Lose It vs MyFitnessPal: Free Plans, Prices and Which to Pick

Lose It! is the better pick if you want a simple tracker and a cheaper upgrade: its US App Store listing shows a year of Premium at $39.99, about half of MyFitnessPal Premium’s $79.99 a year. MyFitnessPal is the better pick if you eat out a lot, use several fitness devices or want to set macro goals without paying, but neither app gives you barcode, photo or voice logging on its free plan.

Disclosure: this page is written by the Calo AI Team. Calo AI is our own app, and we have no link to Lose It! or MyFitnessPal. Every fact about them comes from their own websites, help centres and app store listings. We checked the store listings and MyFitnessPal’s premium page on 12 October 2026, and MyFitnessPal’s help centre articles in early October 2026, when we last loaded them. Prices change, so treat them as a snapshot.

Lose It vs MyFitnessPal at a glance

What does each free plan include?

The free plans are closer than many reviews suggest, because both apps now keep their faster logging tools for paying users.

Lose It!’s US App Store listing names three “free basic features”: calorie tracking for meals and exercise, a weight loss plan based on your body and activity level, and community support with friends and groups. Everything else on its list sits under “Premium plan features”: photo meal logging, AI Voice, the barcode scanner, advanced tracking of macros, vitamins and minerals, intermittent fasting, meal planning and targets, diet plans and fitness app syncs.

MyFitnessPal’s help centre lists a slightly wider free plan: food and exercise logging, custom foods, meals and recipes, viewing macros, setting calorie and macro goals by percentage, sharing your diary and linking partner apps. Its premium page lists what you pay for: Barcode Scan and Meal Scan, Voice Log, macro tracking with custom goals, ad-free logging, intermittent fasting and food insights.

So on a free plan, MyFitnessPal gives you a little more for macros, because you can see them and set percentage goals. On both apps you search for each food by name rather than scanning it.

Which is cheaper, Lose It Premium or MyFitnessPal Premium?

In the US, Lose It! Premium. MyFitnessPal’s own premium page lists Premium at $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Lose It! does not publish a price list on its website, but its US App Store listing includes an item named “year of premium features” at $39.99.

Both App Store listings show several prices for similar items, which usually means offers or different plan lengths. Here is what each listing showed on 12 October 2026:

Lose It!’s listings do not say which billing period most items cover, so we cannot line up a Canadian or Australian yearly price for it with confidence. The price on each app’s upgrade screen is the one you pay.

One thing Lose It! offers that MyFitnessPal’s listings do not show is a lifetime option, a one-off payment instead of a subscription. MyFitnessPal offers a 7-day free Premium trial to people who have never upgraded or started a trial, and its premium page says the first charge comes at the end of the trial unless you cancel. Lose It!’s listing says its yearly subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends.

Which has the better food database?

On paper, Lose It! claims the bigger database, with 56+ million items and recipes on its store listings. MyFitnessPal’s App Store listing says 20.5M+ foods, and it specifically mentions restaurant dishes. Each company counts items its own way, so do not read too much into the gap.

What matters more is whether the entries are right. MyFitnessPal marks foods it has reviewed or added with a check mark, and its help centre says even check-marked items can occasionally be wrong. On any crowd-built database, pick the entry that matches the label on your pack, and weigh or measure your portion where you can. Our guide on how to read a nutrition label for calories shows what to check, and how to track calories without a food scale helps when you cannot weigh.

Which is easier to use day to day?

This is personal, but the feature lists point one way. Lose It! keeps its free plan narrow: set a calorie budget, log food and exercise, and check your progress. That suits people who only want a daily calorie number.

MyFitnessPal does more, and its premium page says more than 35 apps and fitness devices connect to it. That is useful if you already wear a tracker or use a workout app, and less important if you do not. Both are Editors’ Choice apps on Google Play, so neither is a poor choice on quality.

When is Lose It! the better choice?

• You want the cheapest paid plan in the US, or the option of a lifetime purchase.
• You only need calorie tracking and like a simple app.
• You want a native iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch app with a high rating: 4.8 stars from 781K ratings on the US App Store.
• You like community groups and friends for motivation.

When is MyFitnessPal the better choice?

• You eat out often and want restaurant dishes in the database.
• You use several fitness apps or devices and want them connected.
• You want to see macros and set percentage goals free.
• You want the app with the largest user base: 100M+ downloads on Google Play.

Is there a free option with photo and voice logging?

Both apps charge for photo and voice logging. If those are what keep you logging, Calo AI is a free option on Android, with a web app at caloai.fit/app that runs in the browser on iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC.

To be fair about the gaps: Calo AI has no barcode scanner and no App Store app, and it has nothing like MyFitnessPal’s device connections. Photo results are estimates, and portion size is the hardest part for any photo tracker, so describing your meal or correcting it by voice or text gives a closer number. Our guide on how accurate AI calorie trackers are explains why. For deeper single-app comparisons, see our Lose It! alternatives and MyFitnessPal alternative pages.

You can try the web app free or get Calo AI on Google Play.

A note on safety: if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 18, or have diabetes, PCOS, kidney disease or a history of eating disorders, speak to a doctor or registered dietitian before following a calorie target from any app. If you take a GLP-1 medication, follow your prescriber’s advice on eating. Real results vary from person to person.