Lose It! alternatives: another calorie app, or a dinner planner
Stay with Lose It! if the daily calorie budget is working. MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, MyNetDiary and Cal AI are other counters. Carby is the alternative if you wanted next week’s dinners planned around a grocery number instead.
Pricing comparison
Lose It! Basic is free; Premium is priced in the app. MyFitnessPal Premium $79.99 a year. Cronometer Gold $59.99 a year. MyNetDiary Premium $59.99 a year, free barcode on the free tier. Cal AI scanning requires a paid plan. Carby $39.99 a year after a 3-day trial.
| App | Starter price | If you stay a year | Trial | Refunds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lose It! | Free to download, with an optional Premium subscription. Lose It! does not publish a dollar price on the public Premium page; read the in-app checkout. | Free if you stay on Basic. Premium yearly cost is shown in the app, not on loseit.com/premium. Grocery is extra. | Free Basic needs no trial. Premium trial, if offered, is shown in the App Store or Google Play checkout you see. | App Store or Google Play purchases follow those stores. Deleting the app does not cancel a store subscription. |
| Carby | $39.99/year after a 3-day trial on web yearly checkout | $39.99 if you stay on the web yearly plan after the 3-day trial | 3-day trial on the web yearly offer visitors actually see. Monthly ($9.99) and weekly ($4.99) plans also exist. Read the checkout. | Web Stripe charges: email within 30 days of the charge for a refund. App Store charges go through Apple. Cancel during the trial and you are not charged. |
| MyFitnessPal | Free food diary. Premium $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Premium+ $99.99 a year or $24.99 a month, on MyFitnessPal’s Premium+ page. | $79.99 on Premium yearly. $99.99 on Premium+ yearly. $0 if you stay on the free diary. Grocery is extra. | 7-day Premium or Premium+ trial if you have never upgraded or redeemed a trial. First charge is after the trial unless you cancel. Auto-renews. | Cancel at least 24 hours before renewal to avoid the next charge. Premium features stay until the paid period ends. App Store or Google Play purchases follow those stores. |
| MyNetDiary | Free. Premium $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Premium Plus $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, on MyNetDiary’s about and AI scanner pages. | $0 on Free. $59.99 on Premium yearly. $99.99 on Premium Plus yearly. A $179.99 lifetime option is listed on the free-tracker page. | Free tier needs no trial. Premium trial on iOS is documented in MyNetDiary’s FAQ index; length is shown in the store checkout. | Premium can be bought on MyNetDiary.com (Paddle) or as an in-app purchase. App Store and Google Play refunds follow those stores. |
| Cronometer | Free Basic. Gold $4.99 a month billed annually at $59.99, or $10.99 a month billed monthly, on cronometer.com/gold. | $59.99 on Gold yearly. $131.88 if you stay on Gold monthly at $10.99. $0 on Basic. Grocery is extra. | Basic is free with no time limit. Gold checkout is on the Gold page and in the apps. | Web Gold: set Do Not Auto-Renew in Account Settings and access continues to the end of the term. App Store or Google Play Gold follows those stores. |
| Cal AI | Free to download. Scanning requires a paid plan. US App Store in-app items include Unlimited prices such as $2.99, $5.99, $9.99, $19.99, $29.99 and a $59.99 family plan. Read the paywall you see. | Depends on the Unlimited plan Apple shows you. The public site does not publish one yearly rate. Grocery is extra. | FAQ describes a free-trial page on family invites. Trial length is shown in the App Store paywall, not as a single public number on calai.app. | App Store and Google Play refunds go through those stores. Direct CalAI purchases: email support. Deleting the app does not cancel. Cancel in iPhone Settings → Subscriptions → CalAI. |
Grocery purchases are extra on every row. Read the checkout you actually see.
What each tool is best for
- Family dinners under a grocery budget, not a food diary: Carby
- Carby does not count calories or carbs. It plans five dinners and one aisle list around a store and a spending limit. Use it when the next job is shopping, not logging last night’s plate. Compare
- The largest food diary: MyFitnessPal
- Free log plus Premium scans. Same calorie-counting job as Lose It!. Compare
- A free barcode scanner without ads: MyNetDiary
- MyNetDiary’s free tier keeps barcode scan. Lose It! lists barcode scan as Premium. Compare
- Micronutrients, not only calories: Cronometer
- Up to 95 nutrients, free barcode on Basic. Still a diary. Compare
- Photo logging first: Cal AI
- Snap the plate. Scanning is paid. Not a grocery dinner planner. Compare
Verdict
Keep Lose It! for a daily calorie budget. Move to MyNetDiary if free barcode scan matters, Cronometer if micros matter, Cal AI if photos matter, MyFitnessPal if the database matters. Choose Carby only for budget dinners, not for another calorie log.
Carby vs Lose It! in one tableFrequently asked questions
What should I use instead of Lose It!?
Another calorie app if you still want to count: MyNetDiary, Cronometer, MyFitnessPal or Cal AI. Carby if you wanted shopping, not counting.
Does Carby have Snap It photo logging?
No. That is Lose It! Premium. Carby does not scan plates.
Is Lose It! Premium cheaper than Carby?
This page does not invent Lose It! Premium’s dollar amount, because loseit.com/premium does not publish it. Carby web yearly is $39.99 after a 3-day trial. Compare the in-app Lose It! price yourself.
Sources checked October 20, 2026: Lose It! homepage · Lose It! Premium · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 297368629 · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 6779585429 · Carby billing policy · Carby refund help · MyFitnessPal homepage · MyFitnessPal Premium · MyFitnessPal Premium+ · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 341232718 · MyNetDiary homepage · MyNetDiary about · MyNetDiary free tracker page · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 287529757 · Cronometer homepage · Cronometer Gold · Cronometer subscription types · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 1145935738 · Cal AI homepage · Cal AI FAQ · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 6480417616. Competitor facts come from those public pages and US iTunes Lookup. Missing cells were omitted, not guessed.