Lifesum vs MyFitnessPal

Annual subscriptions and the tools they add

Lifesum lists Premium at $99.99 for 12 months on its website. Premium adds AI meal entry by photo, spoken input or a typed description, along with editable macro percentages and additional programs and meal plans.

The MyFitnessPal website lists Premium at $79.99 a year. That tier includes barcode scanning and macro goals in grams, with Meal Scan and Voice Logging also requiring Premium. Premium+ adds meal planning and grocery lists. Premium+ yearly price is Not stated on its help page.

The Lifesum App Store listing has several Premium purchase prices, including Lifesum Premium 1 year at $99.99 and at $119.99. These are store listing prices. The listing does not identify which price a given account will see.

The free and paid feature lists

A Lifesum program and a meal rating do different things

Lifesum starts each account on its Standard program and offers more program and meal plan choices with Premium. Food ratings appear only with Lifesum Standard, Fasting, Clean Eating, Scandinavian and Mediterranean. Lifesum describes these ratings as an assessment of nutrients, calorie density and food type, using 100 calories of the food.

Meal ratings appear as emojis in the Diary, which Lifesum describes as feedback toward health goals. Its iOS help article says meal ratings are unavailable with Multimodal Tracking enabled.

What goes into the MyFitnessPal diary

MyFitnessPal combines foods entered by its team with foods contributed by users. A free account can record food and exercise, create recipes and share its diary. Our MyFitnessPal review covers the product in more detail.

Meal Scan proposes foods for the person logging to select. MyFitnessPal describes those suggestions as a starting point for the diary entry.

Editing goals and planning meals cost differently

Lifesum requires Premium to change the percentage of calories assigned to each macro. MyFitnessPal allows those percentage changes on Free, in steps of 5 percent. Gram targets and goals that vary by weekday require MyFitnessPal Premium. The MyFitnessPal Premium cost guide details its subscriptions.

MyFitnessPal reserves Meal Planner for Premium+ in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Plans span 2 to 15 days. The planner is unavailable on its website.

Lifesum review of its own descriptions and store listings

Lifesum describes an app for recording food and exercise, with recipes, meal plans and personalized feedback. Its App Store description lists photo, voice, text and barcode entry. Google Play also describes those entry methods and an independent Wear OS app. The help center assigns AI Tracking to Premium.

The Lifesum App Store listing shows the following in-app purchases. Repeated entries below reflect the listing read on October 10, 2026.

• Lifesum Premium 1 year $119.99
• Lifesum Premium 3 Months $39.99
• Lifesum Premium 3 Months $39.99
• Lifesum Premium 1 year $99.99
• Lifesum Premium 3 Months $29.99
• Lifesum Premium $44.99
• Lifesum Premium 6 Months $69.99
• Lifesum Premium $21.99
• Lifesum Premium 1 year $99.99
• Lifesum Premium $29.99

The App Store shows 4.6 out of 5 from 150,836 ratings. Google Play shows 4.4 out of 5 from 378,765 ratings and 10M+ downloads. Both were read October 10, 2026.

TrueCal is another option for a meal log

Manual calorie logging remains on TrueCal Free. A typed meal description, voice, photo or barcode uses Pro, as do macros. The app comparison directory includes other comparisons, and alternatives to MyFitnessPal covers more options.

Questions about access and subscriptions