Choose Cicolator if…
- You cook at home and want each portion counted precisely.
- You only care about calories in, calories out.
- You don't want ads, an account, or a subscription.
- You want your food diary kept off someone else's servers.
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Cicolator vs MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal does almost everything: macros, exercise, a huge food database, and apps for every platform. Cicolator does one thing: count calories precisely, especially the meals you cook yourself, with no ads, account, or subscription. Here's how they compare, and who each is for.
Choose MyFitnessPal if…
- You track protein, carbs, fat, or micronutrients.
- You use Android or log from a browser.
- You mostly eat packaged and restaurant food and want to search for it.
- You'd like an AI nutrition coach (Premium) or to share your diary with friends.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Cicolator | MyFitnessPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. An optional tip jar unlocks nothing. | Free, with Premium and Premium+ subscriptions. |
| Ads | None. | In the free version. Premium removes them. |
| Account | None. Open the app and start logging. | Yes. Your diary is kept in your MyFitnessPal account. |
| Your data | On your devices and in your own iCloud account. No servers, analytics, or third parties. | Stored by MyFitnessPal. Its privacy policy allows sharing with advertising partners. |
| Food database | None, on purpose. Calories come from labels, your favorites, and your meals. | 20.5 million+ foods, including restaurant dishes and foods added by users. |
| Barcode scanning | Free. Finds favorites you've saved. | Premium only. |
| Photo and voice logging | Read a nutrition label with the camera or a photo, free and on your device. | Meal Scan (a photo of your meal) and voice logging are Premium only. |
| Home-cooked meals | Weigh the finished dish, then weigh your plate. Cicolator logs the exact portion. | Recipes divided into a number of servings. |
| Meals out | Magic Entry estimates each item with on-device Apple Intelligence. | Search the database for the restaurant or a similar food. |
| Macros and nutrients | Calories only. | Macros in the free version. Goals by gram or by meal are Premium. |
| Exercise | Not tracked. You set your own daily calorie goal. | Logged in the app or synced from other apps. |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, and Mac. | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, and the web. |
Compared as of November 2026, from each app's own help pages, privacy policy, and App Store listing. Features change, so check MyFitnessPal's site for its latest.
Why Cicolator has no food database
Food databases are convenient, but entries added by other users can be wrong, and a recipe split into "4 servings" is only as accurate as your guess at a quarter of the pot. If you're losing weight by counting calories, those small errors add up every day.
Cicolator takes calories from the source instead. Read the nutrition label on what you buy, save the foods you eat often as favorites, and build home-cooked meals from their ingredients. Weigh the finished dish once, and every portion after that is a quick weigh of your plate. For the times you can't weigh, like dinner out, Magic Entry gives you an estimate you can adjust.
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MyFitnessPal is a trademark of MyFitnessPal, Inc.. Cicolator and Featherhour aren't affiliated with or endorsed by MyFitnessPal.