Photo scan

Photograph your plate. Get a calm read.

Take a photo of your meal and Damson names the foods, estimates each amount in grams, and reads the plate back to you in plain sentences, with no score and no grade.

Damson's read of a photographed plate of grilled meat with rice and vegetables. Under the photo, a card marks the carbohydrate as not whole with protein and fibre alongside, and a paragraph says most of the carbohydrate comes from the cooked white rice and that the order can help: the meat, vegetables and beets first, the rice last.

Real screens from the app, some with demo data.

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What does Damson see in a photo of my plate?

It names the foods it can see and puts an estimated amount in grams next to each one. Every amount says about, because a photograph cannot weigh anything. Before a single thing is saved you see the whole list, and every number on it is yours to correct. Change a weight, search for the right food when one was misread, or tap a card to leave a food out. The number you give is the one that is kept.

If you live with PCOS, now also called PMOS, you have probably met food logs that ask for precision you do not have at seven in the evening. This one starts from the photo and lets you fix what it got wrong, which is a record you can keep up on an ordinary week.

Damson's review screen for the same plate. It says every weight below is an estimate and nothing is saved until you say so. Cooked beets show 70 g, cooked white rice has been changed to 150 g with an option to go back to the estimate of 100 g, and grilled meat shows 150 g.

How does the read describe a meal?

In a few sentences rather than a number. The read says how the carbohydrate on the plate arrives, in whole form or not, and it only makes that call where a published grain standard applies. Protein, fibre and fat sit on the same read, so you can see what the carbohydrate comes with. Sometimes it suggests an order to eat the plate in, such as the meat and vegetables first and the rice last.

There is no score, no grade and no list of forbidden foods. Damson never says a food is good or bad for PCOS. If you want to see where a number came from, How this was calculated opens the working. The nutrients come from public food tables, USDA FoodData Central, the UK's CoFID and Open Food Facts, and are never invented.

The same read with its estimated amounts opened: grilled meat with 4 g of carbohydrate, cooked white rice with 28 g, mixed vegetables with 10 g and cooked beets with 7 g, under a link that says how this was calculated.

What happens to the photo?

It is sent once to be read and is never stored by us. What stays is the meal itself, saved with your day on your iPhone and synced to your own iCloud. Once you have logged a period, the read knows your cycle day and can take it into account. That is all we mean when we call Damson a cycle-aware food log: it knows the day because you logged your period.

One photo read a day is free. The full Damson lifts the limit. And if the photo happens to show a retail barcode, Damson looks the product up instead of guessing at the plate.

Damson's Today screen after saving. A card says grilled meat with rice and vegetables is saved with your day, with protein and fibre, and offers to open the plate or ask about it. Below it are cards for symptoms and the cycle.

Questions about the food scanner

Is there a food scanner app for PCOS?

Damson is an iPhone app built for PCOS, now also called PMOS, that reads a photo of your plate. It names the foods it sees, estimates each amount in grams, and describes how the carbohydrate arrives alongside protein, fibre and fat. You confirm every food before anything is saved.

Does Damson count calories from a photo?

No. Damson never calculates calories and has no calorie targets. It shows the foods and their amounts in grams, with protein, fibre and fat on the same read.

How accurate are the amounts?

They are estimates, and every one of them says about. You can change any amount before you save, and the number you give is the one that is kept. The nutrients behind them come from public food tables: USDA FoodData Central, UK CoFID and Open Food Facts.

Is the photo scan free?

One photo read a day is free, for good. The full Damson, a subscription with a free trial, removes the daily limit. Barcode, search and writing a food yourself stay free and unlimited for everyone.

Do you keep my food photos?

No. The photo is sent once to be read and is never stored by us. The meal you save lives on your iPhone and syncs to your own iCloud, which you can switch off.