Photos that read the plate
Snap the plate before and after the meal. Little Plate works out what was offered and roughly what went in — you check it, tap save, done.
For parents of 1–5 year olds
One bad lunch isn't the story. The week is.
Little Plate is the calm way to see how your toddler really eats. Snap a photo of the plate, answer “how much went in?” in words like a few bites — and the week quietly builds itself. No grades, no guilt, no calorie counting.
Free to use · Photos never stored on our servers · Delete everything any time
Illustration of the Little Plate week dashboard: 5 of 7 days logged, weekly bars for iron, calcium and vitamin D, offered versus eaten, and one gentle focus suggestion.
This week
Logged 5 of 7 days · 23 meals
Toddlers eat unevenly day to day — the week is the clearer picture.
Nutrient signals
Iron
avg · 68%
Calcium
avg · 84%
Vitamin D
avg · 57%
Offered vs eaten
Fruit & veg
Offered Eaten
Iron-rich foods
Offered Eaten
Gentle focus
One thing worth trying
Iron looks a little light — try lentils in Thursday's bolognese.
Offered vs eaten
You offer. They eat. That's the deal.
You can't make a toddler eat — and you don't have to. Your job is to put good food in front of them: the nutrients, the variety, the chances. Whether it goes in is their department, and toddlers run that department erratically.
That's why Little Plate counts both sides separately. Offering counts even when it comes straight back, because it can take ten or more tries before a new food gets eaten. The untouched broccoli wasn't a failure — it was attempt four.
Example: broccoli was offered three times this week and eaten once, a few bites — which Little Plate counts as a win, because exposure counts.
Broccoli this week
You offered
3 times — your half of the job, done
They ate
A few bites, once — their half, their pace
Still a win — exposure counts
Effortless logging
Snap a photo. Tap “about half”. Done.
Take a quick photo of the plate before and after the meal — it doesn't need to be perfect. Little Plate works out what was on it and shows you its best guess to check. The whole thing takes less time than scraping the floor.
And portions are measured the way parents actually talk:
- A few bites
- A little
- About half
- Most of it
- All / lots
Never grams. Never calories. Nothing gets weighed — rough is fine, because the week smooths it out.
Illustration of logging a meal in Little Plate: the app's best guess at the foods from a photo, with how-much-did-they-eat answered in words like 'most' and 'a few bites'.
Quick check
Here's our best guess. Adjust anything that looks off — rough is fine.
Pasta bake with hidden lentils
How much did they eat?
- None
- A few bites
- A little
- About half
- Most
- All
Cucumber sticks
How much did they eat?
- None
- A few bites
- A little
- About half
- Most
- All
Your photos stay on your device — never stored on our servers.
Save meal · 2 foods
How it works
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Step 1: Add your child
Name, age band, any allergies or preferences. Thirty seconds, once.
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Step 2: Log meals your way
Photo, quick note, manual entry or nursery handover — offered counts, even when it isn't eaten.
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Step 3: See the week make sense
The dashboard shows the honest weekly picture and one useful thing to try. That's it.
Everything you need. Nothing you'll dread opening.
Portions in parent words
“A few bites”, “about half”, “all / lots” — answers you actually know. Never grams, never calories, never weighing anything.
Nursery days count too
Type the handover or photograph the daily sheet — “pasta, lots; fruit, a little” becomes real logged meals. No more blank days.
The week at a glance
One calm dashboard shows what was offered and eaten across the week, plus one specific thing worth trying next. Not thirty charts. One.
Ask about this week
A nutrition assistant that can actually see your child's week answers questions like “is this enough iron?” in plain English — and sends you to your GP when it should.
Every child, one app
Add each of your children with their own profile, preferences and allergens. Switch between them in a tap — the dashboard follows.
Nursery days
Half their meals happen where you can't see them
If your child is at nursery or with a childminder, whole days of eating vanish from view. Little Plate turns the handover — the scribbled sheet, the two-line summary at pickup — into proper logged meals.
- Type it — "pasta bake, lots. yoghurt, some. pear, refused."
- Or snap the sheet — a photo of the daily report is read for you.
- You confirm — nothing is logged until you've checked it.
An example of a nursery handover in Little Plate:
Today at nursery
"Shepherd's pie — most of it. Cucumber sticks — a few. Banana — all gone!"
- Shepherd's pie Most
- Cucumber sticks A few bites
- Banana All
Built private, because it's about your child
Photos stay on your phone
Meal photos are analysed, then discarded — never stored on our servers. The copy you see in your history lives on your device only.
No ads, no tracking
No advertising, no analytics trackers, no social feed, and your data is never sold. Your account's data is visible to your account, full stop.
Delete means delete
One tap in Settings permanently removes your account, every child profile, every meal and every chat. No email, no waiting period.
Free to use. Pro when you want more.
The weekly dashboard, manual logging and every child profile are free, for good. Pro adds the AI extras.
Free
Everything essential
- Unlimited manual meal logging
- Day and week dashboard with a focus tip
- Profiles for every child
- Nursery handover logging
- 3 free AI photo analyses to try
Little Plate Pro
7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited AI photo meal reading
- Unlimited nursery sheet reading
- Ask — nutrition questions answered with your child's actual week in view
Billed through the App Store at the price shown there. Cancel any time — cancelling during the trial costs nothing.
Questions, answered
Dinner tonight might be a write-off.
The week doesn't have to be.
Coming soon to the App Store
Want to know the moment it's out? Email james@bodkin.studio and we'll tell you. Nothing else, ever.