AI Calorie Tracker by Yazio
YAZIO is a calorie and nutrition tracker with a clean interface and good food database, but it is plagued by excessive ads, bugs, and frustrating 'gamification' elements that detract from both the free and paid experience.
YAZIO is a calorie tracking app praised for its user-friendly interface and extensive food database, including barcode scanning and AI photo recognition. However, many users report significant issues with intrusive ads, persistent bugs, and frustrating 'motivational' pop-ups that hinder the experience for both free and paid subscribers, leading to a decline in perceived value.
Free vs paid
The free version of YAZIO offers basic calorie tracking, but it is heavily interrupted by frequent, non-skippable ads and constant prompts to buy a subscription R7R8R9R30. Users complain about ads appearing after every food entry R1R30 and during feature exploration . The paid 'Pro' version removes ads and offers features like AI food recognition R73R124R145, custom recipes R22, and potentially lifetime discounts R23R47. However, even Pro users report issues with persistent 'tips' and 'motivational' animations that cannot be disabled R12R20R24R52, as well as bugs with features like friend tracking R3, diamond chests R1, and data syncing R4R11.
Value complaints
- The free version is unusable due to excessive and constant ads, particularly after every food entry, pushing users to buy the subscription.R7R8R9R30
- Even the paid Pro version has frustrating, non-disableable 'tips', 'animations', and 'gamification' elements that interrupt the user experience.R12R20R24R52
- The app is considered too expensive for the quality and features offered, especially given the persistent bugs and lack of essential functions even in the paid version.R33R49R73R85
- Some users experienced data loss or app malfunction after purchasing a subscription, leading to requests for refunds.R4R11R25R49
- The AI camera feature, a selling point for the paid version, is slow, inaccurate, and doesn't allow for custom weight adjustments.R40R73R124
Where it delivers
- The app has a clean, modern, and user-friendly interface.R6R12R15R16
- It offers effective calorie and macro tracking, helping users achieve weight loss goals.R31R43R64R70
- The food database is extensive, with convenient barcode scanning and AI photo recognition for easy logging.R47R70R73R124
- Some users appreciate the gamification elements and motivational prompts, finding them helpful for engagement.R20R145
- The app occasionally offers lifetime subscription discounts, which are seen as good value.R23R47
You might consider paying if you find the core calorie and macro tracking, including barcode scanning and AI photo recognition, exceptionally useful and can tolerate the reported bugs and non-disableable 'motivational' pop-ups R47R70. It could be worth it if you can secure a lifetime discount offer R23R47 and prioritize a clean interface over an entirely smooth user experience R12R15.
You should skip paying if you are easily frustrated by frequent ads, persistent bugs, or intrusive 'gamification' and 'motivational' pop-ups that cannot be turned off, even in the paid version R9R16R24. Users seeking reliable data tracking, accurate AI recognition, or robust social features should also look elsewhere due to reported issues R3R4R11R15.
Evidence note: Recent reviews (2026) show a significant increase in complaints about bugs, performance issues, and intrusive features, even for paid users, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. Many positive reviews are older or less specific.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R7] Propaganda for eating disorders, unsolicited and terrible advice, too many unnecessary ads that waste time. · translated
- [R8] Ads: Everything would be great if it weren't for the annoying ads shoved in my face every second. At this rate, I'll soon go back to FatSecret. With such ads, I have no desire to buy the pro version at all. · translated
- [R9] Garbage: How annoying your app is, buy a subscription, BUY, look at tips, constant pop-ups! I will never download this crap again in my life. · translated
- [R30] Yazio: Ads after every food entry, I'm tired of it, going back to my native FatSecret. · translated
- [R12] Great UI, Bad UX: I really like the interface. It's modern, clean, and enjoyable to use. Unfortunately, that's where most of the positives end. The app is too restrictive. I can't customize the number of meals, I can't log meal times, and I can't turn off the AI tips. The AI advice pops up after almost every meal, is usually very generic, and quickly becomes annoying. The intermittent fasting fe
- [R20] Overall good, some notes though: Liking the app thus far. Simple interface, some gamification but not too much. Some notes for what I could appreciate changed: 1) the ability to choose what is displayed on the main tracking page. Because of my health needs I find it more important to track fiber than fat for example so I would like to be able to pin fiber to the top menu and set a goal instead o
- [R24] Disappointment with the paid version: Unfortunately, the experience of using the paid YAZIO subscription was very disappointing. Firstly, in the paid version, it's impossible to completely disable some tips and features that I don't need. If I pay for a subscription, I expect to be able to customize the app myself. Support said that it's enough to skip the tips three times, after which it · translated
- [R52] So so: Not a bad app, but these endless tips that can't be turned off and the flight of this killer whale are annoying. · translated
- [R33] Pro Option Not Worth The Price!: I have had this app for a few years now and it seems to consistently get worse. The features on here are so basic that the app should be free. I will not be renewing my subscription as they keep taking key features away like being able to see the chart of your weight loss progress. That is something that basic on most apps. The daily diamonds feature does not work
- [R49] I want a refund for the subscription: I paid for the subscription, the app is absolutely useless. Please return the money to my balance. The calculations are incorrect, both for me (how much I need) and for the food itself. I've been exploring the app for hours, but found no benefit, I threw money away. I canceled the subscription, I want a refund, please help. Very upset about the functionality and correctness of the r · translated
- [R73] The app it’s great: I’ve been using this app for the past two weeks. I already subscribe to the premium and I already paid for the whole year, but one thing that I’m gonna say that it is too expensive for this app to be so slow like the AI in the app is really slow. It takes forever to take a picture of whatever you’re eating and tell me the calories of it and whatever is in there plus when I take
- [R85] Slow: I paid and it's super slow and full of errors.
- [R4] It was good but: I’ve had this app (pro version) for over a year and it randomly deleted all my progress and data which is really disappointing
- [R11] 1 star: The app logged me out and wiped all my progress, including my 200-day streak. This is unacceptable. Months of tracking gone. Very disappointing. 1 star.
- [R25] Nightmare: Bought a subscription for $50 and can't log in with Apple ID. · translated
- [R40] AI assistant: Please fix the food identification by photo. It calculates incorrectly. I compared it with other apps and it overestimates calorie content by 50 to 200 calories per meal. There is no full text of the meal after adding it to the meal plan. There is no breakdown of the calorie content of each product. · translated
- [R124] PLEASE ADD AN OPTION: I really like the app, but please add the ability in the pro version to change the weight of a photographed product, so that the calculation of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates is for the specified weight. For some reason, if you take a photo of a nutrient package using artificial intelligence, the app does not allow you to set the weight yourself, but only enters data on proteins, fats, and carbs. · translated
- [R6] I love it so much: There are many pros and also cons, but above all I love it so much and definitely recommend!!
- [R15] Clean but lacking: This app is nice when it comes to the interface being very minimalistic, but every single time I scan food or type it in it either doesn’t know what it is or miscalculates all the macro so I had to go over and readjust everything for everything I eat, even if when I scan an item that has all the nutrients on it it still gets it wrong I might be switching over to a different app
- [R16] (: I have been using and loving this app since 2020. It used to be the best calorie tracker, with a clean, beautiful design and a very user-friendly interface. I recommended it to everyone because it was simply the best. Sadly, I’m deleting it now. The new design is awful, and the constant pop-ups and ads have become unbearable. It feels like the app has lost what made it so great in the first pl
- [R31] Yazio: This is good to track what you eat and help you with your diet?
- [R43] To be thin, you have to think like a thin person: Awesome app. I've dropped from 111 kg to 90 kg. And most importantly, I changed my eating behavior. I recommend it. · translated
- [R64] Helped me lose 14 lbs in 3 months: I have been using this app off and on for the last 3 years. I finally decided to lock in for the bts concert and this app was really helpful in counting calories and reaching my 10k step count.
- [R70] The best app for tracking macros: I've been using this app for 46 days. I want to say a big thank you for the very pleasant and user-friendly interface. A huge list of products that don't even need to be calculated, just scan the barcode on the label. In these 46 days, I've managed to lose 9kg, thanks to your app and my willpower. My starting weight was 98kg. · translated
- [R47] Best Tracking App: Been using this app for years now and have never felt like I needed to switch. Works great. Every once in a while you can lock in an offer for the pro for $12/year for life (would highly recommend). The AI camera is really only useful if you absolutely need it. In my experience it is usually accurate within 10-20% of the actual calories. I would not recommend using the AI fo
- [R145] Best app: I really liked the app, especially the AI and the cute monster 😅 · translated
- [R23] I like this app: You can get a permanent discount here. · translated
- [R22] Recent updates ruined the experience: I’ve been using this app for quite a while, and it used to be great. The free features worked perfectly fine for me. I loved the ability to add my own recipes and using them later as a cookbook reference, but latest updates ruined that experience. Now I can only access my custom recipes when I add them as a meal, whereas they used to be available under Recipes
- [R1] Help!?: The app is great I love it! But I a few remarks first I’m noticing some bugs I redownloaded the app and it seems to have fixed some of them but not all. My evening and Saturday chests don’t work still and I still have to close out the app every time I record my food because I get the ads and it goes white and won’t go back to the main page. Also I wish there was a way to celebrate or encou
- [R3] BRING BACK THE OLD VERSION OF THE FRIENDS TAB: What is this tab for now??? To see who has what streak and who burned how much in a day??? I AM NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN HOW MUCH THIS DONKEY WANDERS AROUND, WE USED TO SEE WHO ATE HOW MUCH IN A DAY AND THAT WAS IT!!! WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS TAB NOW??? Either remove it or bring back the old functionality!!! I can't even see how much this gorilla weighs, but he hasn't updated. · translated
- [R2] Open fasting tracker Please!!!: I work a rotating shift and the standard tracking times don’t work for me. Many times I have to go and manually adjust my fasting times when I work night shift. I’d love an open tracker that will allow me to document my fasting times without forcing my fast to end at a specific time. Other than this I love the app. Keep up the good work!
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store