Health disclaimer
Everything the app shows you is an estimate
Calories and macros in PlatePilot come from three imperfect sources: automated analysis of a photo, a bundled food catalogue, and what you type in. All three can be wrong. Portion size is the hardest thing to judge from a photograph, and small portion errors move calorie totals a long way. Nutrition varies between a restaurant’s version of a dish and yours, and between a label and its contents.
Review estimates before you save them, correct what looks off, and use packaging or a kitchen scale when you need precision. Do not use PlatePilot to make medical decisions.
What the fasting features do and don’t claim
PlatePilot deliberately reports facts about your logs, not claims about your body. It shows the time since your last logged calories and the eating window your logs imply. It will not tell you that you are “in ketosis”, “in a fasting state”, or that you should or shouldn’t eat now — those are physiological and clinical judgements that an app cannot make from a food log.
If your logs are incomplete, these figures are wrong in the direction you’d expect. Fasting is not appropriate for everyone; talk to a clinician before adopting a fasting pattern, particularly if you take medication that depends on food timing.
Targets are guidance, not a prescription
Calorie and macro targets are calculated from general wellness heuristics applied to the inputs you give the app. They are a starting point, not a personalised nutritional plan, and they may be unsuitable for you. If you have a medical condition, a history of disordered eating, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are under medical supervision, consult a clinician before changing your diet or activity.
Apple Health data
Health data shown in PlatePilot depends on your permissions and on your devices syncing. Values may be missing, delayed or duplicated. Treat Health-derived context as background, not as a measurement you should act on clinically.
GLP-1 mode
The optional GLP-1 mode is a place to record doses and symptoms for your own reference alongside your food and fasting log. It does not calculate, recommend, adjust or remind you about dosing, it does not interpret symptoms, and it is not a substitute for your prescriber’s instructions or your medication’s labelling. Symptom entries are notes, not a clinical assessment.
Photo analysis
When you use photo analysis, the image is sent to PlatePilot’s service and processed by automated systems that can be confidently wrong. Review the result before saving. Avoid capturing faces, documents, addresses or other sensitive information in photos you submit. See the privacy policy for what happens to the image.
Allergies and dietary restrictions
Never rely on PlatePilot to decide whether a food is safe for an allergy, intolerance, or medical or religious restriction. The app can misidentify a food entirely, and the catalogue does not carry reliable allergen data. Check the packaging and ask whoever prepared the food.
If tracking isn’t good for you
Logging food helps some people and harms others. If tracking makes you anxious, pushes you toward restriction, or you have a history of disordered eating, this kind of app may not be the right tool — and stopping is a reasonable thing to do. Support is available; a clinician or a national eating-disorder helpline is a better first call than an app.