
- It cannot export everything, change settings or delete your account.
- What an AI app reads goes to that AI company, so connect only one you trust.
Plenty more inside.
Small things that make a tracker something you keep using
Badges
Earn badges for streaks and personal bests. Estimated days never count, so a badge means you really logged it.
Your look
Light, dark and true black themes, accent colors, and Home layouts you can rearrange.
Water, vitamins and fasting
Log water, tick off vitamins and pills, and time a fast. Every reminder has an off switch.
Progress you can read
A weight trend that smooths out water swings, calorie charts, body measurements and a weekly pace check.
Your data, your call
PIN lock, a full data export, and account deletion from Settings. The Privacy Policy says exactly what is collected.
Some of these extras are part of the optional Premium plan. The Free and Premium section below says which, and the app shows the final list before you pay for anything.
Set up once. Then it stays out of the way.
How it works in three steps
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Tell it your goal
Answer a few questions. Vital estimates your calories with the Mifflin-St Jeor equation and sets protein, fat and carb targets. Every number is yours to edit.
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Log food and lifts
Scan, search or log a meal again. Log sets as you train. Entries made offline wait on your phone and sync when you are back online.
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Check in each week
The weekly recap shows what happened. A short check-in sets one thing to focus on next week.
Three apps, or one?
Why Vital puts it all in one place
The usual setup
- A food tracker for meals.
- A lifting log for sets.
- Screen time buried in your phone's settings.
- Separate accounts, and possibly separate subscriptions.
- Totals that never talk to each other.
With Vital
- One account for food, training and screen time.
- A training day can raise your calorie target by an amount you choose.
- One weekly recap that sees all of it.
- Numbers that show their source and flag what looks wrong.
- One export of everything, whenever you want it.
Where Vital is not the answer
- If you only log lifts, a dedicated lifting app is a fine choice. Vital is for people who also want food in the same place.
- Food databases can be wrong, including the ones Vital uses. Vital flags what it can spot and lets you edit, but it cannot promise any entry is right.
- There is no Health Connect or Apple Health sync yet, and screen time is entered by hand.
Free where it counts.
Premium is optional and shown in the app. No prices here, because they are not final.
Free
The daily loop, with no ads and no time limit.
- Food logging: search, barcode scan, recents and your own foods
- Workout logging with a rest timer, plate calculator and personal records
- Water, weight and daily targets you can edit
- Light and dark themes, units, PIN lock and badges
- Export your data and delete your account
- A starter set of recipes, plans and charts
Premium
Optional. More depth, for people who want it.
- The full recipe library, meal plans and shopping list
- Longer charts, the weekly nutrition report and the full weekly recap
- The muscle map, workout calendar and per-exercise progress
- Screen time trends and focus history
- Accent colors, true black and more Home layouts
- Connecting Claude or ChatGPT to your log
This is the plan today, and it can change before launch. Premium is billed by Google Play, and you can cancel in your Google account at any time. If you stop paying, nothing you logged is deleted. The app is the source of truth: it shows what each plan includes and the price before you pay.
User stories
Stories coming
Vital is not public yet, so there are no user stories to show, and none will be made up. When beta testers choose to share how they use it, their own words will go here, with their permission.
In-depth articles
All articles and guides
How it works
How Vital works out your daily targets
The equation, the activity factor and the goal adjustment, step by step, with the limits of each.
Read the article ResearchHow much protein do you need?
What the main position stand and the largest meta-analysis say, and what they do not.
Read the article DataWhere food numbers come from, and why they can be wrong
USDA FoodData Central, Open Food Facts, and how Vital checks a barcode result.
Read the articleProduct updates
Settings and Profile
- Settings is sorted into sections, each row shows its current value, and a search box finds any setting.
- Body measurements: log waist, chest, hips, arms and thighs, all optional, with a chart for each.
- About lists where Vital's food data comes from and how to send feedback.
Added before the beta
- Light, dark or system theme, and reminders with a time you choose.
- Food numbers from barcodes and search are checked before you log them.
- A plate calculator and personal records in workouts.
These notes come from the What's new screen inside the app. They are written before launch, so they describe the app as it is now.
Questions
Is Vital on Google Play yet?
Not yet. It is in a closed Android beta. Until there is a real Google Play listing, this site shows "Coming soon" and never links to a store. Join the Android beta or leave your email above to hear when that changes.
What does it cost?
The core app is free: logging food, barcode scanning, workouts, targets, export and delete. Premium is an optional plan with extras. Prices are not final, so none are listed here, and the app shows them before you pay for anything.
Does Vital have a built-in AI?
No, not in the first release. The coach gives rule-based quick answers. If you want an AI, you can add your own key from a provider (free), or connect Claude or ChatGPT to your log (a Premium feature). Both are optional and off until you set them up.
What about iPhone?
Android comes first. An iPhone version is planned, with no date. Tick "I use an iPhone" on a sign-up form and we will tell you when it is out.
How accurate are the food numbers?
They are good estimates, not lab results. Common foods come from USDA FoodData Central. Packaged foods come from Open Food Facts, which people fill in themselves. Vital checks that calories roughly match the macros and shows a notice when they do not. When a number matters, check the package.
Who can use it?
You must be at least 16 to create an account, per the Terms of Service.
Be early to Vital.
Android beta now. Google Play next. iPhone later.