Compare 16 calorie tracker apps by price, free plan, barcode scanner, AI photo logging, offline use, privacy and more. Pick what you need and see what each app would cost for as long as you plan to track.
US prices in US dollars, from each app's App Store listing and the vendor's own pages. Download the data (CSV) Last checked · Made by the team behind ProTrack AI
Start with how you want to pay, then check the features you'll use every day. As of October 23, 2026, 13 of the 16 apps on this page have a free plan you can keep using, 9 include a free barcode scanner, and 4 show ads on the free plan. Only 3 sell a one-time purchase, and 5 let you log food without creating an account. The lowest 12-month price is $34.99 (PlateLens). For private tracking that works offline and needs no account, we recommend ProTrack AI for iPhone.
Our pick for private, offline tracking
ProTrack AI estimates meals from a photo on your iPhone, so the photo is never uploaded. Your food diary works offline, there's no account and no ads, and weight tracking is free. It's free to try with a few scans, then $5.99/wk · $39.99 once.
Most complete free plan
MyNetDiary's free plan has unlimited barcode scanning, up to 108 nutrients, offline logging and no ads, and you can start without an account. Premium is $8.99/mo · $59.99/yr · $179.99 once.
Lowest yearly price
PlateLens costs $34.99 for a year, the lowest 12-month price on this page, and it also has a free plan.
Vitamins and minerals for free
Cronometer tracks 95+ vitamins and minerals on its free plan, with a free barcode scanner and CSV export. The free plan shows ads; Gold is $10.99/mo · $59.99/yr.
Adaptive targets
MacroFactor adjusts your calorie and macro targets as you log. There is no free version: after a 7-day trial it is $11.99/mo · $71.99/yr.
Free AI photo logs every day
SnapCalorie gives up to 3 free AI photo or voice logs a day. Unlimited logging with Premium is $19.99/mo · $149/yr.
Keto and low-carb
Carb Manager tracks net carbs, with unlimited barcode scanning and custom macro goals on its free plan. Premium adds meal plans and vitamins and minerals for $8.49/mo · $39.99/yr.
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Private, offline tracking on iPhone
$39.99
for 12 months, one-time purchase
Free to try with a limited number of AI photo or barcode scans; after that, logging needs a plan. Weight logging stays free and unlimited. No account and no ads.
One plan, two ways to pay: $5.99 a week, or $39.99 once for lifetime access. The App Store rating was recently reset. Trial: Free to try with a few scans.
Sources: useprotrack.com, useprotrack.com
A free food log for Galaxy phone owners
$0
for 12 months, no paid plan
Food and weight tracking are free. Barcode scanning (US, Android) and the Scan Meal photo beta (US, recent Galaxy phones) are free; Samsung says Scan Meal may become paid. The iPhone app is a simpler companion that needs a Samsung account.
Free, with no paid plan for food or weight tracking. The rating is from the iPhone App Store; Google Play shows 3.1.
Sources: play.google.com, apps.apple.com, samsung.com, samsungmobilepress.com
AI photo logging with a free daily allowance
$34.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan never expires: calorie and macro tracking, barcode scanning and a daily allowance of AI photo scans (number not published). PRO adds detailed nutrients and a higher daily allowance.
Prices from PlateLens's pricing page. The App Store lists two unlabeled Premium items at $19.99 and $79.99. Trial: 3 days.
Sources: apps.apple.com, platelens.app, platelens.app, platelens.app, play.google.com
Keto and low-carb tracking
$39.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan includes food logging, unlimited barcode scanning, net carbs, macro goals and weight tracking. Premium adds meal plans, vitamins and minerals, fasting tools and reports.
Also $16.49 for three months. The App Store lists other annual offers from $24.99 to $49.99.
Sources: apps.apple.com, help.carbmanager.com, help.carbmanager.com, help.carbmanager.com, help.carbmanager.com, help.carbmanager.com
Ad-free logging on Apple devices
$39.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan includes unlimited food logging, barcode and label scanning, calorie and macro goals, CSV export and weight tracking, with no ads. Foodnoms+ adds AI logging and vitamins and minerals.
Foodnoms states $39.99 a year; $5.99 is the matching App Store monthly price. The App Store also lists $9.99 a month and $49.99 a year. A family plan is $69.99 a year. Trial: 7 days on the annual plan.
Sources: apps.apple.com, foodnoms.com, foodnoms.com, foodnoms.com, foodnoms.com
Calorie counting with intermittent fasting
$47.90
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free app includes the calorie counter, food diary, barcode scanner, macros overview and the 16:8 fasting plan, with ads and no sign-up. PRO adds AI photo tracking, detailed nutrients and no ads.
From Yazio's January 2026 US price list; also $23.99 for three months. Yazio does not offer monthly billing. The App Store lists other PRO offers. Trial: 7 days, offered at times on yazio.com only.
Sources: apps.apple.com, filecontent.yazio.com, help.yazio.com, help.yazio.com, help.yazio.com
Guided meal plans and diet programs
$49.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
Food search, the barcode scanner and recent meals are free, and you can change your calorie goal. Premium adds AI tracking, a custom macro split and meal plans. The app shows the last 30 days of data.
Lifesum publishes no standard price. These are the App Store's featured plans; it also lists $14.99 for three months and yearly plans at $99.99 and $119.99. Trial: Offered; length not stated.
Sources: apps.apple.com, help.lifesum.com, help.lifesum.com, help.lifesum.com, help.lifesum.com, help.lifesum.com
Detailed vitamins and minerals
$59.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free (Basic) plan has no time limit and includes barcode scanning, macro targets, vitamins and minerals, and full data export. Gold removes ads and adds photo and voice logging.
Same prices on the App Store and cronometer.com. A separate Professional plan is for health professionals.
Sources: apps.apple.com, cronometer.com, support.cronometer.com, support.cronometer.com, support.cronometer.com
A free diary with barcode scanning and a community
$59.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan includes macro tracking, the barcode scanner, reports and weight logging. Premium adds photo and voice logging, meal plans and more meal types.
FatSecret publishes no US price. These are the App Store's first-listed Premium prices; it also lists $28.99 for three months and offers from $10.49 a month and $38.99 a year.
Sources: apps.apple.com, fatsecret.com, fatsecret.com, fatsecret.com, fatsecret.com, fatsecret.com
A full-featured free plan with no ads
$59.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan has no time limit: unlimited food diary and barcode scanning, up to 108 nutrients, offline logging, no ads and no account needed to start. Meal Scan photo logging is Premium after a few free scans.
Premium Plus (AI tools) costs $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Lifetime covers Premium only.
Sources: apps.apple.com, mynetdiary.com, mynetdiary.com, mynetdiary.com, mynetdiary.com, mynetdiary.com
Adaptive calorie and macro targets
$71.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
There is no free version. Everything needs a subscription after the 7-day trial.
Also $47.99 for six months. The Workouts app costs the same; Nutrition and Workouts together cost $89.99 a year. The App Store also lists $9.99 monthly and $59.99 annual offers. Trial: 7 days.
Sources: apps.apple.com, help.macrofactorapp.com, macrofactor.com, help.macrofactorapp.com, help.macrofactorapp.com
Calorie-budget weight loss
$79.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan includes a calorie budget, food search and logging, and weight tracking. The barcode scanner is moving to Premium; some free accounts still have it.
Lose It! lists Premium as annual only. Lifetime is $299.99, or $229.99 for active Premium members. The App Store also shows discounted in-app offers, including Lifetime at $49.99 and $59.99. Trial: 7 days for new Premium users.
Sources: apps.apple.com, loseit.zendesk.com, loseit.zendesk.com, loseit.zendesk.com, loseit.zendesk.com, loseit.zendesk.com
A huge food database with a free manual-logging plan
$79.99
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free plan includes food and exercise logging, weight, recipes, and calorie and macro goals by percentage. The barcode scanner has been Premium-only since October 2022.
Premium+ costs $24.99 a month or $99.99 a year and adds a meal planner. The App Store also lists Premium offers at $9.99 and $49.99. Trial: 7 days for first-time Premium users.
Sources: apps.apple.com, support.myfitnesspal.com, blog.myfitnesspal.com, support.myfitnesspal.com, support.myfitnesspal.com, support.myfitnesspal.com
A few free AI photo logs every day
$149
for 12 months, paying yearly
Free for up to 3 AI logs a day (photo or voice); Premium is unlimited. SnapCalorie does not list which other features are Premium.
These are the App Store's labeled Monthly and Annual plans. It also lists unlabeled Premium offers from $9.99 to $99.99. SnapCalorie publishes no prices.
Sources: apps.apple.com, snapcalorie.com, snapcalorie.com
A coached weight-loss program with lessons
$209
for 12 months, paying yearly
The free version needs an account. In the US it includes photo and voice meal logging toward a daily goal; elsewhere, food logging needs a paid plan. Coaching, lessons and macro tracking are paid.
Noom sets your plan after a quiz; these are the prices on Noom's own pricing page. GLP-1 programs (Noom Med) are priced separately and not included. Trial: 7 or 14 days, for a small fee you choose.
Sources: apps.apple.com, noom.com, noom.com, noom.com, noom.com
Photo-first AI logging
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Price not published
The App Store listing says food scan results need a subscription. Cal AI documents no features that stay free after the trial.
Cal AI publishes no prices. The App Store lists "Unlimited" plans from $2.99 to $29.99 without saying how long each one lasts, so no standard price can be given. Trial: 3 days.
Sources: apps.apple.com, calai.app, calai.app, play.google.com
All apps
Every app with its US prices, free plan and features. "Not stated" means the vendor doesn't document it. Scroll sideways on a phone. Last checked . Download the data (CSV). Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit to ProTrack AI.
| App | Monthly | Yearly | One-time | Free version | Barcode scanner | AI photo logging | Works offline | Account | Ads on free plan | Data export | Custom macro goals | Vitamins & minerals | Weight tracking | Platforms | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProTrack AI | $5.99/wk | — | $39.99 | Free to try | Paid | Paid | Yes | Not needed | No ads | Paid | Paid | No | Free | iPhone | Reset |
| Cal AI | Not published | Free to try | Paid | Paid | Not stated | Not stated | No free plan | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | iPhone, Android | 4.8 (372K) | ||
| Carb Manager | $8.49 | $39.99 | — | Free plan | Free | Not stated | Not stated | Not needed | Not stated | Paid | Free | Paid | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.8 (736K) |
| Cronometer | $10.99 | $59.99 | — | Free plan | Free | Paid | Not stated | Required | Ads | Free | Free | Free | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.8 (100K) |
| FatSecret | $14.99 | $59.99 | — | Free plan | Free | Paid | Not stated | Required | No ads | Free | Free | Not stated | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.7 (15K) |
| Foodnoms | $5.99 | $39.99 | — | Free plan | Free | Paid | Partly | Not needed | No ads | Free | Free | Paid | Free | iPhone | 4.7 (7.8K) |
| Lifesum | $7.49 | $49.99 | — | Free plan | Free | Paid | No | Required | No ads | Free | Paid | No | Free | iPhone, Android | 4.6 (151K) |
| Lose It! | — | $79.99 | $299.99 | Free plan | Paid | Paid | Not stated | Not stated | Ads | Free | Paid | Not stated | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.8 (782K) |
| MacroFactor | $11.99 | $71.99 | — | No free plan | Paid | Paid | Partly | Required | No ads | Paid | Paid | Paid | Paid | iPhone, Android | 4.8 (23K) |
| MyFitnessPal | $19.99 | $79.99 | — | Free plan | Paid | Paid | Partly | Required | Ads | Paid | Free | Free | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.7 (2.4M) |
| MyNetDiary | $8.99 | $59.99 | $179.99 | Free plan | Free | Limited free | Yes | Not needed | No ads | Paid | Free | Free | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.8 (170K) |
| Noom | $70 | $209 | — | Free plan | Not stated | Free | Not stated | Required | Not stated | Limited | Paid | Paid | Not stated | iPhone, Android | 4.7 (874K) |
| PlateLens | $9.99 | $34.99 | — | Free plan | Free | Limited free | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Free | Free | Paid | Free | iPhone, Android, Web | 4.7 (961) |
| Samsung Health | Free, no paid plan | Free plan | Free | Free | Not stated | Not stated | No ads | Free | Not stated | Not stated | Free | iPhone, Android | 4.7 (36K) | ||
| SnapCalorie | $19.99 | $149 | — | Free plan | Not stated | Limited free | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | iPhone, Android | 4.7 (6.9K) |
| Yazio | — | $47.90 | — | Free plan | Free | Paid | Not stated | Not needed | Ads | Not stated | Free | Paid | Free | iPhone, Android | 4.7 (51K) |
Monthly shows ProTrack AI's weekly price, its only recurring plan. Ratings are from the US App Store (Samsung Health's is from its iPhone app). Hover over a cell, or open "What's free, what's paid" on an app's card above, to see the detail behind each value.
Read the fine print
Most calorie trackers say they're free to download. What you can do without paying varies a lot, so check the feature you'll use every day, not just the "Free" label.
Prices on the App Store also move around. Many apps show discounted introductory offers or test different prices, so the price you see in the app may be lower than the standard price in this table. We note those offers on each app's card.
Method
We checked each app's US App Store listing and the vendor's own pricing page and help center on October 23, 2026. Each app's card links to the pages we used. Reviews and other comparison sites were used only as leads, never as the source of a value.
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FAQ
On this page: ProTrack AI ($39.99), MyNetDiary ($179.99), Lose It! ($299.99). Lifetime prices are one-time payments with no renewal. The others sell subscriptions only.
13 of the 16 apps on this page have a free plan you can keep using, so the cheapest option is $0. Of the paid plans, PlateLens has the lowest 12-month price at $34.99. If you plan to track for more than a year, a one-time purchase can cost less: ProTrack AI is $39.99 once. Set how long you'll track in the comparison above to see the total for each app.
On this page: Cronometer, MyNetDiary, FatSecret, Foodnoms, Yazio, Lifesum, Carb Manager, PlateLens and Samsung Health. MyFitnessPal moved its barcode scanner to Premium in October 2022, and Lose It! is moving its scanner to Premium too.
Yes. MyFitnessPal's free plan still lets you log food, exercise and weight. The barcode scanner, photo logging, gram-based macro goals, data export and ad-free use need Premium, which costs $19.99/mo · $79.99/yr in the US.
It depends on how many of its paid features you would use. Premium costs $19.99/mo · $79.99/yr. If you mainly want the barcode scanner, 9 apps on this page include one on their free plan. Our MyFitnessPal Premium cost calculator shows your total for the months you plan to track and which apps include the features you need for free.
Yes. Cronometer's free Basic plan has no time limit and includes the barcode scanner, macro targets, vitamins and minerals, and data export, with ads. Cronometer Gold removes ads and adds photo and voice logging for $10.99/mo · $59.99/yr.
Full offline logging is documented for MyNetDiary and ProTrack AI. MyFitnessPal, MacroFactor and Foodnoms work partly offline, for example with foods you have logged before. Most other apps don't say, and Lifesum says it needs a connection.
On this page: MyNetDiary, Foodnoms, Yazio, Carb Manager and ProTrack AI. The other apps either require an account or don't say.
Every app on this page now offers some form of AI photo logging, but in most of them it's an optional paid extra and you can log food by hand or with a barcode on the free plan. If you want an app that keeps logging simple, see our guide to simple calorie tracker apps with no AI.
We checked each app's US App Store listing and the vendor's own pricing and help pages on October 23, 2026. Prices are standard US prices in US dollars. The App Store often shows discounted introductory offers, so where the vendor publishes a standard price we use it and note the offers. Where a vendor doesn't document a feature, the table says "Not stated" instead of guessing.
Prices and features change. Check the App Store before you subscribe. ProTrack AI is not affiliated with the other apps on this page.
