MyNetDiary vs MyFitnessPal: Logging Side by Side

MyNetDiary vs MyFitnessPal comes down to what the free tier includes. MyNetDiary’s free tier has the barcode scanner, voice logging and no ads. MyFitnessPal puts the barcode scanner and ad-free logging in Premium, which costs $79.99 a year against $59.99 at MyNetDiary.

I read both companies’ own pages. This is a comparison of what each says it offers, not a test of how well it works. Prices are US dollars, and each fact links to the page it came from.

MyNetDiary vs MyFitnessPal: what does the free tier include?

Beyond the scanner and voice logging, MyNetDiary says its free tier has 13 charts, full-history reports and a shopping list. You need no account to start. I go through the rest of the app in my MyNetDiary review. MyFitnessPal’s comparison table puts logging, your own recipes, measurements, macro goals by percentage and partner-app linking on Free.

Feature	MyNetDiary Free	MyFitnessPal Free
Food and exercise logging	yes	yes
Barcode scanner	yes	Premium
Voice logging	yes	Premium
Ad-free	yes	Premium
Photo logging	Premium (“Meal Scan”)	Premium (“Meal Scan”)
Intermittent fasting	Premium	Premium
Pages	MyNetDiary	MyFitnessPal

Voice logging needs a note. The free tier lists voice logging, and Premium Plus lists a separate AI Voice Logging that turns spoken meal descriptions into diary entries. Two features, similar names. Check which one a screen offers before you tap. On paper that makes MyNetDiary the easier free start, since the scanner and the ad-free screen cost nothing there.

Photo logging is Premium at both. If that’s the feature you care about, Cal AI vs MyFitnessPal sets the photo-first app against search logging, and is Foodvisor free covers what another photo app charges for.

How much do the paid plans cost?

On its feature page, MyNetDiary gives Premium at $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Premium Plus is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, and a $179.99 lifetime option exists. MyFitnessPal’s membership page gives Premium at $19.99 a month or $79.99 a year, and Premium+ at $24.99 a month or $99.99 a year.

Plan (US, checked 10 Oct 2026)	Monthly	Yearly
MyNetDiary Premium	$8.99	$59.99
MyNetDiary Premium Plus (AI Coach)	$14.99	$99.99
MyFitnessPal Premium	$19.99	$79.99
MyFitnessPal Premium+ (meal plans)	$24.99	$99.99

The price gap is simple to work out. A year of Premium is $20.00 cheaper at MyNetDiary, and a month is $11.00 cheaper. The top tiers meet at $99.99 a year, but they buy different things: an AI Coach, meal suggestions and an AI menu scan at MyNetDiary, weekly meal plans and grocery lists at MyFitnessPal. The US App Store lists “MyNetDiary Premium” at $8.99, $29.99, $39.99 and $59.99 without showing periods. The listing doesn’t say why, so pay only on the screen that shows the period. If I were unsure about either app, I’d take the monthly plan for one month before committing to a year on a hunch.

How do the food databases compare?

On size alone, MyFitnessPal wins. Its App Store page says 20.5M+ foods, including restaurant dishes. The database page at MyNetDiary says 2,165,000 foods in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. Of those, 241k are restaurant foods and 1,922k are packaged. It adds that staff add or check 2,500 to 3,500 foods a day. Restaurant food is where the claims line up best: MyNetDiary puts a number on it, 241k entries, while MyFitnessPal’s page names restaurant dishes without a count, so I can’t say which side holds more.

Those are claims about each company’s own catalog, and I haven’t audited either one. A bigger catalog says little about what sits in your own cupboard, so I’d run a five-minute test instead. Search your usual breakfast, your usual lunch and one packaged snack in each app, then compare the serving size and calories in the entries against the label on the box. Whichever matches your cupboard more often wins. Do the arithmetic on one label while you’re at it: 450 kcal per 100 g and a 25 g serving make 112.5 kcal, so an entry that shows 450 kcal for one serving is off by a factor of four. That is the slip to look for, and it takes a calculator and no more than a minute per food. Check the grams on the entry first and the calories second. Beyond this test, I run the ten checks in how to choose a calorie counter app on every candidate.

What happens when you cancel?

Under its terms, you cancel MyNetDiary on the Account page in the member section of the website or apps. Fees are billed in advance and are nonrefundable, and Apple purchases are refundable only by Apple. After that you keep the basic service. MyFitnessPal wants you to cancel on the platform where you paid, and Premium runs to the end of the period.

Export sits in the paid plans. MyNetDiary’s upgrade page lists printing and Excel export among its Premium reports, and the free-tier page never mentions export. At MyFitnessPal the file export is Premium and arrives by email. Leaving? Export first.

Where does Calsa fit next to these two?

How we compare: 15 calorie trackers sold in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, checked against their websites, help centers and App Store pages. The paid screens were not opened.

	In the category (of 15 apps, checked 8 Oct 2026)	Calsa
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”
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
Tracking	2 of 15 declare no tracking; 13 of 15 declare tracking	no tracking; health data is used only to run the service

If cost decides it, MyNetDiary’s free tier and lower Premium are the stronger value on the numbers above. If you already live in MyFitnessPal’s food list, Premium earns its price only when you use the scanner every day.

Where Calsa is weaker. Every plan is paid after the trial. Next to these two it has no manual workout logging, no Apple Watch app or widget, no meal plans or fasting, and a smaller food database.

Choose something else if you need an unpaid plan, a wrist app or manual workout logging. MyNetDiary covers several of those without a subscription, including an Apple Watch app.

Calsa shows a source and the grams behind every number and lets you download all your data on any plan.