Pretty good app honestly. Logging meals is fast and the macro breakdown is easy to read. Photo scan gets confused on some Indian dishes though, fix that and it's 5 stars for sure.
MyFitnessPal Alternative That Keeps Your Log โ
If you are looking for something to replace MyFitnessPal or MacroFactor, the question is what you land on once the novelty wears off. NutriScan's free account has no end date. 5 AI photo scans a week, unlimited manual logging, NutriScore and micronutrients on every meal, your whole meal history, water tracking and the fasting timer. Premium adds to that. It does not take any of it away.
Go Premium for unlimited scans and the 28 day plan, or switch and stay free. Your log is yours either way.
What you land on after switching ๐ โ
Two plans, Free and Premium, nothing in between. Here is the split, written out so you can check it against the app on day one rather than finding out in week three.
| What you get | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| AI photo scans | 5 a week, resets every week | Unlimited |
| Manual and voice logging | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber | Yes | Yes |
| Micronutrients on every meal | Yes | Yes |
| NutriScore on every meal | Yes | Yes |
| Meal history and monthly calendar | Kept, no limit | Kept, no limit |
| Voice calls with Monika | 4 a week | Unlimited |
| Water tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Intermittent fasting timer | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Health and Google Fit sync | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | None | None |
| 28 day diet plan | Not included | Yes |
| Grocery lists and recipes | Not included | Yes |
| Supplement recommendations | Not included | Yes |
| Progress tab: Readiness Score, AI Insights, Week and Month | โ | โ |
The four things people notice in week one ๐งพ โ
You stop searching a database
Point the camera at the plate. NutriScan reads it back as calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber and micronutrients, with a NutriScore for the meal. Set the food type from 8 tags, the cooking method from 11 tags and the oil level across four steps, so the number matches how the food was actually cooked rather than a generic entry someone else typed in years ago. Free accounts get 5 photo scans a week and the counter resets weekly.
Micronutrients on the free plan
Vitamins and minerals show on every meal without a subscription, next to the four macros.
You can talk to it
Monika is a voice nutritionist you actually call. 4 calls a week on the free plan, unlimited on Premium.
Fasting and water are built in
14:10, 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 or a custom window, plus a water goal you can edit. Two fewer apps on your phone.
Nothing gets fenced off later
Meal history is unlimited on the free account and the monthly NutriScore calendar goes back as far as you have logged. Nothing is trimmed after 30 days, nothing stops working if a subscription lapses, and there are no ads reading over your shoulder. Everything syncs out to Apple Health or Google Fit, so the app is not the only place your data lives.
How to move your tracking across ๐ ๏ธ โ
Rebuild your targets in about two minutes
There is no export file to wrangle. Install NutriScan and answer the setup questions: age, gender, height, weight, activity level and the goal you are working toward. NutriScan turns those into a daily calorie target and a protein, carb and fat split, and you can edit any of those numbers by hand if you already know the ones that work for you. If you want to check the math first, run it through the macro calculator on this site and compare.
Log today's food the fast way
Photograph the plate instead of searching a database for it. Free accounts get 5 AI photo scans a week and the counter resets every week. Manual logging is unlimited on the free plan, so the meals you know by heart can go in by text, and voice works too. Set the food type from 8 tags, the cooking method from 11 tags and the oil level across four steps, so a fried version and a steamed version of the same dish do not come back with the same number.
Turn on the parts you were using other apps for
Start a fasting window from the Fasting tab and pick 14:10, 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 or a custom one. Log water from the Water tab or the card on the Home screen. Push everything to Apple Health or Google Fit so your rings and your step count still line up. Call Monika, the voice nutritionist, up to 4 times a week on the free plan and talk through what you ate instead of typing it.
Before you commit to anything ๐งญ โ
Switching trackers usually fails for a boring reason. The first week is fine, then logging drags, then you stop. So test the thing that decides it: install NutriScan, photograph one real dinner, and look at what comes back. Calories, the four macros, fiber, the micronutrients, a NutriScore. If that breakdown is worth 5 seconds of your evening, the habit survives.
The free account is the account, not a countdown, and trying it never asks for a card. New installs also get a 7 day free trial of Premium, and when it ends you drop onto free with everything you logged still there.
If you are comparing several options rather than one, we keep a longer roundup of free AI calorie tracking apps that covers the category instead of only us. From there, the free calorie tracker page goes deeper on what the free plan holds, the calorie counter app page covers logging itself, and the diet planner page covers what the 28 day plan builds.
What people are saying
Real reviews from people tracking their meals with NutriScan.
Finally sticking to a diet plan because of this app ๐๐ป
Surprisingly fun to use? Lost 1 kg in 4 days just by logging stuff and keeping my NutriScore green. Still on the free side, will probably grab Premium soon.
You take a photo and seconds later you have your macros and micronutrients. That's basically why I stuck with it.
Been using it 2 days now and liking it so far. First week is free so not much to lose.
Did some homework before installing and yeah, the photo scan accuracy is legit. NutriScore is solid too. Keep building, this is great.
Just started but it looks promising. Big plus that you can try it for free.
Finally a calorie counter without ads or upsells every two screens. Photograph the meal, done. Free, simple, exactly what I needed.
Found it right when I needed help fixing my eating. Really glad I did.
Solid pick if you want to track calories and stay on a diet plan without overthinking it.
Lost weight using this. The diet plan kept me honest on bad days. People sleep on how much diet actually matters.
Tracks calories, macros, and even the small stuff like micronutrients. If you're trying to build muscle, this is the app to get.
150k+ downloads and a 4.6 star average across the app stores.
Make the switch today ๐ฑ โ
Install it, log one meal, and decide from the breakdown rather than from a feature list.
๐ What you keep for free
5 AI scans every week
Plus unlimited manual and voice logging, with the scan counter resetting weekly.
NutriScore and micronutrients
On every meal you log, on the free account, not only on the paid one.
Monika, water, fasting
4 voice calls a week, an editable water goal, and 14:10 through 20:4 fasting windows.
History that stays
Unlimited meal history, the monthly calendar, and sync out to Apple Health or Google Fit.
Want unlimited scans, the 28 day plan and the full Progress tab? Go Premium, cancel any time. The free plan stays free either way.
Frequently Asked Questions โ โ
Can I import my history from another tracker? โ
No, and most people find they do not need to. What carries a switch is the target and the habit, not last March's lunches. Setup rebuilds your calorie and macro targets in about two minutes, you can type in the numbers you already know, and from day one your NutriScan history starts filling in with a NutriScore and a micronutrient breakdown attached to every meal.
What do I get without paying anything? โ
5 AI photo scans a week that reset weekly, unlimited manual logging, calories and macros, micronutrients on every meal, a NutriScore on every meal, unlimited meal history, 4 voice calls a week with Monika, Apple Health and Google Fit sync, water tracking and the fasting timer. No ads and no end date on the account.
What is actually behind Premium? โ
Unlimited AI scans, unlimited calls with Monika, the 28 day diet plan with its grocery lists and recipes, supplement recommendations, and the Progress tab in full, which means the Readiness Score, the AI Insights and the Week and Month views. There are two plans, Free and Premium, and nothing in between.
How accurate is the photo scan? โ
NutriScan's own accuracy checks put food recognition at 95%+ for foods our database covers. That figure is about identifying the food, not guessing how much of it is on the plate, which is why you can correct the portion, the cooking method and the oil level after the scan. Anything you fix is what gets saved to your log.
If I try Premium and stop, what happens to my log? โ
You keep it. New accounts get a 7 day free trial of Premium, and when a trial or a subscription ends you land on the free account, not on a locked screen. Cancelling runs through the App Store or Google Play, Premium keeps working until the end of the period you already paid for, and your meal history, your NutriScore calendar and your micronutrient breakdowns stay exactly where they were.
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