What’s the best free nutrition tracker?

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What's the best nutrition tracker app in 2023
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Scientific research shows that nutrition and diet can have a significant impact on our life, health, longevity, mood, etc.

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However, eating healthy often can be challenging. We need to figure out the answers to many important questions such as which foods are really the healthiest and how much should we eat on a daily basis.

Additionally, there are many controversial expert opinions and it’s hard to say what really is the best for us.

However, nutrition trackers can help us figure out which foods we should eat and how much we should eat them daily.

Nutrition trackers can also help count how many calories per day we consume to find out if we meet our fitness goals such as weight loss or muscle building and track if we get all the necessary vitamins and minerals with our diet.

So, that’s why in this article we’ll review a few main nutrition tracker apps and find out what’s the best nutrition tracker app in 2023.

Top 5 best free nutrition trackers:

  1. MyNetDiary
  2. MyFitnessPal
  3. Nutritionix
  4. FatSecret
  5. Cronometer

1. MyNetDiary

Price: Free, $8.99 per month or $59.99 per year
Platform: Android, iOS, Web

Pros:

  1. Accurate and big enough food database. I found all my main foods and vitamins there.
  2. Simple and user-friendly interface
  3. Tracks about 50 nutrients, including all major vitamins and minerals
  4. Includes a barcode scanner that you can use to easily add or update foods.
  5. There are some other features like built-in GPS workout tracker for walking, running and cycling, shopping list tools
  6. Community
  7. Connects with Samsung Health, Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit, Garmin

Cons:

  1. Setting up macronutrient targets is a premium feature in MyNetDiary while in some other trackers like Cronometer it’s free. So, for example, if you want to change your macro ratio to get 20% of calories from fat instead of 35% calories from fat then you’ll need to buy a premium version of MyNetDiary while in Cronometer you can do it for free.

2. MyFitnessPal

Price: Free, $19.99 per month, $79.99 per year
Platform: Android, iOS, Web

Pros:

  1. Probably the largest food database but the accuracy of this database is not as good as Cronometer’s or some other trackers because MyFitnessPal allows its users to enter foods while Cronometer and MyNetDiary use food data only from reputable sources.
  2. Community
  3. Includes barcode scanner
  4. Connects with over 40 other apps

Cons:

  1. Food database may be inaccurate because users can also enter foods. Also, I didn’t find all my main foods and vitamins in MyFitnessPal’s database.
  2. Tracks only about 20 nutrients
  3. Less user-friendly interface compared to some other trackers

3. Nutritionix

Price: Free
Platform: Android, iOS, Web

Pros:

  1. Includes barcode scanner
  2. Reminders to log food
  3. Option to create custom meals
  4. Option to share your logs with your coach

Cons:

  1. Food database is not big enough. I didn’t find all my main foods and vitamins there.
  2. Tracks only about 14 nutrients

4. FatSecret

Price: Free, $6.49 per month, $15.99 per 3 months, $38.99 per year
Platform: Android, iOS, Web

Pros:

  1. The app has 20+ languages
  2. Reminders to log food
  3. Community

Cons:

  1. Food database is not big enough. I didn’t find all my main foods and vitamins there.
  2. Custom meals and water tracker are paid features
  3. Tracks only about 12 nutrients
  4. No barcode scanner

5. Cronometer

Pricing: Free, $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year
Platform: Android, iOS, Web

Pros:

  1. Accurate and big enough food database. I found all my main foods and vitamins there.
  2. Tracks about 80 nutrients, vitamins, minerals
  3. Simple and user-friendly interface
  4. Informative data visualization about all the vitamins you receive with your meals, which vitamins you still need to eat, which foods contain the biggest amounts of these vitamins, etc.
  5. Has some free features that other trackers don’t have at all or provide only in paid subscription like setting up custom macronutrient targets, see top food sources, etc.
  6. Connects to apps & devices like Samsung Health, Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit, Garmin, etc.
  7. Reminders to log food
  8. Includes barcode scanner

Cons:

  1. No in-app community. There is a forum though.

Summary

So, what’s the best nutrition tracker app in 2023? In my opinion the best nutrition tracker app in 2023 is Cronometer. Personally, I have been using it for a few years already and I love it. Cronometer’s free version has a lot of features that most other trackers don’t have at all, not even as paid features. So, I recommend you at least check it out.

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