A Free MyFitnessPal Alternative That Works Offline

If you want a MyFitnessPal alternative for counting calories and macros, the EveryApp Calorie Counter is a free option that covers the daily basics. It works out a daily target with the formula shown, lets you log meals from 13,000 verified USDA foods, and tracks protein, carbs and fat, your weight trend and your logging streak. It works offline and installs from your browser. MyFitnessPal is still the better pick if you mostly eat branded or restaurant food, or want to scan barcodes and connect fitness devices.

This comparison is based on what each product is designed for. MyFitnessPal changes its plans and what each one includes, so check its own site for current prices and features.

The short version

	Calorie Counter	MyFitnessPal
Built for	Counting calories and macros, simply	Calorie counting plus a wider fitness platform
Food database	13,000 verified USDA foods, stored with the app	Very large, with branded and restaurant foods, many added by users
Barcode scanning	Not yet; planned	Yes
Daily target	Mifflin-St Jeor, with the formula and sources shown	Calculated for you from your goal
Macros	Protein, carbs, fat; split by % or grams	Yes
Your own foods and recipes	Yes, free	Yes
Exercise logging and device sync	No	Yes, a core part of the product
Community	No	Yes, friends and community features
Works offline	Yes, food search included	Check their site
Price	Free to use; a paid plan adds extra reminders and an AI photo estimate	Free version and a paid Premium plan; check their pricing page
Install	Free, from your browser	App stores, plus a website

Why people look for an alternative

People usually start looking for one of three reasons. They want the features they use every day without paying for them. They want a simpler app that opens straight to the food diary. Or they no longer trust the values in a huge user-built database, where the same food can have several different entries.

If one of those is your reason, read on. If you're happy with MyFitnessPal and use its barcode scanner or device sync every day, you may not need to switch.

Who each one is for

Choose MyFitnessPal when most of what you eat comes in a packet or from a chain restaurant. Its database is built for that, and scanning a barcode is quicker than searching. It also suits you if you want your steps and workouts from a watch or fitness app in the same place as your food, or if you like having friends and a community around your goal.

Choose Calorie Counter when you cook from whole foods, want a number you can trust for each one, and want logging to stay quick. It suits people who want calories, protein, carbs and fat without a lot of extra screens. It also suits anyone who logs in places with a poor signal, because the whole food list is stored with the app.

What Calorie Counter does well

• A target with the working shown. Enter your age, height, weight, activity level and goal. The calculator shows your BMR, maintenance calories and daily target with the Mifflin-St Jeor formula, your own numbers and its sources. You can also set your own target.
• Safe limits. A calculated target never goes below your BMR, or 1,200 kcal (female formula) or 1,500 kcal (male formula), whichever is higher. You choose a pace from 0.25 to 1 kg (0.5 to 2 lb) a week.
• Verified food values. 13,000 foods from USDA FoodData Central, with household portions or grams. Search works as you type, even with no connection.
• Quick logging. Recent foods with a one-tap re-log, favourites, saved meals, copy yesterday's meal and quick add for a calorie number.
• Your own foods and recipes. Add a packaged food from its label, or save a recipe once and log a serving of it later.
• Progress you can read. Your week, month and quarter against your target, calories by meal, your most logged foods, a weight log with a 7-day average and your logging streak.
• Hide numbers. Turn this on in Settings to log what you eat without seeing calories or grams. Everything is still saved.
• Your data, your choice. Your food log stays on your device unless you sign in and choose to sync it. You can export your diary as a CSV file, download all your data or delete it.

Every logging feature is free: food search, portions, macros, your own foods, saved meals, charts, streaks, CSV export and sync. A paid plan adds more meal reminder times, a weigh-in reminder and an AI estimate of a meal from a photo. You don't need it to count calories.

What Calorie Counter doesn't do

Be clear about the limits before you switch. Calorie Counter has no barcode scanner yet. It has no branded or restaurant foods in its list, so for those you add the food from its label or use quick add. It doesn't log exercise, connect to fitness trackers or sync with other health apps. It has no community or friends feature. It tracks calories, protein, carbs and fat, plus fibre, sugars, saturated fat and sodium where USDA lists them, but no full vitamin and mineral panel.

If any of those matter to you every day, MyFitnessPal or another full-featured tracker will serve you better.

What MyFitnessPal does better

• Branded and restaurant foods. Its database is much larger and covers products by brand and dishes from chains.
• Barcode scanning. Point your camera at a packet and the food comes up.
• Exercise and devices. It logs workouts and connects with many fitness apps and devices, so calories burned can sit next to calories eaten.
• Community. Friends and community features give support and accountability that some people find helpful.

How to switch

1. Open the Calorie Counter and enter your age, height, weight, activity level and goal. Compare the target with the one you used before. If you'd rather keep your old number, you can enter your own target later in Settings.
2. Tap Start counting and add your next meal. Search by name, then pick a portion or weigh it in grams.
3. Add the packaged foods you eat often from their labels, and save your regular meals. After a few days, most logging is one tap from Recent or Favourites.
4. Install the app on your phone so it works offline. Our guide shows how to install the Calorie Counter on your phone.
5. Sign in with an EveryApp account if you want your log on more than one device, or want meal reminders.

Calorie Counter doesn't import a MyFitnessPal diary. If you want to keep your old records, check MyFitnessPal's help pages for how to export your data before you stop using it.

If you mainly want to watch your weight trend, the Weight Tracker logs your weight and shows a smoothed trend line. For more on the counter itself, read our guide to the free calorie counter app.