MyNetDiary vs Lose It

Which plan carries each feature

Each cell follows the company's own pages. When those pages disagree, the cell reports the difference without settling it.

What the free versions cover

MyNetDiary free tier

On MyNetDiary's plans page, starting free needs no account, has no expiry and leaves the barcode scanner outside a paywall. That page also lists no ads, the full database, unlimited barcode scans, voice logging, macro and micronutrient tracking, 13 charts, reports, water tracking, a shopping list and community features. The free features help article says tracking 108 nutrients was previously Premium and is now free.

Custom macro targets appear in the free lists on the plans page and the iPhone page. The home page FAQ instead names them among Premium and Premium Plus additions, while the AI Nutrition Scanner page places them in its Premium column. Our MyNetDiary review follows the individual tools through the free and paid tiers.

Lose It Basic

Created October 12, 2026, About Lose It puts barcode scans, weight tracking, calorie logging and database access in the free version. In the tiers article, Basic costs $0 and includes a personalized calorie budget and database access, but scanning appears under Premium. The April 2026 scanner help article describes barcode and label scanning moving to Premium, with access retained by some free members during that change. The nutrient goals article puts custom targets, including carbs, fat and protein, in Premium.

Ads are disclosed in the App Store listing and the Google Play listing. The ad removal help article describes a one-time fee without a full membership that removes full-page ads and food log banners. The amount is Not stated. Our Cronometer vs Lose It comparison places Basic alongside Cronometer's free access.

How the daily calorie target is worked out

MyNetDiary

The calorie budget setup article describes an initial budget prepared during account setup. According to MyNetDiary's budget calculation article, maintenance calories use the Estimated Energy Requirement formulas from the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies, with age, height and weight as inputs. The plans page names the 2023 equations for the free budget. The calculation article says an earlier edition was used before January 2025. It describes subtracting a daily deficit calculated from the remaining weight change and days until the target date, using 3,500 calories per pound.

The activity level article describes applying an activity multiplier. In the budget calculation article, MyNetDiary suggests a sedentary setting with exercise recorded separately and says body fat percentage and BMI are not used. The budget editing article allows a manually entered budget. Its maintenance calories article lists subscription alternatives of RMR, BMR from body fat and Mifflin-St. Jeor. These join EER as the four methods in the paid plan table.

The Basic AutoPilot article describes a subscription tool that adjusts the budget at each weigh-in. The plans page includes Advanced AutoPilot in Premium, estimating energy use from food logs and weight trends to update calorie and macro targets. The AutoPilot comparison article asks for food records at least six days a week and weigh-ins at least twice a week. Its Advanced AutoPilot help article limits that version to mobile apps. The BMR help article describes using BMR to flag a critically low calorie target.

Lose It

In Lose It's calorie budget article, weight, height, age and sex feed a BMR estimate. Multiplying that estimate by one of four activity levels produces maintenance calories. The app subtracts a daily amount linked to the selected weekly goal, counting 3,500 calories per pound. The BMR equation is Not stated. Lose It's activity level article describes the levels through daily walking and asks people to exclude optional exercise when selecting one.

The budget changes article says recorded weight changes gradually reduce the budget and reaching the goal switches the account to maintenance. The budget editing article describes a minimum average threshold with three settings, and the low budget warning article says the Budget screen warns when the average falls below it. The Calorie Schedule article reserves spreading calories across days for Premium. Our Lose It review connects these budget settings with the rest of its daily food log.

Search, barcode, photo and voice logging by plan

MyNetDiary

• Name search is described in the database accuracy article, with full database access free on the plans page.
• Barcode scanning is free and retrieves staff-verified food data, according to the iPhone page.
• For photos, the plans page includes Meal Scan in Premium and Premium Plus, and the Premium Plus help article confirms both tiers. The Meal Scan article gives free accounts a test-drive of a few scans. In contrast, the home page FAQ lists Meal Scan as a Premium Plus addition. The AI Voice Logging article describes a shared monthly allowance across AI features. Its size is Not stated.
• For voice, the iPhone page describes individual foods on Free and whole meals in everyday language with Premium Plus. The AI Voice Logging article places basic Voice Logging in Free and Premium, and AI Voice Logging in Premium Plus, also shown on the plans page. MyNetDiary's own Lose It comparison page instead describes free natural-language meal logging, conflicting with that help article.
• For labels, the Android page lists a free scanner. The PhotoFoods help article describes sending label photos from iPhone or Android for staff to add the food and promises processing within 24 hours. The PhotoFoods plan is Not stated.

Lose It

• Keyword search is one of four methods named in Lose It's food logging article, alongside Scan It for barcodes, Snap It for photos and Say It for voice. It says those three tools work only in English. The tiers article includes the database with Basic, and no page read places keyword search behind Premium.
• For Scan It, About Lose It lists free barcode access. The tiers article, the App Store listing and the Google Play listing put it in Premium. The scanner transition article says some free accounts retain it while the move to Premium happens.
• Snap It is Premium only in the Snap It help article, which describes suggested food database matches for the person to log. Free members get up to three tries in the tips blog post, the Snap It launch post and the dining blog post.
• Say It voice access is Premium in the Premium tools blog post and the tiers article. The tips blog post also gives free members up to three voice tries.
• Label scans require Premium in the nutrition label scanner article.

The food logging article also describes entering food on loseit.com.

Paid plans, US list prices and a year of each

MyNetDiary Premium, Premium Plus and Lifetime Premium

The MyNetDiary plan help article describes three paid options. Premium contains diet plans and menus, a meal planner, Meal Scan, recipe import, AutoPilot, an intermittent fasting tool and Calorie Cycling. Lifetime Premium supplies the same Premium features for one payment, excluding the Premium Plus AI tools. The plans page adds AI Coach, AI Suggest Meals, AI Voice Logging and AI Restaurant Menu Scan to Premium Plus, with priority support in the help article.

Dated September 2026 for its US prices, the plans page lists Premium at $8.99 monthly or $59.99 yearly, Premium Plus at $14.99 monthly or $99.99 yearly, and a $179.99 lifetime option. The local prices help article instead gives website Premium as $9 a month or $60 a year. The Premium Plus purchase article limits that purchase to the iPhone and Android apps.

Ten purchases appear in MyNetDiary's US App Store listing. Premium is listed three times at $8.99, four times at $59.99, once at $39.99 and once at $29.99. Premium Plus appears once at $14.99. Billing periods are Not stated, and neither $99.99 nor $179.99 appears there. The iOS trial help article names a free 7-day Premium trial. A trial on Android or the website is Not stated.

Lose It Premium and Lifetime

The Lose It tiers article lists $79.99 for a year of Premium and includes custom water, sleep and nutrient goals, smartwatch and fitness tracker syncing, future meal logging, barcodes, photos and voice. About Lose It also names advanced budget and macro goal settings, meal planning and intermittent fasting tools. A monthly Premium price is Not stated on any page read. The tiers article lists Lifetime as one payment of $299.99, or $229.99 for an active Premium member.

According to the Premium help article, prices vary with promotions and how often a person uses the app, and most users receive discounted in-app offers. The same article offers a free 7-day trial to new users who have not tried Premium. The Lifetime website page requires a login to view pricing.

The ten entries in Lose It's US App Store purchase list include eight Premium items ranging from $9.99 to $79.99. One explicitly names a year of premium features at $39.99. The two Lifetime entries are $49.99 and $59.99. The remaining entries do not name billing periods.

A year of each plan at list price

• Using MyNetDiary's plans page, 12 payments of $8.99 for Premium come to $107.88. The yearly option is one payment of $59.99.
• At the rates on MyNetDiary's plans page, 12 payments of $14.99 for Premium Plus come to $179.88. The yearly option is one payment of $99.99.
• MyNetDiary Lifetime Premium is one payment of $179.99 on its plans page.
• Lose It Premium is one yearly payment of $79.99 in its tiers article. A monthly figure is Not stated, so no 12-month total is available for monthly payments.
• Lose It Lifetime is one payment of $299.99, or $229.99 for an active Premium member, in its tiers article.

Who checks the food entries

MyNetDiary staff review

MyNetDiary's database page describes trained nutrition staff reviewing branded and restaurant entries before logging becomes available. Generic foods draw on USDA and NCC reference databases. When a label photo supplies a new food, database staff enter the details and a QA reviewer checks them, typically within 24 hours. The page gives more than 2 million foods. The food catalog article says user-contributed foods from before July 2020 are now retired. Registered dietitians are among the reviewing team on the About page.

Daily figures differ. The database page gives 2,500 to 3,500 foods reviewed and updated a day, while the accuracy help article says about 300 are added and verified a day. Our MyNetDiary vs MyFitnessPal comparison pairs this staff review process with MyFitnessPal's check marks.

Lose It Verified Foods

In Lose It's food logging article, green check marks identify Verified Foods added and updated by its team, with a search filter for those entries. Its incorrect food data article says many generic entries came from USDA and members can share foods that may reach everyone. The database team verifies popular uploads. Unverified uploads can contain errors, and nutrition entered by members after a barcode scan can be incorrect. The article also acknowledges that the database is not flawless.

The nutrient tracking article describes an AI validation tool reviewing member edits to missing nutrients before the shared database changes. Who checks foods beyond the team and how many foods are verified are Not stated.

• The How It Works page gives more than 32 million foods and exercises in its logging description and more than 50 million in its stats band.
• The tiers article gives more than 50 million foods.
• The App Store listing describes more than 56 million items and recipes.
• The nutrient tracking article gives more than 60 million foods.
• The switching apps blog post gives 63 million food items.

Devices each company names

MyNetDiary's About page names iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and web access. The iPhone page describes a native iPad app synced with iPhone, Apple Watch and the web, plus a free Apple Watch app. The Android page includes Wear OS in the free tier. The App Store listing requires iOS 17.0, iPadOS 17.0, visionOS 1.0 and watchOS 10.0 or later, and lists only English. Its watch installation article instead gives watchOS 8 or later. The Premium help article says a purchase carries across iOS, Android and web.

About Lose It names iOS and Android, while the food logging article gives web steps at my.loseit.com and says Scan It, Snap It and Say It work only in English. The App Store listing names iPhone, iPad, Mac with an M1 chip or later, Apple Vision and Apple Watch, requiring iOS 18.0 or later on iPhone. The Apple Watch help article describes free access on iOS only. A Wear OS app is Not stated. The Premium help article says purchases through Apple or Google work on the purchased platform and loseit.com.

Star ratings and rating counts in each store

These US listing figures were read October 19, 2026. They belong to the stores, and TrueCal adds no score of its own.

• MyNetDiary has 4.8 from 169K ratings in the App Store listing.
• MyNetDiary has 4.7 with 118K reviews in the Google Play listing.
• Lose It has 4.8 from 781K ratings in the App Store listing.
• Lose It has 4.6 with 184K reviews in the Google Play listing.

Where TrueCal sits beside these two

On TrueCal's information page, free accounts can enter calories by hand and view calories, while macros require Pro. Pro also covers typed meal descriptions, voice, photos and barcodes. The same page lists iPhone, Android and web access. TrueCal's pricing page lists Pro at $29.99 a year or $9.99 a month.

The information page requires nutrition numbers to come from a source or the person logging. It names USDA FoodData Central, FatSecret, Open Food Facts and published restaurant and brand information, and describes results as estimates that can be wrong. More app pairings appear in TrueCal's comparison collection.

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