Fitatu alternative — couples meal planning and swipe-to-choose recipes
Fitatu is the best calorie tracker on the Polish market. Here is an honest, feature-by-feature look at where Swoodie does something it doesn't.
The bottom line
Fitatu is the strongest tracker on the Polish market: an unbeatable Polish food database, AI photo and voice logging, ready-made meal plans and a Smart Fridge. Both apps track intermittent fasting — but only Swoodie syncs a fasting window with a partner (Fast Together). Swoodie's edge is the layer Fitatu doesn't build — real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together), a swipe-to-choose recipe UX and paired wellness — plus a recipe library that isn't Poland-centric. On price, Fitatu's basic Premium is cheaper; its AI tier lands close to Swoodie.
Fitatu is the most-downloaded nutrition app in Poland — an AI calorie counter with photo and voice logging, a barcode scanner, ready-made meal plans, a Smart Fridge that turns the ingredients you have into recipes, and a Polish food database no other app matches.
Where Swoodie pulls ahead is the layer Fitatu skips: a real-time couples mode (Swipe Together), a swipe-to-choose recipe experience and paired wellness accountability — plus a recipe library that reaches well beyond Polish cuisine. Swoodie's AI (photo scan, recipe generation, planner) starts with 5 free one-time uses, no card.
Feature by feature
| Feature |  Swoodie | Fitatu |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent free plan (not a trial) | Free — $0 forever | Free tier |
| Annual price | $39.99 / year | 169.99 zł/yr (Premium+AI) |
| Monthly price | $9.99 / month | 19.99 zł/mo (Premium) |
| AI features without paying | 5 free one-time uses, no card | AI scan is the Premium+AI tier |
| AI photo calorie / meal scan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Premium+AI tier |
| Multi-photo / multi-dish scan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Premium+AI — ingredient breakdown |
| Barcode scanner | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Free |
| Packaged-food (barcode) lookup | Global open food databases — ~85–90% of barcodes; no Swoodie-owned database | Strong Polish product database |
| Log a meal you ate ("ate it") | Free — basic calorie logging | Free |
| Meal journal / food diary | Free: last 3 days · Premium: full history | Free |
| Recipe discovery / browse | Free — 8,000+ recipe library | Recipes with step photos |
| Swipe-to-choose recipe UX | Free | |
| Filter recipes by ingredients you have | Free — Discover Mode | Smart Fridge |
| AI recipe generation (Chef AI) | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Smart Fridge recipe ideas |
| Import a recipe from a video / social post | Trial — 5 free saves, then Premium | |
| Hands-free voice cooking mode | Free | |
| Multi-day meal planner (1/3/7-day) | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | 7 ready-made plans |
| AI-built meal plan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Ready-made, not AI-personalized |
| Auto-generated shopping list | Trial — built with the plan | Auto from plan |
| Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together) | Host: Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shared meal plan | Premium | |
| Separate macro targets per person | Premium | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Premium · Join: Free | |
| Challenges, duels & leagues | Create: Premium · Join: Free | Habits & rewards |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | Tracker: Free · Coach quips: Premium | Free timer; no partner sync |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Free — core pairing + score | |
| Calorie & macro goal setting | Free | Free |
| BMR / TDEE auto-calculation | Free | |
| Body-stat & weight tracking | Free — on-device | |
| Keto / low-carb support | Premium | Keto plan |
| Vegan / vegetarian | Free | Vegetarian plan |
| Gluten-free / paleo / pescetarian | Premium | Gluten-free plan |
| iOS app | ||
| Android app | ||
| Web app | Web app | |
| UI languages | 8 (EN, DE, PL, FR, ES, PT, IT, TH) | Polish-first (also English) |
Cost over time
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Over 2 years, Swoodie costs $79.98. Fitatu costs $85.00 — you save $5.
Swoodie is $39.99/year — about $3.33/month billed yearly. Premium+AI (the AI photo-scan tier) is 169.99 zł/yr (~$42); basic Premium without the AI scanner is 59.99 zł/yr (~$15).
Fitatu pricing verified June 2026 · source
Where Fitatu wins
Fitatu is the most popular nutrition app in Poland for good reason — its Polish food database (local chains, discount-store own-brands) is unmatched, and it pairs AI photo + voice logging with ready-made meal plans and a Smart Fridge. For Polish-cuisine tracking, it is a genuinely strong choice, and its basic Premium tier is cheaper than Swoodie.
Honest scorecard
Where Swoodie wins
- Multi-photo / multi-dish scan
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Filter recipes by ingredients you have
- Import a recipe from a video / social post
- Hands-free voice cooking mode
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Shared meal plan
- Separate macro targets per person
- … and 2 more on the full matrix above
Even ground
- Intermittent fasting tracker
The verdict
Switch to Swoodie if…
you want a couples mode to plan meals with a partner, a swipe-to-choose recipe experience, paired wellness accountability, or a recipe library that reaches well beyond Polish cuisine.
Stay with Fitatu if…
you eat mostly Polish foods — Fitatu's Polish product database is the best in the category — or you want voice logging and the cheaper basic Premium tier.
We put these comparisons together from publicly available information and each app's own website. Prices and features change — if you spot anything inaccurate or out of date, email support@swoodie.app and we'll correct it. We want this comparison to stay fair.
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