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The 6 best alternatives to MyFitnessPal for Android and iPhone

By Margaret J. Beltran
May 15, 2021
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When it comes to apps that help you track your diet and exercise, MyFitnessPal is a top name. The MyFitnessPal app was first launched in 2005, growing a large fan base before being sold to Under Armor in 2015. In October 2020, the MyFitnessPal app changed hands once again and is now owned to the private equity firm Francisco Partners.

While MyFitnessPal remains one of the most popular health and fitness mobile apps, it now has an army of competitors. Here are some of the best mobile app alternatives to MyFitnessPal.

1. Lifesum

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One of the most popular diet and exercise tracking alternatives at MyFitnessPal is Lifesum. The app tried to move away from labels like “calorie counter” and “diet app” instead of calling itself a “digital personal care app.”

Lifesum’s interface is colorful and quirky, making it a hit with fitness influencers and popular with a modern audience. With just a few clicks, you can create your personalized profile, set dietary goals, choose your dietary preferences, and get started on a hassle-free meal plan.

The app has a large food database containing millions of food items, as well as a built-in barcode reader to make it easy to update your food diary. If you’re trying to drink more water or increase your intake of fruits and vegetables, Lifesum’s habit trackers can help you develop healthy, lasting habits.

The basic version of Lifesum is free, but you’ll have to pay a small monthly subscription to access all of its features.

Download: Lifesum for Android | iOS (free, subscription available)

2. Lose it!

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Loose it! Is an application entirely dedicated to helping its users lose weight. It has one of the largest food tracking databases available – containing over 34 million foods – making it as easy as possible for you to keep track of everything you eat.

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When setting up your profile, you’ll be prompted to answer a variety of lifestyle questions, including whether you’ve ever tried to lose weight and what motivates you to achieve your goals.

It’s completely free to create an account and start tracking your diet, but you’ll need to upgrade if you want to unlock additional features like personalized goals and habit tracking.

Download: Loose it! for Android | iOS (free, subscription available)

3. Calorie counter by FatSecret

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The FatSecret Calorie Counter app can be used independently or in sync with FatSecret Professional to share your diet and exercise data with a healthcare professional. Its easy-to-use food diary is designed to help you make food tracking a habit, and it even has an image recognition feature that will take a photo of your meal and analyze its nutritional content.

If you want to keep a food journal, you can store these food images in your own food photo album, which allows you to maintain a photo diet of food snaps.

Although Calorie Counter is primarily marketed as a weight loss app, it also helps people maintain their current weight or gain weight, if that is your goal.

Download: Calorie Counter by FatSecret for Android | iOS (free, subscription available)

4. Cronometer

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Cronometer is one of the most detailed food tracking apps available. It lets you track up to 82 micronutrients, and even its free version provides more nutritional information than most of its competition.

The interface is modern, colorful, and clean considering the amount of data the app displays. Dark mode fans will be happy to hear that a dark theme is available. The app aims to support a variety of different diets, including intermittent fasting with its built-in fasting timer and keto with its keto calculator.

The app has a huge library of exercises, including regular household activities, and even estimates how many calories you burn while driving your vehicle or as an airplane pilot! To access premium features like timestamps, fasting timer, and nutrient oracle, you will need to upgrade to Cronometer Gold.

Download: Cronometer for Android | iOS (free, subscription available)

5. Open Food Facts

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Open Food Facts is a non-profit app designed to help its users make informed food choices by helping them decipher food labels. Using it, you can search or scan the label of a particular product to see its nutritional score, carbon footprint, ingredient list, and allergens.

Unlike other locked databases, any user can update a product on Open Food Facts, ensuring that product data stays up to date. If you are looking for a calorie counter this app is not for you. But if you’re trying to educate yourself or simplify your grocery shopping, it can help you navigate confusing labels.

Download: Open Food Facts for Android | iOS (free)

6. Calorie counter +

Nutricheck Calorie Counter Food Diary

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Nutracheck’s Calorie Counter + app is part of the service’s online food diary service. The application is intuitive and easy to use; a few taps are needed to add an item to your food journal. To make tracking even easier, each food comes with an image or logo to help you recognize the right product.

Besides tracking calories, the app also allows you to record your exercise and can even be configured to track your walks with Strava. It is also possible to set daily goals for water, fruits and vegetables. Although a free Lite subscription is available, the app works best when upgraded to a premium subscription.

If you want to try before you buy, Nutracheck offers a seven-day free trial of its full service.

Download: Calorie Counter + for Android | iOS (free, subscription available)

Find the best alternatives to MyFitnessPal

Whatever your reason for choosing an alternative to MyFitnessPal, it’s reassuring to know that there are plenty of other health and wellness app options out there. Whether you are trying to lose weight, maintain weight, or gain weight, food tracker apps are a useful tool to have in your pocket when used correctly.


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About the Author

Sophia whitham
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Sophia is a Features Writer for MakeUseOf.com. After graduating with a degree in classics, she began a career in marketing before settling as a full-time freelance content writer. When she’s not writing her next big feature, you’ll find her climbing or hitting her local trails.

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