Eating out · Practical guide
From restaurant bill to food diary
Use your bill as a reminder of what you ordered, then record only what you ate.
28 October 2026 · 3 min read
Dinner is over. The details are still on the bill.
You shared a curry, had some rice and ordered a drink. Instead of remembering every dish later, use the bill to build a draft list. The final decision stays with you: which items were yours, how much you ate and what to save.
Illustrative example below, not a scan result or nutrition estimate.
- 1 vegetable curry
- Shared · enter only your portion
- 2 rice orders
- Ordered quantity · check what you ate
- 1 lime soda
- Check preparation and your serving
From receipt to reviewed meal.
01
Start with the bill
Take a clear photo or choose an existing image, then select Restaurant bill in the review screen. Crop or cover names, phone numbers and payment details before sending it for analysis.
02
Review the dish list
Read bill items prepares a list of food and drink names. Check abbreviations and unclear lines against the original. Taxes, tips, discounts and totals do not belong in your food diary. A scan reads up to 12 distinct items; add anything missing manually.
03
Choose what you actually ate
A shared bill is not a personal meal log. Select your dishes, leave other people’s orders out, and account for leftovers. Two portions on the bill does not mean you ate both.
04
Check portions, then save
Enter your portion in grams and choose the meal. Search your food catalogue for a suitable match, or leave nutrition unknown when you do not have reliable information. Review the completed list before adding it to the diary.
Before you scan.
Does a bill tell Track the calories?
No. Prices and order quantities do not establish weight, ingredients or nutrition. Bill scanning leaves those values unknown. You can choose a catalogue food or enter reliable nutrition yourself.
What about a shared dish?
Log only your share, using a portion you can reasonably establish. Track does not divide every dish equally or assume that everything ordered was eaten.
Is scanning available today?
The bill-review flow is in development. It depends on the AI scanning rollout and is not yet available in the public app. You can already use a bill as a reference while adding foods manually.
What happens to the photo?
The proposed flow asks before sending the image for AI analysis. It does not attach the bill image to saved foods. Server scanning shares the existing scan allowance and retry policy; review the in-app disclosure before sending.
Keep a diary today.
While bill scanning is in development, use manual food entry to record your meal and portions.