MyFitnessPal GLP-1 Support vs GlucoPal: Should You Just Use MyFitnessPal? (2026)

If you take a GLP-1 and already have MyFitnessPal on your phone, the honest question is whether you need anything else. Since April 2026 the answer is less obvious than it used to be. MyFitnessPal added GLP-1 Support, a real dose log that lives inside the food diary, and it is free for US users. The difference is not price and it is not whether MyFitnessPal can log a shot. It is that MyFitnessPal is a nutrition app that gained a medication feature, while GlucoPal is built so the GLP-1 record itself is the product.

Quick answer: Choose GlucoPal if you want the medication record to be the main event: automatic injection-site rotation with a body-map history, side effects sitting on your dose timeline, progress photos, an estimated medication-level chart, and a doctor-ready PDF export you can hand over at your appointment, with no account required to start. Choose MyFitnessPal if your center of gravity is calorie and macro logging against its very large food database, you already have years of history in it, or you are on Android, and a dose and side-effect log attached to that diary is enough. Running both is perfectly reasonable, and plenty of people do.

Every feature, price, and rating below was checked against primary sources (MyFitnessPal's own help articles, launch post, and both US App Store listings) on August 25, 2026. Both apps ship updates often, so re-check the current listing before you download.

What is MyFitnessPal's GLP-1 Support?

GLP-1 Support is a medication-logging feature that MyFitnessPal launched on April 28, 2026. Its help article describes it plainly: "MyFitnessPal lets you track your GLP-1 medication dose, time, and injection location right alongside your food." It is not a bolt-on reminder. It is a genuine log with its own setup, its own card on the Today tab, and entries you can edit from the diary date picker.

Setup asks for your prescription brand, your last dose, the date, and your injection location. After that, each entry records brand, dose, date, time, and injection location, with brand and location pre-filling from your previous dose and the time defaulting to now. Doses are entered in milligrams only. The help article's FAQ says so directly: "Milligrams is the only unit available right now. We're looking into adding more unit options in a future update."

Reminders are included, set from the Reminders menu with an "Add GLP1 reminder" toggle. So is side-effect logging with severity: you tap Set up on the Side Effects card, "Select the side effects you want to track, choose their severity, then tap Finish." Version 26.33.0, released August 18, 2026, added Canada and generic semaglutide logging.

Two limits are worth knowing up front. GLP-1 tracking runs only "to users in the United States (iOS and Android) and in Canada (iOS), with the app set to English," and everything runs off a MyFitnessPal account. The app is also clear about what it does not do: "You enter your own medication details. MyFitnessPal does not verify your medication, dose, or timing, and doesn't alert you to missed doses, interactions, or side effects."

Is MyFitnessPal GLP-1 Support free?

Yes. MyFitnessPal's April 2026 launch announcement states that GLP-1 Support is available free to all of its United States users, the GLP-1 Support help article makes no mention of Premium or Premium+ anywhere in it, and MyFitnessPal's official tier comparison does not list GLP-1 tracking as a paid line item. Dose logging, reminders, and severity-rated side effects are all on the free tier.

That matters because it removes price as a reason to pick between these two apps. GlucoPal is free to download and use, with an optional GlucoPal Pro subscription at $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr. MyFitnessPal is free with in-app purchases, and its US App Store listing shows in-app purchase items ranging from $9.99 to $79.99 per item. Both apps let you track a GLP-1 dose without paying anything.

What MyFitnessPal's paid tiers do gate is a slice of the nutrition workflow that GLP-1 users lean on. Per its tier comparison article (updated August 19, 2026), Barcode Scanner, Meal Scan, Data Export, Macros by Meal, Food Timestamps, and an ad-free experience are Premium and Premium+ features. The free tier carries ads, which MyFitnessPal's pricing FAQ confirms: "Yes, the free version of the MyFitnessPal app includes ads." GlucoPal's AI meal photo scanning is part of the app rather than a separate scanning tier.

What does MyFitnessPal's GLP-1 tracking leave out?

What GLP-1 Support covers and what it does not: MyFitnessPal logs brand, dose in milligrams, date, time, injection location, reminders, and side effects with severity, all on the free tier for US users. As of August 25, 2026, four things are not described in its help article, launch post, tier comparison, or US App Store listing: injection-site rotation guidance or a body map, progress photos, an estimated medication-level chart, and an exportable medication record built for a clinician visit.

The export gap is the one most likely to matter on the day it matters. MyFitnessPal's own export article (updated August 23, 2026) states that "Free accounts don't include a data export tool." Data Export is a Premium and Premium+ feature, and it is a general data download rather than an appointment-ready medication summary. The free workaround is a printable report generated from the Food tab, and MyFitnessPal notes that "This report is only available on the website. It isn't available in the iOS or Android app." That is a food-diary report, not a record of your doses, sites, and symptoms.

The site question is the second one. MyFitnessPal records an injection location as a field that pre-fills with wherever you injected last, which is a log rather than a prompt. No rotation guidance, site history map, or skin-issue advice appears in any of its GLP-1 sources as of August 25, 2026. Lilly's own patient instructions tell people to rotate injection sites with each dose, and a field that defaults to your last answer is easy to accept without thinking.

MyFitnessPal does have weight trend charts, but they sit in its general Progress Overview rather than inside GLP-1 Support. Its Progress article describes "A chart showing how your weight has changed over time, so you can spot trends and track momentum," with the macro coaching tips inside it flagged as "a Premium and Premium+ only feature."

MyFitnessPal vs GlucoPal side by side

Feature summary: Both apps log GLP-1 doses, dates, times, and injection locations, both send dose reminders, both record side effects, both chart weight over time, and both do all of that without a paid subscription. MyFitnessPal adds a food database of 20.5M+ items including restaurant dishes and runs on Android. GlucoPal adds automatic site rotation with a body map, side effects on the dose timeline, progress photos, an estimated medication-level chart, Apple Health sync, and a doctor-ready PDF export, and it covers oral and compounded GLP-1s.

All figures checked August 25, 2026. Every "not described" entry is a statement about MyFitnessPal's current sources, not a prediction. MyFitnessPal shipped Canada support and generic semaglutide logging in August 2026, so it is clearly still building.

When MyFitnessPal is the right choice

If your main job is food logging and the medication log is a bonus, MyFitnessPal is the pick. Its App Store listing describes logging "from 20.5M+ foods, including restaurant dishes," which is the kind of coverage that matters when you are eating out and want an entry that is close to right instead of a guess. Nothing in GLP-1 tracking changes how good that database is.

Existing history counts too. If you have logged in MyFitnessPal for years, your saved meals, recipes, and weight history are already there, and the habit is already built. Starting a second nutrition log to gain features you may not use is a real cost. MyFitnessPal is also on Android and Wear OS, which settles the question for anyone not on an iPhone.

And GLP-1 Support is not a token feature. Brand, dose, date, time, location, reminders, and severity-rated side effects on the free tier is a legitimate set. If that list covers what you actually want to record, you are done.

Why people add a dedicated GLP-1 tracker anyway

A GLP-1 prescription generates more record than a dose date, and most of it is the part that connects. Appetite drops and protein becomes the hard target, which is why our guide to protein goals on a GLP-1 exists. Nausea shows up on some days and not others, and a side-effect tracker is more useful when the symptoms sit next to dose timing instead of in a separate card. Sites need rotating with each injection, which a map handles better than memory does.

Then there is the appointment. When a clinician asks how it has been going, an organized export answers the question in a way that scrolling through a diary does not. That single artifact is what most people are actually missing when they add a second app.

GlucoPal is built around that whole record: doses with automatic site rotation, meals by photo or search, side effects on the timeline, weight trends, progress photos, an estimated medication-level chart, Apple Health sync, and a doctor-ready PDF export, with no account required to start. It is free to download and use, with optional Pro at $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr, and it covers oral and compounded GLP-1s alongside the major brands.

Running both is a normal setup and nothing about them conflicts. Keep MyFitnessPal for restaurant meals and the food database you already know, keep the medication record in GlucoPal, and let the export do the talking at your next appointment. If you are weighing other options too, our Noom comparison, our Lilly Health comparison, and the best Zepbound tracker apps roundup cover the rest of the field.

Neither app is medical advice. MyFitnessPal says so itself, and dosing changes, missed doses, and severe symptoms belong with your clinician or pharmacist.

FAQ

Does MyFitnessPal have a GLP-1 program?

MyFitnessPal has a GLP-1 feature rather than a program. GLP-1 Support, launched April 28, 2026, lets you log your medication brand, dose in milligrams, date, time, and injection location alongside your food diary, set a GLP-1 reminder, and track selected side effects with severity. There is no clinician, prescription, or coaching component (checked August 25, 2026).

Is MyFitnessPal GLP-1 Support free?

Yes. MyFitnessPal's launch announcement says GLP-1 Support is available free to all of its US users, and neither the GLP-1 Support help article nor the official tier comparison lists it as a Premium or Premium+ feature. Dose logging, reminders, and side-effect tracking are all on the free tier, which does include ads. GlucoPal is likewise free to download and use, with optional Pro at $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr.

Can I export my GLP-1 records from MyFitnessPal for my doctor?

Not as a medication record. MyFitnessPal's export article (updated August 23, 2026) states that "Free accounts don't include a data export tool," Data Export is a Premium and Premium+ feature and is a general data download, and the free printable report is website-only and generated from the food diary. No GLP-1 medication-record export is described in MyFitnessPal's sources as of August 25, 2026. GlucoPal's doctor-ready PDF export is built for exactly that handoff.

What is the best food tracking app for GLP-1 patients?

It depends on which half of the job you care about most. GlucoPal is the stronger pick if you want a GLP-1-first record with meals built into it, because doses, sites, side effects, weight, photos, and nutrition all live in one timeline you can export. MyFitnessPal is the pick if your center of gravity is its food database and you mainly want nutrition detail, with a dose and side-effect log attached.

Can I use MyFitnessPal and GlucoPal together?

Yes, and it is a common setup. Log restaurant meals and detailed nutrition in MyFitnessPal if that is where your history lives, and keep doses, injection sites, side effects, weight, and photos in GlucoPal so the medication record stays in one place. Both are free to download, and neither requires you to abandon the other.

Sources

1. 01.MyFitnessPal Help Center - GLP-1 Support - what GLP-1 Support logs (brand, dose, date, time, injection location), milligram-only dose units, reminders, side effects with severity, US and Canada English-only availability, account requirement, and the self-entered-data disclaimer; article last updated August 24, 2026 (checked August 25, 2026)
2. 02.MyFitnessPal blog - Introducing GLP-1 Support: Helping You Take Control - April 28, 2026 launch, nutrition-first positioning, and the description of tracking medication, dosage, injection site, and timing in one app (checked August 25, 2026)
3. 03.GlobeNewswire - MyFitnessPal Launches Comprehensive GLP-1 Support - company statement that GLP-1 Support is available free to all MyFitnessPal users in the United States (checked August 25, 2026)
4. 04.MyFitnessPal Help Center - What's the difference between Free, Premium, and Premium +? - tier breakdown showing Barcode Scanner, Meal Scan, Data Export, Macros by Meal, Food Timestamps, and ad-free as Premium and Premium+ features, with no GLP-1 tracking line item; updated August 19, 2026 (checked August 25, 2026)
5. 05.MyFitnessPal Help Center - Export your data or share your diary with a Trainer, Doctor, or Nutritionist - "Free accounts don't include a data export tool" and the website-only printable report generated from the Food tab; updated August 23, 2026 (checked August 25, 2026)
6. 06.MyFitnessPal - Membership pricing and tiers - confirmation that the free version of the app includes ads (checked August 25, 2026)
7. 07.MyFitnessPal Help Center - Progress Overview - weight trend chart description and the note that macro coaching tips are Premium and Premium+ only; updated August 2, 2026 (checked August 25, 2026)
8. 08.App Store - MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter - US App Store rating and rating count (see comparison table above), free with in-app purchases listed from $9.99 to $79.99 per item, version 26.33.0 released August 18, 2026 with US and Canada GLP-1 support plus generic semaglutide logging, the 20.5M+ food database claim, Premium scanning features, Android and Wear OS availability, and privacy label details (checked August 25, 2026)
9. 09.App Store - GLP-1 Tracker by GlucoPal - 4.8 average from about 2,700 US ratings, version 2.4.0 released August 19, 2026, free to download, supported medications including oral and compounded GLP-1s, injection-site rotation, AI meal scanning, side effects, progress photos, medication-level chart, doctor-ready export, and the no-account and no-selling statements (checked August 25, 2026)
10. 10.GlucoPal official website - product positioning, 100,000+ users, and GlucoPal Pro pricing at $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr