The best MyFitnessPal alternative is Cronometer if you wanted a better diary, Lose It! if you wanted a simpler calorie budget, Carb Manager if you wanted net carbs, MacroFactor if you wanted adaptive targets, or Carby if you wanted grocery dinners instead of a log.
| App | Starter price | If you stay a year | Trial | Refunds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronometer | Free Basic. Gold $4.99 a month billed annually at $59.99, or $10.99 a month billed monthly, on cronometer.com/gold. | $59.99 on Gold yearly. $131.88 if you stay on Gold monthly at $10.99. $0 on Basic. Grocery is extra. | Basic is free with no time limit. Gold checkout is on the Gold page and in the apps. | Web Gold: set Do Not Auto-Renew in Account Settings and access continues to the end of the term. App Store or Google Play Gold follows those stores. |
| Lose It! | Free to download, with an optional Premium subscription. Lose It! does not publish a dollar price on the public Premium page; read the in-app checkout. | Free if you stay on Basic. Premium yearly cost is shown in the app, not on loseit.com/premium. Grocery is extra. | Free Basic needs no trial. Premium trial, if offered, is shown in the App Store or Google Play checkout you see. | App Store or Google Play purchases follow those stores. Deleting the app does not cancel a store subscription. |
| Carb Manager | Free Basic at $0.00. Premium listed at $3.33 a month billed annually on the Premium page. | Premium listed at $3.33 a month billed annually. $0 on Basic. Grocery is extra. | Basic is free with no trial. Premium checkout is in the app; the public Premium page does not name a trial length. | App Store listing: payment is charged at purchase confirmation and the subscription auto-renews unless auto-renew is turned off. Follow Apple or Google Play to cancel. |
| MacroFactor | $11.99 a month, $47.99 per half year, or $71.99 a year, US prices on the App Store listing. | $71.99 on the yearly nutrition plan. $143.88 if you stay on monthly at $11.99. Nutrition + Workouts bundle $89.99 a year for new users on or after January 1, 2026, per MacroFactor help. | 7-day trial of the premium ad-free app. No free subscription tier. | Auto-renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage from Apple or Google account settings. App Store purchases follow Apple. |
| MyNetDiary | Free. Premium $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Premium Plus $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, on MyNetDiary’s about and AI scanner pages. | $0 on Free. $59.99 on Premium yearly. $99.99 on Premium Plus yearly. A $179.99 lifetime option is listed on the free-tracker page. | Free tier needs no trial. Premium trial on iOS is documented in MyNetDiary’s FAQ index; length is shown in the store checkout. | Premium can be bought on MyNetDiary.com (Paddle) or as an in-app purchase. App Store and Google Play refunds follow those stores. |
| Carby | $39.99/year after a 3-day trial on web yearly checkout | $39.99 if you stay on the web yearly plan after the 3-day trial | 3-day trial on the web yearly offer visitors actually see. Monthly ($9.99) and weekly ($4.99) plans also exist. Read the checkout. | Web Stripe charges: email within 30 days of the charge for a refund. App Store charges go through Apple. Cancel during the trial and you are not charged. |
Grocery purchases are extra. Tracker prices are from public vendor pages and US iTunes Lookup, checked October 20, 2026. Carby is a dinner planner, not a food diary.
Verified foods, free barcode, Gold $59.99 a year.
Cronometer is for A verified food diary when you care about vitamins and minerals, not only calories. Skip it if you want the app to pick this week’s family dinners under a store budget.
Same job, different app. Premium priced in the app.
Lose It! is for A simple daily calorie budget with barcode or photo logging on Premium. Skip it if you want next week’s dinners picked under a grocery spending cap.
Free net-carb tracking. Not a general restaurant diary.
Carb Manager is for Counting net carbs, including keto and a listed diabetes carb counter on Premium. Skip it if you need family dinners under a typed grocery budget and you are not counting carbs.
Paid, 7-day trial, $71.99 a year.
MacroFactor is for A serious macro diary that changes your calorie target from your weight trend. Skip it if you want a free calorie diary, or you want dinners planned around a grocery store budget.
Free barcode, no ads. Premium $59.99 a year.
MyNetDiary is for A free, ad-free calorie diary with a staff-verified database and a free barcode scanner. Skip it if you want the app to generate five family dinners under a grocery cap at Walmart or Aldi.
Does not import MyFitnessPal. Does not count calories.
Carby is for A household that shops a named US store and wants the week of dinners to start from a spending limit. Skip it if you need the planner to drop ingredients into a retailer pickup or delivery cart.
Cronometer or MyNetDiary for another diary. Lose It! for a calorie-budget UI. Carb Manager for net carbs. MacroFactor for adaptive targets. Carby for budget dinners. Pick the job you actually have.
Cronometer, MyNetDiary and FatSecret, on the pages checked. MyFitnessPal’s own scanner is Premium.
Not into Carby. Cal AI’s FAQ says not into Cal AI yet. Assume you start over unless a vendor’s own help page says otherwise.
Sources checked October 20, 2026: Cronometer homepage · Cronometer Gold · Cronometer subscription types · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 1145935738 · Lose It! homepage · Lose It! Premium · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 297368629 · Carb Manager homepage · Carb Manager Premium · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 410089731 · MacroFactor site · MacroFactor App Store listing · MacroFactor subscriptions help · iTunes Lookup id 1553503471 · MyNetDiary homepage · MyNetDiary about · MyNetDiary free tracker page · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 287529757 · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 6779585429 · Carby billing policy · Carby refund help. Competitor facts come from those public pages and US iTunes Lookup. Missing cells were omitted, not guessed.