MyFitnessPal Premium vs Premium+ 2026: What the Extra $20 Gets You

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February 3, 2026 • Written by NutriScan Team • App ComparisonTips & Tricks

The only difference between Premium and Premium+ is the Meal Planner, and it costs $20 more a year, $79.99 against $99.99. Pick Premium if you already know what you want to eat and just need fast logging, the barcode scanner, macros in grams, meal scan and voice logging. Pick Premium+ if you will open the Meal Planner and its grocery lists at least twice a month. Prices are standard US prices as of mid 2026 and change by region.

TL;DR - MyFitnessPal Premium and Premium+ at a glance

• Premium: $79.99/year ($6.67/mo) or $19.99/month. 20 tracking features: barcode scanner, macros by gram, meal scan, voice logging, fasting tracker, ad-free.

• Premium+: $99.99/year ($8.33/mo) or $24.99/month. All of Premium plus the Meal Planner, 1,500+ recipes, grocery lists and Instacart or Walmart+ delivery.

• The gap: $20/year, or $1.67/month. On monthly billing it widens to $5/month, or $60 a year.

• Free trial: 7 days of Premium+ for eligible new subscribers. Cancel at least 24 hours before it ends.

• Verdict: Premium if you know what to eat. Premium+ if you want the app to decide.

MyFitnessPal split its paid tier in two in 2024. This guide covers what separates the two tiers, who each one suits, how both compare against other trackers, and how to downgrade if you picked wrong. For the free tier, every price and the annual discount maths, see our MyFitnessPal price guide.

That moment when you are endlessly scrolling between subscription tiers...

Premium vs Premium+: The Prices Side by Side 💵

Plan	Monthly	Annual	Per month on annual	Per day on annual
Free	$0	$0	$0	$0
Premium	$19.99	$79.99	$6.67	$0.22
Premium+	$24.99	$99.99	$8.33	$0.27

Prices are standard US prices as of mid 2026 and change by region (MyFitnessPal Premium).

Two gaps matter. Between the tiers: $20 a year on annual billing, $60 a year on monthly. Between billing cycles: twelve months of Premium+ at $24.99 is $299.88 against $99.99 annually, roughly three times the price. Premium is $239.88 monthly against $79.99 annually.

Never pay monthly past four months

Past four months, annual cuts your cost by about 67%. Buy monthly only while you are deciding. Our MyFitnessPal discount guide covers when the annual price drops.

Does MyFitnessPal Have a Free Trial?

Yes. Eligible new subscribers get 7 days of Premium+, not a month (MyFitnessPal Premium). It auto-renews at $24.99 monthly or $99.99 annually unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Start the trial on Premium+ so you can test the Meal Planner, generate a plan on day one, and set a reminder for day six. If you are already paying for Premium, there is no separate trial for the Premium+ upgrade. Full step-by-step in our MyFitnessPal free trial and cancellation guide.

Ways to Pay Less

• Employer wellness programs. Some reimburse the subscription or discount Premium+. Users on r/Myfitnesspal say the upgrade makes sense "if you want to participate in incentive programs requiring Premium Plus status."
• FSA and HSA funds. Premium and Premium+ may qualify depending on your plan, which means pre-tax dollars.
• Student and military discounts. MyFitnessPal does not publish either one.

What the First $79.99 Buys You Over Free 🎯

Premium is worth $79.99 a year if you log on most days. Four things sit behind the paywall that change how fast logging feels:

The barcode scanner. MyFitnessPal moved this behind the paywall in 2023, and it is the single most common reason free users go paid. The 20+ million item database almost always returns a match, and a scan takes about 3 seconds. Typing "Chobani Greek Yogurt Vanilla 5.3 oz" into search takes 15 to 20 seconds and surfaces duplicate entries with different calorie counts.

Macros by gram. The free version only sets macros as percentages. If a coach hands you 150g protein, 200g carbs, 60g fat, Premium lets you enter those exact numbers with no rounding errors.

Meal scan and voice logging. Point the camera at a plate for an AI calorie estimate, or say what you ate and let the app log it.

Ad-free logging. No banners or interstitials in the middle of a diary entry.

If you log twice a week, or only want a rough calorie total, the free tier covers you. A 2024 observational study of 53,482 users of a fasting and tracking app found that weight loss followed how often people logged, not whether they had installed the app. A 10% rise in active days went with 0.69 kg more weight lost at 52 weeks (Huntriss et al., 2024). Paying does not create the habit.

Set your targets before you pay for anything

Our free macro calculator gives you a calorie and macro target in about a minute, regardless of which app you end up logging in.

What MyFitnessPal Premium Includes: Free vs Premium vs Premium+ 🔓

Premium adds 20 features the free tier lacks. Premium+ includes all 20, improves none of them, and stacks the Meal Planner on top.

Feature	What it does	Free	Premium	Premium+
Manual food logging	Search the database and log by name	✅	✅	✅
Food database	20M+ items	✅	✅	✅
Calorie tracking	Daily totals against a goal	✅	✅	✅
Community forums	Member support boards	✅	✅	✅
Ad-free experience	No banners, pop-ups or video ads	❌	✅	✅
Barcode scanner	Scan packaged food, logs in about 3 seconds	❌	✅	✅
Meal Scan (AI camera)	Camera estimate, editable before logging	❌	✅	✅
Voice logging ("Say It")	Say what you ate and it logs	❌	✅	✅
Macros by gram	Targets in grams, not percentages	❌	✅	✅
Quick-add macros	Log totals without searching	❌	✅	✅
Food analysis and insights	Compare two foods, see patterns over time	❌	✅	✅
Different goals by day	Training vs rest day targets, and exercise calories on or off	❌	✅	✅
Macros and calorie goals by meal	Per-meal breakdown and targets for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks	❌	✅	✅
Net carbs tracking	Carbs minus fiber, for keto and low-carb	❌	✅	✅
Food timestamps and Home dashboard	Exact logging times, plus which metrics show on Home	❌	✅	✅
Recipe discovery	1,500+ recipes with full nutrition info	❌	✅	✅
Workout routines	Strength and cardio plans synced to the diary	❌	✅	✅
Intermittent fasting tracker	16:8 or 18:6 windows, streaks	❌	✅	✅
Multi-day logging	Copy past days or log in advance	❌	✅	✅
Progress reports and data export	Weekly summaries, CSV download	❌	✅	✅
Priority support and daily digests	Faster replies, unlimited email summaries	❌	✅	✅
Meal Plan Builder	Custom 7-day plans built to your targets	❌	❌	✅
Meal Prep Mode	Batch-cook scheduling and portion scaling	❌	❌	✅
Diet preference customization	Exclusions, cuisines, skill level, pantry	❌	❌	✅
Automated grocery lists	Categorized by store section	❌	❌	✅
Grocery delivery	Order through Instacart or Walmart+	❌	❌	✅
Sharing and auto-logging	Send plans to your household, planned meals land in the diary	❌	❌	✅
Monthly cost on annual billing		$0	$6.67	$8.33
Monthly cost on monthly billing		$0	$19.99	$24.99

What Premium+ Adds: The Meal Planner System 🍽️

MyFitnessPal launched the Meal Planner as a Premium+ exclusive in April 2025 (MyFitnessPal Blog, 2025). Everything the extra $20 buys belongs to it.

1. Meal Plan Builder

Generates a personalized 7-day plan from your calorie target, diet type, food preferences, portion size, cooking time, budget level and family size. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks all get built out. Every meal links to a recipe with nutrition data and instructions, meals auto-log to your diary, and you can swap any one for an alternative that still fits your targets.

The planner supports 10 dietary approaches: Balanced (shown as Standard in some versions of the app), Flexitarian, Keto, Low-Carb, Mediterranean, Paleo, Pescatarian, Vegan, Vegetarian and Whole-Food Focus (Garage Gym Reviews, 2026).

2. Meal Prep Mode

Built for batch cooking. Pick which days you cook and which meals to prep, and the app scales portions and consolidates the grocery list across prep days. If grilled chicken shows up three times that week, it tells you to cook all three portions at once.

3. Diet Preference Customization

Deeper than picking a diet type. Exclude ingredients (mushrooms, bell peppers, seafood), set per-meal portions, pick complexity from one-pot to multi-step, prioritize cuisines including Indian, and set your skill level. A leftover setting adjusts portions, and the pantry feature removes items you already own from the list.

4. Automatic Grocery Lists and Delivery

Premium+ turns the weekly plan into a list categorized by produce, dairy, meat and pantry. Tap to send it to Instacart or Walmart+ and order without leaving the app. Share it with whoever shops, or use it as a plain checklist in store. It syncs across devices.

Premium+ turns your meal plan into a shopping list that connects to delivery services

What Users Say About It

CNET's hands-on review said the planner "pleasantly surprised" them with how well it customized recipes and integrated with grocery delivery (CNET). On the MyFitnessPal blog, member Marilyn B. said "our food budget is nearly half of what we used to spend," and Sharon M. rated it above asking an AI chatbot, which gave her "no pictures, recipes, or nutritional breakdown."

Garage Gym Reviews scored the app 4.42 out of 5, with registered dietitian Sydney Lappe calling it "one of the most intuitive apps out there." App store ratings sit at 4.7 out of 5 from over 2.1 million Apple reviews and 4.4 from more than 2.76 million on Google Play. The recurring complaint in both stores is the paywall on features that used to be free.

Who Should Upgrade to Premium+ 👤

• You meal prep weekly. Meal Prep Mode was built for Sunday batch-cookers and consolidates the list across prep days.
• You use grocery delivery. Instacart and Walmart+ integration removes the friction of adding 30 items by hand.
• You freeze on "what should I eat?" Decision fatigue kills consistency. The planner answers weekly, within your macros.
• You want structure without a coach. Nutritionists run $50 to $200+ a month. Premium+ is $8.33.
• You are new to cooking for a health goal. Step-by-step recipes, pre-portioned lists and skill-level filtering lower the barrier.
• You waste food. A list built from meals you will actually cook means less produce rotting in the drawer.

Who Should Stick With Premium ✋

• You already have a routine. Same meals most weeks means the planner adds nothing.
• You track flexibly. Flexible dieters hitting targets with varied foods do not need a fixed plan. Macros by gram and the scanner are the tools that matter.
• You eat out often. Every Premium+ feature assumes home cooking.
• You already pay for a meal planner. Eat This Much, Mealime or PlateJoy already do this. Do not pay twice.
• You have exact gram targets. The planner uses calories and protein as guardrails and adjusts carbs and fat around them, landing within roughly 10% of target. For a bodybuilding cut, Premium plus manual logging is more precise.

Four Real-World Scenarios 🎭

Priya, vegetarian chasing protein

Priya cannot hit 100g protein on a vegetarian diet and is bored of the same paneer and dal rotation. Premium+. Vegetarian mode generates high-protein recipes weekly, Diet Preference excludes foods she dislikes and prioritizes Indian cuisine, and the grocery list saves a second store trip.

Jake, bodybuilder on a cut

Three years of tracking, chicken and rice and broccoli on repeat, knows his numbers cold. Premium. He needs macros by gram, quick-add and the scanner. Premium+ would sit untouched.

Sarah, busy parent on Instacart

Full-time job, family of four, 45 minutes every Sunday planning dinners and another 30 building a cart. Premium+. The planner kills Sunday planning and sends ingredients straight to Instacart, buying back over an hour a week for $1.67 a month.

Tom, on the road four days a week

Hotel breakfasts, restaurant lunches, takeout dinners, all logged by scanner and camera. Premium. He does not cook or shop, so every Premium+ feature is dead weight.

When you finally pick the tier that matches your actual week

MyFitnessPal Premium Price vs Other Trackers ⚖️

App	Annual price	Meal planner	Grocery lists	Photo logging	Custom macros
MFP Premium	$79.99	❌	❌	✅	✅
MFP Premium+	$99.99	✅	✅	✅	✅
MacroFactor	$71.99	❌	❌	✅	✅
Cronometer Gold	$59.99	❌	❌	✅	✅
Lose It Premium	$79.99	❌	❌	✅	✅
FatSecret Premium	$59.99	❌	❌	✅	✅
YAZIO PRO	$47.90	Limited	❌	✅	✅
Eat This Much	$59.99	✅	✅	❌	✅
Mealime	$49.99	✅	✅	❌	Limited
PlateJoy	$69.00	✅	✅	❌	✅
NutriScan Premium	about $59/yr	✅	✅	✅	✅

Prices are standard US prices as of mid 2026 and change by region. Sources: MyFitnessPal Premium, Cronometer Gold, Lose It membership tiers and pricing.

Figure 1: Annual subscription costs compared. Premium+ at $99.99 bundles tracking and planning for less than Premium plus any standalone planner on this chart.

The bundle math

Premium ($79.99) plus Eat This Much ($59.99) is $139.98 a year across two apps. Premium+ is $99.99 for both in one, planned meals auto-log, and you save $40. If you want planning without tracking, a standalone planner is cheaper, but most people who plan meals also track them.

Premium+ is the most expensive annual plan among mainstream trackers, and after Lose It raised its price to $79.99 in 2026, Premium is no longer alone at the top of the standard tier either.

What Premium+ Still Does Not Give You ⚠️

Five gaps at $99.99 a year

1. No dynamic macro coaching. MacroFactor recalculates macros weekly from your weight trend. MyFitnessPal sets targets once and you adjust them by hand.
2. No deep micronutrient tracking. Cronometer tracks up to 95 nutrients per food. MyFitnessPal shows some and does not prioritize them.
3. No verified-only database. The 20M+ database includes user-submitted entries with wrong numbers in it. Double-check anything that looks off.
4. No human review. Plans are algorithm-generated, not checked by a dietitian.
5. Limited grocery coverage. Delivery works with Instacart and Walmart+ (Amazon Fresh has also been supported). Regional and international chains are not.

How to Cancel or Downgrade MyFitnessPal Premium 🚪

Cancel on the same platform you subscribed on. Apple, Google Play and MyFitnessPal web are three separate billing systems, and canceling in the wrong one does nothing.

• iPhone: Settings > your name > Subscriptions > MyFitnessPal > Cancel Subscription.
• Android: Google Play Store > profile > Payments and subscriptions > Subscriptions > MyFitnessPal > Cancel subscription.
• Web: myfitnesspal.com > My Home > Premium > Subscription Settings > turn off auto-renewal.

Cancel more than 24 hours before your renewal date, or the subscription may renew anyway (MyFitnessPal support). Deleting the app does not cancel billing. You keep paid features until the period you already paid for runs out, and your food diary stays intact.

To move from Premium+ down to Premium rather than cancel outright, use Settings > Subscription in the app. The change lands at the next billing cycle with no penalty. Upgrading the other way is prorated against the time left on your current cycle.

The 30-Day Downgrade Audit

Most Premium+ subscribers stop opening the Meal Planner after the first week, because meal planning is a habit rather than a feature. Run this before committing to a year:

1. Take the 7-day trial, then let it roll into one paid month at $24.99 instead of a $99.99 year. Worst case is capped at one month.
2. Set a reminder to open the Meal Planner twice a week for four weeks. Generate a plan, build a list, log a planned meal.
3. Count the opens. Eight or more in 30 days, keep Premium+. Three or fewer, downgrade.
4. Repeat quarterly. Habits drift, and the app keeps re-promoting Premium+ after you downgrade.

Getting More From Either Plan 💡

1. Buy annual. It cuts your cost by roughly 67% over monthly billing.
2. Rate recipes. The Meal Planner learns from ratings, so plans match your taste faster.
3. Update the pantry first. It stops the app adding rice you already have three kilos of.
4. Share the grocery list. If somebody else shops, send the categorized list instead of texting items.
5. Set a renewal reminder one month out. Decide on your schedule, not inside an in-app upsell.

The research backs the habit over the tier. A 2025 meta-analysis of 29 randomized controlled trials found mobile app interventions cut body weight by 1.45 kg, BMI by 0.35 kg/m² and waist circumference by 1.98 cm in adults with overweight or obesity (Li et al., 2025). A 2024 Cochrane review found the evidence still incomplete because app features vary so widely (Metzendorf et al., 2024), and a 2026 scoping review of a decade of calorie-counting studies found 53 of its 68 included studies (78%) targeted adults with overweight or obesity (Dugas et al., 2026). Consistency drives the result, not the tier.

If the Barcode Is What You Are Paying For 📱

Both MyFitnessPal tiers keep barcode and text search as the main way in. NutriScan starts from a photo: snap the plate, get calories and macros back in about 15 seconds, no barcode and no database search. It reads home-cooked and regional dishes, including Indian food that packaged-food databases miss.

The free plan includes 5 meal scans a week, 4 Monika voice calls a week, NutriScore on every meal, full micronutrients and a fasting timer. Premium (about $59 a year in the US, as of mid 2026) makes scans and calls unlimited and adds a 28-day diet plan, weekly meal-plan suggestions and a goal-based grocery list. New users get a 7-day Premium trial; whether a card is collected depends on your platform and region. Numbers side by side in our NutriScan pricing guide, and the calorie counter app page shows how photo logging works.

NutriScan photo logging: Home > Camera Icon > Crop Picture

Frequently Asked Questions ❓

Q: How much is MyFitnessPal Premium?

A: $19.99 a month or $79.99 a year, which is $6.67 a month. Premium+ is $24.99 a month or $99.99 a year, which is $8.33 a month. Standard US prices as of mid 2026, and they change by region.

Q: Is MyFitnessPal Premium worth it?

A: If you log most days, yes. The barcode scanner, macros in grams, meal scan and voice logging all sit behind the paywall and each cuts seconds off every entry. If you log twice a week, the free tier is enough.

Q: Is Premium+ worth the extra $20 a year?

A: Only if you will open the Meal Planner at least twice a month. That is $1.67 a month for weekly plans, grocery lists and delivery integration.

Q: What is the difference between Premium and Premium+?

A: Premium+ has every Premium feature plus the Meal Planner system: weekly plans, 1,500+ recipes, Meal Prep Mode, diet customization, grocery lists and delivery.

Q: Does Premium include the barcode scanner?

A: Yes, in both tiers. MyFitnessPal moved it behind the paywall in 2023, and it is the most common reason people upgrade.

Q: How do I cancel MyFitnessPal Premium?

A: Cancel where you bought it. iPhone: Settings > your name > Subscriptions > MyFitnessPal > Cancel Subscription. Android: Google Play Store > profile > Payments and subscriptions > Subscriptions > MyFitnessPal > Cancel. Web: myfitnesspal.com > My Home > Premium > Subscription Settings > turn off auto-renewal. Do it more than 24 hours before renewal.

Q: Can I switch between Premium and Premium+ later?

A: Yes. Upgrades are prorated against your current cycle. Downgrades take effect at the end of the billing period and you keep every Premium feature.

Q: Is the Meal Planner on the web, and does it handle keto or vegan?

A: It is built for the mobile apps, and grocery delivery works properly only there. It supports 10 dietary approaches: Balanced, Flexitarian, Keto, Low-Carb, Mediterranean, Paleo, Pescatarian, Vegan, Vegetarian and Whole-Food Focus, plus allergy restrictions and cuisine preferences.

Which Plan to Pick 📌

Premium at $79.99 a year covers tracking: barcode scanning, voice logging, macros in grams, fasting tracker, progress reports, no ads. For most people who want faster logging and accountability, that is the right plan.

Premium+ at $99.99 adds the Meal Planner. The extra $1.67 a month pays for itself if you use it twice a month, and it is money thrown away if you never open the tab.

If you are still undecided, take the 7-day trial, generate a plan on day one, and count how often you go back to it. That number decides it better than any feature table. For a second opinion on the upgrade, see our Premium+ worth-it breakdown.

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