

However, that also means I’m incentivized to understand the strengths and weaknesses of MacroFactor and all of its main competitors: if we didn’t think our product could offer more value than MyFitnessPal, there would have been little reason to release MacroFactor in the first place. I’m part of the team behind MacroFactor, and therefore not a completely unbiased third party. In this article, I’ll compare MacroFactor vs MyFitnessPal head to head and explain why MacroFactor should be high on your radar in your search for an alternative to MyFitnessPal.īefore this article gets rolling, I figure I should address the elephant in the room. This move has encouraged many long-time users to check out other options. Their recent dashboard rollout was polarizing (many users perceived it as a play to insert more ads – and more intrusive ads – into their day-to-day experience with the app), and they recently announced that barcode scanning would soon become a paid-only feature. However, the cracks have started to show within the past few months. It’s the biggest game in town, for good reason – MyFitnessPal was one of the first food logging apps on the market, and it has maintained a pretty high-quality free service tier for years.

If you’ve ever had any interest in food logging, you’ve almost assuredly heard of MyFitnessPal (and you’ve probably used MyFitnessPal).
