Fullstack Mobile AppCompleted

Ritatu

I got tired of paying for nutrition apps that don't deliver. Fitatu especially: the AI is a joke and the subscription isn't cheap. So I sat down and built my own. Ritatu tracks macros by meal, lets you scan barcodes, search products through Open Food Facts, and take a photo of your food to get a breakdown from GPT-4o mini. Everything stays on the phone. No account, no backend. Built the whole thing with Claude helping me write code, which made it way faster than working alone.

May 2026 — Jun 2026

Tech stack

React NativeExpoTypeScriptOpenAI GPT-4o miniOpen Food Facts APIAsyncStorageExpo Router

Key features

  • Daily macro tracking organized by meal type
  • AI-powered meal photo analysis with GPT-4o mini
  • Product search via Open Food Facts database
  • Barcode scanning
  • Weekly statistics with charts and macro insights
  • Custom products and recently used items
  • Weight tracking and progress photos
  • Fully offline. All data stored locally on device

Challenges

  • Replacing paid nutrition apps with a better, free alternative
  • Integrating AI image analysis into a mobile app
  • Building a smooth offline-first experience without a backend
  • Covering all the features of commercial apps solo

Solutions

  • GPT-4o mini for fast, accurate meal photo analysis
  • Open Food Facts API for a massive free product database
  • AsyncStorage for fully local, private data storage
  • Built with Claude as a coding partner to ship faster
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