Snapkin vs Lose It!

Looking for an alternative to Lose It!? Take a photo, in your own language.

  • One photo per meal. Snapkin works out the portion.
  • It asks about the oil and butter you cannot see.
  • Everything in your language, photo logging too.
  • No ads. Your diary never trains AI.

€9.99 a month or €99.99 a year. The store bills you. Cancel there any time.

An answer makes the estimate clearer
Open what the meal is not sure about. Answer two questions about cooking fats. Dinner changes from 940 to 850 kcal. The daily total updates, and the doubt is gone.

One meal, two apps

The same meal, logged in both apps.

Lose It!

Premium, and English only
  1. Snap It, the photo logging, needs Premium.
  2. It only works with your phone set to English.
  3. Without it, you search each food. Pick an entry. Type the portion.

What does Snap It do? It matches your photo to entries in its food list. You still check each one.

Snapkin

1 photo
Snapkin asks a question about the meal, with one button for each answer. The logged meal in Snapkin, with every item in grams and kcal.
  1. Take a photo of your meal.
  2. Tap one answer to the question it asks.
  3. Done. Every item is there, with grams and kcal.

Packaged food? No barcode scanner needed. Take a photo of the label. Snapkin reads the numbers on the packet and remembers the product.

Why people switch

One photo instead of a search per food

  • One photo, not a search for every food on the plate.
  • It asks about the oil and butter you cannot see.
  • Every meal shows how sure it is.
  • No barcode needed: a photo of the label is enough.
  • Photo logging in ten languages.
  • No ads. Your diary is never sold or used to train AI.

Side by side

13 things that matter when you track food. Checked on 24 September 2026.

Feature Snapkin Lose It!
Log a meal with one photo Yes. The app is built around it Premium only
Works out the portion for you Yes, from the plate and the cutlery Picks an entry. You can change the serving size
Asks about the oil, butter and sauce Yes. One tap to answer Not described
Shows how sure it is Yes. A ± range on every meal Not described
Fix a meal by saying what changed Yes. Type it, it redoes the sums Not described
Packaged food Photograph the label. It reads the numbers printed on the packet Barcode scan, becoming paid only
Remembers your usual food Yes. Explain it once Saved foods, meals and recipes
Photo logging in English Yes, and in nine more languages Yes
Protein is the main goal Yes. Protein first, then the rest One of the macros
No ads. Your diary never trains AI Never. It says so in our privacy policy Ads in the free version. Your data may train its AI
One price, everything in it One plan. No Pro, no Premium+ Free, Premium and Lifetime
Try it for free 3 days free on the monthly plan. No free version Free version, 7-day trial
Price per month (Netherlands) €9.99. Everything included No monthly plan

Where Lose It! still wins. You can use it for free, with ads.

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Questions

Is Snapkin a good alternative to Lose It!?

Yes, if you would rather take a photo than search a food list. Snapkin works out the portion. It asks about what it cannot see. It shows how sure it is.

Does Lose It! work in my language?

The app comes in eight languages. But its help center says Snap It only works with your phone set to English. The same goes for the barcode scanner and voice logging. Snapkin works in ten languages, photo logging included.

Is Snapkin free?

No. The monthly plan starts with 3 free days. Then it is €9.99 a month, or €99.99 a year. You get Snapkin in the App Store or on Google Play. There is no free version.

Sources: Lose It!

Every claim comes from the app's own pages, its store listing or the press.

  1. Snap It, read on 24 September 2026
  2. how to log food, read on 24 September 2026
  3. membership and pricing, read on 24 September 2026
  4. in the Dutch App Store, read on 24 September 2026

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