MyFitnessPal Alternatives for Weight Tracking Only (2026)

If you want a MyFitnessPal alternative for weight tracking only, you're probably opening the app for one thing these days: to type in this morning's weight. The food diary that used to get three entries a day sits untouched. That's a reasonable place to end up. Plenty of people count calories for a few months, learn roughly what a portion looks like, and then stop.

The question is whether an app built around food logging is still the right home for your weight. Sometimes it is. Often a smaller, focused tracker does the weight part better. (For the full field of trackers, see our guide to the best weight tracking apps for iPhone.)

A quick disclosure before the tables. This comparison was written by the team that makes Periscope, a free weight tracker for iPhone, and Periscope is one of the apps below. We researched every app from its App Store listing, official website and help pages, plus Apple's own documentation, in October 2026. We didn't use every app day to day for weeks, so where a source doesn't say something, we've written "Not stated" instead of guessing. Prices are from the US App Store and change often.

What does MyFitnessPal do for weight tracking?

MyFitnessPal lets you log your weight once a day and view your history on a chart, without logging any food. Its help center says you can record weight and other measurements "once daily", either from the Progress card or the blue "+" button, and you can change the time frame of the history view.

MyFitnessPal's own advice is to weigh once a week, "ideally in the same circumstances each time", because "your weight can fluctuate quite a bit from day to day." That's sensible for a raw chart. If you'd rather weigh daily, the usual fix for fluctuation is a smoothed trend line, and we couldn't find one described in MyFitnessPal's listing or help pages.

It also has progress photos. You can attach a photo to a weigh-in from Weight & Measurements; the photo is cropped square and saved in your MyFitnessPal account, so it follows you to other devices. We couldn't confirm a side-by-side or slider comparison of two photos.

Weight logging doesn't appear in the Premium feature list on its App Store page, so it's part of the free app. Premium ($19.99 a month or $79.99 a year as listed in October 2026) adds faster food logging, custom macro goals and ad-free logging, so the free version shows ads.

When is MyFitnessPal still worth keeping?

Food. MyFitnessPal's listing describes a database of more than 20.5 million foods, including restaurant dishes, and the app has been the default calorie counter for many people for years. If there's any chance you'll go back to logging meals, the history you've built there has value.

It also has an Apple Watch app, connects to more than 40 trackers and health apps by its own count, and syncs weight with Apple Health in both directions. None of the focused trackers below has a Watch app.

If you weigh weekly, like having everything in one account and don't mind the ads, keeping MyFitnessPal is fine. The reasons to move are specific.

Why switch to a weight-only app?

People who leave usually want one of these:

• A trend line. Daily weighing is easier to live with when an app smooths out water and salt swings. Our explainer on trend weight covers why.
• More than one weigh-in a day, or more flexibility than a once-daily entry.
• Photos you can compare side by side, rather than only attach.
• A lighter app. Something that opens straight to your weight, without a food diary in the way.
• No ads and no food prompts on an app you open for ten seconds.

How we compared

We checked each app against the same questions, using its App Store page and official site or help center:

1. Price on the US App Store in October 2026, and what's behind a paywall.
2. Account. Do you have to sign up before logging a weight?
3. Trend line. Does the app smooth daily readings, or just plot them?
4. Progress photos, and whether you can compare two.
5. Apple Health and Apple Watch.
6. Food logging, for the calorie apps only.

What are the best MyFitnessPal alternatives for weight tracking?

For weight only: Periscope, Happy Scale, Weigh In and Weight Diary. If you think you'll log food again: Lose It!, Cronometer or MacroFactor.

Weight-focused trackers, with MyFitnessPal for reference:

Calorie counters, if you think you'll log food again:

Which weight-only apps can replace MyFitnessPal?

Periscope: best free pick for weight, photos and trend

Best for: people who want their weight, progress photos and a trend line in one free app, with no food tracking at all.

Periscope is the app we make, so read this with that in mind. Coming from MyFitnessPal, the first differences you'd notice are the ones that fix its weight-tracking gaps. There's no once-a-day limit, so a morning and evening weigh-in both count. Instead of a raw chart, the Reports tab smooths your weigh-ins into a trend line and gives you weekly, monthly and yearly cards with your rate of change, lowest weigh-in, an optional goal line and BMI once you add your height (the BMI calculator shows the healthy range for your height). The Home chart still shows the raw dots, with your average change per week.

Photos go further than attaching one to a weigh-in: each entry can hold two, and you can compare any pair with a before/after slider or animate them with Play. Our guide to taking progress photos covers lighting and poses. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (iOS 17 or later) show your trend and goal progress. Apple Health sync brings in new weigh-ins each time you open it, which is also how your MyFitnessPal history can come across. There are no ads, no food prompts and nothing to buy, and weights, photos and notes are stored on your phone.

What to know: you need Sign in with Apple to create an account, and our server keeps your account details (email or Apple ID and name). It's iPhone only, with no data export, Apple Watch app, sync between devices or food logging.

Happy Scale: best for predictions

Best for: daily weighers who want the app to forecast when they'll hit a goal.

Happy Scale has been around since 2012 and is built on a moving average, with predictions of future weight, milestone goals and event dates. Its privacy policy says health data is stored on your device by default. It syncs weights with Apple Health if you opt in.

What to know: progress photos aren't mentioned on its listing or site, and it has no Apple Watch app. Deluxe costs $1.99 a month, $11.99 a year or $39.99 lifetime. We compare the two directly in Periscope vs Happy Scale.

Where it beats Periscope: goal-date predictions, no account, CSV export and an iPad version.

Weigh In: best free, no-account option

Best for: logging weight and nothing else, with nothing collected.

Weigh In is close to the opposite of MyFitnessPal: no food, no account, no ads and nothing to buy. You get a weight log with notes, a target, reminders and adjustable graphs. The developer's privacy policy says your data stays on your device, and you can move your history in or out as a CSV file. It syncs weights with Apple Health.

What to know: no progress photos, no Apple Watch app, and the listing doesn't describe trend smoothing.

Where it beats Periscope: no account, and CSV import and export.

Weight Diary: best one-time purchase

Best for: a proper trend line without a subscription or account.

Weight Diary fills MyFitnessPal's biggest weight gap, a trend line through the daily ups and downs, and adds a rate of loss and an estimated date for your target. It also handles body fat, notes, Withings and Fitbit scales, Apple Health and Face ID, with backup, import and export. According to its privacy policy, data stays on your device or in your own iCloud backup.

What to know: it costs $7.99 up front, needs iOS 18, and has no progress photos or Watch app. The free Weight Diary Lite is a separate app with fewer features.

Where it beats Periscope: no account, data export and an iPad version.

What if you might count calories again?

If you've paused food logging rather than quit it, switching calorie apps might make more sense than switching to a weight-only tracker. Our weight tracker vs calorie counter guide covers when each approach earns its time.

Lose It!

Lose It! gives you a calorie budget and a weight loss schedule from your goal, with food logging by search, voice or photo (photo and voice logging and barcode scanning are Premium). Its listing describes a database of over 56 million items and recipes and an Apple Watch app. Weight logging isn't listed among its Premium features. Note that its listing puts fitness app syncs, including HealthKit, under Premium, so check that before relying on a smart scale. Progress photos and trend smoothing aren't stated. As of October 2026, Premium is typically $39.99 a year.

Cronometer

Cronometer's strength is nutrient detail: its listing describes more than 1.1 million verified foods, and the free tier includes barcode scanning. You log weight as a "biometric", and its own guide to weight tracking describes a weight chart and a weight goal that gives you a rate of change and a forecasted goal date. Trend smoothing and progress photos aren't mentioned. It has an Apple Watch app and Apple Health sync. Gold is $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year as of October 2026.

MacroFactor

MacroFactor is the calorie app most built around trend weight. Its "Weight Trend" smooths daily readings and feeds the expenditure estimate it uses to adjust your targets. It also has progress photos with a side-by-side view, widgets and an Apple Watch app that shows scale and trend weight. There's no free tier after the 7-day trial, you need an account, and data lives in its cloud.

Where these beat Periscope: all three log food and have Apple Watch apps, and because your data lives in an account, it follows you to a new phone. MacroFactor also matches Periscope's trend line and photo comparison in one app, if you're willing to pay.

Which MyFitnessPal alternative should you pick?

If you've stopped counting and want a simple weight tracker, we'd start with Periscope: it's free with no ads, it turns daily weigh-ins into a trend with reports and BMI, and it lets you compare progress photos with a slider. It also syncs with Apple Health, which is how your MyFitnessPal weigh-ins can come across. Weigh In and Weight Diary are better if you want no account or a spreadsheet export, and Happy Scale if you want a goal-date forecast. Start with what you actually do each morning:

• You weigh in and occasionally take a photo, and want it free: Periscope.
• You want no account at all: Weigh In (free) or Weight Diary ($7.99 once).
• You want a forecast of your goal date: Happy Scale.
• You need an Apple Watch app: stay with MyFitnessPal, or try Cronometer, Lose It! or MacroFactor. None of the weight-only apps here has one.
• You'll log food again within a few months: keep MyFitnessPal, or move to MacroFactor if a smoothed trend matters to you.
• You need your data in a spreadsheet: Weigh In (CSV), Weight Diary or Happy Scale (CSV).

Not counting calories doesn't mean flying blind, by the way. A weight trend that slopes down over a few weeks tells you you're in a deficit; how to know you're in a calorie deficit without counting explains how to read it.

One caution that applies to any tracker: frequent weighing and photos help many people but not everyone. If they make you anxious, or you have a history of disordered eating, skip them. The National Eating Disorders Association has support if you need it.

How do you move your weight history out of MyFitnessPal?

Go through Apple Health. In MyFitnessPal, open More, then Settings, Sharing & Privacy, HealthKit Sharing, and allow weight. MyFitnessPal's help center says weight then updates in both directions between the app and Health. Then turn on Apple Health in your new tracker and allow access to weight.

Before you delete anything, scroll back through the new app and check that last year's entries arrived, not only this week's. MyFitnessPal's help page says it can't pull historical data from Health, and it doesn't say whether older weigh-ins get written to Health when you first connect. If they don't appear, your history is still in your MyFitnessPal account, so there's no rush to close it. Our Apple Health weight tracking guide covers permissions and duplicate readings.

Sources

1. MyFitnessPal on the App Store
2. MyFitnessPal Help. How do I record my weight and other measurements?
3. MyFitnessPal Help. How often should I record my weight and other measurements?
4. MyFitnessPal Help. Progress Photos FAQs
5. MyFitnessPal Help. Apple Health FAQ and Troubleshooting
6. Periscope on the App Store
7. Happy Scale on the App Store and privacy policy
8. Weigh In on the App Store and privacy policy
9. Weight Diary on the App Store and privacy policy
10. Lose It! on the App Store
11. Cronometer on the App Store and Cronometer, How To: Track Weight on Cronometer
12. MacroFactor on the App Store