KalTrack
Comparison
The largest food database in the category against a camera-first estimator. Which one you want depends on whether you would rather search or shoot.
4.7 from 2,353,224 ratings · Free
The incumbent, and by a distance the largest food database in consumer calorie tracking, built up over more than a decade of user submissions. Barcode scanning, recipe import, a large ecosystem of integrations, and a long history of people successfully losing weight with it.
5.0 from 1 rating · Free
A camera-first tracker. Point at the plate for an AI estimate you confirm in two taps, or scan a barcode or nutrition label to get exact published figures instead. Built around the idea that a photo estimate is an estimate, with cuisine coverage beyond American food databases. New, and small.
| MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter | KalTrack Made by Viral Labs | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 from 2,353,224 ratings | 5.0 from 1 rating |
| How you log a meal | Search a database, scan a barcode, import a recipe, photo logging on paid tiers | Photo of the plate, barcode, nutrition label, or a typed description |
| Food data | Very large crowd-sourced database plus verified entries | AI estimate from the photo, plus Open Food Facts for barcodes and OCR for printed labels |
| Free tier | Yes, with core logging; barcode scanning has moved in and out of the free tier over the years | A few AI scans every day; barcode lookups unlimited and free |
| Paid plan | Premium subscription, monthly or annual, priced on the App Store listing | KalTrack Pro, $9.99/month or $29.99/year, 7-day free trial, cancel in iOS Settings |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android, web | iPhone. Android in development, no date promised |
| Offline diary | Partial; the database lookup wants a connection | Yes, diary is on-device and syncs later; scanning needs a connection |
| Apple Health | Yes | Optional: reads steps and active energy, can write logged food back |
you want the biggest food database there is, you log by searching and you are fast at it, you need web access and Android, or you rely on its integrations with other fitness apps. For packaged food and restaurant chains, its coverage is genuinely hard to beat.
the searching is what stops you logging. If your diary has gaps because finding the right entry took ninety seconds and you gave up, a photo you confirm in two taps is a different proposition. Also if you eat food that American databases handle badly.
MyFitnessPal is the default for a reason, and the reason is the database. If you already log reliably by searching, nothing here should move you — a bigger database is strictly better for the way you work, and KalTrack does not have one.
The case for KalTrack is narrower and specific: search-based logging has an abandonment problem. Not because the database is bad, but because a slow lookup at the end of a meal is exactly when people stop. Pointing a camera and confirming a portion costs about ten seconds and no decisions. If your MyFitnessPal history is a wall of gaps on the days you ate out, that is the problem KalTrack is aimed at.
Be clear about the trade you are making. You are swapping a looked-up number for an estimated one, and photo estimates run low. KalTrack keeps barcode and label scanning free and unlimited precisely so you can use the exact path whenever it exists. MyFitnessPal is a bigger, older, better-supported product with more ratings and more platforms, and we are a new iPhone-only app. Pick on how you actually log, not on which app has more features.
Method: figures come from each app's public App Store listing on the day this page was built, and from each app's own published pricing. Features were checked against the apps' own descriptions. We make KalTrack, so treat this as our account of the difference, not a review.