GreaseFit as a Lose It alternative
Of every tracker you could be moving from, this is the one GreaseFit handles best, because it is the only one with a real importer. Your food history, your custom foods and your weight log come across with you instead of being left behind.
A note on fairness
This page does not quote Lose It's prices or feature list, because those change and a stale comparison helps nobody. Everything claimed about GreaseFit below is verified. Everything about your current app is a question for you to check.
Your history comes with you
Export your data out of Lose It, upload the zip on this website, and the importer unpacks it into your account. It runs on the web rather than in the app.
What actually comes across
- Custom foods, with name, brand, serving size, calories, fat, saturated fat, protein, carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, cholesterol and sodium
- Food log entries, deduplicated into foods and placed at the right time of day from the Meal column
- Weight entries
- Step counts
- Exercise logs, with name, type, quantity and calories burned
- Water intake
- Profile details (birthday, gender and height), filled in only where you have not already set them
Worth knowing
- 路Rows you had deleted in Lose It are skipped rather than resurrected.
- 路Weights are read as kilograms.
- 路The upload is a .zip: the archive you get from Lose It's data export, not individual CSV files.
- 路Lose It is currently the only importer GreaseFit supports.
What you would gain
Free barcode scanning, permanently
No daily cap, no subscription gate, no ad before the result.
Vitamins and minerals, not just macros
Seven minerals, eight vitamins, cholesterol and caffeine, scored against EU, US, UK or WHO reference intakes rather than a single hard-coded standard.
A recipe builder with honest per-serving maths
Ingredients, step-by-step instructions with a photo per step, and a serving count that divides the totals when you save.
Detailed strength training
Sets with weight, reps and RPE, plus heart rate and time in zone, not just a duration and a calorie guess.
EU hosting and no advertising business
Servers in Amsterdam, no ad SDK in the app, and an opt-out for usage statistics.
What you would give up
The honest other half.
No offline logging
On the roadmapA connection is required. Your data lives server-side so it follows you between devices.
No shopping list
On the roadmapMeal planning exists, a shopping list does not.
Steps only from Apple Health or Health Connect
On the roadmapNothing is written back and there is no Google Fit, so weight or workouts from a watch, ring or smart scale do not sync.
No watch app or widget
On the roadmapThere is no watch app and no home-screen widget.
A smaller barcode registry
On the roadmapBuilt from foods people saved rather than licensed. Missing items you add once and keep.
Side by side
| 聽 | GreaseFit | Worth checking in your current app |
|---|---|---|
| What costs money | Tracking costs nothing. New accounts get 25 AI credits a day for the first 7 days, then 5. An optional membership keeps the daily AI quota at 25 credits and unlocks the AI recipe scan. Recipes you build by hand are free. | Which everyday actions need a subscription: scanning, macros, exporting? |
| Ads | None, and no advertising SDK in the app at all. | Are there ads on the free tier, and can you pay to remove them? |
| Barcode scanning | Free, unlimited. Searches GreaseFit's own registry of saved foods; anything missing you add once. | Is scanning free, or is it a paid feature? Is there a daily limit? |
| Micronutrients | 7 minerals and 8 vitamins plus cholesterol and caffeine, scored against EU, US, UK or WHO reference intakes. | Do you get vitamins and minerals for free, or only calories and macros? |
| Recipe builder | Ingredients, step-by-step instructions with photos, and a serving count that divides totals correctly. | Can you save your own recipes, and does per-serving maths work properly? |
| Workout logging | Sets with weight, reps and RPE, duration, calories, heart rate and time in zone. | How much detail can you record per set? |
| Data location | Servers in Amsterdam, Netherlands, under the GDPR. Some services, such as analytics and AI processing, may handle data outside the EU. | Which country holds your health data, and under whose law? |
| Getting your data out | Delete your account from inside the app. A copy of your data is available on request by email. | Can you export and delete without emailing support? |
| Who makes it | Independent, based in Amsterdam. No investors, no advertising business. | Who owns the company, and how does it make money from you? |
| Works offline | No, a connection is required to log. | Can you log a meal on a plane? |
| Meal planning | Plan a day's meals and see a week overview. | Do you actually use the planner, or just think you will? |
| Shopping lists | Not a feature. | Same question. |
| Apple Health / Health Connect | Daily steps only. Nothing written back, no Google Fit. | Does your ring, watch or scale need to sync through one of these? |
How to switch, step by step
- Create a free GreaseFit account and verify your email address.
- In Lose It, find the data export option in your account settings and request your data. It arrives as a .zip archive.
- Open greasefit.com on a computer, sign in, and upload that zip on the import page.
- Check the result: open a few past days and confirm your food entries and weights landed where you expect.
- Set your macro targets, or run the TDEE calculator, since targets do not come across in the export.
- Choose your nutrient reference standard: EU, US, UK or WHO.
- Turn on the reminders you want, and leave the rest off.
Who this is actually for
If you have years of Lose It history you do not want to abandon, this is the smoothest move available; it is the only migration GreaseFit automates. If you rely on offline logging or health-platform sync, it is not the right swap.
Feel your best. Let the app do the rest.
Free to use, no ads, and no credit card. Available on iPhone and Android.
