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MyFitnessPal's 2026 Update Replaced the Diary: What Changed and What You Can Do

MyFitnessPal's version 26.16.0 made a new Today screen the home of the app in place of the old Diary layout. What changed, why people are unhappy, the workarounds that exist, how to export your data, and whether to switch.

By Md Sadab Wasim, founder of CallieEditorial standardsPublished October 12, 2026Updated October 12, 202614 min read

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Key takeaways

MyFitnessPal replaced the old Diary layout with a Today screen. Its help center says the new design is in iOS and Android version 26.16.0 and later, for English-language users in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
You can't go back to the old design. MyFitnessPal's FAQ calls the Today interface "our path forward" and has no setting to revert.
Copying now works only at the meal level. MyFitnessPal's FAQ says copying individual items or entire days isn't supported. Saved Meals and the swipe-to-repeat gesture are the official workarounds.
The most common complaints, as reported by PiunikaWeb in April 2026, are extra taps, a full-day diary hidden behind a View All button, and per-meal macros that are harder to find.
If you plan to leave, export your history first. Data export is a Premium and Premium+ feature, done on the website under Reports, then Export. A free account can only print its diary.

Callie is our app, and it is one of the alternatives mentioned below. Everything about MyFitnessPal in this article comes from MyFitnessPal's own blog and help center or from named press coverage. Sources are listed at the bottom.

The 30-second answer

MyFitnessPal replaced its Diary layout with a new Today screen. MyFitnessPal's help center says the design ships in iOS and Android version 26.16.0 and later, and the company's FAQ says there is no way back to the old one. Your meals are still on the home screen, but the full-day list now lives behind View All, copying works only one meal at a time, and a streak counter and habit cards take up space at the top and bottom. If you want to stay, Saved Meals and the swipe-to-repeat gesture cover most of what changed. If you want to leave, export your data while you still have Premium, then read our MyFitnessPal alternatives guide.

What changed in the MyFitnessPal update

The redesign arrived in stages, which is why people describe it differently depending on when they got it.

August to October 2025, a test run. MyFitnessPal staff announced a new food diary for testing in August 2025. An early version of the Today tab reached some users in October 2025. The Consumer Rights Wiki's timeline of that rollout, which links to the original community posts and Reddit threads, records complaints that copying meals from previous days, intermittent fasting tracking, custom nutrient goals and diary notes had gone missing.

February 20, 2026, the announcement. MyFitnessPal's blog post "We're Making Progress Simpler, Starting with Today" said the Today screen and a new Progress tab would arrive "over the next few weeks." The company described it as putting "your diary, daily calories & macros, and habit tracking" in one view, "meaning fewer taps and less friction."

April 2026, the wide rollout. MyFitnessPal's help center FAQ, "Introducing the brand new Today tab!", was updated on April 24, 2026. It says the design is available on iOS and Android, version 26.16.0 and later, for users in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand with the app set to English. Its feedback form has a dedicated reason, "April 2026 New App Design Feedback." PiunikaWeb reported the same day that some users got the new app in the middle of the day, before an announcement email reached them.

Here is what the FAQ says moved or changed:

Today is the new home screen. It shows calories consumed and remaining, a macro summary, your meals, a food logging streak at the top, and a Healthy Habits section for water, exercise and steps at the bottom. Your latest weight sits at the very bottom.
Logging starts from each meal. You tap Log next to Breakfast, Lunch and so on, or use the blue plus button. The FAQ says the logging screens themselves haven't changed.
The whole day is behind View All. A button above the meals opens one list of everything logged that day.
Copying is meal-level only. The three-dot menu next to a meal copies a logged meal into the selected meal. In the FAQ's words: "Copying individual items or entire days isn't supported, but editing a copied meal afterward is always an option."
A swipe repeats yesterday. Swiping just below a meal name brings forward the foods you last logged in that meal.
Quick Add moved one screen deeper. You tap Log on a meal, then Quick Add below the search bar.
Custom nutrients moved to Progress. The new Progress tab holds nutrient and calorie views by day or week, and the pie charts open from the Calories and Macros cards.
Streaks are always on. The FAQ says there is currently no option to hide them.
Macro detail depends on your plan. Premium and Premium+ subscribers can switch between grams consumed, grams remaining and percentages. Free accounts see only the percentage of calories from each macro.

One change goes the other way. The February blog post says the Today screen's daily macro breakdown is now available to free users, and the FAQ adds meal-level calorie and macro totals for everyone when you open a meal.

What people dislike about the new MyFitnessPal

We couldn't read Reddit directly for this article, so the themes below come from published coverage and MyFitnessPal's own community pages, not from quotes we pulled ourselves.

More taps for the same job. This is the complaint PiunikaWeb found most often. People who logged a full day from one scrolling diary now open View All or tap into individual meals. The redesign was sold as "fewer taps and less friction," so it stings when long-time users count more.

The diary feels buried. The FAQ says "your Diary is now your home screen," and technically it is. But the screen now shares space with streak, macro and habit cards, and the one-list view people were used to sits behind a button. PiunikaWeb also reported complaints that per-meal macro breakdowns are harder to find and that the new cards are oversized.

Copying lost its precision. If you ate the same yogurt as yesterday but a different lunch, you can no longer copy just the yogurt. You copy the meal and delete what you don't want, or rebuild it as a Saved Meal. For people who log the same five foods in different combinations, that is real extra work every day.

No way back. The FAQ answers "Can I go back to the old design?" with "The new Today interface is our path forward" and asks users to "give it some time." There is no legacy mode or settings toggle.

Features that disappeared and returned slowly. The October 2025 test rollout drew reports of missing fasting tracking, custom nutrient goals and diary notes, according to the Consumer Rights Wiki's timeline. Some of those have new homes now. Custom nutrients, for example, moved to Progress.

Not everyone hates it. PiunikaWeb noted that some users find the app faster and had used the new layout for months without trouble. If you mostly log one meal at a time from Recent or Frequent, the change may barely affect you.

Workarounds inside MyFitnessPal

None of these restore the old diary, but together they cut most of the extra taps.

Use View All as your diary. Tap View All above your meals to see the whole day in one list. You can switch between individual meals from the selector at the top.
Swipe to repeat a meal. If breakfast is the same most days, swipe just below the meal name to bring forward the foods you last logged there. It is the fastest way to log a repeat meal in the new design.
Turn your combinations into Saved Meals. Since you can't copy single items, save each combination you eat often, like "weekday breakfast" or "post-gym shake," as its own meal. MyFitnessPal's FAQ recommends this. Your past foods also show up in History when you start logging a meal.
Copy the meal, then trim it. For a partial repeat, copy the whole meal with the three-dot menu and delete the items you didn't eat. That is clumsy, but it is the supported route.
Use the website for weekly review. MyFitnessPal describes the Today redesign for the iOS and Android apps. The website still has a Food diary page, and its printable report covers a date range you choose. MyFitnessPal's help article on printing describes logging in on the website, opening the Food tab, scrolling to the bottom and choosing the printable report. It is the easiest way we know to see a whole week at once.
Send feedback through the official channel. The FAQ points to a webform where you pick "April 2026 New App Design Feedback" and then "Today Tab." MyFitnessPal says it is still adjusting the design, and specific complaints such as "let me copy single items" are more useful there than in a one-star review.

Missed a day and lost your streak?

MyFitnessPal's FAQ says streaks reset when you miss a day, but you can go back with the date picker and log that day to bridge the gap.

How to export your MyFitnessPal data before you switch

Do this before you cancel Premium. MyFitnessPal's help center says data export is available to Premium and Premium+ subscribers only, and a free account has no export tool.

Use the website. Log in at myfitnesspal.com with the same email and password you use in the app.
Open Reports, then click the Export button.
Confirm your email address and choose a date range, then click Export again.
Check your email. MyFitnessPal sends a zip file with three CSV files: meal-level nutrition (calories, macros, micronutrients and timestamps summarized per meal, plus food notes), progress history (weight and body measurements), and exercise history. The help center recommends downloading it on a computer.

The app also has Export links on the Nutrition and Progress screens, according to the help center. Menus have moved around during the redesign, so the website is the most dependable route.

Two things to know before relying on the file. First, the nutrition file is summarized per meal, so it won't list each individual food. Second, few other apps import a MyFitnessPal CSV directly. Treat the export as an archive. Copy your weight history and your ten most common meals into the new app by hand during the first week.

If you're already on a free account, you can't export, but you can print. On the website, open the Food diary, scroll to the bottom and open the printable report for the date range you want, then save it as a PDF. Our guide to cancelling MyFitnessPal Premium covers refunds and the order to do things in.

Should you switch?

If the redesign is the only thing bothering you, try the workarounds above for a week before switching. Moving apps costs time, and MyFitnessPal still has the largest food database in the category. If the update was the final straw after the barcode paywall, the ads on the free plan, or paying $79.99 a year for Premium, here is a short version of the options. Our full MyFitnessPal alternatives guide goes deeper.

Cronometer is the closest thing to old-school, detail-first logging. The free tier includes a barcode scanner and 84 nutrients with ads. Gold costs $59.99 a year and adds photo logging with a review step, plus voice logging. Pick it if you liked MyFitnessPal for the numbers and want more of them. See Cronometer vs MyFitnessPal.

Lose It! is the most familiar switch for casual users. Premium runs $39.99 to $79.99 a year and adds Snap It photo logging, voice logging and barcode scanning. It also sells lifetime Premium for $49.99 or $59.99, which suits people who are tired of subscriptions. See MyFitnessPal vs Lose It!.

MacroFactor suits people who train and want their calorie target to adjust from their weight trend. It costs $71.99 a year with no free tier, and its AI logging lets you edit the result in a Plate view before saving. See MacroFactor vs MyFitnessPal.

Callie is our app. It is built for people who want logging to take less time each day. You can log by photo, voice or text, and a photo scan opens a review screen where you can add the oil or butter the camera missed or change a portion before anything is saved. Saved meals let you re-log a home-cooked dish in one step, and it handles regional home cooking such as Indian, Arab and Asian dishes from a photo or a description. It also has a GitHub-style streak dashboard with cheat days you schedule in advance that don't break your streak, daily diet plans matched to your BMI, and a calorie target that re-tunes every two weeks from your weight trend. After 3 free trial logs it costs $34.99 a year, less than half of MyFitnessPal Premium's $79.99. It has no web app and a much smaller food database than MyFitnessPal. See Callie vs MyFitnessPal.

One thing to avoid if you're leaving because of MyFitnessPal itself. Cal AI is owned by MyFitnessPal, a deal announced on March 2, 2026, so switching there keeps you with the same company. Our MyFitnessPal vs Cal AI post explains the deal.

Feature	Callie	MyFitnessPal	Cronometer	Lose It!	MacroFactor
Annual US price	$34.99	$79.99 Premium	$59.99 Gold	$39.99 to $79.99	$71.99
Plan without a subscription	3 trial logs only	Ad-supported Free plan	Ad-supported free tier	Free tier
Photo logging		Premium	Gold	Premium
Review before a photo is logged		See app		See app
Voice logging		Premium	Gold	Premium	Describe by voice or text
Barcode scanner	After trial, with subscription	Premium		Premium
Adaptive calorie target	Every 2 weeks
Streak view	Dashboard with cheat days	Food logging streak	See app	See app	See app

Prices and features from each company's App Store listing, help center or our content brief, checked between September 28 and October 12, 2026. 'See app' means we could not confirm the feature. Prices change; confirm in-app before subscribing.

When staying on MyFitnessPal makes sense

Stay if your logging habits survived the update. If you mostly log from Recent, Frequent or barcode, the new Today screen changes where things sit more than how logging works, and the FAQ says the logging screens themselves are the same.

Stay if you depend on the database. MyFitnessPal's food database is the largest in the category, with 22 million public foods according to its FAQ, and branded and restaurant items are where smaller apps fall short.

Stay if your history and integrations matter more than the layout. Years of logs, connected apps and a printable website diary are hard to replace, and none of the alternatives above will import all of it for you.

Stay if you pay for Premium and use the new pieces. The Progress tab, meal-level macros and the AI Coach for Premium subscribers are real additions, even if the rollout was rough.

And stay if you can wait. MyFitnessPal says it is still changing the design based on feedback. Some features that went missing in the October 2025 test came back in a different place.

Not sure which app fits how you eat? Our which calorie tracker guide gives one pick per type of user. If you cook at home a lot, read how to track homemade meals and recipes next, and if you're wondering whether people on Reddit agree, see the best calorie tracker app according to Reddit.

Best MyFitnessPal alternatives in 2026, organized by why people leave.
How to cancel MyFitnessPal Premium, with refunds and export steps.
Callie vs MyFitnessPal, the head-to-head.
Hidden calories in oil, butter and sauces, for anyone moving to photo logging.
AI calorie tracker without a subscription, if price is the real reason you're leaving.

Sources

MyFitnessPal Blog (February 20, 2026). "We're Making Progress Simpler, Starting with Today." https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/myfitnesspal-today-screen-progress-tab-update/
MyFitnessPal Help Center (updated April 24, 2026; archived copy accessed October 12, 2026). "Introducing the brand new Today tab!" https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/39985611667341-Introducing-the-brand-new-Today-tab
PiunikaWeb (April 24, 2026). "MyFitnessPal users complain new Today tab update makes the app harder to use." https://piunikaweb.com/2026/04/24/myfitnesspal-new-update-complaints/
Consumer Rights Wiki (accessed October 12, 2026). "MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade." https://consumerrights.wiki/w/MyFitnessPal_regressive_upgrade
MyFitnessPal Help Center (accessed October 12, 2026). "Export your nutrition, progress, and exercise data." https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032273352-Data-Export-FAQs
MyFitnessPal Help Center (accessed October 12, 2026). "Can I print my diary from the app?" https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032621691-Can-I-print-my-diary-from-the-app
MyFitnessPal Help Center (accessed October 12, 2026). "MyFitnessPal Premium features." https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625951-What-are-the-features-of-MyFitnessPal-Premium
TechCrunch (March 2, 2026). "MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens." https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/myfitnesspal-has-acquired-cal-ai-the-viral-calorie-app-built-by-teens/
MyFitnessPal App Store listing (accessed September 28, 2026). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/myfitnesspal-calorie-counter/id341232718
Cronometer App Store listing (accessed September 28, 2026). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cronometer-calorie-counter/id1145935738
Lose It! App Store listing (accessed September 28, 2026). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lose-it-calorie-counter/id297368629
MacroFactor Help Center. "AI Food Logging." https://help.macrofactorapp.com/en/articles/258-ai-food-logging

Frequently asked questions

What did the new MyFitnessPal update change?

It turned the Diary into a Today screen that also holds a food logging streak, your calorie and macro totals, and a Healthy Habits section for water, exercise and steps. Your full day now sits behind a View All button above the meals. Custom nutrients moved to a Progress tab, and copying foods now works per meal only. MyFitnessPal's help center says the design applies to app version 26.16.0 and later.

Can I get the old MyFitnessPal diary back?

Not in the app. MyFitnessPal's FAQ says the Today interface is its path forward and offers no option to switch back. The closest thing to the old full-day view in the app is the View All button above your meals. The new design is described for the iOS and Android apps, and the website still has a Food diary page with a printable report, so some people log or review their week there.

Can I still copy food from yesterday in MyFitnessPal?

Yes, per meal. Tap the three dots next to a meal name to copy a logged meal into the meal you have selected, or swipe just below the meal name to bring forward the foods you last logged in that meal. MyFitnessPal's FAQ says copying individual items or a whole day isn't supported, and suggests creating a Saved Meal for things you eat often.

Can I turn off streaks in the new MyFitnessPal?

No. MyFitnessPal's FAQ says the streak is part of the new design and there is no option to hide it at the moment. It counts consecutive days with at least one food logged, and you can backfill a missed day from the date picker.

How do I export my MyFitnessPal data before switching apps?

You need Premium or Premium+. On myfitnesspal.com, click Reports, then the Export button, confirm your email and date range, and click Export. MyFitnessPal emails a zip file with three CSV files covering meal-level nutrition, progress such as weight, and exercise. A free account can't export, but it can print its diary from the website's Food page.

Is it worth switching from MyFitnessPal after the update?

It depends on what bothers you. If you mainly miss the old layout, give the swipe gesture and Saved Meals a week. If you also pay $79.99 a year for Premium and dislike the direction of the app, Cronometer, Lose It!, MacroFactor and Callie each fit different people. Callie is $34.99 a year after 3 trial logs, logs by photo, voice or text, and shows each photo estimate for editing before it is saved.

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