Best Calorie Counter Apps (2026): Honest Picks

This guide covers nine apps: Mealyno, TrackAI, Cal AI, Formo, Welmi, fatsecret, MyFitnessPal, Cronometer and YAZIO. They are the ones that come up most when people search for a calorie counter, either in English or in the Ukrainian App Store.

We list Mealyno first because we built it and we know it best. That is a conflict of interest, and it is the reason the table below uses a plain rule: only facts we could read on a public page go in. Anything else is marked as not verified.

This is general information for healthy adults. A calorie counter gives you an estimate of what you ate. It is not medical advice, and it does not replace a conversation with a doctor if you have a health condition.

We looked at five things that matter in daily use. None of them says which app is best for everyone, because that depends on the phone you own and the language you read.

The table shows only what the sources below state. Cells that say not verified mean the page we opened does not say, so we do not claim either way.

Mealyno runs in the browser, in English and Ukrainian. You can photograph a meal, describe it in words, scan a barcode or type it in. A photo scan lists every ingredient with grams and a confidence score, and you can edit each line.

For people who only want to try it, the free options are: the free photo calorie tool gives one scan a day with no signup, a free account adds 3 photo scans and unlimited barcode lookups, and the calculators stay free. Paid plans start at $8.99 a month (269 ₴ in Ukraine), and there is a 7-day trial with no card.

The clear weakness is that Mealyno has no App Store or Google Play app yet. There is no Apple Health or Health Connect sync and no home-screen widget today. If you want a phone app, look at the next sections.

TrackAI is built around photo counting, has a Ukrainian interface and recognises dishes such as borscht and varenyky according to its FAQ. It has no free version, only a 3-day trial. In App Store reviews from Ukraine, users report that photo scanning needs a paid subscription after the trial, and the same reviews include many five-star comments about speed and ease.

Cal AI offers photo, barcode and text logging and has a very large rating base on the US App Store. Its store page says scan results require a subscription, and its language list does not include Ukrainian.

Formo is an AI photo tracker with a Ukrainian interface, and it was the first result for the search «калорії по фото» in the Ukrainian App Store on 1 October 2026. Welmi logs by photo, voice and barcode and also has a Ukrainian interface. We could not verify pricing for either, so check the store page before you install.

fatsecret describes itself as free, has a Ukrainian interface, a food database adapted per country, Apple Watch support and Health app integration. If your first requirement is a free diary on iPhone, it is worth opening.

MyFitnessPal is a food diary app, and its Ukrainian App Store page lists 19 languages without Ukrainian. Cronometer is English only on that storefront, tracks 95+ vitamins and minerals and cites a curated database of 1.1 million+ verified foods, which suits people who care about micronutrients.

YAZIO combines a calorie counter, a food tracker and intermittent fasting, and its language list has no Ukrainian. For the long version on MyFitnessPal, see our alternatives page.

No single app fits everyone. These are the rules of thumb we would use ourselves, based on the facts above.