Alternatives to fatsecret
A calorie counter and food diary app for tracking nutrition intake and weight loss progress. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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fatsecret
A calorie counter and food diary app for tracking nutrition intake and weight loss progress.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as fatsecret.
MyFitnessPal
A calorie and macro tracking app with a large food database, meal photo scanning and voice logging.
MyFitnessPal has a very large food database with photo and voice logging and GLP-1 dose tracking on web, iOS and Android, but carries advertising.
Lose It!
A calorie counter and weight loss tracker with barcode scanning and photo food logging.
Lose It! is also a weight loss calorie counter on Android, iOS and the web, adding voice, barcode and photo logging plus water tracking.
MyNetDiary
A calorie counter with a staff-verified food database, barcode scanning and up to 108 nutrients per food.
MyNetDiary uses a staff-verified database with up to 108 nutrients per food and free ad-free barcode scanning, and needs no account to use.
Yazio
A calorie counter and intermittent fasting tracker with food logging, recipes and fitness tracker sync.
Yazio adds intermittent fasting timers with 16:8, 5:2 and 6:1 plans and over 3,000 recipes to calorie counting, and syncs steps from fitness trackers.
Cronometer
A nutrition tracker that logs food, exercise and biometrics down to individual vitamins and minerals.
Cronometer tracks up to 95 nutrients with lab-analysed data and records biometrics, giving more detail than a weight loss food diary may need.
Lifesum
A diet tracking app with structured eating plans such as keto, Mediterranean and high protein.
Lifesum pairs food tracking with structured diet plans such as keto and Mediterranean on mobile and the web, with some plans requiring payment.
MacroFactor
A macro tracker and diet coach that adjusts calorie targets by estimating your energy expenditure.
MacroFactor adjusts calorie targets to your estimated energy expenditure with built-in coaching, but is a paid app with no free tier and no web version.
Fooducate
A diet tracking app that scans packaged foods and grades them by nutritional quality.
Fooducate grades packaged foods by nutritional quality with a barcode scanner, focusing on food quality more than detailed macro planning.
Also worth comparing
These listings name fatsecret as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Carb Manager
A keto and low-carb diet tracker with net carb counting, meal plans and a recipe library.
fatsecret provides a free food diary and calorie tracking on iOS, Android and the web, with meal plans in Premium, and focuses on weight loss rather than net carbs.
Eat This Much
A meal planning service that builds daily and weekly meal plans around calorie, macro and budget targets.
fatsecret is mainly a calorie counter and food diary on iOS, Android and the web, with meal plans offered only in its Premium subscription.
Foodvisor
A nutrition app that logs meals from photos and offers personalised diet plans.
fatsecret offers a free food diary and calorie tracking on iOS, Android and the web, with meal plans in Premium, but no photo recognition is listed.
OpenNutriTracker
Free and open-source calorie and nutrition tracker for mobile, focused on simplicity and privacy.
fatsecret is a free food diary on iOS, Android and the web with a Premium tier, run as a proprietary service.
Waistline
Libre calorie counter and weight tracker for Android, with a day-by-day food diary.
fatsecret provides a free food diary and calorie tracking on iOS, Android and the web, but it is proprietary with advanced features in Premium.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Zero
An intermittent fasting app with a fasting timer, photo-based meal logging and a daily protein score.
Open Food Facts
A collaborative open database of food products with a barcode scanner app for ingredients and nutrition.
Withings App
A free health and fitness app for Withings scales, watches and monitors that also works without them.
