Best nutrition apps for lifters (2026)

We make Siloh. Here's how we judged:

1. Macro targets that adapt. Does the app adjust your numbers as your weight and intake change?
2. Logging speed and accuracy. How quickly can you log, and how trustworthy is the data?
3. Training-day eating. Can targets or meals differ between training days and rest days?
4. Free tier and price. What you get for nothing, and what the paid tier costs.
5. Platforms. iPhone, Android and web.

Comparison table

1. MacroFactor

Best for: lifters who want their calorie and macro targets to adjust on their own through a cut or a bulk.

• Pros: Estimates your energy expenditure from logged intake and weight trends, then updates your macro plan every week. Adjustments are adherence-neutral, so they're based on what you actually ate rather than how closely you followed the plan. A separate MacroFactor Workouts app covers training.
• Cons: No free version, and the company says there never will be. It logs food but doesn't plan meals for you, and there's no desktop version yet.
• Price: $11.99 a month, $47.99 every six months or $71.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. A yearly bundle with MacroFactor Workouts is $89.99.

2. Cronometer

Best for: lifters who care about data accuracy and micronutrients as much as protein.

• Pros: The free Basic plan includes a barcode scanner and custom macro and micronutrient targets, and tracks up to 84 nutrients. Gold adds the Macro Scheduler, which sets different macro targets by day of the week, so you can match heavy days and rest days on a fixed split.
• Cons: Gold is the ad-free tier, and free reports are limited to a 7-day window. It's a tracker, not a meal planner, so you still decide what to eat.
• Price: Free. Gold is $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year.

3. Siloh

Best for: lifters who want food planned around their program, not just counted.

Siloh is a nutrition and training app that plans your meals and your workouts as one system, so training days and rest days eat differently. Siloh Pro builds an AI lifting program matched to your goal, experience and equipment, then plans your meals around it and adapts after a skipped session.

• Pros: Training-day and rest-day fueling, an AI coach you can ask what to eat or how to train, and restaurant recommendations that fit your plan. The free tier has no paywall on logging, recipes or grocery lists. Syncs with Apple Health and Whoop.
• Cons: The planning and AI features need Pro. iPhone only for now, with Android coming soon. It's a newer app (launched July 30, 2026), so it has fewer reviews and less track record than MacroFactor or Cronometer.
• Price: Free. Siloh Pro has a 7-day free trial, then $19.99 a month or $149.99 a year.

4. MyFitnessPal

Best for: lifters who want the biggest food database and already use it with a watch or tracker.

• Pros: A food database of over 20 million items, and syncs with devices such as Apple, Fitbit and Garmin. Available on iPhone, Android and the web.
• Cons: The barcode scanner is a paid feature, and user-submitted entries can be inconsistent, so you may need to check numbers. Targets don't change for training days.
• Price: Free to log. Premium is $79.99 a year. Premium+ (adds the meal planner) is $99.99 a year or $24.99 a month.

How to choose

If your main question is "how much should I eat this week," MacroFactor answers it best. If you want precise data and a solid free tier, use Cronometer, and add Gold if you want different targets on lifting days. If you want the app to decide what you eat around your sessions and write the program too, try Siloh Pro. If you already have years of history in MyFitnessPal, staying put is reasonable.