[hurricanesugar]

Agreed, although the idea of MyFitnessPal being killed for a moment activated my long-held desire to build an alternative. MFP is bloated, locked down (without a premium subscription) and the UX lacks thoughtfulness in many painful ways (two examples: navigating between diary dates and viewing macronutrients per meal).

[Topgamer7]

I know there are at least 2 popular alternatives. My only real complaint of MFP is it takes like a full minute to start up. Don't know if its because I run adblock on my phone, and they have a long timeout to some metrics endpoint. But its a minor annoyance.

[Spivak]

I feel like $45/yr is basically nothing for an app I use constantly every day. Do those minutes not add up for you?

[Topgamer7]

Nah, I'm usually doing something else while I log. So I just pay attention to that for a minute. They already data mine my input I'm sure, as well as there are ads. I can find something better to spend $3 on per month.

[prostheticvamp]

I found it a significant enough annoyance to switch to a competitor. Getting into food logging requires low friction.

[artichikin]

There are lots of good alternatives. I've been bootstrapping my alternative tracker since 2011. Started as a hobby project back then but now at $2M ARR and growing.