Repstra

How to log a meal — or just photograph it

Search the food database, scan a barcode, or snap a photo and let SOVARA read the plate — every path ends with your macros logged in seconds.

3 min readUpdated 21 July 2026

Most people quit tracking because logging is a chore. Repstra gives you four ways in — pick the fastest one for the meal in front of you.

  1. 1

    Pick your logging path

    On the Nutrition tab: + Search food hits the food database, Scan reads a barcode, Talk it lets you say what you ate, and 📸 Snap a meal is the AI photo scanner. Repeat meals show up as Quick re-logchips — one tap and yesterday's breakfast is logged again.

  2. 2

    Snap a meal: photograph the plate

    Tap 📸 Snap a meal, then Take a photo (or Choose from library). You can add a note first — “the bowl is quinoa” — to help the read. SOVARA breaks the plate into individual foods, each with an estimated amount and a confidence tag.

  3. 3

    Review the estimates

    Every item is an editable card: nudge the quantity with the stepper or the grams field, tap Swap if a food was misread, anything that isn't yours, and pick the meal — Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Snack. The running total updates as you adjust. Treat it as a smart first draft: you approve, it counts.

  4. 4

    Log all

    Tap Log all. Every item lands in your day, your macro totals update, and your coach sees real food logged — not a blank day.

The Nutrition tab in the Repstra app with logged meals and macro totals

The Nutrition tab — every logging path starts here.

Note
On the web, the same paths live on your nutrition page — including Snap a meal · SOVARA reads macros and a manual + Log custom food form. The web scanner logs the plate as one combined dish rather than itemised foods.
Tip
A rough log beats no log. Photo estimates won't be gram-perfect — they don't need to be. Consistency is what your targets and your coach actually run on.
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