fotorieYazio Alternative: calories by photo, weekly menu and AI coach
Yazio is one of Europe’s most refined nutrition apps: good design, extensive database, recipes, and intermittent fasting. If you’re looking for an alternative, it’s usually for two reasons: what you want is in PRO, or logging homemade dishes is still a chore. Here’s how it compares to Fotorie.
What Yazio does well
Yazio is a German app with years of experience and one of the most highly rated in European stores. Its diary is clear, the food database is extensive, and the barcode scanner works well with Spanish supermarket products. It has its own recipes, meal plans, and an intermittent fasting timer that many people use as their main reason.
Being European, data is stored in the European Union, something not all apps in the sector can claim. What is often criticized is that the free version falls short: recipes, plans, and detailed analysis live in Yazio PRO, and logging a homemade dish involves searching ingredient by ingredient.
How Fotorie differs
Fotorie coincides with Yazio in being European and in the menu with recipes, and differs in how you log and who accompanies you:
- The photo is the log. You take a photo of the dish, the app identifies the foods, estimates the grams, and calculates calories and macros; if you know the actual weight, you adjust it with a tap. How it works and what accuracy to expect, in calories by photo.
- The weekly menu is free. 50 free step-by-step recipes, calculated for your calories and diet type, with equivalents to change a dish and a shopping list. There is a complete example in healthy weekly menu.
- An AI coach that knows your day. You tell it in writing, with a voice note or a call, what you’ve eaten or trained, and it logs it; corrects meals from other days; suggests dinner with what you have left; and takes your medication and blood pressure into account when recommending. More in AI nutritional coach.
- Gym included. Strength training table with illustrations, sets, repetitions, and weights, and the day’s cardio.
- Nutritionist’s criteria. Made by Vitasane, nutrition centers in Seville since 2012. Calorie floors, macro distribution, and care during pregnancy or with medication come from the consultation.
Fotorie does not have a fasting timer or a database as large as Yazio’s. If intermittent fasting is the center of your routine, Yazio does it better; if what stops you is logging, Fotorie solves it with the camera.
Comparison table
| Feature | Fotorie | Yazio |
|---|---|---|
| Calories per photo | ✔ Yes, with estimated grams and portion adjustment | ◐ Food recognition in the paid version |
| Database and barcode | ✔ Barcode and text search | ✔ Extensive database and barcode scanner |
| Weekly menu with recipes | ✔ Free: 50 free step-by-step recipes, equivalents and shopping list | ◐ Recipes and plans, mostly in the PRO version |
| AI Coach | ✔ Chat, voice note and call; knows your day | — No conversational coach |
| Workouts | ✔ Strength with illustrations, cardio, sets and weights | ◐ Activity and step tracking |
| Medication and blood pressure | ✔ The coach takes them into account when recommending | — No |
| Intermittent fasting | ◐ The coach adapts schedules, no fasting timer | ✔ Timer and fasting plans |
| In Spanish and English | ✔ Made in Spain, in Spanish and English from day one | ✔ Translated into Spanish |
| Price | ✔ Free; Essential €3.99/month; Plus €4.99/month or €39.99/year | ◐ Limited free; PRO with subscription |
| Headquarters and data | ✔ Nutrition center in Seville; data encrypted in the EU | ✔ German company, data in the EU |
Comparison as of septiembre de 2026, with public information from each app. The features and limits of Yazio’s free version change over time.
When to stick with Yazio
- If you use the fasting timer daily and want the diary and fasting to live in the same app.
- If you already pay for PRO, have your recipes saved, and the habit of scanning and searching doesn’t bother you.
- If you mostly log packaged foods and value a large database.
When to try Fotorie
- If you stopped logging because homemade dishes and eating out took too much time.
- If you want the weekly menu with recipes without paying for it.
- If you take medication or monitor blood pressure and want the coach to take it into account.
- If you prefer to talk to a coach who already knows what you’ve eaten, how much you weigh, and what you’ve trained, instead of looking at graphs.
How to switch
There is no import from Yazio to Fotorie. What’s needed for your plan fits into a two-minute questionnaire: weight, height, activity, goal, and diet type. Calories and macros are generated instantly, you can compare them with the daily calorie calculator and the macro calculator, and the weekly menu appears already made. Download Fotorie and log your next meal with a photo.
Fotorie is a habit app with an artificial intelligence coach. It does not replace your doctor or nutritionist; during pregnancy, lactation, or with a pathology, consult first.
Frequently asked questions
Is Yazio free?
It has a free version for logging meals and viewing calories. Recipes, plans, advanced fasting, and a good part of the analysis are in Yazio PRO, which is a paid subscription.
Does Yazio have good reviews?
Generally yes: it is one of the most highly rated nutrition apps in Europe, with a careful design and an extensive database. Common criticisms are that the useful features are in PRO and that logging homemade dishes takes time.
How is Fotorie similar to Yazio?
Both are European, store data in the EU, have a menu with recipes, and count calories and macros. The main difference is how you log: Yazio searches or scans; Fotorie takes a photo of the dish. And Fotorie adds an AI coach that knows your weight, your training, and your medication.
Can I transfer my Yazio data to Fotorie?
There is no import. Fotorie starts with a two-minute questionnaire and calculates your plan instantly; the history is built from that day.
Does Fotorie work for intermittent fasting?
You can do it: the coach adapts recommendations to your schedule and the menu is distributed among the meals you eat. It does not have a fasting timer like Yazio.
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Weekly menu, AI coach and calories by photo from the free version, without ads. Try it with today’s meal.
