Is MyFitnessPal Free? What the Free Version Includes

Yes, MyFitnessPal is free to use, and the free version has ads. Logging food by search, tracking weight, building your own foods and meals, and setting calorie and macro goals all cost nothing. Barcode scanning, Meal Scan, voice logging and data export need Premium. The US App Store listing showed “MyFitnessPal Annual Premium” at $79.99 when I checked.

Is MyFitnessPal free to use?

The help center lists exactly what a basic account gets:

• food and exercise logging, with food added by search
• weight and measurements, with progress charts
• your own foods, meals and recipes
• a view of macronutrients
• calorie and macro goals set by percentage, in 5% steps
• sharing your diary with other people
• links to partner apps
• a printable report on the website

Ads run in the free app. Premium has no third-party ads, according to the company’s membership guide. Nothing I read gives a cap on days of history or entries in the free version, so I can’t say there is one. The only cost of the free version I found is the ads you sit through.

If you search for each food and type the amount, this list covers you.

What does Premium add that the free version lacks?

Most of what Premium sells is faster logging and finer control of goals, with one row for getting your own data out. The comparison table in the help center marks each of these as Premium, not free:

Feature	Free	Premium
Barcode scanner	no	yes
Meal Scan (photo of a meal)	no	yes
Macros by gram and by meal	no	yes
Calorie goals by meal	no	yes
Different goals by day	no	yes
Net carbs	no	yes
Intermittent fasting timer	no	yes
Food timestamps	no	yes
Data export	no	yes
Ad-free	no	yes

Voice logging is not in that table. The Premium features page lists it under Premium, and says Meal Scan works on iOS and Android for English users. Net carbs are limited to iOS and Android in the US and Canada.

There’s a third tier. Premium+ adds a meal plan builder, meal prep mode, diet preferences and grocery lists, and it includes everything in Premium. The membership guide says it is sold in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland.

So packaged food on the free version is logged by search, not by scan. Some rivals keep a scanner in the free tier. The free plan in the Cronometer review has no time limit and includes barcode scans, with ads.

How much does MyFitnessPal Premium cost?

On the US App Store, “MyFitnessPal Annual Premium” was $79.99 and “MyFitnessPal Monthly Premium” was $19.99. The company’s membership guide, published in April 2025, gives the same two US prices for Premium. It lists Premium+ at $99.99 a year or $24.99 a month.

The storefront list shows names and prices, not billing periods, and it lists several entries under one name. For each country I give the range of the annual-named purchases.

Storefront	Purchase name	Price listed
US	MyFitnessPal Annual Premium and Yearly Premium	$79.99 and $49.99
UK	MyFitnessPal Yearly Premium and Annual Premium	£39.99 and £64.99
Canada	MyFitnessPal Yearly Premium and Annual Premium	$69.99 and $114.99
Australia	MyFitnessPal Yearly Premium and Annual Premium	$79.99 and $129.99

Monthly-named purchases run $9.99 and $19.99 (US), £7.99 and £15.99 (UK), $13.99 and $27.99 (Canada), and $14.99 and $29.99 (Australia). The listings don’t say why one name has two prices. Open the purchase screen in the app before you assume either. For a different pricing shape, the Yazio reviews cover an app whose free version has a diary, a barcode scanner and a water tracker, with recipes and weekly analysis in Pro.

Does MyFitnessPal offer a free trial or a discount code?

Sometimes. The membership guide says a free trial of Premium or Premium+ is offered on occasion, and the length depends on your account. The App Store text invites you to start a free Premium trial but doesn’t give a length. The Premium+ help article names one: its sign-up steps show a “7-day Free Trial” button.

Promo codes work on the website, not in the app. The help article on codes says Premium then carries over to your phone when you log in with the same email. You can’t use a code while a paid subscription is active, and some offers expire. I found no public code on the company’s own pages, and I didn’t open coupon sites, so I won’t print one.

Cancelling is simple but tied to a platform. The cancellation article says you cancel where you subscribed: Apple, Google Play or the website. Cancel less than 24 hours before renewal and the membership may still renew, and either way Premium runs to the end of the paid period.

Set a reminder two days before renewal.

Is the free version enough for you?

The free version is enough if you search for foods and live with the ads. It falls short the moment you want to scan packages, photograph a meal or export your diary. The export article says export is for Premium and Premium+ only, as three CSV files in one zip emailed to your sign-up address. Free users can print a report or share the diary. The fatsecret app review looks at a free tracker that covers a diary, macros, a barcode scanner and reports, and the checks in the best calorie counter app guide work on either.

Calsa works on the opposite model, as a paid app with a trial. It shows the price, trial length and how to cancel before it asks you anything. Nothing is hidden. Barcode scanning, photo logging and a full data export are in every plan, and what changes between plans is the AI chat.

Here is how Calsa sits against the category. We compared 15 calorie trackers sold in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, using their websites, help centers and App Store pages. The paid screens stayed closed.

	In the category (of 15 apps, checked 8 Oct 2026)	Calsa
Price	0 of 15 show the price before the first question; 7 of 15 use timers, discount wheels or a second offer	price, trial and how to cancel before any question; no timers
Source of each number	0 of 15 show the database source of every number; 9 show a check badge or a “checked by nutritionists” claim without it	every number shows its source and database release; an unconfirmed amount is marked “estimate”

Where Calsa is weaker: every plan is paid once the trial ends. It has no manual workout logging, no Apple Watch app or widget, no meal plans or fasting, and a smaller food database than MyFitnessPal.

Choose something else if staying at zero cost is the point, or if you log workouts by hand, wear the app on your wrist or plan a week of meals inside it.