MyFitnessPal Review: Features, Pricing and Who It Suits

This MyFitnessPal review is for people who already know the name and need the current paywall, privacy label and evidence gaps. This is a source-reviewed guide, not a hands-on lab test. Store listings, the Premium page and named papers were captured on 13 September 2026.

Who this MyFitnessPal review is for

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Pick MyFitnessPal if you want one diary that already knows most restaurant dishes. The US listing, captured 13 September 2026, claims 20.5 million foods. It also names an AI coach, a water log, 40-plus device connections and GLP-1 dose reminders in the US and Canada.

Skip Premium if a paper notebook already works. Skip Premium+ if you will not cook from the planner. The planner is listed for the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia only. Grocery-app sync is US-only on the Premium page we fetched.

If you shop British aisles, compare Nutracheck. If you want milligrams, compare Cronometer. If you want the target to move with the scale, compare MacroFactor. The category page is best calorie tracking apps.

What the public listing actually includes

The US App Store listing (id 341232718) is a free download with in-app purchases. It requires iOS 18 or later and lists Apple Watch on watchOS 6 or later. Version 26.36.0 appeared about four days before our capture. Age rating is 16+ and mentions frequent medical-treatment information, ads, chat and health topics. Size was 358.3 MB.

Google Play (com.myfitnesspal.android) showed a 4 September 2026 update and an Everyone rating. The Play page contains ads. Wear OS complications and a nutrient tile are named. GLP-1 logging is described as a new feature. Store notes said that support reached Canada as well as the US in version 26.35.0 (1 September 2026). Version 26.33.0 still said some GLP-1 paths were US-only. Confirm the live country flag in the app.

Free-tier copy covers a searchable diary, basic macros, water and workout logging. Premium copy adds barcode scan, meal scan, voice logging, custom macro goals, net-carb mode, ad-free logging and reports. Premium+ copy adds the planner, 1,500-plus recipes and grocery lists. That split is manufacturer text, not a test we ran.

MyFitnessPal price, subscription and 12-month cost

On 13 September 2026 the official Premium page listed $79.99 a year for Premium and $99.99 a year for Premium+. It described a 7-day trial for people who have never redeemed one. After the trial, billing auto-renews unless you cancel in Settings, the App Store or Google Play, depending on where you subscribed.

US App Store IAP the same day listed Monthly Premium $19.99, Yearly Premium $79.99, and extra rows at $9.99 and $49.99. Those extra rows look like legacy or promo SKUs. New buyers should assume the website pair unless checkout shows another figure.

UK App Store IAP listed Premium SKUs at £7.99, £15.99, £39.99 and £64.99. We will not guess which row is monthly. Screenshot the GB sheet.

A 12-month US Premium cost is $79.99 on the annual SKU. Monthly billing at $19.99 is $239.88. Premium+ at $99.99 a year is $20 more than Premium on the public table. The Premium page also showed a $24.99 monthly Premium+ path in third-party write-ups. The page we fetched led with annual cash. Confirm monthly Premium+ on your own screen before you do that maths.

Ratings and what reviewers actually said

This MyFitnessPal review keeps those store cells apart. Two point four million US Apple ratings is the largest sample on this desk. The 4.7 figure matches the UK store. Play’s 4.4 sits lower. That gap is the Android story. Do not average the stars.

Featured Apple notes praise the planner and saved meals. Play notes from April 2026 describe a diary that jumps back to “Today” mid-search, and a long stretch when recipe save failed. MyFitnessPal replied that recipes were later fixed. Those are store comments. They are useful if you live on Android recipes.

If you want a calmer US log, read the Lose It review. If fasting tools matter more than restaurant rows, read YAZIO.

MyFitnessPal privacy and Data Safety

Apple’s US privacy label, captured 13 September 2026, said identifiers and usage data may be used to track you across other companies’ apps and sites. Device ID and advertising data appeared under third-party advertising. A MyFitnessPal review that skipped the label would be incomplete. The longer policy is myfitnesspal.com/privacy-policy.

Google Play Data Safety the same day said the app may share location, personal info and device or other IDs with third parties. It may collect location, personal info and six other types. Data is encrypted in transit. You can request deletion.

GLP-1 reminders are a medication log, not a prescription. Do not treat an app ping as clinical advice. If you take a GLP-1 medicine, keep the clinician in the loop.

What independent tests actually measured

This MyFitnessPal review cites two older validation papers. Griffioen-Roose and colleagues (JMIR, 2020) entered the same intakes into MyFitnessPal and the Belgian Nubel table. After cleaning outliers, the app underestimated protein by 7.8% and carbohydrate by 6.4%. Fat was 1.7% low. Energy was 1.3% high. Cholesterol and sodium were poorer matches. The authors blamed incomplete crowd-sourced rows.

Fallaize and colleagues (2021) logged 30 student food records into four apps versus ESHA-Food Processor. MyFitnessPal energy, fat and carbohydrate were significantly lower than ESHA. Protein and fibre were not. Cronometer’s energy values were not significantly different from ESHA in that sample. That is one classroom dataset. It is not a 2026 re-test of meal scan.

Teixeira et al. (2018) found MyFitnessPal food records had moderate correlation with paper records in Brazilian students, with a tendency to under-estimate. Country tables matter. A US diner row can fail in another language.

NHS adult energy references are about 2,000 kcal a day for women and 2,500 kcal for men as population guides, not personal targets. CDC adult activity guidance still wants about 150 moderate minutes a week plus muscle work. An app cannot promise a kilogram change. For everyday protein portions, use the protein intake everyday guide.

How it sits next to other diaries

On that split, this MyFitnessPal review is the wide-net record. MyFitnessPal is the wide net. Nutracheck is the UK aisle. Cronometer is the nutrient sheet. MacroFactor is the moving target. Lose It! is the simpler US cousin. This MyFitnessPal review’s cash rule is simple. Pay yearly only if you will scan packs every week. If you log three meals a month, the free diary or a notebook is enough.

Cancel the trial in the same store you used. Uninstalling the app does not stop the bill. The Premium page says you keep paid tools until the current period ends.