Best Free MyFitnessPal Alternatives

Cronometer is the closest thing to a free MyFitnessPal Premium. The free plan includes barcode scanning, food, exercise and body measurement logging, basic custom foods and recipes, and custom macro targets. It tracks calories, macros and a long list of vitamins and minerals.

Its database is smaller than MyFitnessPal's, with over 1 million verified foods, but it is curated rather than open to anyone. That means fewer duplicate and wrong entries.

The free plan shows ads, and some Google Play reviews complain that they got more intrusive in 2025. Reports on the free plan cover 7 days. Gold ($10.99 a month or $59.99 a year) removes ads and adds photo and voice logging, a fasting timer, a macro scheduler, a recipe importer and unlimited history in reports. You can export your diary as CSV from the Cronometer website.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: a much bigger food database, especially for restaurant meals and regional brands.

FatSecret gives away almost everything a casual tracker needs: a food diary, a barcode scanner, exercise and weight logging, and macro reports. Neither the Google Play nor the App Store listing carries a "Contains ads" label.

FatSecret runs its own food database, which it also licenses to other companies. Samsung Health's barcode scanner, for example, uses FatSecret data.

Premium adds dietitian-made meal plans, a meal planner, AI photo logging, water tracking and more meal types in your diary. US store prices range from $38.99 to $59.99 a year depending on the offer.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: a smaller community and fewer app connections. Data export for the food diary is not clearly documented.

Yazio is a clean, beginner-friendly calorie counter. Yazio's help centre says all calorie-counting functions will always be free, and the barcode scanner is part of the free version.

The free app shows ads. Yazio PRO removes them and adds AI photo logging, all intermittent fasting plans, meal planning and statistics going back up to 2 years. There is a 7-day free trial. US App Store prices for a year of PRO range from $23.90 to $47.90, so compare offers before you pay.

Yazio syncs food and weight data with Apple Health on iPhone.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: web access and a direct export file. Long-term statistics sit behind PRO.

OpenNutriTracker is the pick for people who want no ads, no subscription and no account. It is open source under GPLv3, and the project says it has no paid tier and no advertising or analytics code.

You can search foods, scan barcodes or quick-add calories. Food data comes from Open Food Facts (a free, crowd-built product database anyone can use), plus USDA FoodData Central and the German BLS database. It also tracks water, weight, activities and a set of micronutrients, and has an optional fasting timer.

Your diary stays on your phone in encrypted storage. You can export it as CSV or JSON and import it again later.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: cloud sync between devices, a web version, restaurant menus and fitness app connections. Open Food Facts coverage is better for packaged food in some countries than others.

Lifesum is a good-looking tracker built around diet plans and meal ideas. You can log by typing, scanning a barcode, speaking or taking a photo. Photo, voice and text logging are part of its Premium AI features. Lifesum's own pages promote the barcode scanner but do not say clearly whether it stays free.

Neither store listing carries a "Contains ads" label. Lifesum describes the free app as having limited features, and Premium is one of the pricier options here at up to $119.99 a year on the US App Store. There is a standalone Wear OS app for logging from your watch.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: a web version and a clear free feature list. Most of the good parts need Premium.

If you own a Galaxy phone or watch, you may already have a food tracker. Samsung Health's Food tracker logs meals, calories and nutrients, and it is free.

Since late 2024 it can scan barcodes, using FatSecret's database. Samsung says barcode scanning is available in the US and select European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. It then fits your food log next to your steps, sleep and workouts from a Galaxy Watch.

There is an iPhone app, but Samsung notes that not every feature from Galaxy devices is available on iPhone. You need a Samsung account.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: a big food database of its own, recipe import and detailed macro goal settings. Barcode scanning is not available in every country.

Lose It! is a friendly weight-loss tracker with a database of over 56 million foods and recipes. Many older guides call its barcode scanner free. That is no longer safe to assume: the current App Store listing puts the barcode scanner under Premium plan features, next to photo logging, AI voice logging and advanced nutrient tracking. The free app also shows ads.

So why is it here? Lose It! is one of the few trackers that lists a lifetime Premium purchase on the US App Store, at $59.99. If you hate subscriptions, that matters. Our guide to buy once software covers more apps that skip the monthly fee. You can download your history as a CSV file from the Lose It! website.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: nothing big on Premium. On the free tier you lose barcode scanning, the same as MyFitnessPal.

MacroFactor is not free, and it says so: the Play listing states it has a free trial but no free subscription tier. It is here as the paid pick for people who would otherwise buy MyFitnessPal Premium.

At $71.99 a year in the US, it costs less than MyFitnessPal Premium's $79.99. It has no ads, a barcode scanner, AI food logging and an adaptive coach that adjusts your calorie and macro targets from your weight trend and food log. Data export is thorough: a quick export of your progress plus granular spreadsheets for specific data.

What you lose vs MyFitnessPal: any free option, a web app and the huge crowd-sourced database.