Chow
chow.fit- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Rank
- No. 233Apps board
Previous survey · No. 219 ·
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Type
- APP
- Date
About
Chow is an AGPL-licensed food diary written in Gleam that can be self-hosted with a Dockerfile or used on the author's hosted instance. It has no ads, tracking or AI features. All features except sync work without a subscription. Sync is optional and paid, and data is stored as plain text files on the device.
At a glance
Chow is a food diary with a free device-only mode and optional sync. It is worth trying if you want a simple log you can export and are comfortable checking how well its food search works for you.
Good fit
People who want to keep a food diary on one device without creating an account.
Consider something else when
Skip hosted sync if you require end-to-end encryption. The privacy policy says the service stores diary entries and foods when you sign in to sync.
Start here
Open the app and choose Create a diary under work offline. Try a sample food search before committing to the app. The search offered manual food creation when neither database returned results.
Cost and requirements
The site lists a free local plan and optional sync after a free allowance. At review, it listed sync at $4.95 monthly or $39.95 yearly. The policy describes full diary export and says the local diary is stored on your device.
Limits to know
Both food lookup providers returned 503 for the test query. Local diary setup worked. Saving a food, syncing across devices and exporting a diary remain untested.
Sources checked 2026-11-05. Source-based assessment.
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