We put Snapkin next to the five apps people ask about most. 14 things that matter when you track food with a photo. Snapkin is green on 13 of them.
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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 | Yes, from the photo. You can change it | Picks an entry and guesses the serving. You can change it | 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. Every meal says how sure it is | 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. Many entries are 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 |
| Adjusts your target from your results | Yes. Every month, from your meals and your weight | No. Offers a new formula goal as you lose weight | Not described | No. The formula updates when you log your weight | No. The formula updates as you log weight losses | No. You recalculate it, or change it by hand |
| No ads. Your diary never trains AI | Never. It says so in our privacy policy | Ads in the free version. It sells ads aimed at your goals and diet | Its policy allows targeted ads and using your data for its AI | 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 | Everything in every 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, with nothing locked. 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.
Four apps that lead one country each. Each has its own page.
Free, from the Dutch Nutrition Centre. You look up each food and type the amount. No photo logging.
Where Mijn Eetmeter wins: It is completely free, with no ads. The Dutch government pays for it. If you do not want to pay anything, pick Mijn Eetmeter.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs Mijn Eetmeter →Big in France. The photo scan needs Premium. The free version has ads.
Where Foodvisor wins: You can use it for free, with ads. Premium adds daily lessons from nutrition experts.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs Foodvisor →A big German food list. The photo scan costs extra. If it misses something, you add it yourself.
Where Fddb wins: You can use it for free, and its store page says there are no ads. It has a big German food list with a barcode scanner. Premium is cheaper per year.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs Fddb →Free, with a free barcode scanner. The photo scan costs extra. Its pages do not say how sure a meal is.
Where fatsecret wins: You can use it for free, barcode scanner included. It also works in a web browser.
Read the comparison: Snapkin vs fatsecret →Every claim comes from the app's own pages, its store listing or the press.
MyFitnessPal, Cal AI, Cronometer, Lose It!, YAZIO, Mijn Eetmeter, Foodvisor, Fddb, fatsecret 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.