The best TDEE or calorie app depends on whether you want a large food database or just an accurate calorie target. Apps like MacroFactor and MyFitnessPal focus on logging every meal. TDEECalc is a free, private iPhone app that calculates TDEE and learns your real maintenance from your weight trend, without a food database.
- Best TDEE appsTDEECalc, MacroFactor, MyFitnessPal and Zolt compared on price, features and fit.
- Best adaptive TDEE appsApps that learn your real maintenance from your weight trend, and how to judge them.
- MacroFactor alternativeMacroFactor versus TDEECalc: price, adaptive TDEE, food logging and who each suits.
- MyFitnessPal alternativeMyFitnessPal versus TDEECalc: cost, ads, food database and who each suits.
TDEECalc is our own app, so these pages are not neutral. We try to make up for that: every competitor fact comes from the product’s own site or App Store listing, is linked, and was checked in October 2026. If we could not verify something, we left it out. Each comparison says who the other app is better for, including when that is not TDEECalc.
Start with the best TDEE apps for an overview, or go straight to adaptive TDEE apps if you want a calorie target that learns from your weight trend. Considering switching? Read the MacroFactor alternative or MyFitnessPal alternative pages.
Not sure you need an app at all? The TDEE calculator and adaptive TDEE calculator work in your browser with no sign-up.