MyFitnessPal API Alternative: Real-Time Nutrition Data for Developers

MyFitnessPal's public API is gated. New partners are not accepted, and third-party scraping violates the terms of service. Developers who want to ship a calorie tracker, macro counter, or meal-logging app need an open, self-serve alternative with comparable food coverage.

YMove gives you that on day one. Sign up, grab an API key, and call REST endpoints. No partnership applications, no enterprise sales process, no deprecation timelines.

• Food search:GET /api/v2/foods?q=chicken+breast returns USDA generic foods plus 3M+ branded products from Open Food Facts, ranked USDA-first so generic searches surface clean reference foods. Pass usdaOnly=true for a pure USDA feed.
• Barcode scanner:GET /api/v2/foods/barcode/{upc} returns full nutrition for the scanned product, with country-localized labels via cc=XX.
• Meal logging by text:POST /api/v2/foods/log/text accepts a description like "grilled chicken with rice and broccoli" and returns identified foods with structured nutrition.
• Meal logging by photo:POST /api/v2/foods/log/photo accepts a base64 image and returns identified foods.
• Meal plan generator: GET /api/v2/mealplans/generate?calories=2000&diet=high_protein returns a meal plan that hits the calorie and macro targets.

# Search for a food by name and get calories + macros
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods?q=chicken+breast"

# Look up a packaged product by barcode
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods/barcode/041631000564?cc=us"

MyFitnessPal's closed API has no published price for new developers because the program is closed. YMove's$19/mo bundled plan gives you the nutrition api, barcode lookup, AI food logging, recipe search, and exercise videos under a single key. Compare with Edamam ($58+/mo for separate nutrition + recipe plans) or Nutritionix (custom enterprise pricing).