We put Snapkin next to the five apps people ask about most. 13 things that matter when you track food with a photo. Snapkin is green on 12 of them.
€9.99 a month or €99.99 a year. The store bills you. Cancel there any time.
The best known. Its photo logging only works in English. You set the portion yourself.
Where MyFitnessPal wins: You can use it for free, with ads. If you do not want to pay anything, pick MyFitnessPal.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs MyFitnessPal →Also a photo app, owned by MyFitnessPal. Its pages do not say it asks about the oil, or how sure a meal is.
Where Cal AI wins: It runs on Apple Watch and Mac too. It has 15 million downloads.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs Cal AI →Lots of nutrients. Photo logging costs extra. The app only comes in four languages.
Where Cronometer wins: You can use it for free. It tracks more than 80 nutrients.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs Cronometer →Big in the US. Its photo logging only works in English.
Where Lose It! wins: You can use it for free, with ads.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs Lose It! →Big in Europe. The photo scan costs extra. YAZIO itself calls it "a rough estimate".
Where YAZIO wins: You can use it for free. It has a fasting timer.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs YAZIO →Checked on 24 September 2026. Prices are for the Netherlands.
| Feature | Snapkin | MyFitnessPal | Cal AI | Cronometer | Lose It! | YAZIO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log a meal with one photo | Yes. The app is built around it | Premium only | Yes | Gold only | Premium only | Pro only |
| Works out the portion for you | Yes, from the plate and the cutlery | No. You set it yourself | Yes | Not described | Picks an entry. You can change the serving size | A first guess it calls "rough" |
| Asks about the oil, butter and sauce | Yes. One tap to answer | No | Not described | Suggests items to tap | Not described | Not described |
| Shows how sure it is | Yes. A ± range on every meal | No | One number for the whole app: "about 80%" | Not described | Not described | Not described |
| Fix a meal by saying what changed | Yes. Type it, it redoes the sums | Edit the entries by hand | Not described | Not described | Not described | Edit the ingredients by hand |
| Packaged food | Photograph the label. It reads the numbers printed on the packet | Barcode scan, Premium only. Entries mostly typed in by members | Barcode and label scan | Barcode scan, free | Barcode scan, becoming paid only | Barcode scan, free |
| Remembers your usual food | Yes. Explain it once | Saved meals | Remembers meals you eat often | Saved foods and recipes | Saved foods, meals and recipes | Saved meals |
| Photo logging in English | Yes, and in nine more languages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Protein is the main goal | Yes. Protein first, then the rest | Goals in grams need Premium | One of four macros | One of the nutrients | One of the macros | Calories first |
| No ads. Your diary never trains AI | Never. It says so in our privacy policy | Ads in the free version. It also sells ads based on what you log | Its policy lets it train its AI on your data | Ads in the free version. Your photos may train its AI | Ads in the free version. Your data may train its AI | Ads in the free version. Tracks you, says the App Store |
| One price, everything in it | One plan. No Pro, no Premium+ | Free, Premium and Premium+ | Prices in the app store, no plan names | Free and Gold | Free, Premium and Lifetime | Different prices for the same plan |
| Try it for free | 3 days free on the monthly plan. No free version | Free version, 7-day trial | 3 days | Free version | Free version, 7-day trial | Free version |
| Price per month (Netherlands) | €9.99. Everything included | €9.99 for Premium | Not clear. The store does not name its plans | €11.99 for Gold | No monthly plan | No monthly plan. Shortest is 3 months |
Where the others win. Four of the five have a free version. Snapkin does not. The monthly plan starts with 3 free days.
Every claim comes from the app's own pages, its store listing or the press.
MyFitnessPal, Cal AI, Cronometer, Lose It!, YAZIO are trademarks of their owners. Snapkin is not connected to any of them. Is something here wrong or out of date? Email us. We fix it and note the date.