MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal is a long-running calorie and nutrition tracker built around one of the biggest food databases in the category — millions of entries covering packaged goods, restaurant items, and generic foods. You log what you eat by searching, scanning a barcode, or reusing saved meals, and the app tallies calories and macronutrients against a daily target. It has been a default choice for weight-loss and macro tracking for well over a decade.

The database and integrations are the real draw. MyFitnessPal connects to Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, Strava, and many other services, so steps and workouts flow in and adjust your remaining calories. Newer AI-flavored features add photo-based and natural-language food logging and personalized insights, though the core experience is still straightforward tracking. It competes with Cronometer (favored for micronutrient accuracy), Lose It!, and Apple’s own tools.

The app was owned by Under Armour for several years before being sold in 2020 to the private-equity firm Francisco Partners, which now runs it as an independent company.

Key Features

• Very large food database with barcode scanning
• Calorie and macronutrient (protein, carbs, fat) tracking
• Saved and quick-add meals for fast repeat logging
• Exercise logging with calorie adjustments
• Integrations with Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, and dozens more
• Progress charts, weight trends, and goal tracking

Pricing

• Free: Calorie counting, barcode scanning, and basic logging
• Premium: Around $20 per month or roughly $80 per year for custom macro goals, food analysis, no ads, and additional insights

Best For

Anyone counting calories or macros for weight loss, recomposition, or general awareness — especially people who want the widest food coverage and the ability to sync with an existing wearable.

Limitations

Because much of the database is user-submitted, entries can be wrong or duplicated, so a quick sanity check helps. Several genuinely useful tools — editable macro targets, deeper food breakdowns, ad-free use — sit behind Premium. Users focused on micronutrient precision often prefer Cronometer’s curated database instead.