Is there a free app that tracks both workouts and food?
Yes, but few free apps do both well. Mouve logs workouts and food in one free app; here is what stays free, what costs money, and where other apps do it better.
Yes. Mouve, the fitness and nutrition app made by Mouve Technology OÜ in Tallinn, logs workouts and meals in one app, and both are free. The free plan limits one thing: AI photo scans, capped at 5 per rolling 24 hours. Search and barcode scanning stay free after that. Most other apps pick food or training and charge for the other.
What does Mouve give you for free?
A free account can log workouts (exercises, sets, reps, weight, with a rest timer), log food by search or barcode, and use the social feed. It runs on iPhone, Android and the web. AI photo scans are free up to 5 per rolling 24 hours, and the results are estimates, not measurements. Mouve+ removes that limit. Prices differ by store and are on the pricing page.
What doesn't Mouve do?
Better to know before you install.
- There's no Apple Watch app.
- We don't publish how many nutrients we track per food. If you track vitamins and minerals in depth, a specialist app goes deeper.
- Food entries come from a mix of a curated catalogue, open datasets and user contributions. Not every entry is individually checked.
Which other apps cover both food and training?
It depends what you mean by "both". This is what each vendor's own public pages said on the date shown.
| App | Food side | Training side |
|---|---|---|
| MyFitnessPal | Barcode scan and Meal Scan are "not included with free account" on its Premium page (checked 2026-11-05) | Exercise tracking is included in the free plan; the page doesn't say whether sets, reps and weight are logged (same page, checked 2026-11-05) |
| MacroFactor | No free version; a 7-day trial, per its site (checked 2026-11-05) | Sold as a separate app, MacroFactor Workouts (checked 2026-11-05) |
| Cronometer | Barcode scan is included in the free Basic account, per its free plan page (checked 2026-11-05) | Not checked |
| Hevy | None found on the pages we read | A workout tracker; its App Store listing says "Free, with no ads" (checked 2026-11-05) |
| Strong | None found on the pages we read | The homepage says "Strong Accounts are Free Forever" (checked 2026-11-05) |
Where are the other apps better?
If you only lift, Hevy and Strong are dedicated strength loggers and have Apple Watch apps. If you only count nutrients, Cronometer tracks up to 95 nutrients and compounds on its free plan, per its own page (checked 2026-11-05). MyFitnessPal's App Store listing says "over 20.5 million foods (including restaurant dishes)" (checked 2026-11-05). We don't publish a database size.
Who should pick Mouve?
Pick Mouve if you want one app for the food diary and the gym log, want a daily AI photo allowance without paying first, and like the idea of a feed with the people you train with. If one side matters far more to you, pick a specialist.
For side-by-side tables, see our comparison hub, the best workout tracker apps and the best calorie counter apps. We talk about the trade-off in An all-in-one fitness app or separate apps for food and training.
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