Adra · Comparison
Adra vs MyFitnessPal.
MyFitnessPal is the biggest name in calorie tracking, and it has held that place for a long time. Adra is a small app from Hamburg that keeps everything on your phone. One is a subscription business with a vast database and a fitness ecosystem, the other a one-time purchase built around on-device recognition. The honest question is not which one wins, but which one fits your life. So this page lays out the verified facts, says plainly where each one leads, and leaves the decision to you.
The facts, side by side
Every row below comes from the two Play Store listings or the vendors' own pages, verified in October 2026. Where the exact wording matters, the words are quoted rather than paraphrased, and the sources are named at the bottom of the page.
| Adra | MyFitnessPal | |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Free, then €34.99 once. | Free tier. Premium is €49.99 per year or €9.99 per month. |
| Renewal | None. One payment. | Auto-renewing subscription with a 7-day free trial. |
| Account | No account exists. | Account-based. The diary is available across web, iPhone, and Android. |
| Ads in the free tier | None. | Yes. Their Play listing says "Contains ads". |
| Barcode scan | Free. | Premium-only, per their own comparison grid. |
| Photo recognition | On the phone. Photos are never uploaded. | Meal Scan and Voice Log are Premium features. |
| Data safety label on Play | No data collected. No data shared with third parties. | May share Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs. |
| Platforms | Android today. iOS planned. | Android, iPhone, web, and Wear OS. |
MyFitnessPal and Adra are both good at what they set out to do. They set out to do different things.
Where MyFitnessPal wins
It would be dishonest to pretend Adra matches MyFitnessPal everywhere. In several areas it does not come close, and those areas matter to a great many people. A comparison that only lists one side's strengths is an advertisement, not a comparison, so here is where MyFitnessPal clearly leads.
- Its food database is enormous. More than 20.5 million foods, including restaurant dishes, so almost anything you eat is already listed. If you eat out often or rely on regional products, that depth of coverage is the hardest thing to leave behind.
- It connects to more than 40 apps and devices, and it runs on iPhone, Android, web, and Wear OS. If your tracking has to meet a watch, a scale, or a desktop browser, it can. Adra does not have that reach, and it will not soon.
- It has a full fitness side with workouts, steps, and exercise calories, so food and training sit in one place. For anyone whose routine is built around training, that single view is genuinely valuable.
- It has been the default name in calorie tracking for years, with the tutorials, community answers, and shared experience that accumulate around a product that size. A head start that long is a real advantage, and it deserves respect.
Where Adra wins
None of these are features added on top. They are consequences of how the app is built. The recognition models run on the phone, the catalog ships inside the app, and there is no account server holding your diary. Privacy, offline use, and the one-time price all follow from the same set of choices.
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The photos never leave your phone.
Recognition runs on the phone's own chip, using models that ship inside the app. Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing to profile and nothing to breach. Every other decision in the app follows from this one.
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No account, no login.
There is nothing to sign up for, nothing to remember, and no company database of your diary. Accounts exist to sync and to track, and Adra does neither, so there is also no password to reset and no profile to leak.
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One payment instead of a renewal.
€34.99 once, or use the free version for as long as you like. No trial quietly converts into a subscription, and nothing renews in the background. The price is the price, and it does not come back next year.
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Barcode scanning is free.
In MyFitnessPal, the barcode scanner sits behind Premium. In Adra it is part of the free app, because the free tier is not a demo of the paid one. Scanning a package costs nothing.
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It works offline.
The AI and the food catalog live on the phone, so airplane mode changes nothing. The only online moment is an optional barcode lookup for packaged foods. Skip it, and the app never touches the network.
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No ads, ever.
Not in the free tier, not anywhere. Your diary is not an advertising surface, and no ad slot waits to appear later. MyFitnessPal's free tier carries ads, which is an honest way to fund a free product. Adra funds itself differently.
The math
MyFitnessPal Premium costs €9.99 per month or €49.99 per year, and it renews every time. On the yearly plan that is about €150 over three years and about €250 over five, and the meter keeps running after that, because a subscription has no finish line. The prices were checked in October 2026.
Adra is one payment of €34.99, and the free version needs no payment at all. There is no renewal date to remember and nothing that charges again. One is a meter, the other is a purchase. The full three-year and five-year comparison is on the no-subscription page, and the wider field of trackers is in the alternatives table.
What to expect
Photo macros are estimates. A picture cannot weigh a plate, so Adra offers a starting number and you confirm every value before it is saved. The app suggests, you decide, and nothing enters your diary until you agree.
Adra's catalog covers 247,065 foods offline. MyFitnessPal has more entries, including restaurant menus, and its web app works in a desktop browser. Adra is Android today, with iOS planned. Those are the trade-offs, stated plainly.
If you need the largest database, a desktop app, and a fitness ecosystem, MyFitnessPal is built for that, and it does it well. If you want your food data to stay on your phone, Adra is built for you. Neither choice is wrong. They answer different questions.
FAQ
Is Adra a replacement for MyFitnessPal?
It can be, if you want private, offline, photo-first tracking with one payment. It is not a clone. The food catalog is smaller and there is no web app.
Does Adra upload my photos?
No. Recognition runs on your phone's chip, and the app's Play data safety label reads No data collected.
Can I import my MyFitnessPal history?
There is no one-click importer today. You log by photo, barcode, label, or by hand, and the diary is yours from day one.
What happens to my MyFitnessPal subscription if I switch?
That is between you and MyFitnessPal. Cancel in Google Play before your renewal date if you decide to switch.
MyFitnessPal prices, features, and data labels were verified on Google Play and myfitnesspal.com in October 2026. They can change, so check before you decide.