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Signing in

Use the same email address and sign-in method you used to create your account. For email accounts, open the verification message and return to Budo; check Spam if it hasn’t arrived. “Forgot password?” on the email sign-in screen resets an email password.

Fixing a food estimate

Tap the food note to edit it; the same meal is estimated again. Check portions and nutrition against the packaging where you can. Add lets you enter calories and macros yourself or reuse a saved meal. AI estimates can be wrong.

Trying your first meal

You can try one text estimate before creating an account, after confirming you’re 18 or older. Choose Keep this meal & continue to go on to signup and save it to your journal. If Budo says your first meal couldn’t be added, try saving it again, and stay with the account you picked for that meal. The trial may be unavailable when its daily allowance is used up.

Adult eligibility

Budo is for adults 18 and older. AI estimates in your journal also need an adult birthday on your profile. If yours is wrong, open Settings → Journal & display → Run onboarding again. Your saved journal and manual entries stay available while you correct it.

Your AI permission

Open Settings → Privacy & AI to choose whether your food notes and photos can be sent to Google Gemini. The choice applies to your account on this device. Turning it off stops future requests; it cannot recall data already sent.

With AI on, Budo estimates a note shortly after you stop typing, and may look up its food words in USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts. Scanned barcodes go to Open Food Facts whether AI is on or off. These lookups don’t include your account details.

When you reach a limit

The free plan includes 20 AI attempts per UTC day, including up to 2 photo attempts. Retries count too, and short cooldowns apply. Keep logging with manual entries or saved meals, or come back after the reset time shown in the app.

Your journal on another device

Sign in to the same Budo account. Notes and goals sync when you’re online. Saved meal templates stay on the device where you made them.

Signing out doesn’t erase this account’s saved journal from the iPhone; it’s kept for when you sign back in, and another account can’t open it. Deleting your account removes it.

Apple Health

Open Settings → Connections & Health to choose what Budo reads and writes, and check Budo’s permissions in the Health app. If Budo shows an export error, choose Try Health export again; pending weights keep their original dates. Turning a category off doesn’t erase samples already in Health.

Don’t uninstall Budo to fix a sync problem: unsent weights and saved meal templates live only on that device.

Deleting your account

Open Settings → Account → Delete account and confirm your sign-in (your password, or Apple or Google). Budo deletes your account and journal from its servers and removes your saved data from the phone. Keep the app open until it says your account has been deleted; if you close it, the deletion continues and you can check its progress next time you open Budo. Records already saved to Apple Health stay in Health.

If you can’t open the app, email john@sandandsignalstudios.com from the address on your account. Don’t include your password. Details are in the privacy policy.