Biokode vs MyFitnessPal: the biggest database vs the coach that crosses your data

What each one does, in one table

MyFitnessPal facts come from its plans page, its App Store listing and its press releases; Biokode facts from the app and our methodology.

Where MyFitnessPal wins

• The database: twenty million foods, local brands from half the world and dishes from restaurant chains. If you eat out often or buy unusual brands, you will find the exact entry more often than in Biokode.
• Free forever: manual logging with calories and macros costs nothing, in exchange for ads and no scanner.
• Integrations: 40+ trackers, scales and apps, plus Wear OS. If your ecosystem is unusual, MyFitnessPal probably already connects to it.
• Community and track record: twenty years of use, forums, shared recipes and a meal planner with a grocery list on Premium+.
• GLP-1 tracking: it logs how you feel on the medication, which Biokode does not have.

Where Biokode wins

• Micronutrients with a reference: 27, compared with EFSA values for your sex and age, not just the nine on the US label.
• Photo, voice and barcode included, not as a paid extra: logging takes seconds from day one.
• It crosses food with sleep and HRV: it tells you, from your own nights, what changes when you eat late or drink alcohol, and how confident it is.
• A plan that recalibrates itself: every week it compares your intake with your weight trend and adjusts your estimated expenditure in capped steps that you confirm.
• A coach that starts the conversation: Kodi opens and closes your day with your numbers; MyFitnessPal’s AI Coach answers when you ask.
• Data in the EU, no ads, and a lower yearly price than Premium.

Price: €59.99 vs €79.99 a year

MyFitnessPal can be used for free, with ads and manual logging. The barcode scanner, photo and voice come with Premium (€79.99 a year or €19.99 a month) and the meal planner with Premium+ (€99.99 a year or €24.99 a month), both with a 7-day trial. Biokode costs €59.99 a year (€5.00 a month) or €12.99 a month, with a 7-day trial on the annual plan, and has no free plan.

For €20 less a year than Premium, Biokode includes what costs money there (photo, voice, scanner) and adds what does not exist there (micronutrients against EFSA, the sleep and HRV cross, the adaptive plan). In exchange, you will search for some products MyFitnessPal would have and Biokode does not.

Who each one is for

• Choose MyFitnessPal if you want a free counter or the biggest database there is, if you often eat at restaurant chains or if your tracker only connects there.
• Choose Biokode if logging feels like a chore and you want it to take seconds, if you care about reaching your iron, magnesium or vitamin D against a serious reference, if you wear a wearable and want to know how what you eat relates to how you sleep, and if you prefer your data in Europe with no ads.
• Both are wellness tools: neither replaces a healthcare professional.

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