A calmer way to track food ✨

Food Journal by SOMOS is a calm, flexible food journal app designed to help you log meals, understand calorie and macro estimates, and notice patterns across hunger, fullness, energy, activity and recovery — without pressure or perfection.

It brings nutrition data together with the wider context of how you eat and how you feel. The aim is not to judge individual meals or keep you chasing perfect daily totals. It is to help you understand what supports you over time.

Food Journal designed for awareness, not obsession.

🤓 Learn more → How Food Journal Works  

Food Journal is not a stripped-down version of MyFitnessPal. The two products are designed around different approaches to food tracking.

MyFitnessPal is a broad nutrition and fitness tracker built around detailed food logging, calorie and macro goals, an extensive food database, scanning tools and connected fitness data. It can work well for people who want detailed targets and an all-in-one tracking platform.

Food Journal takes a more reflective approach. It places calorie and macro estimates alongside hunger, fullness, enjoyment, activity and daily context. Instead of concentrating on whether you stayed within a daily calorie budget, it helps you notice patterns across meals, routines and real life.

There are no red warnings and no pressure to “stay on track”. The aim is to understand what supports you over time—not to judge every meal.

If you'd like a more in depth discussion around the differences in approach, check out our article on Food Journal as a MyFitnessPal alternative. 

Yes. Food Journal provides calorie estimates and a macro breakdown for protein, carbohydrates and fat, alongside fibre and other useful meal information.

These numbers can help you understand your energy intake, nutrient balance and broader eating patterns. They are presented as useful estimates—not exact measurements, targets, scores or judgements.

You can view them alongside hunger, fullness, enjoyment, water, activity and daily context, giving you a fuller picture than calories or macros alone.

The aim is to be macro-aware, not macro-obsessed.

You can learn more about how Food Journal think about calories here.   

Food Journal aims to provide useful estimates, not laboratory measurements.

Accuracy depends partly on the information available. Portion sizes, ingredients, cooking methods, oils, sauces and preparation can all affect the result.

Whole foods naturally vary, while restaurant dishes, home-cooked recipes and mixed meals can be particularly difficult to calculate precisely.

Food labels and nutrition databases also involve some uncertainty.

Adding more detail can give Food Journal more context, but you do not need to weigh every ingredient or describe every meal perfectly.

A number that looks precise should still be treated as an estimate. If a meal is shown as containing 620 calories, for example, that does not mean it contained exactly 620 calories.

Nutrition estimates also do not provide a complete picture of health or how your body will respond to a meal. Sleep, stress, activity, illness, digestion and recovery can all influence hunger, fullness and energy from day to day.

Food Journal therefore focuses on broad trends and patterns over time rather than trying to perfectly balance every number from every meal.

The aim is to be macro-aware, not macro-obsessed.

You can learn more about how Food Journal think about calories here.   

You can log meals in whatever way feels easiest

Use a quick description, upload a photo, reuse a previous meal or add meals through the built-in chat assistant.

Food Journal can estimate calories and macros when helpful, and you can add extra context like hunger, fullness, meal source and how the meal felt.

No weighing, barcode scanning or perfect detail required.

Read the full guide on logging meals.   

No. Food Journal is designed for consistency over perfection.

You do not need to log every meal, every day or every detail. A useful pattern over time is more important than a perfect record.

You can always come back after busy days, travel or disrupted routines and catch up with what you remember.

Food Journal works best when it supports real life, not when it becomes another thing to get right.

We'd recommend taking a look at our article on how to track food without becoming obsessive.  

Hunger signals help you understand how food actually affects you — not just what you ate.

You can optionally log:

• how hungry you felt before eating 
• how full you felt after 
• how full you felt 30 minutes later 

You can also capture how a meal felt — for example whether it was enjoyable, social, mindful, rushed or nourishing.

Over time, this gives you a clearer picture of what “works” for you — which meals keep you satisfied, support your energy, and fit your lifestyle.

Yes — Food Journal can support active people, weight loss, maintenance and performance goals.

It includes calorie and macro breakdowns, so you can understand nutrition data such as protein, carbs, fat and overall energy intake. But it also helps you look beyond numbers by connecting meals with hunger, fullness, enjoyment, activity, recovery and weekly patterns.

People use it for:

• fat loss 
• maintenance 
• strength and endurance training 
• general health and wellbeing 

Rather than strict plans or targets, the journal focuses on awareness, patterns and consistency — so your approach can evolve in a way that feels sustainable.

Food Journal is not a specialist sports nutrition plan or clinical nutrition service. For elite sport, medical conditions, eating disorder recovery or highly personalised performance targets, it is best to work with a qualified professional.

Yes.

Each week, you can download a clear summary report showing your averages, patterns and key context — including meals, nutrition estimates, hunger and fullness signals, water, activity and recovery.

These reports are designed to be easy to share with a coach, PT, dietitian, doctor or other healthcare professional.

The focus is on clarity and insight — not overwhelming data.

You can learn more about weekly reports here.  

No. Food Journal is a self-reflection and educational tool, not a medical or clinical nutrition service.

It provides nutrition estimates, journal summaries and prompts that can help you explore what you have logged and notice patterns over time. It does not diagnose medical conditions, treat symptoms, prescribe diets or create personalised clinical nutrition plans.

Ask FJ can help you understand information in your journal and reflect on your habits, but it is not a doctor or dietitian and its responses should not be treated as professional advice.

If you have a medical condition, food allergies, a prescribed diet, are pregnant, or have an eating disorder or a history of disordered eating, speak to a doctor, registered dietitian or another appropriately qualified healthcare professional before using food tracking to guide changes.

Food Journal may not be suitable for everyone. If tracking calories or macros causes anxiety or encourages restrictive or compulsive behaviour, stop using those features and seek appropriate support.

You can download your Food Journal reports and share them with a qualified professional to support a more informed conversation.

Food Journal by SOMOS costs £5.99/month or £59.99/year at the standard UK price.

The annual plan works out at less than 20p a day at the standard UK price and includes a £10 contribution to grassroots social impact work.

To make Food Journal more accFood Journal by SOMOS costs £5.99/month or £59.99/year at the standard UK price.  

The annual plan works out at less than 20p a day at the standard UK price and includes a £10 contribution to grassroots social impact work.  

To make Food Journal more accessible, we do offer customers in 128 countries up to 30% off the UK pricing. If you're in an eligible country, you'll see a discount code on our website!  

If you are eligible for country-specific pricing, the discount comes from the SOMOS side. The £10 annual contribution is not reduced.  

You can try it for 14 days. If it is not useful, you can get a full refund — no questions asked.  

You can learn more about our Impact Fund here.  

Food Journal is paid because we want to keep the experience clean, calm and focused on you.

A free tier often means products need to make money in other ways — through adverts, data-driven targeting, upsells or distractions. That is not the kind of journal we want to build.

To make Food Journal more accessible, we do offer customers in 128 countries up to 30% off the UK pricing. If you're in an eligible country, you'll a discount code on our website!

You can try Food Journal for 14 days. If it is not useful, you can get a full refund — no questions asked.

Yes.

Your data is private by default and only visible to you. SOMOS does not sell user data or use it for advertising.

The journal is built as part of a values-led ecosystem focused on long-term wellbeing and trust.