The questions people actually ask before choosing.
I just want to count calories and macros — which one?
If the job is logging the widest possible food inventory — packaged goods, restaurant menus, supermarket house brands — MyFitnessPal, honestly: the 20.5M-food database is exactly that, and its free tier searches all of it. RightRep is for the person whose problem is friction and the other half of fitness: photograph the plate instead of searching it, then have the same app watch the workout. On the macro-tracker bench between us: Cronometer goes deeper on micronutrients (95 nutrients, lab-verified foods), Lose It! is the scanner-paywalled twin, MacroFactor sells the adaptive-recommendation idea we ship free, and Yazio bundles fasting — each worth their own look if nutrition is your only axis.
Is the barcode scanner free on MyFitnessPal?
No — since October 2022 the scanner is a Premium feature, the category's most famous paywall decision and still the reference backlash in its reviews. The meal-photo AI (Meal Scan) and voice logging are Premium too, and per MyFitnessPal's own help center the camera path is "available only on iOS and Android for English users". RightRep's answer is different rather than cheaper: no barcode at all — the photo estimate is the fast path in every locale we ship, on the app's standard AI quota rather than a camera tier; a search fallback for odd packaged goods is backlog.
Does MyFitnessPal track workouts?
As calorie accounting, not training: you type an exercise and duration, or one of 40+ synced trackers imports the burn, and the diary credits the calories back. Nothing in the app observes movement — no camera, no rep counting, no form check, no GPS surface. RightRep's whole first half is that measurement: 33 body landmarks per frame on the device, a 0–100 score per completed rep, GPS run/walk recording and race-goal plans.
What does each cost?
MyFitnessPal: free with ads (search-and-log core, water, steps); Premium is $19.99/month or $79.99/year in the US App Store — legacy $9.99/$49.99 points still surface — with Premium+ above it adding meal plans, grocery integration and recipes; on the web as served in Brazil the ladder reads R$ 31,90/month · R$ 162,90/year, while the BR App Store surfaces R$ 82,90/month · R$ 329,90/year points. RightRep: live form checks (10/day), GPS runs, training plans, history and the exercise library free forever; the AI features — meal estimates (10/day), the weekly review, coach chat — come with the 7-day free trial every account starts with, then Pro at $9.99/month or $99.99/year (cloud sync, ad-free, extra custom profiles).
I'm in Brazil — which one?
MyFitnessPal is the incumbent here, not a footnote: fully pt-BR, 4.86★ on 98,453 App Store Brasil ratings, Editors' Choice, priced in reais — the strongest local footprint of any app we compare. The honest local fight is "o diário alimentar vs o treinamento completo": if you want the food diary with the biggest pt-BR food catalog, it's theirs; but their Premium runs R$ 31,90–82,90/month with the scanner still paywalled and the camera logging English-only, while RightRep ships everything in pt-BR — photo meal estimates, spoken cues, plans, the web app — with no region gates on any feature.
Who sees my data?
MyFitnessPal's Apple privacy label says data is used to track you across other companies' apps for third-party advertising, its Play safety section says location and personal info may be shared, and its help center states free accounts don't include a data export tool. RightRep runs live pose analysis on the device — live-check video is not uploaded — prices once in public, and the Apple Health / Health Connect export is free for everyone. Both companies' labels, linked below, are the full picture.