Silent vs MyFitnessPal, Lose It and MacroFactor.Price, privacy, and how you log.
MyFitnessPal, Lose It, MacroFactor and Cronometer are subscriptions that cost between $60 and $80 a year. Silent is free to try for 7 days, then $9.99 once, and keeps no copy of your log. It also does less: no barcode scanner, no photo logging, no Android. The table shows both sides.
| Feature | Silent | MyFitnessPal | Lose It! | MacroFactor | Cronometer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price after the trial | $9.99 once | $79.99/yr or $19.99/mo | Up to $79.99/yr; promos vary | $71.99/yr or $11.99/mo | $59.99/yr or $10.99/mo |
| Cost over three yearsStandard yearly price, US App Store. Promotions can be lower. | $9.99 | $239.97 | $239.97 | $215.97 | $179.97 |
| Renews automatically | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | No, 7-day trial of everything | Yes, with limits | Yes, with limits | No, 7-day trial | Yes, with limits |
| Ads | None | In the free tier | In the free tier | None | In the free tier |
| Account required | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Where your food log is keptSilent has no server. Its sync is your own iCloud. | Your iPhone and your iCloud | The company's servers | The company's servers | The company's servers | The company's servers |
| Where the AI runs | On the iPhone (Apple Intelligence) | In the cloud | In the cloud | In the cloud | In the cloud |
| How you log food | Type the meal in words, or tap a saved meal. No barcode or photo. | Search the database; barcode and AI meal scan need Premium | Search the database; barcode and photo (Snap It) need Premium | Search, barcode, label scan, AI photo, or describe the meal in words | Search and barcode free; photo and voice logging need Gold |
| Fasting timer | Yes, with Live Activity | Paid tier | Paid tier | No | Paid tier |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad | iOS, Android, Web | iOS, Android, Web | iOS, Android | iOS, Android, Web |
Prices are the US App Store listings on 25 September 2026. Stores change prices and run promotions, so trust the screen you see when you subscribe.
Price: what three years costs
A calorie tracker is something people keep for years or come back to every January, so the yearly price is the number to compare. At standard yearly prices, three years of MyFitnessPal Premium or Lose It Premium is about $240, MacroFactor about $216 and Cronometer Gold about $180. Monthly plans cost more: MyFitnessPal at $19.99 a month is $239.88 for a single year. Silent is $9.99 once, and the 7-day trial ends without charging you if you do nothing.
The free tiers are real but limited. MyFitnessPal and Lose It let you log with ads and keep barcode scanning for paying members. Cronometer's free tier includes barcode scanning but shows only the last seven days of history. MacroFactor has no free tier at all.
Privacy: where your log lives
The four subscription apps store your food log on their servers under an account, which is what lets them offer web access and sync across Android and iPhone. That is a reasonable design, and it also means a company holds years of your eating and weight history.
Silent has no account and no server. Your log is stored on your iPhone and synced through your own iCloud, and the AI coach runs on the phone with Apple Intelligence. We never see your data, so there is nothing of yours for us to sell, lose in a breach, or hand over. The cost of that design is no web app and no Android. How to check any calorie app's privacy from its App Store page.
Logging speed: what is actually fast
Nobody logs faster because of a feature list. What matters is how many steps the meals you actually eat take.
- Packaged food: a barcode scanner wins. MacroFactor includes one in its subscription and Cronometer in its free tier; MyFitnessPal and Lose It keep it for Premium. Silent has none.
- Home-cooked or mixed meals: describing the meal beats searching item by item. In Silent you type "2 eggs, toast and a latte", check the items, and log: three taps plus typing. MacroFactor can do the same from text or voice. More on logging by typing.
- Repeat meals: every app here has saved meals. In Silent, the "Log again" list keeps recent meals a tap or two away.
Silent's built-in food table covers about 200 common foods from USDA data; anything else gets an on-device estimate that is labeled as an estimate so you can correct it. If you eat a lot of branded products, a large database will match them more precisely.
Which one should you pick?
- MyFitnessPal if you want the largest food database and a web app, and the free tier is enough for you.
- Lose It if a simple calorie budget and photo logging are what keep you going.
- MacroFactor if you weigh in often and want targets that adjust themselves to your real expenditure.
- Cronometer if micronutrients matter to you.
- Silent if you have an iPhone, you are fine typing what you ate, and you want to pay once and keep your log to yourself.
Not sure what to aim for yet? Work out your numbers with the macro calculator, or read how to count macros.
Questions
Which calorie app is cheapest?
Over any stretch longer than two months, Silent: $9.99 once after a 7-day trial. Of the subscription apps, Cronometer Gold is the cheapest at $59.99 a year, and MyFitnessPal has the most useful free tier if you can live with ads.
Which one logs food fastest?
It depends on what you eat. For packaged food, a barcode scanner is quickest, which Silent does not have. For a mixed meal, describing it in words is quicker than searching item by item; Silent and MacroFactor both do that. For meals you repeat, every app here has a saved-meal shortcut.
Which one is the most private?
Silent, because there is no account and no server: your log stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, and the AI coach runs on the phone. The other four keep your log on their servers under an account.
When is Silent the wrong choice?
If you need Android or a web app, if barcode scanning is how you stay consistent, or if you want MacroFactor-style targets that adjust themselves from your weigh-ins. Silent does none of those.
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