Ballpark
Everyone hates counting calories.
So we stopped counting and started guessing. Point your camera at food, get a rough number, get on with your day. No sign-up, no database search, no weighing rice.
How it works
Two taps, roughly.
The whole app is built around one loop, and it's a short one.
Point it at food
The camera is the home screen. Open, snap. If it's easier to say it, say it: "two slices of pepperoni and a beer" works too.
We take an educated guess
You get a rough number with an honest range, like ~650, somewhere between 550 and 750. The wavier the squiggle, the less sure we are.
That's it, go eat
It saves itself. If we got it wrong, tell it in plain words. "The rice was half that" is a complete correction.
The app
Not much app here.
Four screens. Anything more would be a chore, and chores get deleted.
Why rough
Honestly ~rough.
Every calorie app pretends it knows your lunch was exactly 647. It doesn't. Photo AI is roughly right at best, so Ballpark says so out loud: ranges, squiggles, and a tilde in front of every number. Roughly right beats precisely abandoned.
And your food diary is yours: everything stays on your phone. Photos are used for the guess, then forgotten. No account and no ads. Nothing here gets sold to anyone.
Pricing
The free part stays free.
Two plans. The free one isn't a trial.
Free
€0
forever
- 30 photo guesses a month
- Typing or saying it, as much as you want
- The whole app, no locked screens
Pro
€29.99
a year, or €5.99 a month
- Unlimited photo guesses
- Your whole history
- Yearly works out about 58% cheaper than monthly
Questions
Fair questions.
How accurate is it, really?
Roughly right. A photo guess is a guess, and it gets closer when you add a note like "huge portion, extra rice." We show a range instead of one confident number, and we don't quote an accuracy figure, because we'd be guessing at that too. If you need gram-level precision, you want a food scale and a different app, and we mean that kindly.
What happens to my photos?
They're sent to an AI model to produce the guess, then discarded. We don't store them, and your food log lives only on your phone. The details are in the privacy policy, which is short because there isn't much to confess.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no sign-up at all. Open the app, point it at lunch.
When is Android coming?
After iOS earns it. The app is built cross-platform, so the honest answer is soon-ish.
Is this medical advice?
No. Ballpark gives rough estimates for everyday awareness. If you're managing a medical condition or working with a professional, use the tools they recommend.