Verdict

MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter scores 8 out of 10 in this guide. Method healthier-v1: weighted blend of 9 data-derived sub-scores; see scoring.md. The record files it for Detailed Nutrition Tracking — Individuals who require precise calorie, macro, and micronutrient tracking for dietary management.. It is a weak fit for Users Avoiding Subscriptions — Individuals unwilling to pay for core logging features like barcode scanning and detailed macro tracking, which are now premium..

Who it is for

Detailed Nutrition Tracking — Individuals who require precise calorie, macro, and micronutrient tracking for dietary management. Weight Management — Users focused on weight loss, gain, or maintenance through consistent food and activity logging. Extensive Food Database Access — Those who benefit from a vast database of foods, including restaurant items, for easy logging. Meal Planning & Recipe Discovery — People looking for tools to plan meals, save recipes, and generate grocery lists to simplify healthy eating.

Price

Monthly: $9.99.

Yearly: $64.99.

Trial: Listing or in-app purchase copy mentions a trial or try-for-free offer..

What the feature record says

Photo logging is marked available. Quality: good. Coverage: strong. Usefulness: high. Features AI-powered meal scanning and barcode scanning for quick food logging, available with Premium. Evidence noted: description screenshots

Audio logging is marked available. Quality: fair. Coverage: moderate. Usefulness: medium. Supports voice logging for food entry, but a user review indicates issues with accuracy and understanding spoken input. Available with Premium. Evidence noted: description screenshots

Apple Health is marked available. Quality: good. Coverage: strong. Usefulness: high. Integrates with Apple Health for sharing meal summaries, exercise data, and weight data. Evidence noted: web

Macro tracking is marked available. Quality: good. Coverage: strong. Usefulness: high. Provides a macro tracker to view and set goals for carbs, fat, and protein. This feature is primarily available with a Premium subscription. Evidence noted: description reviews

Micronutrients is marked available. Quality: good. Coverage: moderate. Usefulness: medium. Allows setting goals for nutrients like sodium and fiber, and users track intake of 'micro nutrients and minerals'. Evidence noted: description reviews

Water tracking is marked available. Quality: good. Coverage: strong. Usefulness: high. Includes a dedicated water tracker with an interactive widget for iOS 17+. Evidence noted: description web

Review themes

MyFitnessPal is widely praised for its effectiveness in helping users achieve weight loss and fitness goals through consistent tracking. Users appreciate the extensive food database and the ability to track macros, finding the app generally easy to use and motivating. Significant complaints revolve around the app's aggressive paywalling of previously free features, such as barcode scanning and detailed macro tracking. Users also report performance issues, including glitches, slow loading times, and frequent login problems. The accuracy of voice logging and the inability to manually add custom food items are also noted frustrations.

Liked: Goal achievement (6 mentions). Users consistently report success in reaching weight loss and fitness goals, attributing it to the app's tracking capabilities and motivational aspects.

Liked: Ease of use (3 mentions). The app is generally found to be user-friendly, making daily tracking straightforward.

Liked: Extensive food database (3 mentions). The large and easily searchable food database is a key positive, simplifying food logging.

Disliked: Paywall for features (4 mentions). Many users are frustrated by the shift of previously free core features, such as barcode scanning and detailed macro tracking, behind a premium subscription.

Disliked: Glitches and performance (3 mentions). Reports of app glitches, slow UI loading, and loss of historical data indicate stability and performance issues.

Disliked: Frequent login issues (1 mentions). Some users experience the inconvenience of having to sign in multiple times a day.

Scores

Overall 8/10. Confidence on the record is 1.

Accuracy: 4.5/10. Quality rating of the accuracy feature (5 if unknown).

Pricing value: 6.2/10. 10 - annualised price $64.99/15 (+0.5 if free trial).

Ease of use: 9/10. 5 + 5 x best quality of fast-logging features (AI image/text/audio, barcode).

Feature depth: 9.4/10. Quality-weighted share of tracked features available (excellent 1.0 .. poor 0.2), x1.6, capped at 10.

Beginner friendliness: 9.4/10. 60% easeOfUse + 40% beginner skill-level fit.

User feedback: 7.4/10. Bayesian rating 4.55 (iOS 4.71x2393656 + Play 4.41x2921749, prior 4.3x200) + review stars sentiment -0.20 over 20 reviews.

Maintenance: 9.2/10. Last release 4 days ago (half-life 90d, 70%) + median 7 days between releases (30%).

Traction: 10/10. log10 of 5315405 total ratings (iOS+Play), 1M ratings = 10.

Coachability: 8/10. Best quality of aiCoach / coachConnection features.

Who should skip it

Skip MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter if you need Users Avoiding Subscriptions — Individuals unwilling to pay for core logging features like barcode scanning and detailed macro tracking, which are now premium.; Direct Coaching Seekers — Those looking for native, in-app human or AI-driven coaching, as the app primarily offers tracking tools.; Performance-Sensitive Users — Individuals who require a glitch-free, fast-loading application without frequent login interruptions..