I didn't think I would be annoyed so much with the ads. But it really feels cluttered now. If it wasn't obvious in the video, I don't think MFP is worth it anymore - even on the free version.
@@feast_good I redownloaded MFP today to compare recommended calories to Lifesum. I got the notifacation that MFP changed their base UI. So i think they heard peoples complaints
@@jjpeddle2578 Interesting, I'll have to take a look again. Did they solve any of the underlying complaints I mentioned in the video? I only published this review about a month ago so my experience is up to date based on a very recent version of the app.
@@feast_good Honestly it looked a LITTLE cleaner. But the moment i seen that the macros are 100% hidden behind MFPs very pricy pay wall compared to other apps. I was out of there again. Enjoying Lifesum still atm
@@jjpeddle2578 Lol, *eye roll*. The fact is that you can track your macros at half the cost of MFP nowadays. So the fact that they're charging what they are with inferior features is going to be the nail in the coffin.
They've been going downhill for the last couple of years. I have the paid version of My fitness pal and it is horrible too, fyi. It's far and beyond the bar code not being free anymore. It's just awful. I stayed with it because it was easy in the past and I'm a creature of habit but I'm over it. Can't even get correct food information in their database. Even the green checkmarked items that are supposed to be correct aren't. Every day I'm manually inputting the food information. I'm ending my membership now.
I think a lot of people are with MFP for the same reason (i.e. it's what they've always used and it's what they know). I still do think it has some use cases in the diet/nutrition tracking market, but I'm a big fan of other apps now and it's not even CLOSE with what other apps can do in comparison. Check out my review of MacroFactor (ruclips.net/video/qSayi6Dt3To/видео.html).
Yes, the database for MyFitnessPal is large because it has a global database (you can find foods from other countries outside the US easily). However, what's the point of having a large database if there are countless inaccurate entries. If you're in the US, other app databases I've tested work just fine.
I switched to MacroFactor and this has been my issue, however I did notice a lot of the entries for Mfp are marred with errors. I just hope that with time MacroFactor becomes more robust.
@@MelBeKing when you say "more robust", what are you looking for specifically? I can tell you whether it's on the roadmap or not (they gave me access to their product roadmap).
@@feast_good with MFP I loved the custom recipe setting a lot but even searching meals I felt like it would more accurately understand what I meant, if I typed the same thing in Macrofactor that I do in MFP sometimes I yield no results even if I use the AI feature.
I am so confused. EVERYBODY are saying they put the Barcode scanner behind Premium payment... but I am on FREE and still can use it freely. I scanned multiple foods during a day and haven't come across any limit to it.
Seems some legacy users (myself included) still have free access to the barcode scanner for the diary feature AND for adding ingredients to recipes. I’ve heard that if you update the app it goes away but I’ve been hesitant to test that and risk losing the feature. If you're a new user though, the barcode scanner is behind the paywall.
@@PumaZ90 Perhaps you’re benefiting from a glitch, but all of our testers (myself included) are prompted to upgrade to Premium when attempting to use the scanner, which is clearly stated as a paid Premium feature in this screenshot: paste.pics/a50ed3f432a9a4b89d791707e105f89b
I also have MFP. Apparently I started an account almost a decade ago (crazy they still had that info), but I only downloaded and started using it again in the past 2 months after having forgotten about it for years. My barcode scanner still works. I update it no problem and it still works. The explanation I've heard is because I am in Canada. It seems a lot of other Canadians and people from the UK continue to enjoy barcode functionality for reasons that are unknown to me.
@@marquezdennis the app updated recently and that’s when everything went to pieces. Lots of ads on the page where you enter the different meal info and no scanner. I don’t remember if It forced me to upgrade or whether it notified me and I did it…Big mistake!!
@@gailm.8190 that’s so weird! I have the latest version, 23.11.0, and I still have the scanner. The little ads aren’t bothering me that much. It does what I need it to do for my needs.
@@marquezdennis There does seem to be a glitch where some people still have access, especially if they didn't update to the latest version. However, you have the latest version, so I don't know. Count yourself lucky haha, but don't be surprised if one day it's gone.
@@feast_good I mean obviously. But one way or the other you’re going to have to pay for even just knowing basic nutrition. Say someone who knows absolutely nothing about fitness and nutrition, who’s going to teach them about nutrition? Sure you’re going to search the internet, but who’s right? The bodybuilder? The online doctor? The vegan? The vegetarian? The carnivore? So not only is the beginner getting confused by so many different things they see on the internet, they’re getting overwhelmed. Should they go to their doctor? Well you have to pay for that. And sorry but, body weight squats and walking will only get you so far
I don’t want no coaching my fitness pal has a huge food and restaurant database . So I’m sticking with what works. I do pay for full version but since I’m cutting back on portions it’s worth . And no I’m not paying $20.00 a month so I don’t know where that figure came from that she’s talking about
Have you been subscribing for a while? Perhaps you're on a legacy plan. I agree that MyFitnessPal has a great restaurant database. But the food database is very inaccurate. That's what I, and many others on the team, have found through our testing.
Did the price go down or what? You said in the video $20 per month?? I double checked and I'm paying $80 annually. Thats $6.67 per month. Seems reasonable.
The prices are the same. It's $19.99/month on a monthly plan or $79.99 if you buy upfront for the full year. In all my videos I compare across monthly plans.
One thing that I don't see mentioned as a con for MFP in any review is that your data is completely locked in. There is NO WAY to get food history at a detail level out of the app. All of the export functionality even at a premium level is summary at the macro nutrient level. If you ever want to do any real analysis on what you have eaten you are out of luck. Curious how regularly you eat red meet? How many alcoholic drinks you really have had? How often you have a sugary treat for desert? To bad. MFP intentionally keeps this information from you. What if you want to leverage all the new AI chatbots to do a deep dive into your eating patterns? Ya, too bad there too. I can't believe this isn't talked about more.
@@feast_good Thanks for your reply. In short, all of it. It's our data, we tirelessly keyed it in. Not providing it in a portable format is 'user lock-in' and a shady practice. I should point out that I have since learned you can infact get a 'printable report' from you food journal. But unfortunately it seems to be intentionally formatted in a way that would be very laborious for the use to do much with it other than read it. This only proves the data is in the system and easy to get at. Why not include that in the 'export' function? Again, seems shady to me. As users, and as RUclipsr's we need to demand better.
@@paulhetherington1626 You've given me a lot to think about. I'm going to ask some of these app companies what their process is for exporting data. I'll report back on what I find out.
@@feast_good Awesome. I would love to know that. I am looking for another long term solution, and that is now one of my top criteria. "Vendor Lock in" is a sign of a poor developer that can only keep customers by trapping them, not by earning their loyalty with a great product. Not something we should support.
Their removal of the barcode scanner for free version users was such a sneaky move - I left MFP after that
I think a lot of people were looking at other options around that time for sure. Are you still using a food logger?
I just am getting back into mfp after a few years. It feels so much more bloated with ads then before. More stuff is behind the pay wall.
Great video.
I didn't think I would be annoyed so much with the ads. But it really feels cluttered now. If it wasn't obvious in the video, I don't think MFP is worth it anymore - even on the free version.
@@feast_good I redownloaded MFP today to compare recommended calories to Lifesum. I got the notifacation that MFP changed their base UI. So i think they heard peoples complaints
@@jjpeddle2578 Interesting, I'll have to take a look again. Did they solve any of the underlying complaints I mentioned in the video? I only published this review about a month ago so my experience is up to date based on a very recent version of the app.
@@feast_good Honestly it looked a LITTLE cleaner. But the moment i seen that the macros are 100% hidden behind MFPs very pricy pay wall compared to other apps. I was out of there again. Enjoying Lifesum still atm
@@jjpeddle2578 Lol, *eye roll*. The fact is that you can track your macros at half the cost of MFP nowadays. So the fact that they're charging what they are with inferior features is going to be the nail in the coffin.
They've been going downhill for the last couple of years. I have the paid version of My fitness pal and it is horrible too, fyi. It's far and beyond the bar code not being free anymore. It's just awful. I stayed with it because it was easy in the past and I'm a creature of habit but I'm over it. Can't even get correct food information in their database. Even the green checkmarked items that are supposed to be correct aren't. Every day I'm manually inputting the food information. I'm ending my membership now.
I think a lot of people are with MFP for the same reason (i.e. it's what they've always used and it's what they know). I still do think it has some use cases in the diet/nutrition tracking market, but I'm a big fan of other apps now and it's not even CLOSE with what other apps can do in comparison. Check out my review of MacroFactor (ruclips.net/video/qSayi6Dt3To/видео.html).
I was using MyFitnessPal and was automatically logged out of my account. Once I logged back in, I lost all my data.
Yup, unfortunately, I've heard that from a few people now.
The problem is that the database of other apps don’t even compare to MFP.
Yes, the database for MyFitnessPal is large because it has a global database (you can find foods from other countries outside the US easily). However, what's the point of having a large database if there are countless inaccurate entries. If you're in the US, other app databases I've tested work just fine.
I switched to MacroFactor and this has been my issue, however I did notice a lot of the entries for Mfp are marred with errors. I just hope that with time MacroFactor becomes more robust.
@@MelBeKing when you say "more robust", what are you looking for specifically? I can tell you whether it's on the roadmap or not (they gave me access to their product roadmap).
@@feast_good with MFP I loved the custom recipe setting a lot but even searching meals I felt like it would more accurately understand what I meant, if I typed the same thing in Macrofactor that I do in MFP sometimes I yield no results even if I use the AI feature.
@@MelBeKing Let me ask Greg (found of MacroFactor) whether this is something they're working on. Can you give me an example of something you type in?
I am so confused. EVERYBODY are saying they put the Barcode scanner behind Premium payment... but I am on FREE and still can use it freely.
I scanned multiple foods during a day and haven't come across any limit to it.
Seems some legacy users (myself included) still have free access to the barcode scanner for the diary feature AND for adding ingredients to recipes. I’ve heard that if you update the app it goes away but I’ve been hesitant to test that and risk losing the feature. If you're a new user though, the barcode scanner is behind the paywall.
@@feast_good -That is COMPLETELY wrong. I have installed mfp for new useres on ios and android and BOTH can use the barcode scanner!
@@PumaZ90 Perhaps you’re benefiting from a glitch, but all of our testers (myself included) are prompted to upgrade to Premium when attempting to use the scanner, which is clearly stated as a paid Premium feature in this screenshot: paste.pics/a50ed3f432a9a4b89d791707e105f89b
I also have MFP. Apparently I started an account almost a decade ago (crazy they still had that info), but I only downloaded and started using it again in the past 2 months after having forgotten about it for years. My barcode scanner still works. I update it no problem and it still works. The explanation I've heard is because I am in Canada. It seems a lot of other Canadians and people from the UK continue to enjoy barcode functionality for reasons that are unknown to me.
@@bunnerkins Interesting. Good to know!
Yep! Count me in for abandoning MFP because of losing the scan function.
I have the free version and still have the barcode scanner? I don’t get why other people don’t.
@@marquezdennis the app updated recently and that’s when everything went to pieces. Lots of ads on the page where you enter the different meal info and no scanner. I don’t remember if It forced me to upgrade or whether it notified me and I did it…Big mistake!!
@@gailm.8190 that’s so weird! I have the latest version, 23.11.0, and I still have the scanner. The little ads aren’t bothering me that much. It does what I need it to do for my needs.
@@marquezdennis There does seem to be a glitch where some people still have access, especially if they didn't update to the latest version. However, you have the latest version, so I don't know. Count yourself lucky haha, but don't be surprised if one day it's gone.
What app did you go to?
I dug up some carrots and need help finding the barcode! I'm so frustrated right now!😜
That carrot barcode is hard to find for sure.
last year premium was 38 £ now its 65£, Im done too!
Sighhh, ya exactly. You know what you're going to switch to yet?
$20 for a food tracking app, $30 for a gym membership, $100 a week for food. $500a month, $6000 a year, just to be healthy.
Just? Really? Just? Than try to be unhealthy and ill… doesn’t make fun at all 😂😂😂😂
You don't need a food tracking app or gym membership to be healthy. Eating isn't a choice either. You'd have to spend money on that regardless.
@@feast_good I mean obviously. But one way or the other you’re going to have to pay for even just knowing basic nutrition. Say someone who knows absolutely nothing about fitness and nutrition, who’s going to teach them about nutrition? Sure you’re going to search the internet, but who’s right? The bodybuilder? The online doctor? The vegan? The vegetarian? The carnivore? So not only is the beginner getting confused by so many different things they see on the internet, they’re getting overwhelmed. Should they go to their doctor? Well you have to pay for that. And sorry but, body weight squats and walking will only get you so far
@@capostrength3908 Lots of good, free info on RUclips.
I don’t want no coaching my fitness pal has a huge food and restaurant database . So I’m sticking with what works. I do pay for full version but since I’m cutting back on portions it’s worth . And no I’m not paying $20.00 a month so I don’t know where that figure came from that she’s talking about
Have you been subscribing for a while? Perhaps you're on a legacy plan. I agree that MyFitnessPal has a great restaurant database. But the food database is very inaccurate. That's what I, and many others on the team, have found through our testing.
Did the price go down or what? You said in the video $20 per month?? I double checked and I'm paying $80 annually. Thats $6.67 per month. Seems reasonable.
The prices are the same. It's $19.99/month on a monthly plan or $79.99 if you buy upfront for the full year. In all my videos I compare across monthly plans.
prices are much different in different regions
@@paulhetherington1626 Can you give me some examples?
I was questing that too. I pay $79 a year.
One thing that I don't see mentioned as a con for MFP in any review is that your data is completely locked in. There is NO WAY to get food history at a detail level out of the app. All of the export functionality even at a premium level is summary at the macro nutrient level. If you ever want to do any real analysis on what you have eaten you are out of luck. Curious how regularly you eat red meet? How many alcoholic drinks you really have had? How often you have a sugary treat for desert? To bad. MFP intentionally keeps this information from you. What if you want to leverage all the new AI chatbots to do a deep dive into your eating patterns? Ya, too bad there too. I can't believe this isn't talked about more.
That's an interesting point. What data would you like to see in an export function?
@@feast_good Thanks for your reply. In short, all of it. It's our data, we tirelessly keyed it in. Not providing it in a portable format is 'user lock-in' and a shady practice. I should point out that I have since learned you can infact get a 'printable report' from you food journal. But unfortunately it seems to be intentionally formatted in a way that would be very laborious for the use to do much with it other than read it. This only proves the data is in the system and easy to get at. Why not include that in the 'export' function? Again, seems shady to me. As users, and as RUclipsr's we need to demand better.
@@paulhetherington1626 You've given me a lot to think about. I'm going to ask some of these app companies what their process is for exporting data. I'll report back on what I find out.
@@feast_good Awesome. I would love to know that. I am looking for another long term solution, and that is now one of my top criteria. "Vendor Lock in" is a sign of a poor developer that can only keep customers by trapping them, not by earning their loyalty with a great product. Not something we should support.
Exporting data. Hmm all I want to export is the excess fat from my body and maintain. I’m good.
Lifesum seems to work okay. MFP was too spendy for me.
Lifesum is a good alternative for some people. I have Lifesum review on the channel. It just depends on what you value in a nutrition-tracking app.
I don't think their BMR calculations are correct.
On MyFitnessPal?
I regret to follow this advice. I actually miss my fitness pal and Spent more in macro subscription than on fitness pal.
What have you used other than MyFitnessPal?
@@feast_good Actually using MacroFactor