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VS MYFITNESSPAL

Forkin vs MyFitnessPal — the actual differences

MyFitnessPal set the bar for calorie diary depth. Forkin matches diary essentials (Apple Health and Health Connect sync, macro tracking, meal logging) and adds product enrichment, recall alerts, environmental scoring, EU jurisdiction, and a transparent donation programme — instead of US cloud hosting.

  • BasedUnited States (Francisco Partners portfolio)
  • HostedAmazon Web Services, United States (confirmed in privacy policy; EU data transferred to US)
  • Verified2026-05-12
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What we won't pretend

Where MyFitnessPal is stronger

Comparing yourself only to your own advantages is marketing, not honesty. Here is what MyFitnessPal genuinely does better than Forkin today — we'd rather you make the right call than pick us by default.

  • Food database scale: 14 million+ foods (with Cal AI integration heading toward 20 million), the largest catalogue of any nutrition app.
  • Macro and diary depth: highly granular calorie and macro tracking, intermittent fasting tracker, custom goals, and Premium+ meal planner — the category standard for diary-based tracking.
  • Ecosystem integrations: syncs with hundreds of fitness apps and wearables, grocery delivery services (Instacart, Walmart, Amazon Fresh), and 380+ restaurant chains.

Feature by feature

Side by side

Every row cites a public source. Rows we couldn't verify against a primary source are flagged — we'd rather mark them than guess.

Scanning

Barcode scanning

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Unlimited barcode scans on every tier

Free tier limited; Premium unlocks unlimited scanning

AR / depth meal scanner

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Depth-aware AR meal scanner — multi-second 3D scan, gram-level portion estimation

Photo meal logging (calorie estimation from photo); Cal AI integration adds photo-first tracking

Nutrition

Scoring methodology

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Forkin Score — proprietary 0–100 nutritional-quality composite built on the Nutri-Score 2023 v2 base, plus transparent penalties for NOVA processing group, additive toxicology risk (49% cap when any high-risk additive is present), and IARC cancer-risk flags for processed meat (Group 1) and red meat (Group 2A). Component breakdown visible per product; environmental score and plate breakdown shown as separate scores.

Calorie + macro tracking only; no independent product quality score

Pet-food scoring

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FEDIAF nutrient-adequacy scoring for dogs and cats by life stage

No dedicated pet-food scoring

Recipes

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Community recipes with ratings, reviews, forking, and per-recipe Nutri-Score + env scoring

Premium+: 1,500+ curated recipes from in-house dietitians

Recipe reviews & ratings

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5-star ratings, comments, and cook-log photos on every recipe

Curated recipes with no community ratings or cook-log photos

Meal plans

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Weekly meal plans wired to your diet, allergies, and pantry

Premium+: meal planner with grocery list sync; weekly plans

Shopping lists

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Shareable shopping lists with scan-to-tick in-store mode and pantry-aware swap suggestions

Premium+: Instacart-only on Android; Instacart, Walmart, Kroger, Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods on iOS

Apple Health / Health Connect sync

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Apple Health (iOS) and Health Connect (Android) two-way sync for diary entries

Apple Health (iOS) and Health Connect (Android); 350+ third-party app and wearable integrations

Exercise tracker

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Not in scope — Forkin focuses on what goes into the body, not workouts. Apple Health / Health Connect sync surfaces exercise data tracked elsewhere

Full exercise diary (cardio + strength) with 500+ exercises and calorie-burn calculations — free tier

Water tracker

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Not in scope — defer to Apple Health / Health Connect for water logging

Free: daily water intake logging synced to Health Connect

Intermittent fasting tracker

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No built-in fasting timer

Premium+: built-in intermittent-fasting timer and log

Voice cook mode

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Hands-free voice-controlled cook mode with audio-narrated steps

No voice-controlled cook mode documented

Sustainability

Environmental score

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0–100 environmental impact score (a–e grade) on every food product

'Eat Green' 14-day optional programme; no per-product environmental score

Data & coverage

Product catalogue

MFP has a larger absolute catalogue; Forkin trades raw count for enrichment depth (every product carries Nutri-Score, NOVA, env grade, allergens).

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4M+ enriched products (nutrition, environmental score, NOVA, allergens, dietary); top-50k cached offline for instant scans

14–20 million foods (own + crowdsourced + Nutritionix/branded)

Per-country recipe variants

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Same barcode, different recipe per country — tracked and surfaced to users in real time

No per-country variant handling

Prices & shop database

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2M+ shops globally (OpenStreetMap-sourced), user price submissions, AI receipt scanner

No price tracking or shop database

Product reviews

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User reviews and ratings on every scanned product

No user reviews per product

Open data approach

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Built on Open Food Facts; enrichments contributed back to the open ecosystem

Proprietary closed crowdsourced database; no open contribution programme to Open Food Facts or equivalent

Trust & safety

EU company & GDPR jurisdiction

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EU-registered company under GDPR enforcement; no US CLOUD Act exposure

US-headquartered (Francisco Partners portfolio); EU users represented by DataRep under GDPR Article 27

EU hosting & data residency

Privacy policy states data may be transferred to countries not certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

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100% renewable EU servers (Germany + Finland); data never leaves EU jurisdiction

Amazon Web Services, United States; EU user data transferred to the US under standard contractual clauses

Donation programme

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5–20% of net revenue donated to partner non-profits each quarter; members vote on causes; public transparency reports

No revenue-share donation programme documented

Recall alerts

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Push alerts for product recalls (US, Canadian, and French national agencies) matched against your scans and pantry

No product recall alert feature

Independence

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Independent EU company; no ads, no data brokering, no acquisition

Acquired by Under Armour (2015), then by Francisco Partners (2020). Cal AI acquired December 2025.

Pricing

Paid pricing

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Essential €4.99/mo (€29.99/yr) · Pro €11.99/mo (€74.99/yr) · Supporter & Champion mission tiers

Premium €79.99/yr · Premium+ €99.99/yr

Free-tier limits

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Free: unlimited scans, Nutri-Score + env grade, dietary flags, recall alerts, offline cache, anonymous mode

Free: basic diary + barcode scanner; ads shown; macro customisation limited

Platforms

Platforms

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iOS, Android, web (forkin.io)

iOS, Android, watchOS, Wear OS, web

Bibliography

Every claim, sourced

These are the primary URLs we used to verify each row on this page. If a row is wrong, send us the public source that contradicts it — hello@forkin.io.

  1. 01https://www.myfitnesspal.com/premium2026-05-11
  2. 02https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyFitnessPal2026-05-11
  3. 03https://www.myfitnesspal.com/privacy-policy2026-05-11
  4. 04https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/myfitnesspal-has-acquired-cal-ai-the-viral-calorie-app-built-by-teens/2026-05-11
  5. 05https://www.myfitnesspal.com/2026-05-11
  6. 06https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032271252-Where-does-MyFitnessPal-get-its-food-data2026-05-12
  7. 07https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reduce-your-foodprint-myfitnesspal-shares-eat-green-program-for-earth-month-301790183.html2026-05-11
  8. 08https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/10553948248973-Health-Connect-FAQ-and-Troubleshooting2026-05-12