A free MyFitnessPal alternative without the paywall.
MyFitnessPal put basic features behind a subscription and buried the rest in macros and ads. FitLog does the opposite: two numbers, calories and protein, free, no account needed to start.
Why people quit MyFitnessPal
The barcode scanner - free for over a decade - moved behind a $19.99/month Premium plan. The interface tracks every macro and micronutrient whether you want it or not. Ads interrupt logging. For a lot of people it became more work than the diet itself, so they stopped. If that's you, you don't need a more powerful tracker - you need a simpler one.
FitLog vs MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal
- ✕Barcode scanner locked behind ~$20/month Premium
- ✕Tracks every macro and micronutrient by default
- ✕Ads throughout the free experience
- ✕Account required before you can do anything
- ✕App download for the full experience
FitLog
- ✓Completely free - no premium tier, nothing gated
- ✓Tracks only calories and protein - on purpose
- ✓No ads
- ✓Calculator works with no account or signup
- ✓Works in your browser - nothing to install
Who FitLog is for (and who it isn't)
FitLog is for people who want to lose, maintain, or gain weight and are tired of tracking apps that demand more attention than the goal itself. If you tried MyFitnessPal and quit because it was too much, the answer isn't a fancier app - it's a calmer one. You set a daily calorie and protein target, log your meals with a quick food search, and check in once a day.
If you genuinely want to track every micronutrient, log workouts, and pull weekly reports, a full-featured tracker like Cronometer or MyFitnessPal Premium will serve you better. FitLog is deliberately small. That's the whole point.
Switch to something simpler.
Free to use. No subscription. No app to download. No credit card.
Start tracking freeCommon questions
That depends on what you want. If you need every micronutrient and a huge barcode database, Cronometer is a popular free option. But if you found MyFitnessPal overwhelming and just want to lose weight without the friction, FitLog is built for you: it tracks only calories and protein, the calculator needs no account, and there is no premium tier gating basic features.
In 2022 MyFitnessPal moved its barcode scanner - a feature that had been free for over a decade - behind a Premium subscription costing around $19.99 per month. Many long-time users felt that a feature they had helped build, by adding foods to the shared database, should not suddenly cost money. Combined with ads and general complexity, it pushed a lot of people to look for simpler, free alternatives.
No account is needed to use the calorie and protein calculator - you can get your daily targets instantly. You only create a free account if you want to save those targets and log your meals and weight over time. There is no credit card and no app download.
FitLog uses a food search powered by the FatSecret database so you can find foods and log them quickly. The focus is on logging only what you need - calories and protein - rather than every macro and micronutrient, which keeps daily tracking fast.
Yes. FitLog is free to use, with no premium tier and no features locked behind a subscription. The product is deliberately small, which is exactly why it can stay simple and free.