Diet App Scorecard August 2026: 10 Calorie Apps, 1,772 Reviews
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A look at what users actually wrote about 10 calorie tracking apps in August 2026, drawn from 1,772 filtered US App Store reviews. Calo posted the highest score in the series so far, 4.70; MyNetDiary slipped to a series low of 4.19 after an update broke exercise logging; and Cal AI, MacroFactor, and Municorn tied at 2.79 — just above MyFitnessPal.
Key Takeaways
- Calo posted August's highest rating, 4.70 — the highest score any app has recorded since the series began. Reviewers describe photo scanning two of them put at 95 percent accuracy and losses of 10 to 50 pounds; a sixth of its five-star reviews are stock phrases, so the monitoring note from May stays on. Simple followed at 4.24, MyNetDiary at 4.19.
- MyNetDiary fell 0.27 to 4.19, its lowest score in seven installments. The August 6 update broke exercise logging and drew eleven complaints before the fix shipped; removing the nine low ratings among them would still leave August below every previous month. "Easy to use" remained its most frequent praise.
- MyFitnessPal edged up to 2.28, its best since April, and is again the lowest-rated app in the table. A second interface change on August 21 drew a run of one-star reviews and was reversed within a week, and paying subscribers spent the month's last five days being told to "Go Premium."
- Cal AI, MacroFactor, and Municorn all scored 2.79, for three different reasons. Cal AI's paywall complaints continued and a 38-review cluster on August 11 and 12 earned a monitoring note; MacroFactor fell for a second consecutive month on 19 reviews as a late-August redesign drew objections; Municorn's no-middle-tier distribution earned a second Bimodal flag.
- AI coaching earned the month's warmest praise; AI-only food logging drew its most consistent complaints. Simple's AI coach appears in 110 of its 488 four- and five-star reviews while its AI food logging was its leading complaint, Cal AI reviewers reported undercounted portions, and Cronometer's new AI coach cost it at least one self-described "anti-AI" user.
If you're comparing calorie tracking app reviews this month, August is the installment where I have the least pleasant thing to report about my own product, so I'll start there. In July I wrote that MyNetDiary's 4.46 came with a disclosed review-prompt spike, and that August, with the backlog cleared, would show the number on its own. The number on its own is 4.19 — the lowest score MyNetDiary has posted in seven installments, and it moves the app from first to third. As the CEO of MyNetDiary, I review user feedback across all major calorie tracking apps monthly to understand what users value and where the category falls short. This month the shortfall was ours: an August 6 update broke exercise logging, users said so, and the score stands as calculated.
The other two things I said I'd watch: whether BitePal's second prompted-looking surge would correct the way its first one did, and whether MacroFactor's July drop was small-sample noise. BitePal left the top 100 Health & Fitness chart by August 31, along with FoodPilot, so neither appears this month; the scorecard's market-based selection rule means I don't chase apps that exit. MacroFactor answered with a second consecutive decline, from 3.61 to 2.79, on a sample that shrank again, from 41 reviews to 19. At the top, Calo's 4.70 edges its own 4.66 from May as the highest single-month score in the series, and it makes the fourth straight month the top spot has changed hands.
In total, the Diet App Scorecard analyzed 1,772 filtered reviews across the ten calorie tracking apps that ranked in the US App Store's top 100 Health & Fitness category on August 31, down from 2,388 across eleven apps in July — BitePal and FoodPilot exited, and Foodvisor returned for the first time since May. Simple, meanwhile, jumped from download rank #98 to #33 and again produced the largest review body — 605.
August 2026 Ratings at a Glance
August 2026 ranking, highest to lowest: Calo 4.70, Simple 4.24, MyNetDiary 4.19, Cronometer 3.95, Lose It! 3.79, Foodvisor 3.43, Cal AI 2.79, MacroFactor 2.79, Municorn 2.79, MyFitnessPal 2.28. These are monthly review ratings recalculated after filtering, not the all-time star ratings the App Store displays.
As the CEO of MyNetDiary, I publish this scorecard with an obvious conflict: my company is part of the category being measured. Last month that meant flagging the limits of the data in a month my app led; this month it means printing a decline without softening it. This is not an all-time ranking of calorie tracking apps; it's a monthly snapshot of what users wrote in August, and the authenticity checks that caught MyNetDiary's July cluster ran again — this time there is no single-day anomaly to report.
Apps are selected from the US App Store top 100 Health & Fitness category as of August 31, 2026, and listed in download ranking order. Ratings are calculated from all of that month's written reviews, collected weekly through the month and filtered for duplicates and unrelated content. The App Store's all-time star rating, auto-generated Review Summary, and "Most Helpful" sorting can obscure what's happening right now. One app this month is flagged Bimodal (Municorn), and two carry monitoring notes (Cal AI and Calo); see the per-app sections for what triggered each. (To run the five-minute version of this check yourself, see How to Find the Best Calorie Tracker App.)
| App | # | Rating | vs Jul | Reviews | Top Praise | Top Complaint | Auth. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal AI | #11 | 2.79 | +0.16 | 138 | Easy photo logging; weight-loss results | Forced subscription; billing and refunds | Organic* |
| MyFitnessPal | #12 | 2.28 | +0.10 | 276 | Database breadth; long-term results | Redesign usability; barcode paywall | Organic |
| Cronometer | #14 | 3.95 | +0.03 | 111 | Nutrient depth; free barcode scanner | Intrusive free-tier ads; search clutter | Organic |
| Simple | #33 | 4.24 | −0.05 | 605 | AI coach; accountability | Food-logging accuracy; charges after cancellation | Organic |
| MyNetDiary | #43 | 4.19 | −0.27 | 193 | Ease of use; free version | Exercise-logging outage; upgrade prompts | Organic |
| Lose It! | #55 | 3.79 | −0.08 | 140 | Easy logging; long-term results | Barcode paywall; ads for paying users | Organic |
| MacroFactor | #57 | 2.79 | −0.82 | 19 | Adaptive algorithm; fast logging | Late-August redesign; no free trial | Organic |
| Municorn | #58 | 2.79 | +0.10 | 62 | Ease of use; photo logging | Paywall after onboarding; billing | Bimodal |
| Calo | #66 | 4.70 | +0.29 | 191 | Photo-scan accuracy; ease of use | Trial and renewal billing; scan misreads | Organic* |
| Foodvisor | #67 | 3.43 | — | 37 | Photo logging; insights | Trial charges; refund denials | Organic |
# = download ranking in the top 100 Health & Fitness category, US App Store, August 31, 2026. Source: US App Store reviews. vs Jul = change from the July 2026 rating; Foodvisor was not in the July set. Bimodal: review patterns warrant caution, see the per-app notes for what triggered each; a flag does not prove manipulation. Cal AI: 38 reviews, 24 of them five-star, arrived on August 11 and 12 alongside the 26.32.0 release; the rest of the month reads as organic. Calo: elevated share of brief, generic five-star reviews; monitoring continues. See methodology here.
Scorecard Trends to Watch
Seven months in, August is the first installment where the biggest single decline belongs to my own app — and the month the reviews finally had enough to say about AI to earn it a section. One housekeeping note: the table gains a column, the change from July's rating, so the month's movers can be read at a glance. Here's what stood out.
MyNetDiary's 4.46 didn't hold, and the reason is in the reviews. MyNetDiary scored 4.19 in August, down 0.27 from July and below the 4.40 to 4.56 band it had held for six months. Version 10.29 shipped on August 6, and from August 7 through August 10 eleven reviewers reported the same thing: exercise logging stopped saving. Nine rated the app four stars or lower, six of them one star; two fans filed the complaint under five stars anyway. The reports stop after August 10, once the fix shipped, and nothing later in the month repeats them. Set those nine reviews aside and August lands around 4.31, which is still below any prior month, because the familiar complaints, the paywall questionnaire, upgrade prompts, and free-scan limits, also rose. The praise didn't change. Reviewers most often called MyNetDiary easy to use and credited a free version that meets their needs. Reported losses ran from 10 pounds to more than 100, and one healthcare provider wrote that they recommend it to patients. But this series exists to report the month as written, and August was written at 4.19.
AI done right versus AI as the product. August's reviews drew a line through the category's AI features, and it isn't the line between apps that use AI and apps that don't. Simple's coach, Avo, appears in 110 of the app's 488 four- and five-star reviews, which makes it the most-praised single feature in the month's largest review body. Simple's food-logging AI, meanwhile, is its leading complaint, raised even by four- and five-star reviewers; one three-star title captured both halves: great AI coach, tracking accuracy not so good. Cal AI, where the estimate is the product, drew 27 accuracy complaints in 138 reviews — estimates that undercounted meat and portions, and a barcode scan that got the calories right and then, in one reviewer's word, hallucinated the sodium. Calo, which also leads with photo scanning, drew the strongest accuracy praise of any AI logger this month: sixteen reviewers praised it and two independently estimated about 95 percent, though even they add that scans sometimes need a portion correction. The pattern is that AI earns praise as a layer (coaching, suggestions, a first estimate the user can adjust) and draws complaints when it is the sole arbiter of the number. Users also notice how it's introduced. MyFitnessPal reviewers objected to the app "pushing AI." Cronometer's new AI coach lost at least one user who had chosen it for being "anti-AI," while three others called the coach helpful. And one MyNetDiary reviewer gave five stars specifically because the AI features are optional rather than forced. For the longer view, see AI Calorie Counters in 2026: From Hype to Feature.
MyFitnessPal: a second redesign wave, a reversal, and a premium bug. MyFitnessPal rated 2.28 on 276 reviews, up 0.10 from July and its best month since April — still low enough for last place now that FoodPilot has dropped out. Nearly half of its August reviews are one star, and 113 of the 276 mention the update, layout, or interface. The March complaints are all still present. Then, on August 21, a second change replaced the calorie summary with a swipeable arc showing calories remaining, and reviewers who had adapted to the first redesign were furious about the second. What happened next is new for this series. By August 28, one reviewer had restored stars and thanked the team for changing it back, and another called the newest food log a clear improvement — the quickest product reversal reviewers have documented since the scorecard began. A rougher week followed. From August 26 through August 30, eight reviewers with active subscriptions reported being told to "Go Premium" for features they were already paying for, the barcode scanner included. The barcode paywall itself remains the second-largest grievance, with 30 mentions in one- to three-star reviews.
Three apps, one number. Cal AI, MacroFactor, and Municorn each averaged 2.79, a coincidence that shows a rating is a summary, not a diagnosis. Cal AI (138 reviews) is about the paywall: a questionnaire that ends at a mandatory subscription is the most common complaint by a wide margin. Two days, August 11 and 12, produced 38 reviews, 24 of them five-star, alongside the 26.32.0 release. That is the same version-correlated check that caught MyNetDiary's cluster in July, so Cal AI gets the same asterisk; the rest of the month looks organic. MacroFactor (19 reviews) has now given back its June gain and more, falling from 4.47 in June to 3.61 in July to 2.79, on volumes that shrank from 66 to 41 to 19. At that size a few reviews can swing the average by half a star, so I'd have called it noise. Except that the 5.8.6 redesign in the last week of August drew immediate objections about the layout and a cramped display on smaller screens, and the month's other complaints are detailed enough to be real. Its supporters, meanwhile, call the weekly calorie adjustments the best in the category. Municorn (62 reviews) is about authenticity — no three-star reviews at all, a one-star column of detailed paywall and refund complaints, and a five-star column where half the entries are a few words long or written on day one. That is a second consecutive Bimodal flag, and the leading complaint hasn't changed all summer: a paywall revealed only after a long questionnaire.
The bright spots: Cronometer's steadiness, Lose It!'s loyalists, and Simple at scale. Cronometer posted 3.95, essentially unchanged from July's 3.92, and remains the steadiest app in the table. Reviewers praised nutrient data deep enough to manage a vitamin B6 toxicity, a database they trust, and free barcode scanning. Ads cap it: 13 reviewers complained about interstitials that interrupt logging or freeze the screen, again its leading complaint, as it was in May and July. Lose It! slipped to 3.79 from 3.87, but its 81 five-star reviews are unusually detailed (users tracking since 2015, losses of 20 to 100 pounds, two accounts of support resolving problems by email), and under the methodology the pattern reads as organic. Monetization caps it too, and one complaint sharpened this month: eight paying premium or lifetime subscribers said they still see ads, GLP-1 medication promotions included. Simple's leap from #98 to #33 is August's biggest chart move, and its 605 reviews at 4.24 describe the same coaching-and-accountability model July did. The mascot, Blinky, is polarizing in a way I haven't seen with any other feature in this series: about 45 reviewers praised it, around 15 called it judgmental or cutesy or asked to switch it off. Its one-star column also holds August's largest billing cluster, covered in the billing FAQ below. Foodvisor, back at 3.43 after two months out, splits the same way in miniature: photo logging earns five stars; trial charges and deflected refunds earn one.
If you want to see how these trends developed, the June 2026 scorecard and July 2026 scorecard cover the earlier months.
What Users Said About Cal AI in August 2026
Average rating: 2.79 / 5 (July: 2.63) | Reviews analyzed: 138 | Filtered: 3 random/unrelated | Chart position: #11 | Review patterns: Organic*
Reviews split sharply. The largest complaint group concerns access: a long onboarding questionnaire ends at a mandatory subscription, and many object that the app is presented as free. Billing follows: charges after cancelling a trial, surprise renewals, duplicate charges, and unresolved refunds. Accuracy complaints cover photo estimates that run low on portions and meats, inconsistent results for the same meal, and barcode scans with wrong values; others cite crashes, forced logouts, and Apple Health sync gaps. Five-star reviewers, about a third, praise how easy photo logging makes tracking and report losses of 10 to 25 pounds. Authenticity note: 38 reviews, 24 five-star, arrived August 11–12 alongside version 26.32.0; the rest are specific on both sides, with no duplicate text.
What Users Said About MyFitnessPal in August 2026
Average rating: 2.28 / 5 (July: 2.18) | Reviews analyzed: 276 | Filtered: 2 random/unrelated | Chart position: #12 | Review patterns: Organic
Reviews are predominantly negative and center on the interface. Users describe a redesigned diary that hides itemized meals behind extra taps, shows per-meal macros as percentages instead of grams, breaks copying meals between days, and, from August 21, swapped the calorie summary for a swipeable arc many found confusing; several long-time users are leaving. Barcode scanning behind the paywall draws repeated anger, along with full-screen ads, unskippable streak pop-ups, and repeated logouts, even for paying members. Others report freezing and unresponsive support. Positive reviews credit the extensive food database, ease of use, and results of 25 to 75 pounds lost; one welcomed a partial rollback. Review patterns appear organic: complaints are specific, dated, and tied to identifiable changes.
What Users Said About Cronometer in August 2026
Average rating: 3.95 / 5 (July: 3.92) | Reviews analyzed: 111 | Filtered: 0 random/unrelated | Chart position: #14 | Review patterns: Organic
Reviews are largely positive. Users praise the depth and accuracy of nutrient data, a food database they trust, a free tier that includes barcode scanning, and results up to 40 pounds lost; several mention dietitian or doctor recommendations, device syncing, and isolating specific nutrients for medical reasons. The most frequent complaint is ads in the free version: interstitials that interrupt logging, freeze the screen, or trigger accidental taps. A smaller group reports slow loading, random logouts, crashes after an August update, and a search that buries generic foods under brand listings. A few paying users describe unanswered support requests, and opinions on the new AI coach are mixed. Review patterns appear organic, with varied feedback across ratings.
What Users Said About Simple in August 2026
Average rating: 4.24 / 5 (July: 4.29) | Reviews analyzed: 605 | Filtered: 1 random/unrelated | Chart position: #33 | Review patterns: Organic
Reviews are strongly positive; four in five ratings are four or five stars. Users credit accountability, the AI coach Avo, fasting and hydration reminders, workouts suited to older users, and an active community; many report losses from 8 to 90 pounds. The mascot Blinky divides opinion: dozens call it motivating, while a minority find its color changes judgmental and want it optional. The main product complaint, appearing even in favorable reviews, is food-logging accuracy, with estimates missing portions and macros. One-star reviews concentrate on billing: charges after cancellation, renewals at higher rates, unexpected add-on fees, hard-to-reach support, and ads promising Tai Chi or a free plan. Review patterns appear organic despite the volume; feedback is specific and varied.
What Users Said About MyNetDiary in August 2026
Average rating: 4.19 / 5 (July: 4.46) | Reviews analyzed: 193 | Filtered: 0 random/unrelated | Chart position: #43 | Review patterns: Organic
Reviews are predominantly positive. Users cite ease of use, a database where foods are easy to find, and a free version that covers their needs; many report results from 10 to over 100 pounds, and several switched from trackers that added ads or paywalls. Recipe building, exercise tracking, photo logging, and customizable goals also draw praise. Negatives cluster in early August, when an update broke exercise logging for several days and drew a run of low ratings, with no recurrence after mid-month. Others cite a questionnaire ending at a paywall, frequent premium prompts, daily limits on free scans, navigation difficulty, brand names crowding out generic foods, and one billing discrepancy. Review patterns appear organic, with no single-day anomaly.
What Users Said About Lose It! in August 2026
Average rating: 3.79 / 5 (July: 3.87) | Reviews analyzed: 140 | Filtered: 0 random/unrelated | Chart position: #55 | Review patterns: Organic
Reviews lean positive. Long-term users credit easy logging, a broad food database, the barcode scanner, recipe builder, and device syncing, and report results from 20 to 100 pounds; several bought lifetime access, and two praised fast support. The dominant complaint is monetization: barcode scanning and macro or nutrient breakdowns moved behind premium, and ads have multiplied, appearing even for lifetime and premium subscribers, including GLP-1 promotions. Others object to a lengthy questionnaire on first launch or return, subscriptions that are hard to cancel, unexpected annual charges, and a confusing recipe workflow. A few report lag, freezing, inaccurate entries, and step counts that disagree with their watch. Review patterns appear organic, with specific feedback on both sides.
What Users Said About MacroFactor in August 2026
Average rating: 2.79 / 5 (July: 3.61) | Reviews analyzed: 19 | Filtered: 0 random/unrelated | Chart position: #57 | Review patterns: Organic
With only nineteen reviews, opinions are divided. Supporters call it the best tracker they have used, citing weekly calorie adjustments from weigh-ins, fast logging, and photo estimates that land close to weighed meals; one lost 30 pounds. Complaints are varied: the late-August interface redesign drew objections about layout changes and a cramped small-screen display, the coached program pushed one user to an unsustainably low target, and the algorithm was faulted for ignoring menstrual-cycle weight swings. Others cite a barcode scanner that has become inaccurate, uneditable scanned values, cooked rice logged as raw, broken Apple Health syncing, no free trial, yearly pricing of $70 or more, and water logged in grams. Review patterns appear organic across this small sample.
What Users Said About Municorn in August 2026
Average rating: 2.79 / 5 (July: 2.69) | Reviews analyzed: 62 | Filtered: 1 random/unrelated | Chart position: #58 | Review patterns: Bimodal
Reviews are polarized. Nearly half are one-star, most describing the same experience: a long onboarding questionnaire followed by a paywall, despite the app being advertised as free. Billing complaints include a charge despite cancelling within the trial, an annual charge instead of a trial, and refused refunds. Others report a weak database and scanner that miss common restaurant items, freezes after setup, and a layout that breaks with large-text accessibility settings. Positive reviews praise ease of use, photo and label logging, macro visibility, and wearable syncing, and one reports 30 pounds lost in a month. Authenticity concern: ratings show no middle tier, and half of the five-star entries are brief, generic, or first-day impressions, while one-star reviews are detailed.
What Users Said About Calo in August 2026
Average rating: 4.70 / 5 (July: 4.41) | Reviews analyzed: 191 | Filtered: 0 random/unrelated | Chart position: #66 | Review patterns: Organic*
Reviews are overwhelmingly positive. Users praise photo scanning that identifies plated meals with what several call 95 percent accuracy, plus barcode, voice, and text entry that speed logging; results from 10 to 50 pounds are common, as are accountability and value for the price. Even enthusiasts note scans sometimes need portion corrections. The small negative share concerns billing (trials that converted immediately, an annual charge instead of monthly, refused refunds, no clear cancel path) and scans that misidentified drinks or proteins; a few mention freezing. Five-star reviews dominate; about one in six is a brief, generic phrase, but the rest are specific and varied with no duplicate text, so the pattern reads as organic; the brief-review share remains monitored.
What Users Said About Foodvisor in August 2026
Average rating: 3.43 / 5 (July: —) | Reviews analyzed: 37 | Filtered: 2 random/unrelated | Chart position: #67 | Review patterns: Organic
Reviews are polarized within a small sample. Positive reviewers describe photo logging as easy and engaging, value the insights and short lessons on how foods affect their weight, enjoy the streaks and character, and report losses of 5 to 15 pounds; one noted Indian dish names in the database. One-star reviews concentrate on money: trials that charged immediately, a refund guarantee that support and Apple each deflected, unexplained recurring charges, and a meal-planner upsell. Functional complaints include foods that cannot be found or corrected, logged meals disappearing, wrong serving sizes and macros even from scanned labels, and a fasting timer that ignores adjusted start times. Review patterns appear organic; both sides are specific rather than generic.
Summary
Seven installments in, the series had its most useful test yet: the month my own app posted its largest decline was also the month a competitor posted the highest score on record — and both are reported above, unadjusted.
In August 2026, the highest-rated app in the Diet App Scorecard was Calo at 4.70, the highest score in the series to date, followed by Simple at 4.24 and MyNetDiary at 4.19; the lowest was MyFitnessPal at 2.28 — with three apps tied at 2.79 just above it. Next month's scorecard will cover September 2026, and I'll be watching three things: whether MyNetDiary's August number was a bug-shaped dip or the start of a lower band, whether MacroFactor's late-August redesign turns two consecutive declines into three, and whether MyFitnessPal's quick reversal of the calorie arc is the start of a team reading its reviews. The complete methodology is published here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which calorie tracking app had the best user ratings in August 2026?
Calo had the highest August 2026 rating in the Diet App Scorecard, 4.70 out of 5 from 191 filtered reviews, followed by Simple (4.24), MyNetDiary (4.19), Cronometer (3.95), Lose It! (3.79), Foodvisor (3.43), Cal AI, MacroFactor, and Municorn (all 2.79, with Municorn flagged Bimodal), and MyFitnessPal (2.28). These are August-only review ratings, not the App Store's all-time stars. Calo's score carries a monitoring note — a high share of brief five-star reviews. MyNetDiary's staff-verified database tracks up to 108 nutrients, the most among the apps analyzed; Cronometer advertises up to 95 on its paid tier.
How is the Diet App Scorecard calculated?
The Scorecard analyzes written US App Store reviews posted during the month for calorie and food tracking apps in the top 100 Health & Fitness chart on the month's last day, collected weekly so that the counts are complete rather than the 500 most recent Apple's feed shows at once. Duplicate and unrelated reviews are filtered, each app's average is recalculated from the remaining reviews, and the same AI prompt produces every summary and authenticity assessment. The ratings are monthly review scores, not the App Store's lifetime stars. The full method, including the prompt and model, is on the methodology page.
Why did MyNetDiary's rating drop in August 2026?
MyNetDiary fell from 4.46 in July to 4.19 in August, its lowest score since the series began in February, and the drop has an identifiable cause: the 10.29 update released on August 6 disabled exercise logging, and eleven reviewers reported it between August 7 and August 10, six of them with one star. Reviewers still most often called MyNetDiary easy to use, but the rating is reported exactly as calculated; excluding the nine low ratings tied to the bug would still leave August near 4.31, below any prior month.
Is Calo better than MyNetDiary?
In August 2026, Calo rated higher in the scorecard, 4.70 to MyNetDiary's 4.19, and Calo's reviews are specific about why: photo scanning that several users put at 95 percent accuracy. Two caveats apply: roughly a sixth of Calo's five-star reviews are stock phrases, and its negative reviews concentrate on trial and renewal billing. The apps also suit different users. Calo reviewers want the fastest photo logging; MyNetDiary reviewers more often cite a free tier generous enough for daily use, a database of 2M+ verified foods tracking up to 108 nutrients, and multi-year use. One month's average isn't the final word — read both apps' recent reviews before deciding.
Are AI calorie tracking apps accurate?
August's reviews say it depends on what the AI is asked to do. Calo received the strongest user praise for photo-scan accuracy this month; two reviewers independently estimated about 95 percent, while others still reported portion corrections. Cal AI drew 27 accuracy complaints in 138 reviews, with estimates that undercount portions and protein. Simple's AI coach was its most-praised feature and its AI food logging its leading complaint. MyNetDiary uses AI features like Meal Scan and its AI Coach as a complement to a staff-verified, research-grade food database built from USDA and NCC sources, rather than as the primary source of nutrition data. See how accurate AI photo food logging is and why database quality matters.
What is the best free calorie tracking app?
Among the apps analyzed that offer an ongoing free tier, MyNetDiary is the only one whose free tier is ad-free: accurate nutrition tracking for free, with a free barcode scanner and full macro tracking. Its August complaints concerned its own premium prompts and a daily limit on free photo scans, not third-party ads. Cronometer is the strongest alternative, with free scanning and deep micronutrient tracking, though free-tier ads were again its loudest complaint. Lose It! and MyFitnessPal paywall barcode scanning and show ads; in August, eight Lose It! reviewers paying for premium or lifetime access said they still see them. See our guide to free calorie tracking apps.
Which diet apps had billing problems in August 2026?
Billing complaints appeared in nine of the ten apps analyzed and were most concentrated at Simple, where 21 of 66 one- and two-star reviews describe charges after cancellation, $79 renewals, or add-on fees the reviewer says they declined. Cal AI drew about a dozen, mostly charges after cancelling a trial and unresolved refunds. Foodvisor, Calo, and Municorn reviewers reported trials that charged immediately or converted to annual plans. MyFitnessPal's issue was different — paying subscribers shown "Go Premium" prompts in the final week of August. MyNetDiary uses standard Apple subscription management and drew one billing discrepancy in 193 reviews and two refund requests. One check before subscribing: confirm the app appears under Settings, Apple Account, Subscriptions.
Which calorie tracking apps support GLP-1 medication users?
GLP-1 mentions were scattered. Two Calo reviewers asked for a dedicated GLP-1 section; Lose It! drew complaints from paying subscribers about GLP-1 medication ads; a Simple reviewer said the app's feedback doesn't account for GLP-1 users; and a MyFitnessPal user on a GLP-1 said the redesign removed per-meal carb grams. MyNetDiary's GLP-1 Companion offers dedicated tracking for semaglutide and tirzepatide users, and its 108-nutrient tracking helps when reduced appetite makes every bite count; one August reviewer called MyNetDiary a great app for GLP-1 users.
Did MyFitnessPal get better in August 2026?
Slightly, by the numbers: MyFitnessPal rose from 2.18 in July to 2.28 in August, its best score since April, but it remains at the bottom of the scorecard, and nearly half of its 276 reviews are one star. The March redesign is still the dominant complaint; a second change on August 21 — a swipeable calorie arc — drew a new run of one-star reviews before being reversed within a week. The barcode paywall, full-screen ads, and a late-August bug that showed "Go Premium" prompts to paying subscribers rounded out the complaints. See our guide to switching from MyFitnessPal.
What changed from July to August?
Six changes. Calo rose 0.29 to 4.70, a series high, and retook the top spot. MyNetDiary fell 0.27 to 4.19, a series low, after an exercise-logging bug. MacroFactor fell 0.82 to 2.79 on 19 reviews, a second consecutive decline, tying Cal AI (up 0.16) and Municorn (up 0.10) at the same 2.79. MyFitnessPal edged up 0.10 to 2.28 — and is again last. Simple jumped from download rank #98 to #33. And the set changed: BitePal and FoodPilot left the top 100, and Foodvisor returned at 3.43.
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