Slate and MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal is a calorie counter with a very large global food database, including restaurant chains, free logging by search, and Premium features such as barcode, photo and voice logging, on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch and the web. Slate is a calorie journal for iPhone, built around Indian home food, with no login and no ads.
Side by side
| Slate | MyFitnessPal | |
|---|---|---|
| How you log food | Type a line the way you'd say it, in English or Hinglish. Barcode and label scanning are free; photo and voice logging come with Slate Plus. | Free: search the food database and create your own foods and recipes. Premium: barcode scan, meal scan from a photo and voice log (help centre). |
| Indian home food | Dishes are worked out from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values, then adjusted for your katori, roti, oil and chai. | No India-specific claim on the pages we checked. You can add homemade or local foods yourself. The App Store India listing says over 20.5 million foods. |
| Restaurant food | Outside food is counted with more oil and a bigger portion than home food. With Plus, share a Swiggy or Zomato order to log it. | Yes. Its database includes restaurant dishes from chains and local places (App Store India). |
| Free tier | Free forever: writing on Slate, your kitchen, scanning, macros and How we got this. Nothing free moves behind Plus. | Food and exercise logging, macros, goals, and your own foods and recipes. Barcode scan, meal scan, voice log and ad-free use are Premium (help centre). |
| Price in India | Free. Slate Plus is ₹399 a month or ₹2,999 a year, with 7 days free on yearly. | ₹619 a month or ₹3,099 a year on its Premium page, loaded from India (myfitnesspal.com). App Store India lists other amounts too. Premium+ India price not confirmed. |
| Login required | No. Slate creates an anonymous account on your phone. | Yes. Its website asks you to sign up for a free account (myfitnesspal.com). |
| Ads | No ads, no ad SDKs and no tracking. | Yes in the free version; ad-free use is a Premium feature (help centre). |
| Where data is stored | Mumbai, India. | Headquartered in the United States; its privacy policy says personal information may be transferred to the United States and other countries (privacy policy). |
| Coaching or sales calls | None. Slate never suggests a goal or a diet. | An AI nutrition coach for Premium members in six countries, not including India; no human coaching described (help centre). |
| Platforms | iPhone only (iOS 18 and later). | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android with Wear OS, and the web. |
Where Slate is different
- No login. There's no account to create and no email or phone number to give; Slate creates an anonymous account on your phone.
- No ads, no ad SDKs, no tracking, no coaches and no sales calls. Your Slate is stored in Mumbai, India, and you can export or delete all of it from Settings.
- Built around Indian kitchens. Home dishes are worked out from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values, then adjusted for your katori (150, 200 or 250 ml), your roti and your oil. Tap any number to see how it was worked out.
- Written the way you'd say it: "2 roti aur ek katori dal", "kam tel", "bina cheeni". If Slate can't recognise a line it counts it as zero rather than guessing.
- Free forever, with a public promise that nothing free today moves behind Plus. Slate never suggests a goal.
Where MyFitnessPal is a better fit
- You eat a lot of packaged, branded or chain-restaurant food. MyFitnessPal's database covers millions of foods, including restaurant chains.
- You use Android, the web or a Wear OS watch. Slate is iPhone only.
- You want free logging by search on several devices, including a computer.
- You like a community. MyFitnessPal has forums and lets you share your diary with friends.
Questions people ask
What's the difference between Slate and MyFitnessPal?
MyFitnessPal is a global calorie counter with a very large food database, ads in its free version and an account to sign up for, on many platforms. Slate is an iPhone calorie journal built around Indian home food, with no login and no ads.
Does MyFitnessPal have Indian food?
Its database is global and users can add their own foods, but we found no India-specific claim on its official pages. Slate works out Indian dishes from recipes in grams with IFCT 2017 values.
How much is MyFitnessPal Premium in India?
On 11 October 2026 its Premium page, loaded from India, showed ₹619 a month or ₹3,099 a year. Prices can change, so check its page.
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MyFitnessPal is a trademark of its owner. Slate is not affiliated with it. Details checked on 11 October 2026 and may have changed. Sources are linked in the table; the full list is kept with the date we checked each one.