fotorieMyFitnessPal Alternative: Calories by Photo Instead of Searching Lists
MyFitnessPal is the world’s best-known calorie counter and does what it promises well. If you quit, it almost certainly wasn’t because of the app, but because of the routine of searching for each food on a list. This is an honest comparison with Fotorie, a Spanish app that logs your plate with a photo.
What MyFitnessPal Does Well
MyFitnessPal has been the benchmark for calorie counting for over fifteen years. Its great advantage is its database: millions of foods and packaged products, many added by the community itself, with a search engine that almost always finds what you eat. It integrates with watches and scales, has a clear diary, and a free version that remains useful, albeit with ads.
For those who already have the habit of weighing and searching, and primarily want a reliable diary for packaged foods, it remains a good option. The weaknesses are well-known: user-added foods sometimes have erroneous data, the barcode scanner and meal plans moved to the paid version, and for a homemade dish, each ingredient and its quantity must be chosen manually.
How Fotorie Differs
Fotorie starts from a different idea: that logging should not be a chore. You take a photo of the plate, and the app identifies the foods, estimates the grams, and gives you calories and macros with the confidence of each ingredient. If you know the actual weight, you adjust it with a tap. It also supports text, voice notes, and barcodes, but the photo is the normal way.
- Weekly menu with AI-generated recipe illustrations. 50 free step-by-step recipes calculated for your calories and diet type, with equivalents to change a dish and a shopping list. It’s in the free version. You can see an example on the healthy weekly menu page.
- AI Coach that knows your day. You write to it or send a voice note, and it logs what you tell it, corrects quantities, suggests dinner with what you have left, and takes into account your medication and blood pressure. More details on AI nutritional coach.
- Developed by a nutrition center. Behind it is Vitasane, nutrition centers in Seville since 2012. The calorie floors that the app does not allow to cross and the macro distribution come from the consultation.
- Data in the European Union. Encrypted copy on EU servers, linked to your email, which you can delete anytime from the app.
- No ads. Not even in the free version.
What Fotorie does not have is a community database of millions of references. For a packaged product, it uses the barcode; for a dish, the photo. If your way of eating is mostly labeled products and you want to see them in a giant list, MyFitnessPal still wins there.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Fotorie | MyFitnessPal |
|---|---|---|
| Calories per photo | ✔ Yes, with estimated grams and portion adjustment | ◐ Meal scanning in the paid version |
| Database and barcode | ✔ Barcode and text search | ✔ Huge database; barcode scanner is premium |
| Weekly menu with recipes | ✔ 50 free step-by-step recipes, equivalents and shopping list | ◐ Meal plans in the paid version |
| AI Coach | ✔ Chat, voice note and call; knows your day | — No conversational coach |
| Workouts | ✔ Strength with illustrations, cardio, sets and weights | ◐ Exercise logging and sync with other apps |
| Medication and blood pressure | ✔ The coach takes them into account when recommending | — No |
| In English and Spanish | ✔ Made in Spain, in Spanish and English from day one | ✔ Translated; database mixes languages |
| Price | ✔ Free; Essential €3.99/month; Plus €4.99/month or €39.99/year | ◐ Free with ads; premium with subscription |
| Headquarters and data | ✔ Nutrition center in Seville; data encrypted in the EU | ◐ US company |
Comparison as of septiembre de 2026, with public information from each app. MyFitnessPal features change between versions and countries.
When to Stick with MyFitnessPal
- If you’ve been using it for years, have your recipes saved, and the habit of searching and weighing doesn’t bother you.
- If you mostly log packaged products and want the largest existing database.
- If you rely on its integrations with specific watches or scales.
When to Try Fotorie
- If you’ve abandoned your diary because searching for each food took longer than eating.
- If you mostly eat homemade dishes, packed lunches, or meals out, where a photo solves what a list cannot.
- If you want the same app to create your weekly menu and accompany you with a coach who knows what you’ve eaten, how much you weigh, and what medication you take.
- If you prefer a Spanish app, without ads, and with data in the EU.
How to Switch
There is no import from MyFitnessPal to Fotorie, and it’s not really necessary: what matters for your plan is your weight, height, activity, and goal, and that is answered in the two-minute questionnaire when you open the app. Your calorie and macro plan is generated instantly, you can check it on the daily calorie calculator, and the weekly menu appears already made. From there, each meal is a photo. Download Fotorie and try it with today’s meal.
Fotorie is a habit-tracking app with an artificial intelligence coach. It does not replace your doctor or nutritionist, and during pregnancy, lactation, or with a pathology, it is advisable to consult them first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is MyFitnessPal free?
It has a free version with ads that allows you to log meals by searching its database. The barcode scanner, meal plans, and several analysis features are in the premium subscription.
Can I transfer my MyFitnessPal data to Fotorie?
There is no automatic import. Fotorie starts with a two-minute questionnaire (weight, height, activity, goal) and calculates your plan instantly; the new history is built from that day.
Does Fotorie have a food database like MyFitnessPal?
It has text search and a barcode reader for packaged foods, but its main way of logging is the photo: it identifies the foods on the plate, estimates the grams, and calculates calories and macros. You don’t need to search lists.
Which is more accurate in counting calories?
With a package and its barcode, both are accurate. With a homemade dish, MyFitnessPal depends on you choosing the right food and portion from the list; Fotorie estimates grams from the photo and lets you correct them with a tap. In both cases, it is a reasonable estimate, not a scale.
Is Fotorie available on iPhone and Android?
Yes, on Google Play and the App Store, with the same account and data on both.
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Try logging a meal with a photo and compare. No ads, in English and Spanish, and with the weekly menu included in the free version.
