MyFitnessPal alternatives: pick by whether you need to count or to shop
Stay with MyFitnessPal if the huge food diary is the product. Cronometer, Lose It!, Carb Manager and MacroFactor are other ways to count. Carby is the alternative only if you wanted dinners and a grocery list instead of a calorie log.
Pricing comparison
MyFitnessPal: free diary; Premium $79.99 a year; Premium+ $99.99 a year. Cronometer Gold $59.99 a year. MacroFactor $71.99 a year after a 7-day trial, no free tier. Carb Manager Premium $3.33 a month billed annually. Lose It! Premium is priced in the app. Carby $39.99 a year after a 3-day trial.
| App | Starter price | If you stay a year | Trial | Refunds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyFitnessPal | Free food diary. Premium $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Premium+ $99.99 a year or $24.99 a month, on MyFitnessPal’s Premium+ page. | $79.99 on Premium yearly. $99.99 on Premium+ yearly. $0 if you stay on the free diary. Grocery is extra. | 7-day Premium or Premium+ trial if you have never upgraded or redeemed a trial. First charge is after the trial unless you cancel. Auto-renews. | Cancel at least 24 hours before renewal to avoid the next charge. Premium features stay until the paid period ends. App Store or Google Play purchases 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. |
| 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. |
Grocery purchases are extra on every row. Read the checkout you actually see.
What each tool is best for
- Family dinners under a grocery budget, not a food diary: Carby
- Carby does not count calories or carbs. It plans five dinners and one aisle list around a store and a spending limit. Use it when the next job is shopping, not logging last night’s plate. Compare
- A verified micronutrient diary: Cronometer
- Free barcode scan and up to 95 nutrients. Often named when people leave MyFitnessPal over database quality. Still a diary, not a store dinner planner. Compare
- A simpler daily calorie budget: Lose It!
- Personalized calorie target, Premium photo and barcode logging. Same job as MyFitnessPal, different app. Compare
- Net carbs and keto: Carb Manager
- Free net-carb tracking and unlimited barcode scan. Use this if leaving MyFitnessPal because you need net carbs, not because you need cheap dinners. Compare
- Adaptive calorie targets from your weight trend: MacroFactor
- Paid only, 7-day trial. The diary updates your TDEE. Not a grocery-budget family planner. Compare
Verdict
Keep MyFitnessPal for the database. Switch to Cronometer for verified nutrients, Lose It! for a simpler calorie budget, Carb Manager for net carbs, or MacroFactor for adaptive targets. Choose Carby only if the missing piece was dinners under a grocery cap, not another food diary.
Carby vs MyFitnessPal in one tableFrequently asked questions
What is the best MyFitnessPal alternative?
For counting: Cronometer if you want verified nutrients, Lose It! if you want a simpler calorie budget, Carb Manager if you want net carbs, MacroFactor if you want adaptive targets. For shopping: Carby. Ranked by job, not by a lab test.
Does Carby import MyFitnessPal?
No. Cal AI’s FAQ also says it does not import MyFitnessPal yet. Copy this week’s dinners by hand if you switch to Carby.
Is Eat This Much a MyFitnessPal alternative?
Eat This Much generates future meals to hit macros, with a grocery list on Premium. It sits between a diary and a planner. See Carby vs Eat This Much.
Sources checked October 20, 2026: MyFitnessPal homepage · MyFitnessPal Premium · MyFitnessPal Premium+ · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 341232718 · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 6779585429 · Carby billing policy · Carby refund help · 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. Competitor facts come from those public pages and US iTunes Lookup. Missing cells were omitted, not guessed.