Lose It! alternative — add AI cooking tools to your calorie tracking
Lose It! is a dependable logger. Swoodie does the logging too, then adds AI scanning, recipe generation and a couples mode.
The bottom line
Lose It!'s Snap It is a photo-to-database lookup, not AI estimation, and it does not generate recipes or plan meals. Swoodie adds true AI photo estimation, Chef AI and meal planning — on a 10-use free trial, then Premium. Plus free diet-style macro targets and an estimated Glycemic Load on every scanned meal — feedback Lose It! doesn't give.
Lose It! has been a no-frills weight-and-calorie tracker for over a decade — and it is good at exactly that: weight tracking, a large food database, simple goals. Note that the barcode scanner now sits in Premium for new sign-ups.
Swoodie covers the same logging, then adds an AI Chef, true photo-based estimation and shared planning. The AI features run on a 10-use free trial (no card), then Premium.
Features evolve fast
Swoodie ships new features regularly, so this page may not reflect the very latest. The homepage is always up to date — check there for everything Swoodie does today.
See the latest on the homepage →Feature by feature
| Feature |  Swoodie | Lose It! |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent free plan (not a trial) | Free — $0 forever | Free tier |
| Annual price | $39.99 / year | $39.99/yr Premium |
| Start without creating an account | Free — guest mode | Account required |
| AI features without paying | 10 free one-time uses, no card | No AI features |
| AI photo calorie / meal scan | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | Snap It — AI photo logging, Premium |
| Multi-photo / multi-dish scan | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| Barcode scanner | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | Premium for new sign-ups |
| Log a meal you ate ("ate it") | Free — basic calorie logging | Free |
| Meal journal / food diary | Free: last 3 days · Premium: full history | Free |
| Packaged-product quality score (0–100) | Free — scan, score & breakdown · Premium: better swaps + Ask AI | |
| Swipe-to-choose recipe UX | Free | |
| Filter recipes by ingredients you have | Free — Discover Mode | |
| AI recipe generation (Chef AI) | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| 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 — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| AI-built meal plan | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| Shopping list merges duplicate ingredients | Trial — built with the plan | |
| Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shared meal plan | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Separate macro targets per person | Free | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | Tracker: Free · Coach quips: Premium | Premium |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Calorie & macro goal setting | Free | Free |
| BMR / TDEE auto-calculation | Free | |
| Body-stat & weight tracking | Free — on-device | Core feature |
| Diet-style macro targets (keto / low-carb / high-protein) | Free | Premium — diet templates (keto, paleo, athletic) |
| Custom macro targets (set your own grams) | Premium | Premium — exact gram targets |
| Daily insight drawn from what you logged | Coach Ollie — daily insight: Free · Pattern insights: Premium | Premium — Insights, patterns from your own log |
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Cost over time
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Over 2 years: Swoodie $79.98 vs Lose It! $79.98.
Prefer paying once? Swoodie Lite is a $9.99 one-time purchase that unlocks the whole app except the AI features. It also exports your log, weights and saves as CSV, so your data can leave with you.
Swoodie is $39.99/year — about $3.33/month billed yearly.
Lose It! pricing verified May 2026 · source
Where Lose It! wins
Lose It! has been a dependable, simple weight-and-calorie tracker for over a decade. If you only want straightforward logging and you already have years of history in the app, that track record has real value.
Honest scorecard
Where Swoodie wins
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Multi-person session (family / friends)
- Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score)
The verdict
Switch to Swoodie if…
you want AI to help you cook — recipe generation, photo estimation, meal planning — not just count what you ate.
Stay with Lose It! if…
you only want straightforward weight and calorie logging and have a long history in the app.
Made up your mind? Start free.
Swoodie plans the week, tracks what you eat and lets two people pick dinner together. The recipe library and tracking are free, no account needed — every scan carries a Blood Sugar Score, six Kitchen Tools work offline, and Premium is free for 7 days on the yearly plan.
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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