Best Noom Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Cheaper)

Noom made weight loss apps feel different. Instead of only counting calories, it wraps food logging in daily psychology lessons, color-coded foods and coaching, with the goal of changing habits rather than just numbers.

The catch is the price. Noom is a subscription program, and it costs noticeably more than a typical calorie counter. If you are looking for a Noom alternative, you probably want one of two things: the same results for less money, or a different approach that fits you better.

This guide covers the best free and cheaper alternatives, what each one replaces from Noom, and what it does not. Prices were checked on September 29, 2026.

Quick answer

• Best free Noom alternative overall: Bodly, if you want food logging plus proof your body is changing (weight trend, measurements, progress photos)
• Best for simple calorie counting: Lose It!
• Best free barcode scanner and fasting: Yazio
• Best food database: MyFitnessPal
• Best for detailed nutrition: Cronometer

What Noom costs, and what you pay for

As of September 2026, the US App Store lists Noom subscription plans from $44.99 to $199.99, depending on length. Noom's own pricing guide puts a month-to-month plan at about $70 and an annual plan at about $209 (around $17 a month). Noom Med GLP-1 programs are separate and cost more.

For that price you get:

• Daily psychology lessons about habits, triggers and emotional eating
• Color-coded food logging that nudges you toward less calorie-dense foods
• Coaching and group support
• Step tracking and workouts, with Apple Health sync

The lessons and coaching are Noom's real difference. Food logging, calorie targets and weight tracking are things many apps do for free. You can even work out your own calorie target in a minute with our TDEE calculator.

Comparison table

App	Free version	Best at	What it does not replace from Noom
Bodly	Yes	Meal logging with AI photo scanning, weight trend, measurements, progress photos, Apple Watch recovery scores	Psychology lessons, human coaching
Lose It!	Yes	Fast, simple calorie counting and goal setting	Psychology lessons, coaching
Yazio	Yes, with barcode scanner	Calorie counting, intermittent fasting, recipes	Psychology lessons, coaching
MyFitnessPal	Yes (barcode scan is Premium)	Largest food database, integrations	Psychology lessons, coaching
Cronometer	Yes	Vitamins, minerals and detailed nutrition	Psychology lessons, coaching

The best Noom alternatives

1. Bodly: best if you want proof your body is changing

Noom's lessons help you change behavior, but the question that keeps you going is simple: is it working? The scale alone is a poor answer. Water, salt and hormones move it around, and when you lose fat while gaining some muscle it can barely move at all.

Bodly puts the answer front and center. You log meals with AI photo scanning, text or barcode, and see them next to your weight trend, tape measurements (waist, hips, arms, thighs) and side-by-side progress photos. With an Apple Watch, it also scores your recovery, sleep and daily activity, so you can see how training and sleep affect your progress.

Choose Bodly if you want calorie tracking and body progress in one free app. Skip it if you mainly want daily lessons and a coach, or you use Android (Bodly is iPhone only).

2. Lose It!: best for simple calorie counting

Lose It! is the most direct swap for the logging half of Noom: set a goal weight, get a calorie budget, log your food and weigh in. It is fast and easy to stick with.

Choose Lose It! if you want a no-fuss calorie counter. Skip it if you want lessons about why you eat the way you do.

3. Yazio: best free barcode scanner and fasting

Yazio's free version includes a barcode scanner, which MyFitnessPal now reserves for Premium, plus a built-in intermittent fasting tracker and more than 2,900 recipes. Yazio Pro is also cheap: $47.90 a year on the US App Store. See our Yazio vs MyFitnessPal comparison for details.

Choose Yazio if you want a capable free version or you practice intermittent fasting.

4. MyFitnessPal: best food database

MyFitnessPal has the biggest food database (more than 20 million foods) and the most integrations. Its free version still covers calorie and macro logging, but barcode scanning, photo logging and voice logging now require Premium.

Choose MyFitnessPal if you eat many branded foods and want the widest database.

5. Cronometer: best for detailed nutrition

Cronometer tracks vitamins and minerals, not just calories and macros. If Noom's color system felt too simplistic and you want to know exactly what is in your food, it is the most thorough option.

Choose Cronometer if nutrient detail matters more to you than speed.

Can a free app replace Noom's psychology?

Not completely. Noom's structured lessons and coaching are its real value, and no free calorie counter copies them. But the techniques behind those lessons are well studied, and you can use them for free.

1. Self-monitor what you eat. In a systematic review of 22 studies, consistently tracking food intake was one of the behaviours most reliably linked to weight loss (Burke et al., 2011). It does not have to be perfect. Logging most meals most days is what counts.
2. Weigh yourself often, and judge the trend. In a six-month trial, people who weighed themselves daily lost more weight than a control group and adopted more healthy habits (Steinberg et al., 2015). Daily numbers bounce around, so look at the weekly average.
3. Plan the hard moments in advance. "If it is 9 pm and I want a snack, then I have tea and yogurt" works better than "I will snack less". Specific if-then plans are one of the most effective tools in behaviour change research.
4. Keep a short note of when and why you overeat. Patterns show up within a couple of weeks: tired evenings, weekends, certain people or places.
5. Track progress the scale cannot show. A shrinking waist while the scale stalls is the best motivation there is, which is why losing inches but not weight is so encouraging.

We see the same pattern in our own data. Among 242 Bodly users who tracked their weight for at least eight weeks (anonymized, data up to September 2026), people who weighed in at least once a week had a median change of -2.8%, and half of them lost 3% or more. People who weighed in less than once a week had a median change of +0.4%, and more than half ended up heavier. This is a correlation, not proof: motivated people also weigh themselves more. But it matches the research, and it costs nothing.

If you know you need accountability from a person, Noom or a registered dietitian may be worth the money. If you mainly need a clear picture of what you eat and how your body responds, a free app is enough.

Bottom line

Noom is a good program if its lessons and coaching are what you need. For most people who mainly want to track food and lose weight, a free app does the job for a fraction of the price.

Start with Bodly if you want to see your body change, not just your calorie count. Pick Lose It! or Yazio for simple calorie counting, MyFitnessPal for the biggest database, and Cronometer for detailed nutrition.

Keep reading

• Best free MyFitnessPal alternatives covers more calorie counters.
• The 7 best free weight tracking apps compares apps built around your weight trend.
• Calorie deficit but gaining weight explains why the scale can stall even when you are doing everything right.

Sources

• Burke LE, Wang J, Sevick MA. Self-monitoring in weight loss: a systematic review of the literature. J Am Diet Assoc (2011).
• Steinberg DM, et al. Weighing every day matters: daily weighing improves weight loss and adoption of weight control behaviors. J Acad Nutr Diet (2015).
• Noom on the App Store
• How much does Noom cost? (Noom)
• Yazio on the App Store
• MyFitnessPal on the App Store