know my meals
Know My Meals: log the meal, not each food
If logging lunch means a search and a portion picker for every food on the plate, Know My Meals skips that step. The screen stays clean: your meals, your calories, your macros and not much else.
- One sentence for the whole meal. Say "a turkey sandwich, a bag of Doritos and a Diet Coke", type it, or take a photo and add a note like "cooked in butter". The meal is saved as soon as you send it, and the estimate fills in as separate ingredients with amounts, calories and macros.
- Fix the part that's wrong, not the whole meal. The sandwich came with mayo you didn't have? Remove that line. It was the small bag of chips? Set it to ½× or type the grams. Forgot the pickle? Tap + Add and type "pickle". Only that line changes, and the day's totals follow.
- A coach that has read your log. Ask "How much protein do I have left today?" or "Why was lunch so high?" and it answers from the meals you logged and your own targets, not generic tips.
- Ask ChatGPT or Claude about your log. Connect Know My Meals and ask "Do I eat more on weekends?" there. They can read your food log but can't change it. Setup takes one URL.
- Your usual meals in two taps. Quick log suggests what you usually eat at this time of day, and Repeat a meal finds any past meal by name.
- One plan, no ads. Photo, voice and text logging, the coach and the ChatGPT and Claude connections are all included9.
Built by a founder who listens. Know My Meals is made by its founder, Samarth Mamadapur, who reads the feedback that comes in and uses it to decide what to fix and build next. If an estimate is off or something you need is missing, say so on the help page or under You > Help and feedback in the app.
Or compare it head to head: Know My Meals vs MyFitnessPal.
At a glance
| App | Free to use? | US paid price | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Know My Meals | No, and no trial | $11.99 a month or $71.99 a year | Logging whole meals by photo, voice or text and fixing single ingredients. No barcodes or workouts9 |
| Cronometer | Yes, with free barcode scanning1 | Gold: $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year1 | Vitamins and minerals |
| Lose It! | Yes, Basic tier2 | Premium: $79.99 a year2 | Weight loss on a budget |
| MacroFactor | No. 7-day trial4 | $11.99 a month or $71.99 a year4 | Targets that adjust weekly |
| Cal AI | No. 3-day trial6 | No public price list5 | Logging by photo |
Prices are US App Store or official help-center list prices on 7 November 2026. Apps often show other prices in the app.
Other alternatives
Cronometer
Track 95+ vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from a curated database of over 1.1 million verified foods, and barcode scanning is free1. Photo and voice logging, a fasting tracker and its Crono Coach need Gold1. On iPhone, Apple Watch and Android1, 7.
Lose It!
The free tier gives you a calorie budget and a database of over 50 million foods2. Premium adds barcode scanning, photo and voice logging and device syncing for $79.99 a year2, and Lose It! says most users are offered discounts in the app3. See Know My Meals vs Lose It!.
MacroFactor
It estimates what you really burn from your food log and weight trend, then adjusts your targets each week4. Logging covers photo, description, speech-to-text, barcodes and nutrition labels4. No free tier, and it says it will never serve ads11. See Know My Meals vs MacroFactor.
Cal AI
Log meals by photo, scan a barcode or describe the meal6. One thing to know if you're leaving MyFitnessPal: MyFitnessPal bought Cal AI in March 2026 and runs it as a separate app8. See Know My Meals vs Cal AI.
When to stay with MyFitnessPal
If you use its workout logging, water tracking, GLP-1 tools, meal plans or its 40+ connected apps and devices10, none of the apps above replaces all of that at once. MyFitnessPal Premium is listed at $19.99 a month or $79.99 a year on the US App Store10.
Questions
What is the best free alternative to MyFitnessPal?
Of the apps here, Cronometer and Lose It! have free tiers. Cronometer includes barcode scanning in its free version.
Which MyFitnessPal alternative lets me log food by voice?
Lose It! (Premium), MacroFactor, Cronometer (Gold) and Know My Meals all offer voice logging. In Know My Meals, voice is the main way to log: say the whole meal and it comes back as ingredients you can change one by one.
What can't Know My Meals do that MyFitnessPal can?
Know My Meals tracks food only, on iPhone. It has no barcode scanner, workout or water tracking, Apple Health sync or meal plans, and no free tier or trial. Android is coming soon.
Is Cal AI owned by MyFitnessPal?
Yes. MyFitnessPal announced it had acquired Cal AI on 2 March 2026 and said Cal AI would keep operating as a standalone app.
Does Know My Meals have a free version?
No. Know My Meals costs $11.99 a month or $71.99 a year in the US, with no free version and no free trial.
$11.99 a month or $71.99 a year. iPhone (iOS 16.4 or later).
Sources
- Cronometer on the US App Store (description, in-app purchases): apps.apple.com/us/app/id1145935738
- Lose It! Support, "Lose It! Membership Tiers & Pricing": loseit.zendesk.com
- Lose It! Support, "What is Lose It! Premium?": loseit.zendesk.com
- MacroFactor on the US App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id1553503471
- Cal AI on the US App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id6480417616
- Cal AI website: calai.app
- Cronometer on Google Play: play.google.com
- MyFitnessPal, Cal AI acquisition announcement, 2 March 2026: news.myfitnesspal.com
- Know My Meals on the US App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id6823759179
- MyFitnessPal on the US App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/id341232718
- MacroFactor app page: macrofactor.com/macrofactor