Ubod, an alternative to MyFitnessPal

Ubod and MyFitnessPal side by side

What the table says about MyFitnessPal comes from its own website, help centre and store listings. Apps change: check MyFitnessPal's site for the latest.

What Ubod and MyFitnessPal have in common

• A food diary with daily calorie and macro (protein, carbohydrate, fat) goals.
• Barcode scanning of packaged foods.
• Weight tracking over time.
• Sync with Apple Health and Health Connect.
• A free plan and a paid subscription, on iPhone and Android.

What Ubod does differently

• Barcode scanning is free in Ubod. In MyFitnessPal it has required Premium since 1 October 2022.
• Ubod's free plan shows no third-party ads; MyFitnessPal's free plan is paid for by ads.
• Ubod can log a meal from a photo of your plate on the free plan, a few times a day. MyFitnessPal's Meal Scan needs Premium and the app set to English.
• Reference foods in Ubod come from Ciqual, the French food composition table published by ANSES, next to branded products from Open Food Facts; MyFitnessPal's database is built by its community.
• Fanak, Ubod's fennec fox coach, answers your questions in the app and keeps your streak going.
• You can connect Ubod to ChatGPT or Claude and log a meal by talking to the assistant.

Where MyFitnessPal may suit you better

• A much larger food database: MyFitnessPal states more than 20.5 million foods, so rare or local products are more likely to be there already.
• More connections: MyFitnessPal links with more than 35 fitness trackers, smartwatches and apps, and has Apple Watch and Wear OS apps. Ubod only syncs through Apple Health and Health Connect.
• An intermittent fasting tracker (Premium) and, in some English-speaking countries, a meal planner with Premium+. Ubod has no fasting tracker.
• A website where you can log food from a computer.

Moving from MyFitnessPal to Ubod

1. Write down your current calorie target, your macro targets and your weight in MyFitnessPal.
2. Install Ubod and answer the first questions (goal, weight, height, activity): Ubod works out your daily targets, and you can change them at any time.
3. Log your usual foods again: scan their barcode, search for them or take a photo of your plate. Your recent foods then come back in one tap.
4. Connect Apple Health or Health Connect so your steps and workouts count towards the day.
5. Ubod cannot import a diary from MyFitnessPal: your past entries stay in MyFitnessPal, so export them there first if you want to keep a copy.

Questions

Is the barcode scanner free in Ubod?

Yes. Scanning a barcode is part of the free plan, with no daily limit.

Can I import my MyFitnessPal diary into Ubod?

No. Ubod has no import from other apps, so you start a fresh diary. Your history stays in MyFitnessPal; export it there if you want to keep it.

Is Ubod free?

Yes, there is a free plan with the food diary, barcode scanning, calorie and macro goals, weight tracking and a few AI photo scans a day, with no third-party ads. Ubod Pro lifts the AI limits and adds micronutrients, the premium recipes and data export. Its price is shown in the app, on the App Store and on Google Play, in your currency.

Is Ubod available on iPhone and Android?

Yes. Ubod runs on iPhone and on Android, in 23 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Arabic.