By downloading, installing, or using Hondo ("the app"), on either iOS or Android, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not use the app.
Hondo is a free, nutrition and fitness tracking application available on iOS and Android. It uses AI to estimate the nutritional content of food from one or more camera or photo-library images analyzed together, iOS Share Extension images, optional meal notes, text descriptions, voice input, iOS Siri Shortcuts / App Intents, and manual entry. It can also look up packaged foods by barcode using Open Food Facts when public product nutrition is available. It includes smart serving units, editable nutrition review, meal what-if previews, food log sorting and customizable meal-time boundaries, customizable Home nutrient cards, decimal nutrient totals, six activity levels, optional nutrient goals, weight and optional body-fat tracking, optional local water tracking, a workout diary/logger with sets, reps, weight, RPE and calculated burn history, an 873-exercise reference library, AI Coach access to relevant nutrition and workout history, diary export and meal-link sharing, iOS Home/Lock Screen and Android Glance widgets, Apple Watch support on iOS, theme personalization, app-update checks, optional Apple Health / Health Connect integration, and localization in 16 languages on iOS and 15 languages on Android. The app uses Bring Your Own Key access for 13 AI providers, six speech-to-text options, and Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones as a final on-device fallback for eligible food-description analysis. On iOS, an optional Tip Jar lets you support development.
Nutritional information, Siri food-log estimates, meal what-if suggestions, optional nutrient-goal suggestions, weight forecasts, calculated workout burns, and Coach responses provided by Hondo are estimated, not exact. AI-powered estimates are generated by your chosen AI provider or Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones when used as the final fallback for eligible food-description analysis; AI-powered target calculation runs when you complete onboarding, using the AI provider you selected, with the data described in the Privacy Policy. When AI is unavailable during onboarding, the app falls back to locally calculated targets. The app does not change your saved targets on its own. The features that would alter an existing plan — the weekly Adaptive Goals correction, the Recalculate button, and the Energy Burn Goals toggles — are present in the interface but are withheld in current releases; they report that they are paused rather than recalculating. On iOS, switching Energy Burn on still reads your recent Apple Health energy locally to check whether enough data exists, before the withheld calculation stops the flow. Workout-burn estimates use local calculations from the data you enter. These estimates should be used as general guidance only. Hondo is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Water tracking records amounts you enter against the goal you choose; it does not assess hydration or recommend a medically appropriate intake. Always consult a healthcare professional for dietary, hydration, exercise, or weight-related decisions. The daily calorie target, BMR, TDEE, and macro split shown in the app are computed from published equations. Optional detailed goals remain separate from the calorie/protein/carbs/fat calculator. Full citations and source links are available in-app under Settings → Goals & Nutrition → Calculation Methods. Predictive equations and exercise-energy estimates carry inherent error and should not replace personalized clinical assessment.
The AI Coach tab is a conversational assistant that can retrieve relevant ranges of your profile, goals, weight, body fat, food log, workout plans, preferences, completed sessions, and logged sets when needed to answer your request. Its replies are generated by the third-party AI provider you select and may be inaccurate, biased, or outdated. Coach is not a substitute for advice from a dietitian, doctor, trainer, physiotherapist, or other qualified professional. Do not rely on Coach for decisions about medical conditions, injuries, eating disorders, pregnancy, or any other health matter that warrants professional guidance.
EncryptedSharedPreferences using AES-256 (Android Keystore-backed) on Android.Any usage costs for third-party AI or speech-to-text providers are handled directly by the provider account you configure. Free tiers, credits, pricing, and rate limits are controlled by those providers and may change over time.
When you use the app with an AI or STT provider, your requests (including one or more food photos captured or selected together, food photos shared through the iOS Share Extension, meal notes, Siri food descriptions, voice audio, speech-language hints, meal what-if prompts, optional nutrient-goal estimation prompts, Coach messages, and any images attached to Coach) are sent for processing. In BYOK mode, requests go directly from your device to the provider you selected. On supported iPhones, Apple Intelligence may process text, voice-transcribed, and Siri food descriptions on-device as the final fallback after BYOK provider/fallback attempts fail; photo analysis, Coach, and speech transcription continue using the configured AI access path. When you scan a barcode, the barcode value is sent to Open Food Facts for product lookup. Each provider has its own terms and privacy policy that govern how it handles data. You are responsible for reviewing and accepting those terms. We do not control, endorse, or make representations about third-party providers or public product databases.
Tips (iOS): The iOS app offers optional consumable Tip Jar purchases (from $0.99 to $9.99, subject to App Store pricing and taxes). Tips are voluntary support for development — they unlock no features and are consumed on purchase. Payment, billing, and refunds are handled by Apple under the App Store's terms. On Android and the web, the optional Ko-fi page serves the same purpose.
Legacy Premium: Earlier iOS versions offered an optional Hondo Premium subscription for no-key hosted AI access. Premium has been discontinued and is no longer offered; current versions are bring-your-own-key only. If you still have an active Premium subscription from an earlier version, manage or cancel it from your Apple ID subscription settings — deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
Auto-routed providers (OpenRouter openrouter/free): The free-tier OpenRouter model auto-selects an available upstream provider for each request, and that pool can change over time. By selecting openrouter/free you accept that the upstream provider chosen by OpenRouter is outside our control and may change without notice. If you require a fixed upstream, select a specific model ID instead of the auto-routed option.
Barcode lookup: Barcode results depend on Open Food Facts coverage and data quality. If a product is missing or has incomplete nutrition, Hondo may not be able to create an entry from the barcode; you can instead photograph the product or packaging using Camera or Photos.
Exports and shared meal links: You control where locally generated diary exports are saved or sent. A shared meal link contains the meal names, nutrition, serving details, and emoji in the URL itself so a recipient can preview and import the meal. Anyone with access to the link may read that information. You are responsible for choosing recipients and for avoiding public sharing of information you consider sensitive. Imported meal information remains an estimate and should be reviewed before logging.
Local data and platform backups: Hondo does not provide its own account or cloud-sync service. Apple and Android may include eligible app data and, for encrypted iOS backups, Keychain items in operating-system backups or device transfers according to your platform settings. Delete All Data clears the current installation but does not modify an older backup already controlled by Apple or Google.
Hondo is proprietary software. Copyright © 2026 Hondo Systems. All rights reserved. Hondo is built on Fud AI by Apoorv Darshan, used under the MIT License, and includes other open-source components. Their licences are reproduced in full inside the app, under Settings → Open Source Licenses.
Hondo is a nutrition and fitness tracking tool, not a medical application. The app does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Nutritional estimates, BMR/TDEE values, macro targets, weight forecasts, and calculated workout burns are approximations and may not be accurate for all individuals. Users with medical conditions, eating disorders, injuries, or specific dietary or exercise needs should consult qualified professionals. Workout plans, logged RPE, calculated burns, and the built-in exercise library are general tracking/reference features, not personalized training or medical advice.
By enabling Apple Health (iOS) or Health Connect (Android) integration, you authorize the app to read and write health data as described in our Privacy Policy. Written data includes body measurements, per-meal nutrition, and calculated workout active calories; workout plans and individual set details remain in Hondo. The app can read authorized body measurements back into your profile and Progress chart. If you enable Energy Burn Goals, the app may also request permission to read active and total energy burned. That permission remains part of the integration, but the target calculation it was intended to feed is withheld in current releases, so enabling the toggle does not change your calorie target. Where supported, Hondo can restore records it previously wrote using its own record tags. You can review or revoke permissions through Manage Access in the app's Health settings or the platform's health settings. Delete All Data only wipes local storage — Apple Health / Health Connect samples persist unless you remove them separately.
The app is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the developer shall not be liable for any damages — direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive — arising from your use of the app, including any health-related decisions made based on the app's output.
The app requires an internet connection for hosted AI food analysis, barcode lookup, Coach chat, remote speech-to-text, Android native speech fallback when offline language support is unavailable, and app-update checks. Fully offline AI operation is possible only when you use Ollama with a reachable local endpoint or Apple Intelligence fallback on supported iPhones for eligible food descriptions; Native iOS / Android speech can work offline where the selected language is installed on-device. Offline functionality otherwise includes viewing and editing local nutrition and workout logs, manual entry, water tracking, local reminders and calculations, diary export, browsing the workout library, reading existing Apple Health / Health Connect samples, and re-logging Saved Meals. Some Android OEM skins aggressively limit background alarms; the app exposes a Battery Optimization shortcut in Settings to improve scheduled-reminder reliability, but reminders may still be delayed or dropped by the operating system.
We may update these terms at any time as the app evolves. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
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