MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter

Health & Fitness

7.2~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.4 Google Play·100M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-05

Screenshots

Promotional image labelling a salad with carbohydrate and protein figures

Food list naming salad greens, tomatoes, edamame and cucumber with calories

Weekly nutrition chart comparing macro percentages against goals

Meal scan of avocado toast listing three foods to log

Voice logging prompt inviting a spoken description of a meal

Weekly reminder setup for a GLP-1 medication dose

About MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter

MyFitnessPal logs food against a calorie and macro target three ways: search the database, photograph a plate and let it name the items, or say out loud what you ate. Weekly charts break the days into carbohydrates, fat and protein against goals. Barcode scanning has needed Premium since October 2022, and Premium runs to $19.99 a month.

App information

DeveloperMyFitnessPal, Inc.

Version26.33.0 (Android) · 26.35.0 (iOS)

Size73.5 MB (Android) · 359 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating16+

Requires (Android)Android 13+

Requires (iOS)iOS 18.0+

Offline modeRecent entries log offline and sync later; search and scanning need a connection

Interface languagesDA, NL, EN, FR, DE, ID + 13 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.4 from 2,917,252 ratings

Installs100M+

Updated by developer2026-09-01

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

MyFitnessPal Review: Scanning a Barcode Needs Premium

Three Ways to Log a Meal

Searching the database is the old route and still the fastest for a repeat meal. The meal scan photographs a plate and returns a list — avocado at 240 calories, whole grain bread at 91, a boiled egg at 63 — each removable before the entry is saved. Voice logging takes a spoken sentence about what you ate and turns it into diary items. Verified database entries carry a green tick, which matters in a food database built largely from user submissions. The day screen keeps calories used against the target and the three macros in grams beneath it.

The Weekly Chart Is Where Logging Becomes Information

The nutrition view stacks a week into daily bars split by macro, with averages against goals printed beside them — 45% carbohydrates against a 50% target, 32% fat against 30%, 23% protein against 20% — and lists which foods contributed most to each. That single screen answers the question people actually log for. A newer addition sets weekly reminders for GLP-1 medication doses, with the day and time pre-filled from recent entries, which tells you plainly who the app expects its next few million users to be.

October 2022 Moved the Scanner Behind the Paywall

From 1 October 2022 the barcode scanner — for a decade the most-used feature in the app — became a Premium function. The App Store lists Premium at $9.99 and $19.99 monthly and $49.99 and $79.99 annually. The free tier still logs meals, tracks weight and keeps a diary, with advertising: Google Play carries a Contains ads badge and Apple rates the app 16+, citing frequent medical treatment information. The store averages diverge sharply — 4.4 from 2.91 million Play reviews against 4.7 from 2.36 million on Apple — on a 359 MB install.

Pros

Photograph a plate and get itemised calorie estimates
Voice logging turns a spoken sentence into diary entries
Weekly macro chart compares intake against set goals
Verified database entries are marked with a tick
Rated 4.7 on the App Store across 2.36 million ratings

Cons

Barcode scanning has required Premium since October 2022
The Premium subscription reaches $19.99 a month
Advertising sits inside the free food diary
The database depends heavily on user-submitted entries

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Verdict

Still the biggest food database on a phone, and the logging routes — search, photograph, speak — cover every situation a diary needs. The weekly macro chart is the thing worth opening it for. The reservation is a matter of record rather than opinion: the feature most people installed it for went behind a subscription in 2022, and that subscription now reaches $19.99 a month.

Core function8.0A vast food database with three logging routes and reliable macro maths.

Ease of use8.0Logging a familiar meal takes seconds; the first week takes patience.

Monetisation5.5The most-used feature moved behind a subscription that reaches $19.99.

Performance7.5359 MB, quick searches, though photo scanning needs a connection.

Privacy & permissions6.5Detailed food, weight and health data in an app rated 16+ for medical content.

7.2out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

What can you do without paying?

Log meals by searching the database, track weight and see a daily calorie and macro summary, with advertising throughout. Barcode scanning, deeper nutrition breakdowns and some analysis require Premium, which the App Store lists between $9.99 and $19.99 a month.

How does the meal photograph work?

You photograph the plate and the app returns a list of the foods it recognises with a calorie figure for each — avocado, bread, eggs in the store example — which you edit or delete before logging. It is an estimate, so a weighed portion still beats a photograph for accuracy.

What does Premium cost?

The App Store lists monthly tiers at $9.99 and $19.99 and annual ones at $49.99 and $79.99. The annual plan is roughly a third of the monthly cost over a year, which is the usual arrangement. Prices are US figures and change by region.

Is the food database trustworthy?

Partly. Entries created by the company carry a green verification tick and are reliable; the rest are user-submitted and vary, with duplicate and wrong entries common for supermarket items. Checking the tick before saving a new food is the difference between a useful diary and a fictional one.

What are the alternatives?

Cronometer has a stricter, better-curated database and free barcode scanning. Lose It! covers similar ground at a lower subscription price. This one still has the largest food database, which matters most if you eat branded or restaurant food regularly.