Feature by feature, no fluff
What each app does today. Where MyFitnessPal is better, it is also stated.
| Función | VortLoop | MyFitnessPal |
|---|---|---|
| Barcode scanner | ✓ in the free plan | — requires Premium |
| Food quality scoring | ✓ from 0 to 100 and tailored to your goal | — calories and macros |
| Healthier alternatives | ✓ suggested and addable to the diary | — |
| Food database | ± extensive, younger | ✓ the largest on the market |
| Workout routines | ✓ 887 exercises and AI generator | — logs exercise, doesn't schedule it |
| 3D anatomical visualizer | ✓ | — |
| GPS cardio | ✓ with map and territory | ± via connected apps |
| Own social network | ✓ feed, reels, challenges and duels | ± community and forums |
| Gamification | ✓ levels, pass, leagues and territory | — streaks |
| Coach dashboard | ✓ | — |
| Interface and content in your language | ✓ product made in Spain | ✓ translated |
| Paid plan price | Desde 5,99 €/mes · 59,99 €/año | 19,99 $/mes · 79,99 $/año |
| Available on iOS | — Android only for now | ✓ |
Datos de MyFitnessPal tomados de su web oficial, consultada el August 13, 2026. Los precios y funciones de terceros pueden cambiar sin previo aviso.
What happened to MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal has been the go-to calorie counter for over a decade, and it earned that spot: its food database is the largest in existence and its device compatibility the widest.
What has changed is the treatment. The Premium subscription went from costing 9.99 dollars a month to 19.99, double. And in parallel, features that used to be in the free plan moved behind the paywall; most notably, the barcode scanner, which for many people was the very reason to use the app.
That combination—a poorer free plan and a more expensive paid plan—is what has sent many people looking for an alternative. If you are reading this, you are probably one of them.
It is not a moral criticism: a company sets its prices however it wants. But it is a verifiable fact, and it explains why this comparison exists.
What MyFitnessPal does best
It is worth saying first, because a comparison that only blows its own horn is useless for deciding.
Its food database is superior in volume: more than twenty million entries accumulated over years. If you eat niche products or supermarkets from other countries, you are more likely to find them there.
It has an iPhone version, and VortLoop does not yet. If you use iOS, today there is no comparison possible: we are not an option for you.
And its ecosystem of integrations with other apps is more extensive, the fruit of a decade of partnerships.
Where VortLoop is something else
The core difference is not the price: it is that they solve different problems.
MyFitnessPal counts what you eat. VortLoop interprets what you eat. A filled croissant is 478 kcal in any app; in VortLoop it is also a 12 out of 100 for someone on a cut, with the written reason—high saturated fat, high sugar—and concrete alternatives below. That layer of judgment is the difference between meeting your calorie goal and understanding why you are not progressing.
And then there is the scope. MyFitnessPal is a nutrition app that logs exercise. VortLoop brings together four interconnected things:
- Real training: 887 exercises with instructions and 3D visualizer, AI workout generator, and a session engine with timer, voice, and PR detection.
- GPS cardio: pace, elevation, and map, featuring a territory conquest system that no nutrition app has.
- Own community: feed, reels, monthly video challenges, events, and community-voted one-on-one duels.
- Pro dashboard: if you are a trainer or nutritionist, you manage your clients from the same place.
The scanner, specifically
It is the most painful point when switching, so here it is straight: in VortLoop the barcode scanner is in the free plan, with no scan limits and no ads.
And it doesn't just return calories. It returns macros, fiber, sugars, and sodium, the processing level, the product's base score, and the score recalculated for your current goal. If you change phases, the ratings change with you.
Price: what you pay and why
VortLoop's free plan includes the scanner, the full diary, water tracking, all 887 exercises, GPS cardio, territory, and the entire social side. No ads.
Paid plans start at 5,99 € a month and add the intelligence layer: AI routine generation, progress photo analysis and advanced analytics. The Élite plan can be tried free for 7 days if you are eligible.
MyFitnessPal lists a price of 19.99 dollars a month for Premium on its website. Compare for yourself what each one gets for that money.
Is it worth switching?
Honestly: if you use an iPhone, you can't, and that ends the conversation until we release the iOS version.
If you are on Android and all you want is to count calories with the largest possible database, MyFitnessPal remains a reasonable option, especially if you already pay for Premium and are comfortable.
If you are annoyed by paying to scan, if you want to know if what you eat suits you in addition to how much it weighs, or if you are tired of having one app to eat, another to train, and another to run, then the answer is yes, and you can test it for free too.
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