Based on AHA dietary guidelines
HIPAA-aligned data practices
Apple Health sync
PDF export for your doctor
How it works
Three taps to know your meal.
01
Point your camera
No barcodes, no logging. Cardia identifies what’s in the meal — even at a restaurant or off a paper menu.
02
Get your heart score
A 1–10 score for the meal’s impact on your LDL cholesterol, based on saturated fat, trans fat, fiber, and portion.
03
Watch your week
Trends over days and weeks. Export a PDF for your cardiologist with one tap.
The Heart Score
One number.
Honest math.
We don't score what looks bad. We score what actually moves your LDL — the cholesterol that ends up in your artery walls. Built with cardiologists and grounded in AHA guidelines.
- Saturated fatThe biggest LDL driver. Tracked against your daily target.
- Trans fatHeavy penalty. Any amount counts.
- FiberBonus points. Fiber actively lowers LDL.
- CholesterolTracked for context, doesn’t move LDL much.
Scoring guide
10
Salmon, brown rice, broccoli
9
Oatmeal with berries
7
Chicken Caesar salad
5
Pepperoni pizza, 2 slices
4
Cheeseburger & fries
2
Bacon double cheeseburger
Score recalibrates to your personal targets — set by age, sex, and any conditions you share.
Built for the long run
Quiet features that actually help.
Cardia is designed to be opened twice a day, not all day. Glance, scan, learn, move on.
Restaurant mode
Point at a paper menu — Cardia scores every dish before you order.
Packaged foods
Snap the nutrition label for an exact score, no guessing.
Apple Health sync
Your scans flow into Apple Health alongside lipid panel results.
Doctor PDF
One tap exports a 90-day report your cardiologist can actually use.
Private by default
Photos are processed and discarded. Only nutrition values are stored.
No streaks, no shame
No badges, no leaderboards. Just honest information about your meals.
For you
A second opinion in your pocket.
If you've been told your LDL is high, Cardia turns vague advice (“watch the saturated fat”) into a number you can act on at every meal.
For your doctor
The food log they wish you kept.
Cardia generates a weekly PDF with totals, trends, and the worst-offender meals. Bring it to your next appointment instead of guessing.
Pricing
Free to start. Cheap to stay.
No ads. No selling your meals data. Ever.
Free
$0forever
Try Cardia with no commitment.
- 5 photo scans per month
- Daily score log
- Manual food entry
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Plus
$9.99/month
For everyday use.
- Unlimited photo scans
- Weekly trend summary
- Apple Health sync
Power
$19.99/month
For people with a lipid panel to manage.
- Everything in Plus
- Doctor PDF export
- Priority vision model
- Custom targets from your bloodwork
FAQ
Reasonable questions.
Is this medical advice?
No. Cardia gives you food information, not medical advice. We don’t diagnose or treat anything. Use it alongside your doctor, not instead of one.
How accurate is the photo scoring?
We hit within 15% of the true sat-fat and fiber values for most common meals, validated against USDA data. Packaged foods (where we scan the label) are essentially exact.
What guidelines do you follow?
The default daily targets come from the American Heart Association: 13g saturated fat (for a 2000 cal diet), under 2g trans fat, 25–30g fiber. You can override these from your bloodwork.
Will this work for keto / Mediterranean / DASH / etc.?
Cardia’s default scoring rewards heart-healthy patterns regardless of macro split. Strict keto diets may score lower on fiber until you tune targets in Settings.
Android?
Coming after the iOS launch stabilizes. Drop your email below and we’ll let you know.