Comparison
MyFitnessPal alternatives: which one does what better
What you lose when you leave MyFitnessPal is the ecosystem: the deepest global food database in the category and a mature integration network. None of the alternatives matches that volume. But if volume is not what you are after - if you want micronutrient depth, automatic target adjustment or faster logging - the four below go further in other directions.
What you leave behind when you leave MyFitnessPal
People shopping US-centric products who want a mature ecosystem. Its global food database depth is the category's reference point.
The alternatives
The three commonest reasons for seeking a MyFitnessPal alternative: manual logging feels slow, the free tier keeps narrowing, and micronutrient tracking is thin. The entries below answer those three reasons differently.
Alphabetical order. Not a ranking and not a winners' list - Cookrange sits in its alphabetical position and is not moved up.
Cookrange
Who it suits: People who want the weekly plan regenerated on demand rather than following a fixed sheet; who want a grocery item logged by barcode in seconds; and who want to stay motivated alongside gym friends. Logging, plans, streak tracking and progress history are on the free tier; AI generation is capped at 2 runs a day.
Cookrange's limits: Pre-launch (v0.9.6 internal alpha), not in the app stores. No micronutrient tracking, no wearable integration, no browsable recipe library, no fasting tracking.
Cronometer
Cronometer tracks 80+ nutrients using lab-verified USDA/NCCDB data and lets you chart blood-test results over time — a precision-nutrition, biohacking-adjacent tool. Cookrange ties a daily calorie/macro target to an AI-generated plan and builds a gym/squad social layer into the app, but doesn't match Cronometer's micronutrient depth today.
Who it suits: Tracking a specific vitamin or mineral, or correlating blood panel results with intake over time. Over 80 nutrients against lab-verified USDA/NCCDB data.
Where Cookrange is weaker: Micronutrient depth. Cookrange tracks four core macros and does not match Cronometer's vitamin and mineral tracking today; there is no blood-panel feature at all.
Has a free tierLast verified: Full comparison →
FatSecret
FatSecret is an established calorie-tracking app with a large, largely user-submitted food database and a genuine Turkish-market presence via fatsecret.com.tr. Cookrange focuses on a different approach: five distinct ways to log a meal, an AI-generated weekly plan, and a gym/squad social layer built directly into the app.
Who it suits: People who rely on manual food logging and do not want to change that habit. A large database grown since 2006, with a local presence in Türkiye.
Where Cookrange is weaker: Database age and community volume. Cookrange pulls barcode data from Open Food Facts and has no years-deep user-contributed archive of its own.
Has a free tierLast verified: Full comparison →
Lose It!
Lose It! is a US-based calorie-tracking app that runs in a shape very similar to MyFitnessPal: barcode-based logging, a large food database, and community challenges. Cookrange logs barcodes via Open Food Facts, generates a weekly plan with AI, and builds a gym/squad social layer into the app.
Who it suits: People shopping in US grocery stores who enjoy a general group-challenge format. A large barcode database and community challenges.
Where Cookrange is weaker: US product coverage and the challenge format. A Cookrange squad is not a contest: there is no shared streak - everyone keeps their own, shown side by side.
Has a free tierLast verified: Full comparison →
MacroFactor
MacroFactor reverse-calculates your real metabolic rate from logged intake and weight trend and updates your target automatically; it was built by Stronger By Science's founders and has no free tier. Cookrange starts from a conceptually similar idea, but today's target is fixed — calories burned show up live on top of it, and the target itself only changes when you regenerate your plan.
Who it suits: People who log weight consistently and want the target to adjust itself. It reverse-engineers real metabolic rate from logged intake and weight trend.
Where Cookrange is weaker: Automatic target adjustment. In Cookrange the day's target is fixed and moves only when you regenerate the plan - a deliberate design choice, but not the same thing as MacroFactor's continuous model.
No free tierLast verified: Full comparison →
How this list was put together
Alphabetical order, Cookrange included. Not a ranking. Each entry says who that app suits and where Cookrange is weaker on the same point - we list our own gaps too, because an alternatives list is only useful if it does. Prices are deliberately absent: competitor pricing changes without notice.
If you want to look at the numbers first
Calorie and macro calculator · Protein calculator · Macro calculator · All calculators