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Best AI calorie counter app
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As of October 18, 2026, the best AI calorie counter app in this directory is MacroFactor if you want the calorie target to move with your weight, at $71.99 a year for one app. The best free AI calorie counter for a photo is SnapCalorie, whose homepage says the app is free forever. Cronometer Basic is the free log if you care what is in the food, not only the estimate from a picture.
| App | Price | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|
| 01MacroFactor | Paid. One app is $11.99 a month, $47.99 for six months, or $71.99 a year. The nutrition-plus-workouts bundle is $89.99 a year. USD, and it can vary with tax and region. No free tier. The App Store listing says there is a free trial.Checked 2026-10-18 | Best if the target should change. Paid, with the price in the help center. No free tier. |
| 02Carbon Diet Coach | Paid. The company site lists $11.99 a month, $59.99 for 6 months, or $99.99 a year ($8.33 a month on the annual plan).Checked 2026-10-18 | The same kind of adaptive coach. The annual plan is $99.99, higher than MacroFactor's single-app year. iOS and Android. |
| 03Cronometer | Freemium. Basic is free. Gold is $10.99 a month, or $59.99 a year (shown as $4.99 a month when billed annually), on cronometer.com/gold.Checked 2026-10-18 | Best free log if you want vitamins and minerals, not a weekly calorie rewrite. Gold is $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year. |
| 04MyFitnessPal | Freemium. Premium is $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month on the Premium page, with a 7-day trial if you have not started one before. A free log remains available. Prices can differ in the app stores.Checked 2026-10-18 | The familiar free log. Premium is the custom-macro and scan tier, not an expenditure coach. |
| 05SnapCalorie | Free. The homepage says the app is free forever. No paid tier price was published on the pages checked.Checked 2026-10-18 | Best free photo estimate. The company says free forever. It will not coach next week's calories. |
| 06Snapkin | Paid. €9.99 a month, or €49.99 a year at the launch price (the regular year is €99.99). The first three days are free, with no card. Prices on the site are in euros and include tax in the euro zone. Apple or Google bills you, so the store shows the local price before you confirm.Checked 2026-10-18 | Photo logging with a published price: €9.99 a month or €49.99 a year at the launch price, after three free days. |
| 07Moveno | Freemium. 7 days of full access, free, with no card. Then €9.99 a month or €59.99 a year (about €5 a month). Prices on the site are in euros. The store shows the local price before you confirm. Every paid plan unlocks the same features.Checked 2026-10-18 | Photo logging plus a workout plan. €9.99 a month or €59.99 a year after a 7-day trial with no card. |
| 08Lose It! | Freemium. Free to start. The homepage says the app is on iOS and Android. Premium is sold in the app. Rechecked October 18, 2026: a public dollar price was still not on the homepage.Checked 2026-10-18 | Photo, voice, and barcode on the homepage. The Premium dollar price was still not public on October 18, 2026. |
| 09Cal AI | Paid. Free to download. Scan results require a subscription. Cal AI does not publish the price on calai.app.Checked 2026-10-18 | Photo, barcode, and a written description. Scan results need a subscription, and calai.app does not publish the price. |
Best free AI calorie counter
SnapCalorie is the free photo logger: the homepage says tracking is free forever, and no paid price was published on the pages checked. Cronometer Basic is free and tracks micronutrients as well as calories, without the expenditure coach. MyFitnessPal keeps a free food log; voice log and meal scan are described on the Premium page, which is $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month. A short free trial is not the same thing as a free app. Snapkin's first three days are free, then it is €9.99 a month.
The full ranking
Calorie and macro tracking is the ranked list this roundup is drawn from. Loggers and coaches for calories and macros, including photo, voice, and barcode entry, and apps that adjust targets from your weight trend.
Questions
- What is the best AI calorie counter app?
- As of October 18, 2026, MacroFactor is the first pick here when the job is a calorie target that follows your logged food and your weight. One app is $11.99 a month or $71.99 a year. If the job is photographing a meal and paying nothing, SnapCalorie says it is free forever. If the job is a free food log with micronutrients, Cronometer Basic is free.
- What is the best free AI calorie counter?
- SnapCalorie, for a photo, because the homepage says the app is free forever and no paid tier was published. Cronometer Basic is the free log if you want more than calories. MyFitnessPal's free tier is a food diary; the Premium page puts voice log and meal scan on the paid plan. Trials from Snapkin, Moveno, and MyFitnessPal end. They are not free apps.
- Is Cal AI free?
- Cal AI is free to download. The listing says food-scanning results require a subscription, and the price was not on calai.app when it was checked on October 18, 2026. Do not treat a missing price as a cheap price.
- Do these apps give medical nutrition advice?
- No. This page compares what the companies publish about price, platforms, and what the product does. A calorie estimate from a photo is an estimate. None of these listings is a diet prescription.