MyFitnessPal's free tier still does the main thing: tracking calories, logging food, and setting macro targets by percentage. Unless you need the barcode scanner, custom macro goals by gram, or ad-free use, cancelling Premium won't change much about how you use the app.
The catch: you have to cancel on the same platform you signed up on. If you subscribed through the App Store, you cancel through Apple. Google Play subscription, cancel through Google. Web subscription, cancel on the website. MyFitnessPal can't cancel it for you if you signed up through Apple or Google.
Cancel on the web
If you subscribed at myfitnesspal.com:
- Go to myfitnesspal.com and sign in
- Click your profile icon, then My Account (or go straight to your account page)
- Find the Premium Subscription section
- Set Auto-Renewal from On to Off
- Confirm the cancellation
That's it. No retention screens, no discount offers. The web process is the simplest of the three.
Cancel on iPhone
If you subscribed through the App Store, MyFitnessPal can't cancel it. Apple handles the billing.
- Open Settings on your iPhone
- Tap your name at the top
- Tap Subscriptions
- Find MyFitnessPal and tap it
- Tap Cancel Subscription
If MyFitnessPal doesn't appear in your subscriptions list, you didn't sign up through Apple. Try the web or Android method instead.
Cancel on Android
If you subscribed through Google Play:
- Open the Google Play Store
- Tap your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions
- Tap Subscriptions
- Find MyFitnessPal and tap it
- Tap Cancel subscription
Same deal: if it's not listed in Google Play, you subscribed elsewhere.
Cancel at least 24 hours before your renewal date. If you're too close, the next charge may already be queued and you won't get a refund for it.
You keep all Premium features until the end of your current billing period. After that, you drop to the free tier. All your food diary entries, weight history, and custom foods stay intact. Nothing gets deleted.
What you keep on free (and what you lose)
This is the part that matters. MyFitnessPal's free tier is genuinely usable for basic calorie tracking.
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Calorie logging and food diary | Yes | Yes |
| Food database (20M+ items) | Yes | Yes |
| Macro targets (percentage-based) | Yes | Yes |
| Weight tracking and trends | Yes | Yes |
| Fitness device sync (Garmin, Fitbit, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Barcode scanner | No | Yes |
| Custom macro goals by gram | No | Yes |
| Per-meal calorie and macro goals | No | Yes |
| Meal scan (photo logging) | No | Yes |
| Ad-free experience | No | Yes |
| Food analysis and insights | No | Yes |
| Data export | No | Yes |
If you're logging meals by searching the database and tracking your daily totals, free covers it. The barcode scanner is the feature most people miss, but it's not worth $80/year on its own for casual users.
Current pricing
MyFitnessPal charges in USD. There's no AU-specific pricing.
| Plan | Price (USD) | Approx. AUD |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $19.99/mo | ~$32/mo |
| Annual | $79.99/yr | ~$128/yr |
| Premium+ (annual) | $99.99/yr | ~$160/yr |
Premium+ adds a meal plan builder, meal prep mode, grocery lists, and diet preference customisation on top of regular Premium. It launched in late 2024 as a separate tier.
The free trial trap
MyFitnessPal pushes a free trial aggressively when you first sign up. The trial screen shows monthly and annual options prominently, with the "free" (no-trial) option hidden behind a small X button in the top corner of the screen. If you accept the trial and forget to cancel before it ends, you're charged the full annual rate. Apple and Google won't refund you if you've used the trial before, even if it was years ago.
This is a well-documented complaint. The MyFitnessPal community forums and Reddit are full of people who were charged $80 USD after a trial they forgot about. If you're on a trial right now, set a calendar reminder for the day before it expires.
Free alternatives
If you're leaving MyFitnessPal entirely:
- Cronometer has a solid free tier with a verified food database and micronutrient tracking. More accurate data than MyFitnessPal's user-submitted entries, though a smaller database overall.
- FatSecret is completely free with barcode scanning, meal logging, and a food diary. No premium tier required for core features.
- Lose It! offers free calorie tracking with barcode scanning on the free plan. The interface is cleaner than MyFitnessPal's.
- Samsung Health and Apple Health both track calories and nutrition at no cost if you're already in those ecosystems.
For most people tracking calories for weight management, any of these will do the job without a subscription.
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