People look for a MyFitnessPal alternative for a handful of reasons: the barcode scanner has been a Premium feature since October 2022, the free version shows ads, Premium costs more in the app than on the website, and since December 2025 MyFitnessPal also owns Cal AI. Whatever your reason, there’s no single “best” replacement, so this page sorts the alternatives by what they’re good for.
We make Calorix, one of the apps below, so we’re not neutral. That’s why every fact about the other apps comes from their own websites, help centers or App Store listings, checked on October 11, 2026, and why each section says who the app is not for, including ours. No app paid to be listed.
Quick picks
- A free barcode scanner: Cronometer or Yazio. Calorix’s barcode lookups are free too.
- The most MyFitnessPal-like app: Lose It!
- Macro coaching: MacroFactor
- Logging by photo: Calorix or SnapCalorie; Cal AI if you’ll pay from day one
- Fasting with food logging: Yazio or Zero
Calorix
Our app, for iPhone. You log with a photo, a barcode, a nutrition label, your voice or a few words, and each photo comes back as a list of ingredients with grams and a confidence badge you can correct. It also tracks macros, fasting, water and weight, with Toasty, a pet ember who rewards your streak.
- Free version: barcode, food search and manual logging with no limit, water, weight and fasting, and 3 AI scans a day.
- Price: $3.99 a week, $9.99 a month or $39.99 a year in the US, after a 3-day free trial (pricing).
- Not for you if: you use Android or want to log on the web, or you track dozens of micronutrients; Calorix tracks calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber and water.
Cronometer
Cronometer is the go-to free alternative for people who want a barcode scanner without paying: “Unlimited use of our Barcode Scanner is included in a Basic account,” and Basic is free “for as long as you need” (Cronometer). It also tracks far more nutrients than most calorie apps.
- Free version: logging, barcode scanner, custom macro and micronutrient targets, device sync; reports cover a 7-day window.
- Gold: $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year, adding photo and voice logging, fasting, an AI coach and no ads (Cronometer Gold). No free trial is mentioned, and its terms say subscriptions aren’t refunded.
- Platforms: web, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Android.
- Not for you if: you want photo logging for free, or a simpler app with fewer numbers.
Yazio
Yazio’s free version includes a calorie tracker, a database of more than 4 million foods, a barcode scanner, a water tracker and an optional fasting tracker, according to its App Store listing. Yazio Pro adds AI food tracking from photos (which started free and is now part of Pro), meal planning, every fasting plan and syncing with Fitbit, Garmin and others (Yazio help).
- Price: Yazio publishes no price list; its US App Store page lists 12-month plans at $23.90 and $47.90. Each period is paid upfront; there’s no monthly billing.
- Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, in 20 languages.
- Not for you if: you want photo logging without paying, or monthly billing.
Lose It!
Lose It! is the closest thing to MyFitnessPal: a free Basic plan with a daily calorie budget and a database of more than 50 million foods, and a Premium plan that adds barcode scanning, photo and voice logging and more (Lose It! help).
- Price: Premium is $79.99 a year; a Lifetime membership is $299.99. New users get a 7-day free trial, and Lose It! says most users are offered discounts in the app.
- Platforms: web, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Android.
- Not for you if: a free barcode scanner is the reason you’re leaving MyFitnessPal: Lose It!’s is Premium too.
MacroFactor
MacroFactor is a macro tracker that estimates how much energy you burn and “auto-adjusts your macro plan every week” (MacroFactor). Logging covers barcodes, recipes imported from a link, and photos.
- Price: $11.99 a month, $47.99 every 6 months or $71.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. “Is there a free version? No.”
- Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Android, billed only through the app stores.
- Not for you if: you want a free plan, or simply a log without coaching.
SnapCalorie
SnapCalorie is a photo-first app that is “FREE for up to 3 AI logs per day”, with a premium subscription for more (SnapCalorie FAQ). Its US App Store purchases list Premium at $19.99 a month and $149.00 a year. We compare its accuracy claims with the published evidence in apps that count calories from a photo.
- Platforms: iPhone, iPad and Android.
- Not for you if: you’ll log mostly by photo every day and want a lower yearly price.
Cal AI
Cal AI is a photo-first app with a large user base, an Apple Watch app and Android support. Its App Store listing says food scanning results require a subscription, after a 3-day free trial. It publishes no prices; a June 2026 third-party guide reports $9.99 a month or $29.99 a year as the common offer (Is Cal AI free?). Note that MyFitnessPal owns Cal AI since a deal that closed in December 2025 (TechCrunch).
- Not for you if: you want any free food scanning, or you’re leaving MyFitnessPal’s company altogether.
Zero
Zero started as a fasting app and added food logging. Its free version includes the fasting timer and one rolling week of data; Zero Plus adds photo meal logging, water tracking, advanced fasting and longer statistics, at $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan (Zero help).
- Platforms: iPhone, Apple Watch and Android.
- Not for you if: food logging, not fasting, is your main goal.
How we chose these apps
We picked apps that log food and that people commonly consider instead of MyFitnessPal, then checked each one’s own pricing page, help center and US App Store listing on October 11, 2026. Prices are US prices; plans and offers change, so check the price shown before you subscribe. We re-check this page monthly. For the full price picture of 15 apps, including refunds, see calorie app prices in 2026.
Change log
- October 11, 2026: page published, with eight apps checked on their official pages and App Store listings.
Updated October 11, 2026
