Your day, without opening the app
Foodia's widget puts the calories and macros you've logged on your home screen, your lock screen and StandBy. One glance and you know where you stand.
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Checking your progress shouldn't take three taps
Keeping a log only sticks if checking it is instant. Unlock, find the app, wait for it to load, then back out — that's enough friction to stop you looking. The widget removes the trip: the number sits where you already look dozens of times a day.
Setting it up takes under a minute
It's an ordinary iOS widget, so it goes on like any other.
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Press and hold the screen
On the home screen, until the icons wobble, then tap the add button in the top left.
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Search for Foodia
In the widget picker. Choose the size you want and drag it wherever you like.
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Do the same on the lock screen
From Settings → Wallpaper, or by holding down the lock screen and tapping Customise.
Where you can put it
Foodia offers widgets for all three places iOS allows, and the water one lets you log a glass with a single tap without ever entering the app.
- Home screen, alongside the rest of your apps.
- Lock screen, so you can see it without unlocking the phone.
- StandBy, for when the iPhone charges on its side.
- Log water straight from the widget, in one tap.
How it stays current
The widget updates when you open Foodia. iOS decides when to refresh widgets to protect battery life, so if the figures look stale, open the app for a moment and go back to the home screen: it catches up right away.
- Needs an iPhone on a recent version of iOS.
- No connection required to show what you've already logged.
- Shows the same as the app would: the day's calories, macros and water.
Questions about the widget
Why is the widget showing old figures?
Because iOS refreshes widgets when it sees fit rather than in real time, which is how it protects the battery. Open Foodia for a moment and go back home: the widget catches up straight away.
Can I log a meal from the widget?
Water, yes, in one tap. A meal, no: the analysis needs the photo or the description, so that happens inside the app.
Does it show on the lock screen?
Yes. There's a lock screen widget as well as the home screen and StandBy ones. You can have all three at once.
Does keeping it on drain the battery?
Not noticeably. The widget doesn't run in the background: it's drawn from data already on the phone whenever iOS decides to refresh it.
Other ways to log a meal
Put it on your home screen
It's free to download and includes five days with every feature unlocked.
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