Introducing Parsely: food logging that feels like a text
Parsely turns plain-language meals into calories and macros—and lets you log from Messages. Here’s what we’re building and why consistency beats catalog perfection.
The hard part of tracking isn’t “knowing what to eat.” It’s logging what you actually ate—before the day runs away from you.
Parsely is an iOS food and calorie tracker built around that habit. Type what you ate in plain English in the app, or send the same line by SMS from the built-in Messages app. Everything lands in one account and one daily log.
What’s in the first release
- Natural-language meal entry with calories, protein, carbs, fat, and a confidence signal before you save.
- SMS logging with a short macro reply so you don’t have to open the app for the “I just ate this” moment.
- A unified dashboard: progress toward your goals, macro bars, and a timeline with source (app vs message).
- Goals for calories and macros, set during onboarding or in settings.
- Sign in with Apple and cloud sync so the same log follows you across entry paths.
Why we’re building this
Traditional trackers optimize for huge databases and perfect matches. That helps sometimes—but it often trains people to quit. We optimize for the log you’ll actually keep: seconds to enter, honest estimates, and transparency when the model is unsure.
“The best log is the one you don’t abandon—even if gram-level precision is theoretically “better.””
v1 is intentionally tight: no barcode scanner, no photo AI, no social feed—just a fast loop. We’d love your feedback as we grow.