Zubdah

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Zubdah (زبدة) means butter, and also the gist of something. Arabic-first AI calorie tracker & recipe organizer.
Snap your plate.
Calories and macros for every ingredient.
Your day: calories, macros, water, streak.
Weight and calorie progress.
Weekly workout plan.
Chef-picked recipes with macros.
Recipes saved from TikTok and Instagram.
Settings
Personal calorie and macro targets.
Describe it, scan a barcode, or re-log.
Import from any link or screenshot.
Zubdah Pro, powered by RevenueCat.

I always wanted to build apps, but I couldn't code, and learning felt like too big a barrier. So I went into content creation instead. That part worked out. I grew a YouTube channel to millions of subscribers.

Then I started a series documenting my body transformation, where every episode I cook a meal, and every meal came with the same question: what are the calories and macros? Answering meant a scale on the counter, weighing every ingredient, and reading numbers out loud mid-cooking. Tedious for me, boring to watch. I wanted people to see what was in the food without sitting through a lecture.

That's where the idea of Zubdah came from. Picture a plate, get the calories, macros, and ingredients. No typing, no searching, no logging each item by hand. And if you want precise numbers, enter the exact ingredients and amounts yourself, if you have the patience, and Zubdah works it out for you.

The name fits on two levels. Zubdah translates to butter in Arabic, and anyone who watches my videos knows I love butter, I'm always adding extra. But zubdah also means the gist of something, the bottom line. And that's what the app does: whether it's a plate in front of you or a recipe you saved, it takes the mess away and gives you everything clear and short.

I could finally build it because AI-assisted coding made it possible for someone like me. I had the idea, the passion, and the marketing side covered. Code was the only missing piece.