Adra · Comparison
Adra vs Yazio.
Both apps come from Germany, and both count calories and macros. That is roughly where the similarity ends. Yazio grew into a large European platform with recipes, meal plans, and fasting tools. Adra is a small app from Hamburg that keeps everything on your phone. They make very different promises about money, accounts, and data, so this page lays both out plainly. Neither one is cast as the wrong choice here.
The facts, side by side
Every row below comes from the two Play Store listings or yazio.com, verified in October 2026. Where Yazio's own wording matters, it is quoted, and the sources are named at the bottom of the page.
| Adra | Yazio | |
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| Price model | Free, then €34.99 once. No renewals. | Subscription with auto-renewal. Their checkout converts a free trial into a 12-month plan. Prices vary by country and offer. |
| Ads in the free tier | None. | Yes. Their Play listing says "Contains ads". |
| Sign-up | No account exists at all. | Their listing advertises "instant access with no sign-up required". |
| What the free tier covers | Every logging mode, today's meals, backup export. | The calorie diary, macros, and the food database. Pro adds meal plans, in-depth analysis, fasting tools, and an ad-free experience. |
| Data safety label on Play | No data collected. No data shared with third parties. | May share Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs. May collect Health and fitness data. |
| Platforms | Android today. iOS planned. | Android and iPhone, plus Apple Watch. |
Yazio lets you start without signing up. Adra has no sign-up to skip.
Where Yazio wins
Yazio is a mature product from Erfurt with a broad feature set, and in several areas it does more than Adra does. That is worth saying plainly, because a comparison that only lists one side's strengths is an advertisement, not a comparison. Where Yazio leads, it leads clearly.
- Cooking is built in. More than 2,900 recipes and full meal plans, so the app can help you decide what to eat, not only record what you ate. For anyone who wants that decision made easier, this is a real service, and Adra offers nothing like it.
- It has a fasting tracker and mood tracking, which Adra does not. If those tools are part of your routine, Yazio already has them, and Adra will not replace them.
- Fifty million downloads and a large, active European community mean there is shared experience to draw on for almost any question. A community that size is a kind of support a one-person app cannot offer.
- It supports Apple Watch and syncs with fitness trackers like Fitbit and Garmin, so activity data can sit next to the food log. If your training and your eating belong in one view, Yazio keeps them in one view.
Where Adra wins
Adra's advantages are not extras. They come from a smaller set of choices made on purpose. The recognition runs 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 that.
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The photo analysis stays on the phone.
Recognition runs on the device itself, using models that ship inside the app. There is no upload and no cloud profile of your meals, because the photo never leaves the phone it was taken on.
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No account at all.
Yazio advertises that you can start without signing up, and that is genuinely convenient. Adra goes one step further: no account exists, not even an optional one. There is no guest mode to outgrow and no prompt to create an account later.
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One payment instead of a yearly renewal.
No auto-renewal, and no trial that quietly becomes a 12-month plan. You pay once, or you stay on the free version, and nothing about that changes on its own.
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It works offline.
The AI and the whole food catalog live on the phone. The only online moment is an optional barcode lookup. Skip it, and the app never touches the network.
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No ads, ever.
Not in the free tier, not in the paid one. Your diary is not an advertising surface. Yazio's free tier carries ads, which is one way to fund an app. Adra chose a different one.
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The Play label says No data collected.
Yazio's label lists shared Location, Personal info, and Device IDs, and it may collect health and fitness data. Adra's label is short because there is nothing to report. Both labels are public on the store pages, and they speak for themselves.
The math
Yazio Pro is a subscription that renews. The exact number changes with country and offer, so their checkout is the place to check today's price. What does not change is the shape of the arrangement: whatever it costs this year returns next year, and the year after that. A subscription is a relationship with a renewal date, and the date always comes around.
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. The full three-year comparison is on the no-subscription page. The wider field of trackers is in the alternatives table.
What to expect
Adra does not plan meals for you and it does not track fasting. It counts what you eat, privately, and it does that one job well. Where Yazio offers a kitchen and a coach, Adra offers a quiet ledger.
Photo macros are estimates. A picture cannot weigh a plate, and you confirm every value. The app suggests, you decide, and nothing enters your diary until you agree.
If you want recipes, meal plans, and a fitness community, Yazio is a good home. If you want your food data to stay on your phone, Adra is built for you. Both are honest answers to different questions.
FAQ
Is Adra cheaper than Yazio?
Yazio's offers change often and its plans renew. Adra's free tier covers the whole logging loop, and €34.99 once ends the question.
Does Adra read German nutrition labels?
Yes. It recognizes German label words like Brennwert, Fett, and Kohlenhydrate, along with more than a dozen other languages.
Which app is more private?
The Play data labels make it concrete. Adra's Play label reads No data collected. Yazio's says the app may share Location, Personal info, and Device IDs, and may collect health and fitness data.
Yazio features and data labels were verified on Google Play and yazio.com in October 2026. Prices vary by country and offer. Check before you decide.