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What is the difference between AI Tracking and the Traditional Tracking?

Lifesum offers two distinct tracking experiences to help you log your meals: AI Tracking and Traditional Tracking. Understanding the differences can help you choose the method that best suits your lifestyle and preferences.

AI Tracking (Premium Feature)

AI Tracking is a Lifesum Premium feature that leverages AI to simplify food logging. It offers multiple intuitive ways to add meals:

Voice input
Text descriptions
Photo recognition

With AI Tracking, you can quickly capture your meals without having to manually search through the food database. Just snap a photo, describe your meal, or speak it—and the AI will do the rest.

Features Available with AI Tracking:

AI Tracking, including voice, text, and photo tracking
Favorites
Quick Track
Barcode Scanner
Recipes
Recently tracked meals
Classic Food Search

Diary Interface

Your Diary displays predefined meal sections:

Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Dinner

Tap on any meal section to add food items directly or press the green "+" button at the bottom of the app from the Diary page.

Traditional Tracking

Traditional Tracking is the standard food logging method and is available to all users.

You manually browse or search Lifesum’s extensive food database to log items, similar to conventional food tracking apps.

Features Available with Traditional Tracking:

Manual food search using the database
Barcode Scanner
Favorites
Quick Track
Recipes
Recently tracked meals

You can access the AI Tracking flow even with AI Tracking deactivated. Just open one of the meals from your Diary and you will find an option to "Track with AI".

Diary Interface

Your Diary displays predefined meal sections:

Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Dinner

Tap on any meal section to add food items directly or press the green "+" button at the bottom of the app from the Diary page.

Switching Between Tracking Modes

You can switch between AI Tracking and Traditional Tracking at any time:

Go to: Diary -> scroll down -> press Customize Diary.
Toggle off AI Tracking to return to Traditional Tracking.

For a fast, smart, and flexible food-logging experience, AI Tracking is an ideal choice. Prefer a more structured, manual approach? Stick with Traditional Tracking.

Pick the one that works best for you!

Updated on: 22/05/2026

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