Alternatives to Cal AI, MyFitnessPal, Yazio, Lose It! and Lifesum
Updated October 27, 2026. We make TrackAI, so weigh that. Feature notes come from each app's own App Store description on October 3, 2026; check the App Store for the latest.
Most calorie apps are free to download and paid to use well. The features that make logging quick, like photo recognition and barcode scanning, usually sit behind a subscription, and some apps split them across tiers. TrackAI puts everything in one plan: weekly, or yearly with a 3-day free trial. Here is what you keep and what you give up by switching to it.
First: bring your history
If your current app writes to Apple Health (most do, once you allow it), open TrackAI › Settings › Data › Import History. It pulls the last 90 days of calories and macros from Apple Health into TrackAI, so your trends do not start from zero. Days already in TrackAI are left as they are. Individual foods, recipes and photos stay in the old app.
Cal AI alternative
What Cal AI does well: snap a photo, get calories and macros, with a big community and a slick onboarding.
What you keep in TrackAI: the same snap-to-log flow, plus Describe for meals you already ate, barcode scanning, nutrition label scanning, fiber, vitamins and minerals, and a Food Score for each meal.
What you give up: Cal AI's social proof and its larger user base. TrackAI is newer, released in July 2026.
MyFitnessPal alternative
What MyFitnessPal does well: the largest food database of any app, Android and web versions, and connections to many devices.
What you keep in TrackAI: photo, text, barcode and label logging in one plan, with full nutrition per meal and an AI coach.
What you give up: the depth of MyFitnessPal's database, Android, and the web app. If you log many obscure branded products, the label scan is your fallback in TrackAI.
Yazio alternative
What Yazio does well: calorie tracking and intermittent fasting plans in one app.
What you keep in TrackAI: calorie and macro tracking with AI logging, 500 recipes filtered by diet, water and weight.
What you give up: fasting. TrackAI has no fasting timer, so keep a separate fasting app if that is part of your plan.
Lose It! alternative
What Lose It! does well: a proven, simple weight-loss tracker with a daily calorie budget, photo and voice logging.
What you keep in TrackAI: a daily target built from Mifflin-St Jeor and your pace (try the calorie calculator), photo and barcode logging, a weight trend line.
What you give up: voice logging as a separate button (you can dictate into Describe with the iPhone keyboard), and Lose It!'s long track record.
Lifesum alternative
What Lifesum does well: diet programs, meal plans and a polished design.
What you keep in TrackAI: recipes for 10 diets (vegan, keto, Mediterranean, high protein and more), meal suggestions for the nutrients you are missing today, and a macro split that follows your diet.
What you give up: structured multi-week meal plans.
The honest summary
| Switching from | You keep | You give up |
|---|---|---|
| Cal AI | Photo logging, plus barcode, label and text | A larger community |
| MyFitnessPal | AI logging, micronutrients and a coach in one plan | Database depth, Android, web |
| Yazio | Calories, macros, recipes | Fasting timer |
| Lose It! | Daily budget, photo and barcode | Separate voice logging |
| Lifesum | Diet-aware recipes and macros | Structured meal plans |
TrackAI is a good fit if you want quick AI logging, full nutrition and a coach in one subscription; the 3-day trial on the yearly plan is enough to log a few real days before you pay. If one of the things in the right-hand column is the reason you use your current app, it is fine to stay.
FAQ
What is a good alternative to Cal AI?
TrackAI logs a meal from a photo the same way, plus typed descriptions, barcodes and nutrition labels, and adds vitamins, minerals, a Food Score and an AI coach in the same plan. Its yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial. It is iPhone only.
Can I move my MyFitnessPal history to another app?
If MyFitnessPal was writing your nutrition to Apple Health, TrackAI can import it: Settings › Data › Import History pulls the last 90 days of calories and macros from Apple Health. Individual foods and recipes do not come across.
What is a good alternative to MyFitnessPal with AI photo logging?
TrackAI logs by photo, description, barcode or label, all in one subscription with a 3-day free trial on the yearly plan. MyFitnessPal's free tier keeps manual logging and its huge database, but meal scan and barcode scanning are part of Premium.