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MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter
MyFitnessPal, Inc. · 2,338,585 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 60 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"update"
21 negative reviews mention this · 35% of all complaints
★★★★★ "If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!. I was always an avid MFP supporter, even as other apps came about (some better) I always stuck by MFP. I tracked my 175lb weight loss over the course of 2 years with my fitness pal and it made everything easy. Something has changed howeve…" - cfulk75
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"years"
13 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "its changed so much and not in the good way. ive used this app for over a decade now but it has really fallen from what it once was. Scanning QR codes on food packaging to track accurate macros was once free and now costs a subscription to access. Logging foods in general has become…" - bumpkisss
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"food"
10 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "its changed so much and not in the good way. ive used this app for over a decade now but it has really fallen from what it once was. Scanning QR codes on food packaging to track accurate macros was once free and now costs a subscription to access. Logging foods in general has become…" - bumpkisss
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"premium"
10 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App is awful after update. The app was recently updated and the changes are awful! Why fix what was not broken? The functionality is not user-friendly or intuitive and things just seem out of place now. The free features are now part of the premium package, which i…" - Mikew_63
5
"intuitive"
8 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App is awful after update. The app was recently updated and the changes are awful! Why fix what was not broken? The functionality is not user-friendly or intuitive and things just seem out of place now. The free features are now part of the premium package, which i…" - Mikew_63
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"horrible"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!. I was always an avid MFP supporter, even as other apps came about (some better) I always stuck by MFP. I tracked my 175lb weight loss over the course of 2 years with my fitness pal and it made everything easy. Something has changed howeve…" - cfulk75
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"been"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!. I was always an avid MFP supporter, even as other apps came about (some better) I always stuck by MFP. I tracked my 175lb weight loss over the course of 2 years with my fitness pal and it made everything easy. Something has changed howeve…" - cfulk75
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"bring"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bring back the old app!. Great app with the largest selection of foods. I was able to track and lose 15 pounds in over a year thanks to this calorie tracking app. However, there is no reason at all this app should be draining my battery or overheating my phone (iPh…" - Fryer Laurence
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"data"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Massively obnoxious update. Updated: Support ignored my bug report. Calorie tracker apps are always tedious to use if you care about the integrity of your data, and this app, which has been among the better options, made it 10x worse with one tiny bug that constantly …" - bpetruzzo
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"foods"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "its changed so much and not in the good way. ive used this app for over a decade now but it has really fallen from what it once was. Scanning QR codes on food packaging to track accurate macros was once free and now costs a subscription to access. Logging foods in general has become…" - bumpkisss
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"user"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "its changed so much and not in the good way. ive used this app for over a decade now but it has really fallen from what it once was. Scanning QR codes on food packaging to track accurate macros was once free and now costs a subscription to access. Logging foods in general has become…" - bumpkisss
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"friendly"
6 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "its changed so much and not in the good way. ive used this app for over a decade now but it has really fallen from what it once was. Scanning QR codes on food packaging to track accurate macros was once free and now costs a subscription to access. Logging foods in general has become…" - bumpkisss
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If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!
I was always an avid MFP supporter, even as other apps came about (some better) I always stuck by MFP. I tracked my 175lb weight loss over the course of 2 years with my fitness pal and it made everything easy.
Something has changed however with this most recent update. The UI is horrible, ease of use is horrible, and everything about it has been one giant step backward.
Just revert the design!
Something has changed however with this most recent update. The UI is horrible, ease of use is horrible, and everything about it has been one giant step backward.
Just revert the design!
New Update is Horrible
I used the app for years and would normally give it 5/5. However, the new update really changed things for me.
You now can’t copy and paste individual items. You have to copy a whole meal over. It also takes your calories burned and instead of subtracting them from what you’ve eaten in a given day, it adds them to your daily goal amount you can eat. I know this sounds trivial but it makes things very confusing and it’s not always easy to tell how many calories you truly have remaining.
Please change it back.
You now can’t copy and paste individual items. You have to copy a whole meal over. It also takes your calories burned and instead of subtracting them from what you’ve eaten in a given day, it adds them to your daily goal amount you can eat. I know this sounds trivial but it makes things very confusing and it’s not always easy to tell how many calories you truly have remaining.
Please change it back.
Good Tracking, NONFUNCTIONAL UI
The tracking is good, and there’s a good library. But, the UI renders it effectively unusable. Coded by a bunch of AP comp sci students in their first week of school.
App is awful after update
The app was recently updated and the changes are awful! Why fix what was not broken? The functionality is not user-friendly or intuitive and things just seem out of place now. The free features are now part of the premium package, which is just too much to justify paying per month. Sad to say that I’m moving on!
Stole my money
Was going great used it everyday upgraded to premium for the year and now i dont have access to my premium content took my $100 and support cant even get back to you.
Horrible update
All logs going to tomorrow? WHY? Do you guys test updates before release?
Massively obnoxious update
Updated: Support ignored my bug report. Calorie tracker apps are always tedious to use if you care about the integrity of your data, and this app, which has been among the better options, made it 10x worse with one tiny bug that constantly returns you to the home view after editing an entry. Just fix it already.
Original: I find the home view pointless. The app really thinks it’s useful. It’s not.
Diary view is the only view that matters 99% of the time.
Yet, any time you edit an entry you’re returned back to the home instead of back to the diary and this makes logging food, which is already a chore extremely annoying.
Like, do you eat almost the same lunch today as you did yesterday, but had a little more bread and a little less mayo and ham? You’re going to return to that home view three times just to make a few tweaks and get on with your day.
Original: I find the home view pointless. The app really thinks it’s useful. It’s not.
Diary view is the only view that matters 99% of the time.
Yet, any time you edit an entry you’re returned back to the home instead of back to the diary and this makes logging food, which is already a chore extremely annoying.
Like, do you eat almost the same lunch today as you did yesterday, but had a little more bread and a little less mayo and ham? You’re going to return to that home view three times just to make a few tweaks and get on with your day.
STOP CHANING MY STARTING WEIGHT!!!
I SET MY STARTING WEIGHT WHERE I NEEDED IT. STOP CHANGING IT!!
Also STOP CHANGING MY CALORIE GOALS. I set them WHERE I WANT THEM. I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR OPINION OR APPROVAL. GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK YOU THIEVES. I DIDN'T AGREE TO ANY OF THIS AI GARBAGE AND CUSTOMER "SERVICE" IS JUST AN AI BOT. PROCESS MY REFUND!!! THIS APP IS NOW TRASH.
Also STOP CHANGING MY CALORIE GOALS. I set them WHERE I WANT THEM. I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR OPINION OR APPROVAL. GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK YOU THIEVES. I DIDN'T AGREE TO ANY OF THIS AI GARBAGE AND CUSTOMER "SERVICE" IS JUST AN AI BOT. PROCESS MY REFUND!!! THIS APP IS NOW TRASH.
New Update is Terrible
Recent update really has made the app almost completely unusable. The food and cal content is now hidden, so things that you could previously see are now obscured behind clunky and useless tabs. Why fix what wasn’t broken and end up breaking it?!
warning
this app has caused me so much trouble with leaking my information, data, passwords. i’m constantly getting alerts to change passwords with my email and always links to this app! do not recommend! was even alerted on my credit Karma
Takes forever to load
It takes soooo long. It just sits there spinning 2-3 minutes before it will open. Been this way the last several updates
Too many pop ups and to complicated
First time using it and I don’t understand it and doesn’t educate me on what to eat, what I need to eat to loose weight it feels like I log it but what does that mean? Then what so I have no clue what I should eat, how many calories and then you eat something without knowing if it’s a good choice or not
Update
Horrible update! I don't know how to use it can't find anything so get so frustrating that I give up. Since we pay so much money a year for this app, can you let us please choose if we want the old version for the new version. Otherwise I will have to cancel my subscription.
Annoying nagware affects function
If you’re going to use this app long term without paying for them to sell your data, you have to be patient. REALLY patient.
They will lock all features behind premium eventually.
Switch to FatSecret or Lose It!, because MyFitnessPal keeps putting more and more basic and essential features behind paywalls. They recently removed quick add and put it behind premium and that was the final straw for me. Absolutely despicable and greedy company, please do not give these corpos any more patronage.
Please bring back the MFP old version as an option
the MFP 2026 new version SUCKSSSSS! Cannot copy & paste: 1.) whole day over to another day 2.) individual foods
- hence, i have to copy a “whole meal” over to another meal, then delete foods i dont want to eat, one by one. (repeat by 4 meals i eat for the day, then repeat steps mentioned again every single day.) - pretracking meals and foods daily has become almost impossible to do with efficiency. THIS IS TOOO MUCH WORK & TOOO MUCH TIME WASTED! not necessary! having to do wayyy too many clicks, seriously. Please bring back the old version, including the edit button, the copy& paste the whole day to other days, and the copy & paste individual foods PLEASEEEE 🙏- the new version is NOTTTT user-friendly and missing the ones mentioned above for efficiency and time savers.
- hence, i have to copy a “whole meal” over to another meal, then delete foods i dont want to eat, one by one. (repeat by 4 meals i eat for the day, then repeat steps mentioned again every single day.) - pretracking meals and foods daily has become almost impossible to do with efficiency. THIS IS TOOO MUCH WORK & TOOO MUCH TIME WASTED! not necessary! having to do wayyy too many clicks, seriously. Please bring back the old version, including the edit button, the copy& paste the whole day to other days, and the copy & paste individual foods PLEASEEEE 🙏- the new version is NOTTTT user-friendly and missing the ones mentioned above for efficiency and time savers.
old ui
used to very clearly display my goal calories PLUS exercise calories but now it just lumps them all together as total calories. now I have to scroll down and look at how many exercise calories I burned and then subtract that from the new total, whereas before I didn't have to do any of that and I just saw it all at a glance. I don't know whose decision was to get rid of that, but it's very stupid.
the app itself is still fairly good besides that but respectfully please fix that idiotic decision. new and better ui is suppose to reduce cognitive load and this latest update does the opposite.
again respectfully i want to re-iterate that the decision to lump your goal calories and exercise calories together on the top of the home screen is measurably one of the stupidest parts about this update. like if i gave someone the choice between data displayed clearly into sections that u could understand at a fraction of a second or data that looks like it’s been randomly crammed together by someone with a learning disability then obviously a sane person would pick the former.
again i mean this respectfully bc i know the decision was likely made by some idiotic higher up that doesn’t even exercise but thought it was a great idea meanwhile a handful of their underlings that actually know what they’re doing were likely being ignored.
anyways hope this feedback helps! respectfully.
if this doesn’t get fixed tho ill probably just start using claude to do it. the only reason i haven’t made a ai assistant to do these things yet is bc of laziness and using MFP was the option with the least effort that yielded the most desirable results but with the latest update thats changing my opinion on that.
the app itself is still fairly good besides that but respectfully please fix that idiotic decision. new and better ui is suppose to reduce cognitive load and this latest update does the opposite.
again respectfully i want to re-iterate that the decision to lump your goal calories and exercise calories together on the top of the home screen is measurably one of the stupidest parts about this update. like if i gave someone the choice between data displayed clearly into sections that u could understand at a fraction of a second or data that looks like it’s been randomly crammed together by someone with a learning disability then obviously a sane person would pick the former.
again i mean this respectfully bc i know the decision was likely made by some idiotic higher up that doesn’t even exercise but thought it was a great idea meanwhile a handful of their underlings that actually know what they’re doing were likely being ignored.
anyways hope this feedback helps! respectfully.
if this doesn’t get fixed tho ill probably just start using claude to do it. the only reason i haven’t made a ai assistant to do these things yet is bc of laziness and using MFP was the option with the least effort that yielded the most desirable results but with the latest update thats changing my opinion on that.
No way
Not paying 19 a month..
BIG PROBLEM
LATEST UPDATE DOES NOT HAVE ANYWAY TO TRACK SALT, NEDED FOR BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION. BIG PROBLEM.
Bad redesign
I hate the new look, is there a way to get the old style back??
Recent update
The app was clean and easy to use. The recent update has made it cumbersome as many other users have stated.
Disappointed day 1 user
Super disappointed that the barcode scanner is only allowed on the premium paid version. It used to be free. It’s all a money grab now.
Notifications are Ridiculous
JFC! Multiple notifications throughout the day with the most desperate lines… “our top horror movie: you ignoring this message” and “plz im the mfp intern 🥹: tap to log food so i dont get in trouble.” So freaking annoying. I don’t even normally turn on notifications for an app like that and I think it was some trick they made me agree to turn them on. will not be redownloading simply on principle of how obnoxious the push notifs are.
Cost money
Bad
Update sucks
I have to now click multiple steps just to add water. You would think they would allow us to put in a food or water and stay within the field instead of going back and click it again. Multiple steps. Also, I accidentally added food yesterday for the p.m. meeting dinner and tried to delete it and there was no way to do it. I must say I’ve submitted multiple support tickets over the past year since I’ve owned this app and I regret it. I will no longer renew my subscription.
Unusable
Downloaded app, tried to sign up, got to the personal info screen and the keypad at the bottom wouldn’t clear so that I could hit the “next” button to move to the next screen. Literally couldn’t create an account.
Horrible update
I haven’t used MyFitnessPal for a couple of months. I started using it again. I had to update my stats several times the first day. Several of my saved foods in their system would not log that food. This morning I went into MyFitnessPal log my breakfast noticed all of the data points I input yesterday. Reset to the original numbers when I first enrolled with MyFitnessPal years ago. I re-updated everything logged out. Logged in. ALL data is gone.! I think they released this “new and improved” Persian way too early in my opinion they needed to do a lot more beta testing before release
update sucks
the old app was so user friendly i don’t understand why the changed it. i miss editing my day easily and seeing all my foods this is awful don’t understand how or why anybody would like the update as a long time user. after 15 years im finding a new app
Terrible update
Update has ruined app, not intuitive at all. More steps to do basic things. Done with the app.
New UI Buries Exercise Impact - Remaining Calories No Longer Clear - recycled developer feedback
I’ve been a paying Premium subscriber for several years. The April 2026 “Today” tab redesign made the app noticeably worse for core daily tracking.
The most damaging change is that the intuitive roll-forward of daily calorie goal + exercise calories burned - calories consumed = net remaining is now much harder to see and understand at a glance. The “left” calories summary no longer clearly shows how exercise adjusts your available calories the way it used to. Exercise impact is reduced to a small fire emoji, with details buried in a lower “Healthy Habits” section.
The overall UI also feels less efficient. Basic daily status now requires more taps and scrolling (“View All,” drilling into meal cards, etc.). What used to be an immediate, scannable overview of my day has become fragmented.
This is a significant downgrade for long-time users who rely on quick, accurate calorie math. Please bring back clearer visibility of the net remaining calories (including exercise) or offer users the ability to restore the previous summary style.
The most damaging change is that the intuitive roll-forward of daily calorie goal + exercise calories burned - calories consumed = net remaining is now much harder to see and understand at a glance. The “left” calories summary no longer clearly shows how exercise adjusts your available calories the way it used to. Exercise impact is reduced to a small fire emoji, with details buried in a lower “Healthy Habits” section.
The overall UI also feels less efficient. Basic daily status now requires more taps and scrolling (“View All,” drilling into meal cards, etc.). What used to be an immediate, scannable overview of my day has become fragmented.
This is a significant downgrade for long-time users who rely on quick, accurate calorie math. Please bring back clearer visibility of the net remaining calories (including exercise) or offer users the ability to restore the previous summary style.
This app is now worthless
This used to be such a great application for years. But holy hell, the amount of ads you now have to deal with just to navigate through. It is insane, and the fact that you now need to pay to use the barcode scan scanner has made this app almost entirely worthless. What has made this app completely worthless is the fact that you need a premium subscription to manually enter macros like protein, fat, and carbohydrates. The fact that it pay Wall’s me manually typing in information is the stupidest thing ever.
Redesign
The new redesign is not intuitive. Being able to view calories per meal made tracking meals so much easier. Now, to get that same information, I have to click at the top of the page and go through each meal individually. It’s no longer visible at a glance, and that was such a huge part of what made meal tracking easy in the first place.
Age rating 16+? Lies?
Supposedly it says the age rating is 16+ but when i went inside the app and it asked me for my age i put my age which is 17 years old, but it said i must be 18??!!
Hate the new update
New design absolutely sucks. Please bring back the old design. It’s so much more user friendly than the new one.
Recording Weight
I don’t think you could have made it anymore awkward to enter your weight now on an iPad.
What have you done to my favorite app?
I’m a premium subscriber; have been for years. I’ve successfully used this app for a number of years to lose weight when I’ve gone off the rails. I’ve used it bc the food lists were thorough and the interface was intuitive.
Over the years, I have had to adjust to numerous changes to the interface. I didn’t always like the changes but I’ve always been able to adjust within a day or so.
However, this newest iteration of the app is sapping my will to live. It hides the items used most often - like how to enter weight or how to view what you’ve logged (old food diary). The interface is now bland and uninteresting; looks like a report I need to read. I’ve found that my saved recipes are unstable. That is, as I try to scroll through them, the app suddenly quits. I have been a very loyal customer since I started using this app. But now? Not happy. Considering other options.
Over the years, I have had to adjust to numerous changes to the interface. I didn’t always like the changes but I’ve always been able to adjust within a day or so.
However, this newest iteration of the app is sapping my will to live. It hides the items used most often - like how to enter weight or how to view what you’ve logged (old food diary). The interface is now bland and uninteresting; looks like a report I need to read. I’ve found that my saved recipes are unstable. That is, as I try to scroll through them, the app suddenly quits. I have been a very loyal customer since I started using this app. But now? Not happy. Considering other options.
Too much
I think it’s really cumbersome to use and I don’t now why I even have it. I feel like, for the price, the app should be more interactive like sending push notifications to print me to share what I’ve eaten so far or something
Do not download
This is pay only app. Nothing available for free except 7 day trial. but they don’t tell you this until after you have downloaded it. Private information such as your name, age, etc. and then when you realize you have to pay and you want to delete it, you cannot delete your account/profile. I have tried numerous times and it will not delete my profile.
WTF is this new interface
This new design is awful. You’ve made it more difficult to log food and see meals at a glance which is the entire point of the app.
New update ruined the app
Used to be the best out there. Now might as well be the worst :(
HATE IT
I HATE the update. It’s difficult to find and log my regular foods. The old version was so much better. Please fix it!!
New UI is unusable garbage
Please throw this mess away, fire whoever was involved with it, and most importantly put a usable UI back out there!
Formerly good, now in June 2026 they have made it into trash.
Who thought this was a good idea? They made many huge changes in their interface that make it clumsy and unrecognizable. They've hidden some of the features behind pay walls and it's hard to find all the pieces they jumbled up, which can now not be seen in one place. Somebody ought to be fired. After 10 years of use, I am now gone.
its changed so much and not in the good way
ive used this app for over a decade now but it has really fallen from what it once was. Scanning QR codes on food packaging to track accurate macros was once free and now costs a subscription to access.
Logging foods in general has become cumbersome. The moment i open the app im bombarded with add and pop ups, after i clear those to log in my breakfast im shown more popups congraulating me for my streak, which makes me have to hunt for the X in the corner before i can continue my log. Scrolling through your past logs isnt user friendly either, once you add one you are taken back up to the very top and have to re-scroll down to find where you were and continue adding more foods.
I really only am keeping this app because it has years worth of my foods saved on it, but even logging those has become a chore due to the high amount of visual noise that appears on the screen. I really miss what this app used to be
Logging foods in general has become cumbersome. The moment i open the app im bombarded with add and pop ups, after i clear those to log in my breakfast im shown more popups congraulating me for my streak, which makes me have to hunt for the X in the corner before i can continue my log. Scrolling through your past logs isnt user friendly either, once you add one you are taken back up to the very top and have to re-scroll down to find where you were and continue adding more foods.
I really only am keeping this app because it has years worth of my foods saved on it, but even logging those has become a chore due to the high amount of visual noise that appears on the screen. I really miss what this app used to be
Not like it used to be
I loved this app for years when it was sponsored by under armour. Now there are constant ad that are trying to force you into an upgrade.
Bring back the old app!
Great app with the largest selection of foods. I was able to track and lose 15 pounds in over a year thanks to this calorie tracking app. However, there is no reason at all this app should be draining my battery or overheating my phone (iPhone 13 pro) or draining my battery on my iPad mini. I use the app for 10 minutes trying to track my meal preps and it's burning hot and 10-15% down just like that (my battery capacity is still 97%). The app didn't used to do this 2-3 months ago. No other app, no matter how much more gpu/ram it takes does this to my phone. Also, this new layout is very annoying. I used to be able to swipe between days, compare foods per day throughout the week but now there is too much clicking/tapping. Want to see tomorrow? tap here, then here, then here. wow. I've never seen such a good app literally want people to switch to another app.
Not syncing with Garmin Connect properly
I’ve tried all the things Google suggests, disconnecting, reconnecting, setting activity /TDEE to sedentary, etc. got a new Garmin device and the problem still stands. MFP always only accounts for only half of my active calories burned via Garmin. Switching to a new app.
Too many animations and pop ups
The app was good up until the new updates. It’s like they’ve tried to gamify your every click in the app. Please remove all annoying confetti animations whenever you log something and all the streak pop ups. Supposedly it goes away after a while but if you miss a day, it goes back to 1.
It’s anxiety inducing knowing something is going to pop up every day and makes you not even want to even use the app.
It’s anxiety inducing knowing something is going to pop up every day and makes you not even want to even use the app.
Don’t mess with a good thing
I’ve been using MFP a since 2013 and this has to be the worst update I’ve seen. You’ve made the weight tracking, which I use daily, very clumsy requiring more taps just to add a new weight. It used to remember the date range that I had selected but now it’s going back and showing since start every day. I really like to focus on a few months at a time and not years and years of data.
Not everyone is here for food logging, make the rest of the data easy to access and quick to record.
Not everyone is here for food logging, make the rest of the data easy to access and quick to record.
New update is horrible
Please listen to all of the reviews about how horrible the new update and UI is. It makes it more complex, requires more steps for everything, and is way less intuitive. I promise you, we want simplicity. As a premium member, I will not be continuing my subscription if the new UI stays. Please, please bring back the old simple layout.
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