Friday · 7:42 pm
Dinner at Kōya
ADSwith Ana, Dewi and Sam
3 food · 1 drink
Last time here
Your 4th visit. Back for the tuna steak, again.
New in 2.2Your own tabs, share cards and more
The food journal app for eating outSnap the table.Keep the whole night.
point at the table5 saves in about a second
PlateDiary is a restaurant journal that fills itself in. One photo cuts every dish into a save, right on your phone — then keeps it by place, by night, and by who was across the table.
Free on iPhone and AndroidNo accountWorks offlineSee how it works
02three seconds
Snap, keep, done. That's the whole thing.
The camera lives inside PlateDiary, so there's no app switch and no waiting. On-device machine learning lifts each dish and drink out of the photo — no tracing, no typing. Names, stars and notes can wait. Forever, if you like.
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1Snap the table
One photo of the whole table, from the camera built into the app — or go dish by dish and stack the shots. Photos you already took work too.
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2Every dish lifts off
Each dish and drink is cut out as a save with a die-cut edge, in about a second, right on your phone. It works in airplane mode.
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3Keep, and you're done
Tap Keep and the night is saved. Every name, star, note, price and companion is optional — a save is happy as it is.
New in 2.1: with PlateDiary Premium, pick how saves land — Lazy Susan, Pancake Flip, Confetti Pop and more, or Surprise me. The classic snap stays free.
03new in 2.1 · PlateDiary AI
Then it names the whole table for you.
Tap Read and PlateDiary AI names every dish, with its cuisine and a few tags. A name you already typed stays yours — the AI's idea waits beside it as a suggestion. And Keep never waits for the read.
- Small pictures of the cut-out dishes go up, with the place's name as a hint — never the table photo, faces, or your location
- It asks once, before the first read, and nothing is kept on the server
- No signal? Snap and keep as always; the AI card just says it's offline
10 free tries for everyone
More about PlateDiary AINice table.
- Loaded nachosMexican · #cheesy #sharing #crunchy
- Tuna steakSeared tuna? your name stays
Caesar saladItalian-American · #fresh #greens #crouton- Garlic friesAmerican · #crispy #side #garlic
Ayam bakarIndonesian · #grilled #rice #savory
04a moment
Saves become moments, on their own.
Snap a few dishes over a long dinner and they land together — same place, about ninety minutes. Add who was there and a note if you like. Come back another night and the moment remembers your last time here.
Every moment goes on your board. Your food journal opens on your newest table, and the craving wheel is one tap away when nobody can decide where to eat.
Five ways to look back — one swipe between them
- MomentYour newest table first, saves laid out the way the table looked.
- MonthA food calendar where each day wears its top save.
- ListEvery dish in order, and how many times you've had it.
- PlacesEvery restaurant you've eaten at, your usual and your menu there.
- CompanionsThe people at your table, and where it all started.
06your diary, answered
Ask your diary. Get your month, served.
“Where do I usually go with Ana?” Ask your food diary in plain words, and the answer comes back with your own saves and places as cards. At the end of a month, the month comes back to you as a story.
Where did I last have sate?
Looking through 126 saves
At Warung Bu Sri in Bandung, three weeks ago — your fifth time there. You had the sate ayam, again, with Dewi.
Warung Bu SriBandung · 5 visits
Sate ayameaten 5× · ★★★★★
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Served
Your September, served.
23 saves · 9 tables · 4 cities
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Dish of the month
Sate ayam
5 times, all at Warung Bu Sri
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Your table personality
The Regular
You went back to your favourite places nine times.
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A letter from September
Dear you — this month tasted like charcoal smoke in Bandung and one very long Friday at Kōya. Same order, every time. Never change.
Written by PlateDiary AI
- Served tells a finished month or year in pages — made on your phone, with a title, a table personality and a letter PlateDiary AI can write
- Smart collections read your sentence on your phone first; PlateDiary AI only helps if you tap
- Here again writes one line for a place from your own notes
- Calories, only if you want them: switch them on and each dish gets one rough “~” number, plus a Calories page. Off unless you turn them on
Ask PlateDiary is for PlateDiary AI members, 25 questions a day. Each question sends only the few rows it needs, and nothing is kept.
07yours
Your food-memory library stays on your phone.
snap, cut, name and browse — all with zero bars
- Photos, saves, notes, tags, companions, and places remain on your device
- Capture, cutouts and browsing work with zero bars
- PlateDiary AI asks first, then sends only what each feature needs — small pictures of the cut-out dishes and the place's name for a read, a few of your words for the rest. Never the table photo, faces, or your location, and nothing is kept
- Backups can keep a copy in your own iCloud Drive or a Google Drive file you pick
- Limited usage and crash diagnostics help improve PlateDiary
- Purchases, PlateDiary AI and optional GIF search use their named providers
- No PlateDiary account, ads, or selling your personal data
09more from the kitchen
Hungry for more?
Guides to keeping a food journal, honest comparisons, every feature up close, a wheel for when nobody can decide what to eat, and a calculator for when the bill arrives.
- FeaturesEvery feature, up closeCut-outs, Places, companions, the map, widgets and more — one page each.Open the features
- GuidesHow to keep a food journalIdeas, templates and the little rituals of people who remember every meal out.Read the guides
- ComparePlateDiary next to the restNotes apps, photo albums, map lists and other food apps, side by side.See the comparisons
Free toolWhat should I eat? wheelSpin it in your browser when the whole table says “anything”.Spin the wheel- Free toolSplit bill calculatorSplit evenly or dish by dish, with service, tax and tip in the right order.Split the bill
- Made forFood trips, couples, café hoppersHow different people use PlateDiary, from solo diners to whole families.Find yours
- CaloriesA calorie counter for eating outRough numbers for restaurant dishes, and how the opt-in Calories page works. In the app, calories are off unless you turn them on.How it works
- Calories by dishFrom nasi goreng to pad thaiTypical restaurant servings, dish by dish and cuisine by cuisine. Off unless you turn them on in the app.Browse the dishes
- Restaurant journalRemember what you orderedEvery restaurant, every dish, and who was across the table.Read more
- PlateDiary AIAn AI food journal that asks firstWhat it names, what it answers, and exactly what leaves your phone.Meet PlateDiary AI
- What's newPlateDiary 2.2Your own tabs, the Tools rail, share cards and every release before it.Read the notes
- AboutPlateDiary, in factsWhat it is, where it runs, how it treats your data, and a press kit.About PlateDiary
Baca dalam Bahasa IndonesiaHalo, Indonesia — PlateDiary juga ada dalam bahasamu.
?before you order
Before you snap the first table.
Is PlateDiary a diet app?
No. PlateDiary is for remembering meals out — no counting by default, no pressure, just the table the way you remember it. If you do want a rough number, PlateDiary AI has Calories you can switch on; they stay off unless you turn them on.
How do dishes turn into saves on their own?
On-device machine learning finds each dish and drink in your photo and cuts it out automatically — no tracing, no tapping around plates. It happens right on your phone, in about a second.
What does PlateDiary AI do?
It names the dishes you snap, with their cuisine and a few tags, and never overwrites a name you typed. Members can also ask their diary questions in plain words. It writes the words for Served, your month and year stories, helps a smart collection read a sentence, and writes a Here again line for a place from your own notes.
What does PlateDiary AI send off my phone?
Only what each feature needs, and only after you say yes once: small pictures of the cut-out dishes, with the place's name as a hint, for a read, or a few of your own words — a question, a sentence, some dish and place names — for the rest. Never the table photo, faces, or your location. Nothing is kept on the server, and capture, cutouts and browsing never need it.
Is PlateDiary AI free?
Everyone gets 10 free tries. After that, PlateDiary AI is a membership that includes all of PlateDiary Premium, and Ask PlateDiary is for members. Prices come from your store, in your currency.
Do I need an account?
No sign-in is required, and your food-memory library stays on your phone. Limited technical services and optional online features — such as GIF search, PlateDiary AI and purchase verification — connect only for those jobs. The privacy policy explains each one.
Can I add photos I already took?
Yes. Bring photos in from your library and they cut into saves the same way a fresh snap does.
What if I skip naming or rating a dish?
Nothing is required. Every save starts as "other" and is happy to stay that way — add a name, a star, or a companion only when you feel like it.
Is PlateDiary on Android?
Yes — PlateDiary is on both iPhone and Android, and it's free to download on either. Every widget is on Android too, on the Home Screen, since Android phones have no Lock Screen widgets.
✎compliments to the chef
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