Head to head · verified September 2026
MyNetDiary vs Noom
Which one is better, where they differ, what each costs, and whether a third app beats both. Every answer below comes from feature and pricing data we checked in September 2026.
Which is better, MyNetDiary or Noom?
MyNetDiary covers more of what we track: two things Noom either lacks or keeps behind its paywall, including barcode scanner and micronutrient tracking. Noom is still the better pick for people wanting coaching and accountability.
Is MyNetDiary or Noom cheaper?
MyNetDiary, at $59.99 a year against $209.00 - 3.5× the price. MyNetDiary has a free tier; Noom does not.
What is the difference between MyNetDiary and Noom?
On the features we verified for both, barcode scanner (included with MyNetDiary, behind the paywall on Noom); micronutrient tracking (MyNetDiary has it, Noom does not). Everything else on the list, they both do.
How do I get my food log out of MyNetDiary or Noom?
Both let you export to CSV, though some gate it behind their paid tier. What moves to another app is narrower than people expect: weight and workouts carry over through Apple Health or Health Connect, but the food diary does not. No tracker in this category can import another's, Nutrify included. You can still read your own export: our export viewer parses it in your browser, with nothing uploaded, and shows your logging consistency, macro split and most-logged foods.
Open the export viewerIs there a better alternative to MyNetDiary and Noom?
Depends what is missing for you. Nutrify logs six ways (photo, barcode, nutrition label, voice, text, or in the aisle) and keeps fasting, water, supplements and measurements on one timeline, for $34.99 a year on a single tier. It is also younger than both, with far fewer reviews behind it.
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The short version
MyNetDiary is the cheaper of the two at $59.99 a year against $209.00 - 3.5× the price.
MyNetDiary has a free tier; Noom does not.
Where MyNetDiary wins
- Barcode scanner - included with MyNetDiary, behind the paywall on Noom
- Micronutrient tracking - MyNetDiary has it, Noom does not
Where Noom wins
Nothing on the tracked feature list that MyNetDiary does not also do. The difference between these two is price, data quality and how they feel to use rather than a feature gap.
Feature by feature
Nutrify is in the third column because this is our site and it would be odd to pretend otherwise. Judge it on the same rows.
| Feature | MyNetDiary | Noom | Nutrify |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI photo logging | Premium only | No free tier | |
| Voice logging | Basic free, AI Premium Plus | No free tier | |
| Barcode scanner | No free tier | ||
| Micronutrient tracking | Up to 108 | 37, opt-in (BETA) | |
| Intermittent fasting | Not verified | ||
| Water tracking | |||
| Meal planning | |||
| Recipes | |||
| Exercise tracking | |||
| Progress analytics | |||
| Apple Health sync | |||
| No ads | Not verified | ||
| Price per year | $59.99 | $209.00 | $34.99 |
A dash means we have not verified that cell for that app rather than that the feature is missing. Checked September 2026.
The pitch and the reports
What each one claims, and what people say after living with it.
MyNetDiary
What MyNetDiary says
- "The Best Free Calorie Tracker for Most People" - a genuinely capable free tier with no ads and no account required
- Up to 108 nutrients per entry from a staff-verified database, with thousands of foods reviewed daily
- A dedicated GLP-1 companion covering medication, symptoms and trends
What users praise
- 4.6/5 on Trustpilot with 85% five-star, and reviews that are detailed and from multi-year users
- Strong international food and barcode coverage
- The free tier is genuinely useful rather than a demo
What users complain about
- The interface is dense and visually dated next to newer apps
- Sync gaps with Apple Health and partner platforms
- Auto-renewal surprises, with no in-app subscription management
Our read
The closest thing to a direct answer to us, and it beats us on the things it claims: a real free tier, 108 nutrients against our 37, and verified data. We are better on speed of logging, on interface, and on covering 15 languages with Ramadan, Navratri and Lent modes. Its AI sits on a second paid tier above the one you already bought; ours does not.
Vendor claims from their own marketing; user themes from store reviews and community discussion, weighted to 2025–2026. Verified September 2026.
Noom
What Noom says
- Psychology-based behaviour change rather than calorie counting
- A personal coach and a structured daily curriculum
- Built around why you eat, not just what
What users praise
- The curriculum is genuinely well built and changes how some people think about food
- Structured daily lessons create a habit where a bare log does not
What users complain about
- Billing and cancellation are the single most common complaint. Noom paid a $62M settlement over claims it pushed users from "risk-free" trials into hard-to-cancel renewals
- Coaching quality: users report generic, seemingly templated responses rather than the personal coach advertised
- The food database has gaps and inaccuracies
- No free tier, and plans run to roughly $209 a year
Where the pitch and the reports pull apart
The widest gap in the category. Noom markets human coaching and personal attention; the recurring user report is templated replies and a subscription that is easier to start than to stop.
Our read
If the behaviour-change curriculum is what you want, nothing here replaces it. Nutrify has no coach and no lessons. But if you are paying $209 a year mainly to log food, you are paying for a programme you are not using.
Vendor claims from their own marketing; user themes from store reviews and community discussion, weighted to 2025–2026. Verified September 2026.
What each is actually like
MyNetDiary
Staff-Verified Food Data with a Genuinely Free Tier
Strengths
- • The strongest free tier in the category - barcode scanning, macros and water tracking with no ads and no account required
- • Up to 108 nutrients per entry, more than any mainstream tracker
- • Staff-verified database rather than crowd-sourced, with 2,500-3,500 foods reviewed daily
- • Dedicated GLP-1 companion: medication and injection logging, symptom tracking, meal plans and trend charts
Trade-offs
- • AI features are split across two paid tiers - Meal Scan, AI Coach, Menu Scan and full voice logging need Premium Plus
- • Interface is dense and dated next to newer apps
- • No intermittent fasting timer surfaced in its own marketing
- • English-first; nothing like Nutrify's 15-language coverage or Ramadan/Navratri/Lent eating modes
Noom
Psychology-Based Weight Loss Program
Strengths
- • Psychology-based coaching program
- • Personal coach support
- • Educational content and lessons
- • Color-coded food system (green, yellow, red)
Trade-offs
- • Very expensive subscription
- • No free tier at all - Scan Meal and Describe Meal need a subscription
- • Heavy focus on psychology over nutrition accuracy
- • Limited technical features
Leaving either one
How do you actually get your data out?
The question that keeps people on an app they have stopped liking is what happens to their history. Short version: your weight and workouts move with you through Apple Health or Health Connect, your food diary does not, and no tracker in this category can import another's. Nutrify included. You can still read your own export, though, and that is worth doing either way.
Leaving MyNetDiary
MyNetDiary gates export behind its paid tier. Use The food diary CSV. Your logged foods with dates, meals and nutrient columns. MyNetDiary tracks up to 108 nutrients, so exports can be wide. Anything matching our catalog is mapped and the rest is listed as unmapped.
Leaving Noom
We have not written up Noom's export flow yet. The switching guide covers what carries over regardless of which app you are leaving.
What transfers and what you give upThe export viewer runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. It shows your logging consistency, macro split, weekday-versus-weekend pattern and most-logged foods, which is more than either app shows you about your own data.
A third option
If neither one is quite it
Nutrify logs a meal six ways (photo, barcode, nutrition label, voice, text, or Shop Mode in the aisle) and keeps fasting, water, supplements, a photo journal and body measurements on the same timeline. One subscription at $34.99 a year covers all of it, with nothing gated feature by feature. It is newer than both of these and has far fewer reviews, which is the honest trade.