The Best Yazio Alternatives in 2026: 5 Apps Compared
Published: October 3, 2026 · Furkan Mert Fındıklı · 10 min read
Short answer: There is no single best Yazio alternative — the right one depends on why you are leaving. MyFitnessPal has the largest food database, Lifesum the most polished diet plans, Cronometer the deepest vitamin and mineral tracking, and Lose It! a simple, budget-friendly logger with barcode scanning in the free tier. If you want calories, hydration and GPS workouts in one app and would rather say your meal than search for it, the strongest alternative is Suu: the run you record and the meal you log update your daily water goal automatically. If intermittent fasting and recipes are what you use most, staying on Yazio is a reasonable choice.
The 5 best Yazio alternatives in 2026
Ranked not by feature count but by the reason you are leaving Yazio. All five count calories and macros correctly; the differences are how fast you can log a meal and how much the app knows about the rest of your day — what you drank and how you trained.
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Suu — best if you want calories, water and workouts in one app
Free on iOS and Android. Say or type your meal — “two eggs, a slice of toast and a flat white” — and the AI extracts calories, protein, carbs and fat in seconds, and logs the coffee as a drink as well. On Premium you can simply photograph the plate. The real difference from Yazio is integration: Suu tracks 91 beverages with their own hydration factor, records runs, walks and rides live with GPS on a map, and the three feed each other — a logged run raises your water goal, a salty or protein-heavy meal adds digestion water. The free tier includes three AI analyses a day, and the Apple Watch app is free too. Honest limits: the branded-food database is smaller than MyFitnessPal's, and there is no recipe library or fasting timer. Get Suu free →
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MyFitnessPal — best food database, still
The largest food and restaurant database in the category by a wide margin, built from millions of user entries. If you eat out a lot or buy many packaged products, nothing else finds your item as reliably. The costs: barcode scanning moved from the free tier to Premium, many entries are community-sourced and unverified, and water tracking is a plain cup counter. A sensible move if you want to swap Yazio's recipe-first approach for a data-first one. Head-to-head: Suu vs MyFitnessPal.
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Lifesum — best if you used Yazio for its plans
Swedish-made and the most visually polished app on this list, built around lifestyle plans — keto, high-protein, intermittent fasting — with a rating system that grades the food you log. If plans were the reason you used Yazio, Lifesum will feel the most familiar. Most of the experience requires Premium, and its macro and micronutrient depth does not approach Cronometer's.
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Cronometer — best for micronutrient precision
The serious choice if you track vitamins and minerals rather than just calories: verified data sources instead of crowd-sourced entries and 80+ micronutrients at gram level. Popular for clinical or protocol-driven tracking, and its free tier is generous. The interface is dense, there is no voice or photo logging, and it can feel too technical if all you want is a daily calorie number.
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Lose It! — best simple, budget-friendly logger
A long-running US calorie counter with a straightforward interface, a large food database weighted towards American products and barcode scanning that stays in the free tier. Challenges with friends add some accountability. Fasting and more advanced planning sit behind Premium, hydration is basic, and it does not record GPS workouts itself — you would still pair it with a separate running app.
Why do people look for a Yazio alternative? Credit where it is due: Yazio is a good app. It is built in Erlangen, Germany, it is well localized, and its intermittent-fasting tracker and recipe library are among the best in the category. Most people who switch are not leaving a bad app; their needs have changed.
The sticking points usually fall into three groups: most recipes and plans sit behind PRO; logging a meal still means searching and entering grams; and water and exercise live apart from your calories. In Yazio, water is a basic counter — you see the same goal on the day you run 10 km and on the day you sit at a desk. As we explain in how to stick with calorie counting, that friction is exactly what makes people quit.
The table below sets those three issues next to the areas where Yazio is strong. If you only want to compare the two apps, read Suu vs Yazio.
Yazio vs the alternatives: full feature comparison
| Feature | Suu | Yazio | MyFitnessPal | Lifesum | Cronometer | Lose It! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calories and macros | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Log a meal by voice in plain language | ✓ | ✗ | Limited | Limited | ✗ | Limited |
| Photo calorie analysis | ✓ Premium | Limited | Premium | Limited | ✗ | Limited |
| Drink-specific hydration factor (coffee, tea, soda…) | ✓ 91 beverages | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Water goal adapts to workouts, weather and meals | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Live GPS workout recording with route map | ✓ ~50 activities | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Apple Watch app | ✓ Free: water, voice meals, GPS workouts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | ✗ | ✓ Strong | Limited | ✓ | ✓ | Premium |
| Recipes and meal plans | ✗ | ✓ Strong (mostly PRO) | ✓ | ✓ | Limited | Limited |
| Food database | Smaller | Large | ✓ Largest | Medium | Verified, narrower | Large, US-focused |
| Micronutrient depth | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | ✓ Best in class | Medium |
| Friends leaderboard and streaks | ✓ Weekly leaderboard, streaks, pet | ✗ | Community | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Challenges |
| What the free tier keeps | Water, GPS workouts, 3 AI analyses/day | Basic logging; recipes and plans PRO | Basic logging; barcode Premium | Limited | ✓ Generous | ✓ Barcode included |
Why isn't Yazio's water tracking enough? How Suu's goal changes
In Yazio, water is a counter you tap through the day. But your fluid needs are not fixed: a 45-minute run, a 35 °C day or a salty dinner all change them. And not every drink counts as much as water.
In Suu the goal updates live. A 200 ml filter coffee counts as 160 ml of water at a factor of 0.8, black tea at 0.9, milk at 0.9. Cola is different: it counts at 0.6 and every 10 g of sugar raises your goal by 100 ml, because processing sugar takes extra water. And the moment a GPS run ends, the extra fluid you need is added to your goal.
- Weather: your daily goal rises automatically as the temperature climbs.
- Exercise: a workout recorded in Suu, or read from Apple Health / Health Connect, becomes extra fluid need.
- Meals: a meal high in protein and sodium adds the water needed for digestion.
- Suu Index: one 0–100 score that shows how well hydrated your day really was.
Curious about your own number? Start with the free water calculator, then get Suu free to watch the goal move through the day. The full 91-drink list is part of Premium; on the free plan, water and sparkling water are logged directly and other drinks by telling Suu AI.
Why does logging take so long? Voice and photo calorie tracking
The number one reason people stop counting calories is boredom: searching for every food, picking the right entry, guessing the grams. Research consistently shows that people who keep a food log lose more weight; the hard part is keeping it going for weeks.
In Suu you log a meal in one sentence: “Half a chicken burrito and a can of Diet Coke for lunch.” The AI separates the food from the drink and records calories, macros and the drink's hydration contribution at once. On Premium you just photograph the plate. Speech is converted to text by your phone's operating system — the audio is never sent to Suu's servers — and meal photos are not stored permanently.
Free plan: three AI analyses a day (voice or text). Premium: photo analysis and unlimited analyses — try it free for 3 days. More detail: how voice logging works · photo calorie counting · how accurate AI calorie apps are
Which Yazio alternative also tracks runs and workouts?
In Yazio you enter workouts by hand or import them from a health app; it does not record your run with GPS itself. That is why many people end up running Yazio next to a separate running app and a separate water app — three apps, three goals that know nothing about each other.
Suu records about 50 activities. For runs, walks and rides you get live GPS tracking: distance, time, pace and average speed update during the workout, elevation shows on rides, and the route is drawn on the map when you finish. As soon as you stop, the calories burned go into your daily balance and the extra fluid need goes into your water goal. With an Apple Watch you can record the same workout from your wrist using the watch's GPS and live heart rate — and the Apple Watch app works fully on the free plan.
Comparing running apps? See Suu vs Strava, or our round-up of calorie counters that also track exercise.
Switching from Yazio to Suu: your data, pricing and privacy
The easiest way to keep your history is Apple Health (iPhone) or Google Health Connect (Android). Both Yazio and Suu work with them, and Suu syncs in both directions — it reads and writes your calorie and water data.
Our suggestion: make sure health sync is switched on in Yazio, then install Suu and grant the same permission. Running both in parallel for the first week is sensible too — Suu's free plan is a permanent plan, not a time-limited trial.
- Pricing: monthly, yearly and family (up to 3 people) Premium plans, shown automatically in your local currency, with a 3-day free trial.
- Privacy: no ad tracking, no data sharing with third parties, and meal photos are not stored permanently.
- Independent team: Suu is built by a small independent team of two in Istanbul — founder Furkan Mert Fındıklı and developer Mert Öz.
- Giving back: 2% of Premium revenue goes to the Africa water well donation programme.
See what Premium includes, or download directly: App Store · Google Play
Verdict: which Yazio alternative is right for you?
If intermittent fasting and recipes are your priority: stay with Yazio — it is still the strongest app on this list for both. Lifesum is the closest alternative.
If you want the largest food database: MyFitnessPal, despite barcode scanning moving to Premium.
If vitamins and minerals matter: Cronometer.
If you want a simple logger with free barcode scanning: Lose It!.
If you want calories, water and exercise in one app, logged by voice: Suu. Of the apps we compared, it is the only one that counts water with a drink-specific factor, records your runs with GPS itself and ties both to your calorie balance.
Calories, water and workouts — in one app
Free on iOS and Android · 3 free AI analyses a day · Premium free for 3 days
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Yazio?
It depends on why you are leaving. For calories plus water and GPS workouts in one app, Suu; for the largest food database, MyFitnessPal; for ready-made diet plans, Lifesum; for micronutrients, Cronometer; for a simple logger with free barcode scanning, Lose It!. If fasting and recipes are your priority, staying on Yazio is reasonable.
Is Yazio free?
Yazio is free to download and basic calorie tracking is in the free tier, but most recipes and plans require PRO. Suu's free plan is not time-limited: water tracking, GPS exercise tracking and three AI analyses a day stay free permanently.
Is there an app like Yazio that also tracks water properly?
In most calorie apps water is a simple cup counter. Suu counts 91 beverages with their own hydration factor and updates your daily water goal through the day based on your workouts, the weather and what you eat. The full drink list is part of Premium; on the free plan, water and sparkling water are logged directly and other drinks by telling Suu AI.
How do I move my data from Yazio to another app?
The most practical route is Apple Health on iPhone or Google Health Connect on Android. Turn on health sync in both apps and your calorie and water data stays in the system; Suu syncs in both directions. Using both apps in parallel for a week makes the switch easier.
I do intermittent fasting. Is Suu useful for me?
Suu has no separate fasting timer, and Yazio and Lifesum are stronger there. But every meal in Suu is logged with its time and shown on your day's timeline, and you can track the water you drink during your fasting window. Many people keep a fasting timer elsewhere and track water, calories and exercise in Suu.
Does Suu work on Apple Watch, with Siri and with widgets?
Yes. With Suu's Apple Watch app you add water from your wrist, log a meal by voice (the calorie analysis finishes in Suu on your iPhone) and record walks, runs, hikes and rides with the watch's GPS and live heart rate. Water and workouts are saved on the watch even when your iPhone isn't nearby and sync later. On iPhone there are Home Screen widgets in three sizes (small, medium, large) and Lock Screen widgets — on iOS 17 and later you add water from the Home Screen widget with one tap — plus Live Activities and Dynamic Island. Adding water by voice with Siri (up to 3 custom phrases) is part of Premium. Android has a home-screen widget. There are no watch-face complications. The Apple Watch app works fully on the free plan.
References
- Burke LE et al. — Self-monitoring in weight loss: a systematic review of the literature. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011
- Review on the role of dietary self-monitoring in weight management (PMC)
- NHS — Understanding calories
- NHS — Water, drinks and your health
- EFSA — Scientific opinion on dietary reference values for water
- MyFitnessPal — Introducing the enhanced Meal Scan feature
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