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Yazio vs MyFitnessPal: which calorie tracker wins?

16 July 2026 · 2 min read · Flint Port

If you are counting calories in Europe, the choice usually comes down to Yazio or MyFitnessPal. Both are solid food trackers with big followings. They differ in feel more than function, and they share the same limitation, which is worth naming before you pick one.

Yazio

Yazio is the tidy, design-led one. It is especially popular across Germany, the Netherlands and the rest of Europe, with a clean interface, built-in recipes and meal plans, and a fasting tracker included. The free tier is usable, and Pro unlocks recipes and deeper analysis. If you like an app that feels calm and guided, Yazio is easy to love.

MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal is the heavyweight. Its food database is the biggest out there, so obscure products and restaurant items turn up more often, and barcode scanning is fast. The catch is well known. The free tier is heavy with ads, and Premium runs about $19.99 a month.

What they have in common

Both are food only. Neither tracks your training in any real way, so if you lift or run, that lives somewhere else entirely. Your diet is in one app, your workouts in another, and nothing joins them up.

The third option

Rep N Prep logs your food like both of these. A calorie ring, macros, barcode scanning, even photo and describe logging. It also tracks your workouts and cardio, with a coach that reads diet and training as one picture. No ads on any tier.

And unlike switching between food apps, you keep your history. Rep N Prep reads your MyFitnessPal export directly, matching on names and macros, so your diary comes across on day one. (Full detail in Leaving MyFitnessPal? Read this first.)

Rep N PrepRep N PrepScreenshot: food logging with the calorie ring and macros

Side by side

Yazio MyFitnessPal Rep N Prep
Food & macro tracking Yes Yes Yes
Recipes / meal plans Yes Some Some
Workout & cardio tracking No No Yes
Coach across food + training No No Yes
Ads on free tier No Yes No
Imports MyFitnessPal data No No Yes

Which should you pick?

Want a calm, design-led food app with recipes and fasting? Yazio. Want the biggest food database and do not mind the ads? MyFitnessPal. Want to track food and training, skip the ads, and bring your MyFitnessPal history? That is where Rep N Prep fits.

Free to start. Download Rep N Prep and see your food and your training in one place.

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