Six of the best-known macro and calorie tracking apps, and Punkin, side by side in one chart. Each row is a real difference that matters when you're choosing one — not a marketing checklist. For the full detail behind any single competitor, jump to its own dedicated comparison below.
Free tier
PunkinYes
MyFitnessPalYes
MacroFactorNo
Eat This MuchYes
CronometerYes
NoomNo
Lose It!Yes
Starting subscription price
Punkin$4.99/mo
MyFitnessPal$19.99/mo
MacroFactor$11.99/mo
Eat This Much$5/mo
Cronometer$10.99/mo
Noom~$17/mo, varies
Lose It!~$9.99+/mo, varies by term
Lifetime (one-time) option
Punkin$79.99
MyFitnessPal—
MacroFactor—
Eat This Much—
Cronometer—
Noom—
Lose It!~$49.99–$59.99
Fridge/pantry photo scanning
PunkinYes — meals matched to what you have
MyFitnessPalNo — scans a barcode/single item
MacroFactorNo
Eat This MuchNo — manual pantry inventory
CronometerNo — logs a plate, not a pantry
NoomNo
Lose It!No — logs a plate (Snap It)
Conversational AI assistant
PunkinYes — Ask Punkin
MyFitnessPalVoice logging only
MacroFactorNo
Eat This MuchNo
CronometerAI insight coach, not meal chat
NoomAI + human coaching
Lose It!No
Allergy-safe filtering (hard rule)
PunkinYes — conflicting recipes removed
MyFitnessPalNo
MacroFactorNo
Eat This MuchKeyword filters
CronometerNo
NoomNo
Lose It!No
Automatic grocery list
PunkinYes
MyFitnessPalNo
MacroFactorNo
Eat This MuchYes (Premium)
CronometerNo
NoomNo
Lose It!No
Full macro breakdown (protein/carb/fat/fiber)
PunkinYes (Premium)
MyFitnessPalYes (Premium)
MacroFactorYes, adaptive
Eat This MuchYes
CronometerYes — plus up to 95 nutrients (Gold)
NoomSecondary to color-coded system
Lose It!Yes (Premium)
Pricing and features shown are what was publicly listed by each app on September 22, 2026; every app can change pricing or features without notice.
The full breakdown, one competitor at a time
This page is the at-a-glance version. Each competitor above also has its own dedicated comparison with the complete feature list and pricing detail:
Every app on this list is good at something specific: MyFitnessPal's database size, MacroFactor's adaptive algorithm, Cronometer's nutrient depth, Noom's coaching, and Eat This Much's and Lose It!'s planning and logging speed. None of the other six turns a photo of your actual kitchen into a meal recommendation, builds the grocery list for what's missing, or enforces an allergy as a hard rule instead of a label — that's the specific gap Punkin is built to fill, and the reason it's worth trying alongside (or instead of) whichever of these six you're currently using.
