Whether you’re leaving over the price changes, the meetings, or just want something simpler, here are the strongest alternatives — compared honestly, including where each one beats the others.
Updated June 2026
| App | Approach | Monthly | Annual | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomscore | Points budget | $6.99/mo | $69.99/yr | A points system |
| MyFitnessPal | Calories + macros | $19.99/mo | $79.99/yr | Biggest food database |
| Lose It! | Calories + macros | $9.99/mo | $39.99/yr | A usable free tier |
| Yazio | Calories + fasting | $6.99/mo | $47.90/yr | Intermittent fasting |
| Lifesum | Calories + diet plans | $9.99/mo | $44.99/yr | Structured diet plans |
| Noom | Colors + lessons | $70/mo | $209/yr (billed upfront) | Coaching & psychology |
Pricing verified June 2026 from each app’s own site/App Store; several A/B-test or run promotional pricing. Nomscore is our own app — we’ve tried to rank the others fairly on their merits.
Nomscore is our app, so treat its top spot as “our pick for a points system,” not an impartial verdict — we’ve described every other app by what it genuinely does best. WeightWatchers’ appeal was always two things: a points system instead of calories, and structure. The list below splits along exactly that line.
If what you loved about WeightWatchers was the points — one number per food instead of calories — Nomscore is the most direct continuation. You get a personalized ~20-point daily budget, log meals by voice (or photo/text), and most fruit and veg are free. It adds streaks, badges and private group leaderboards, and skips the meetings, the coaching, and the renewing price entirely.
The most comprehensive calorie-and-macro tracker, with a 14-million-item database and the widest device integrations. It’s the safe pick if you want precise numbers and cross-platform (iOS, Android, web) access — but it keeps you counting calories, which is the opposite of a points system.
Premium+ (adds an AI meal planner) is $24.99/mo or $99.99/yr. The free tier paywalls barcode, voice and photo logging.
A beginner-friendly calorie counter with the most usable free tier on this list and an affordable annual price. Good if you want to start tracking for free and only pay for AI photo/voice logging later — though barcode scanning is moving behind the paywall for new accounts.
Pricing is heavily A/B-tested; barcode scanning is moving behind the paywall for new accounts.
A clean, affordable calorie tracker with the strongest built-in intermittent-fasting tools (10+ protocols) and excellent European food coverage. Pick it if fasting is part of your plan and you don’t mind tracking numbers.
The best-looking tracker, with 15+ structured diet frameworks (keto, Mediterranean, fasting) for people who want a plan to follow, not just a log. Note that its newer AI logging interface has drawn accuracy complaints.
Pricing is A/B-tested and runs promo cycles; the Feb-2025 AI logging interface drew sustained complaints about accuracy and bugs.
The closest thing to a full WeightWatchers-style program: daily CBT-style lessons, human coaching, and an optional medication track. It’s the most expensive option and asks for real daily time — but if structure and coaching are what kept you on WeightWatchers, Noom replaces them most directly.
Underneath the color system it’s still calorie tracking, plus daily lessons and weigh-ins. Annual is billed as a lump sum upfront.
For the points system specifically, Nomscore is the closest match — it keeps the one-number-per-food idea (a ~20-point daily budget, most fruit and veg free) without meetings, workshops, or changing math, at a flat $6.99/month. For full programs with coaching, Noom is the nearest equivalent.
Yes. Nomscore ($6.99/mo, $69.99/yr), Yazio ($6.99/mo, $47.90/yr) and Lose It! ($9.99/mo, $39.99/yr) are all cheaper than WeightWatchers’ renewing rates, and their prices don’t jump after a promotional period.
Lose It! has the most usable free tier for basic calorie tracking, and MyFitnessPal, Yazio and Lifesum have limited (ad-supported) free tiers. Nomscore has no free tier but unlocks the whole app on a 7-day free trial.
Nomscore is the points-based alternative on this list. The others count calories and macros (MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, Yazio, Lifesum) or use a calorie-density color system with lessons (Noom).