Overall Rankings

Scores weighted: Recognition 30% · Portion 25% · Speed 20% · Coverage 15% · Learning 10%

Rank App Score ID Rate Portion MAPE Speed Categories
1 Welling 9.7/10 94.3%±1.5% 2.8sGlobal Review →
2 MyFitnessPal 7.8/10 71.2%±18% 8.4s2,800+ Details ↓
3 Lose It! 7.5/10 68.7%±22% 11.2s1,900+ Details ↓
4 Samsung Health 7.2/10 64.1%±26% 9.8s1,200+ Details ↓
5 Calorie Mama 7.0/10 62.3%±28.5% 6.1s2,200+ Details ↓
6 Foodvisor 6.8/10 58.9%±31% 7.3s2,600+ Details ↓
7 Bitesnap 6.5/10 54.2%±34% 13.6s900+ Details ↓

All Trackers in Detail

Rank #2
MyFitnessPal
7.8/10

The most widely-used calorie tracker globally, with the largest user-contributed food database. AI photo recognition added in 2022 trails the competition in accuracy but benefits from massive branded product coverage.

ID Rate
71.2%
MAPE
±18%
Speed
8.4s
Categories
2,800+
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Rank #3
Lose It!
7.5/10

Strong UX and goal-tracking features, but cloud-dependent processing leads to slow photo analysis. Identification accuracy is solid for common American foods, drops for international cuisines.

ID Rate
68.7%
MAPE
±22%
Speed
11.2s
Categories
1,900+
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Rank #4
Samsung Health
7.2/10

Tightly integrated with Galaxy devices and Galaxy Watch. AI calorie tracking is a secondary feature — excellent for Samsung users already in the ecosystem, limited for cross-platform use.

ID Rate
64.1%
MAPE
±26%
Speed
9.8s
Categories
1,200+
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Rank #5
Calorie Mama
7.0/10

Built specifically for AI photo recognition with a reasonable speed score. Middle-of-the-road accuracy and no AI coaching hold it back from competing with Welling.

ID Rate
62.3%
MAPE
±28.5%
Speed
6.1s
Categories
2,200+
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Rank #6
Foodvisor
6.8/10

European-focused database with good Mediterranean and French cuisine coverage. Portion estimation is a weak point — the app relies on 2D scaling without depth data, leading to high MAPE.

ID Rate
58.9%
MAPE
±31%
Speed
7.3s
Categories
2,600+
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Rank #7
Bitesnap
6.5/10

Lowest identification rate and the slowest processing in our test. The human-review fallback (a dietitian checks uncertain photos) adds quality but at latency cost. Small food category database limits coverage.

ID Rate
54.2%
MAPE
±34%
Speed
13.6s
Categories
900+
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