Slate and HealthifyMe
HealthifyMe is an Indian health app with photo and voice food logging, an Indian food database, an AI assistant and paid one-on-one coaching with nutritionists and dietitians, on iPhone and Android. Slate is a calorie journal for iPhone with no login, no ads and no coaching, where you type what you ate and each number is worked out from a recipe in grams and adjusted for your own kitchen.
Side by side
| Slate | HealthifyMe | |
|---|---|---|
| How you log food | Type a line the way you'd say it, in English or Hinglish. Barcode and label scanning are free; photo and voice logging come with Slate Plus. | Photo and voice logging, including automatic logging from photos in your gallery (App Store India). |
| Indian home food | Dishes are worked out from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values, then adjusted for your katori, roti, oil and chai. | Describes a large Indian food database; its app page says 10,000+ Indian foods (healthifyme.com). Figures differ across its pages. |
| Restaurant food | Outside food is counted with more oil and a bigger portion than home food. With Plus, share a Swiggy or Zomato order to log it. | Not stated on the pages we checked. |
| Free tier | Free forever: writing on Slate, your kitchen, scanning, macros and How we got this. Nothing free moves behind Plus. | Free to download with in-app purchases. The free features aren't listed on the pages we checked. |
| Price in India | Free. Slate Plus is ₹399 a month or ₹2,999 a year, with 7 days free on yearly. | In-app purchases on App Store India range from ₹499 to ₹4,199 for Smart Plan and ₹499 to ₹1,899 for Healthify+; durations aren't shown. Coaching prices aren't listed (App Store India). |
| Login required | No. Slate creates an anonymous account on your phone. | Yes. Its Terms of Use say you need to register and create a member account (Terms). |
| Ads | No ads, no ad SDKs and no tracking. | The App Store India listing declares advertising; the Google Play India listing doesn't show "Contains ads". Not stated for the free version. |
| Where data is stored | Mumbai, India. | AWS in Singapore and India, with OpenAI (United States) and Google Cloud (Singapore) for AI features, per its trust centre (trust centre). |
| Coaching or sales calls | None. Slate never suggests a goal or a diet. | One-on-one coaching with nutritionists and dietitians as a premium service, and a free coach consultation call. Its Terms include consent to calls about progress and promotional offers (Terms). |
| Platforms | iPhone only (iOS 18 and later). | iPhone and Android (Google Play). Syncs with Apple Health; a web login page exists. |
Where Slate is different
- No login. There's no account to create and no email or phone number to give; Slate creates an anonymous account on your phone.
- No ads, no ad SDKs, no tracking, no coaches and no sales calls. Your Slate is stored in Mumbai, India, and you can export or delete all of it from Settings.
- Built around Indian kitchens. Home dishes are worked out from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values, then adjusted for your katori (150, 200 or 250 ml), your roti and your oil. Tap any number to see how it was worked out.
- Written the way you'd say it: "2 roti aur ek katori dal", "kam tel", "bina cheeni". If Slate can't recognise a line it counts it as zero rather than guessing.
- Free forever, with a public promise that nothing free today moves behind Plus. Slate never suggests a goal.
Where HealthifyMe is a better fit
- You want a person to guide you. HealthifyMe offers one-on-one coaching with nutritionists and dietitians; Slate has no coaching.
- You use Android. HealthifyMe is on Android and iPhone; Slate is iPhone only.
- You'd rather log by photo than by typing. HealthifyMe's Snap logs meals from photos, and can log automatically from your gallery.
- You want a broader health app, with an AI assistant and paid plans, rather than a journal that leaves goals to you.
Questions people ask
What's the difference between Slate and HealthifyMe?
HealthifyMe is a health app with photo logging, an AI assistant and paid human coaching, on iPhone and Android, and it needs an account. Slate is a calorie journal for iPhone with no login, no ads and no coaching, where each number is worked out from a recipe and adjusted for your katori, roti and oil.
Does Slate have coaching like HealthifyMe?
No. Slate has no coaches and no sales calls, and it never suggests a goal. If you want a nutritionist or dietitian, an app with coaching, or a dietitian you see in person, is a better fit.
Is Slate free?
Yes. Slate is free forever. Slate Plus is optional, at ₹399 a month or ₹2,999 a year, with 7 days free on yearly.
Related
HealthifyMe is a trademark of its owner. Slate is not affiliated with it. Details checked on 11 October 2026 and may have changed. Sources are linked in the table; the full list is kept with the date we checked each one.