What goes in an entry
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Dish | Pastel de nata |
| Place | Picked from Apple Maps, or added later if you’re offline |
| Score | 9.5, which reads “Outstanding” |
| Price | €1.40, saved in the currency you pick |
| Photo | From the camera or your library, or none |
| Note | Your answer to “What made it good?” |
| Lists | “Lisbon 2026” |
| Date | The day you ate it |
The dish, the place and the score are the only parts you need, and the place can wait until you’re back online.
What Matcha doesn’t track
Matcha does not count calories, macros or portions. It has no meal plans or weight goals. You log the dishes you want to remember and skip the rest. If you need a nutrition tracker, keep using one; Matcha won’t replace it.
A travel food journal
- Each dish is filed under its city. A city’s page shows its dishes or its restaurants, ranked.
- After a trip, pick up to 10 photos at once. Matcha takes the date from each photo and suggests the place from where it was taken, and photos from the same meal get the same place.
- Each price keeps its currency, so the yen you paid in Tokyo and the euros in Lisbon stay as they were.
- With no signal abroad, save the dish anyway. Once you’re back online, Matcha finds the place from where you were, or shows Choose place so you can pick it.
Finding a dish again
Rankings shows your journal by food, city, restaurant and year. Search finds your foods, places and dishes as you type. On the map, every place you’ve scored carries the score of the best dish you had there. For more on the restaurant side, see restaurant tracker app.
Private by default
Your journal stays on your iPhone, and you don’t need an account. Matcha has no feed and no followers. You choose what to share: an image of a ranking, a link with your places, or a list you keep with friends through iCloud. The Share usage data switch in Profile turns usage analytics off, and Profile › Export data gives you everything as a file plus your photos.
Keeping a journal on paper or in a spreadsheet instead? How to keep track of restaurants has a template.