Lose It has a large iPhone audience. The useful Lose It alternative page is not another list of logos. It is a check of what the current listing puts behind Premium, because Lose It's own materials do not agree with each other.

What the App Store listing puts in Premium

The US App Store listing for Lose It, fetched 22 October 2026, showed the app at number 60 on the Health and Fitness chart, with a 4.8 score from 782,000 ratings. Premium features on that listing include photo meal logging, AI voice, and the barcode scanner. Lose It on the App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lose-it-calorie-counter/id297368629).

That is the page to trust when you are about to subscribe, because it is the page Apple is showing buyers. Open the subscription screen in the app and read the tier. A blog, including this one, can go stale.

The same listing advertises a GLP-1 medication log. This article does not cover medication, dosing, or whether any app should track a prescription. If that is the feature you came for, this is the wrong page.

Where the free-scanner claim still appears

TrueCal, updated 17 October 2026, says Lose It's About page, edited 12 October 2026, still calls the scanner free, while the Tiers page, the App Store, and Google Play list it as Premium. TrueCal's write-up (https://truecal.com/free-barcode-scanner-calorie-counter).

Foodnoms' comparison, updated September 2026, also lists Lose It's barcode as free. Foodnoms versus Lose It (https://foodnoms.com/vs/lose-it).

Both of those pages can be right about an older screen and wrong about the listing you see today. The conflict is the point. If a review says the scanner is free, confirm it on the tier screen before you plan a week of logging around it.

"Is there a free version of Lose It" is a real search. BusyBody is not that version. The public plan is a 3-day trial with full access. Cancel before it ends and you are not charged. After that it is $13.99 a month or $65.99 a year, and barcode, photo, voice, and workouts are on that single plan. Nothing is held back for a higher tier. Pricing (https://busybody.io/pricing).

What you are comparing it with

People leaving a diary in 2026 are often leaving MyFitnessPal at the same time. The April complaints were about a slower home screen, not only about a barcode paywall that started in 2022. BusyBody already has a 2026 MyFitnessPal alternatives guide (https://busybody.io/blogs/best-myfitnesspal-alternatives-2026). Use that post for the MyFitnessPal side. Use this one for the Lose It tier check. One question this page can answer on its own: if you want photo, voice, and barcode without a second premium tier, BusyBody puts them on the only plan.

Macros are the other half of the diary. A beginner setup that does not turn the day into a spreadsheet is how to track macros without obsessing (https://busybody.io/blogs/how-to-track-macros-without-obsessing), and the numbers themselves can be set in the macro calculator (https://busybody.io/macro-calculator).

Who should stay on Lose It

Stay if your history is already there and the Premium price is fine. Stay if you use Lose It features this page did not test, including the medication log. Stay if you need Android. BusyBody is iPhone only.

Switch if the listing you see today locks the scanner, the photo, and the voice log behind Premium, and you would rather have those on one iPhone plan that also includes workouts.

FAQ

Does BusyBody have a free barcode scanner?

For 3 days, on the trial. After that the scanner is part of the subscription. It is not a permanent free tier.

Should I trust a blog that says Lose It's scanner is free?

Trust the tier screen in the app you are about to pay for. As of 22 October 2026 the App Store listing put the scanner in Premium, and other pages still said free.

Is this a Lose It versus MyFitnessPal comparison?

Only in passing. The MyFitnessPal switch has its own guide. This page is about what Lose It currently paywalls.