What does Noom sell, and what does it cost?
A programme. Noom's own cost page, read 8 September 2026, prices Noom Weight at $169 for four months, $179 for six and $209 for twelve, with "7-day trial available, cancel anytime". The Noom Med pricing page, read 20 September 2026, lists six programmes rather than one price: five state the medication is included, from $99 a month after the first supply up to $299, and the sixth, telehealth for a branded medication, starts at $39 and states that the cost of the medication is not included. The page sells coaching and, in Noom Med, medication; whatever record of meals sits inside that is not what the price is for, and the price says so: $209 a year is more than twice the top of the band the diary apps occupy.
That is why "Noom alternatives" is two questions in one. If the question is where to get the same programme for less, this site has no answer, and a diary would be the wrong one. If the question is whether you need the programme at all, or only the part of it that records what you ate, then the alternatives are the diaries, and they cost a quarter to a half as much because they sell less.
What does a record do that a coach does not, and the other way round?
A record tells you what happened: each meal with its figures and the source of a number on every row, the day total against the calorie target you chose, the week as a period average over recorded days. It does not tell you what to do, it does not set the target, and it passes no verdict. A coach does the other half: sets the plan, explains it, answers, and holds you to it. Both are legitimate; the mistake is buying one while wanting the other.
| What you want | A coaching programme, by Noom's own page | A food diary | IZeat |
|---|---|---|---|
| A plan and someone to hold you to it | Coaching, by its own page | No | No; the target is yours, and nothing prescribes |
| Medication | In Noom Med, six programmes; five include the medication, one bills it separately | No | No |
| A record of what you ate | Not what the page prices | Yes; it is the product | Yes, said to the assistant you already use, with the source on each item |
| What it costs a year | $209, read 8 September 2026 | From $47.90 to $99.99 across the diary apps compared on this site | On the price card |
| What you can leave with | Depends on its terms | Depends on the app's export | The whole record as CSV or JSON, with one download for each format |
Bottom line: a diary is not a cheaper Noom; it is the record without the coach, and it costs less because it is less.
The assistant blurs that line a little, and it is worth being exact about how. Connected to IZeat, the assistant you already use can reason over your recorded day in its own voice: what would fit tonight, where the fat went, what a label means. That is the assistant's, general advice from a model, and it is kept apart from the figures IZeat returned; it is not a programme, not a clinician and not IZeat speaking. IZeat records, calculates the day, and never prescribes.
If a record is what you want, what are the choices?
IZeat is the calorie tracker inside ChatGPT, Claude or any other assistant. Tell the assistant you already use what you ate instead of searching for foods and entering them one by one. It is one of the diaries, and the one without an entry screen. The others, from their own pages and App Store listings read 8 and 14 September 2026: MyFitnessPal, free with ads, Premium $79.99 a year; Lose It!, free with the macros behind Premium at $79.99; Cronometer, a broad free tier and Gold at $59.99; YAZIO, free with ads and PRO at $47.90 list; MacroFactor, no free tier, $71.99. The free-tier comparison has each one's wording.
Where IZeat differs is not the price band but the shape. There is no form: the meal is a sentence to the assistant, the receipt comes back with each item and its source, and the day is a list with a total on the web app. There is no coaching layer to buy or to escape; the target is set by conversation and compared to, never judged. And leaving is from the account page, with the whole record exported first.
Coming off a programme, the first week is the honest test. "Breakfast was two eggs and a slice of toast; lunch a chicken salad from the deli, about a bowl; dinner the pasta, 200 g cooked, with a tomato sauce and a spoon of oil." The assistant is asked to check what the sentences leave open, then to record each meal; the receipts name the rows, the sources and what is left against the target you set on day one. Nobody tells you whether the day was good. If that silence is what you wanted, a record is the right product; if it is what you were paying Noom to fill, it is not.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions people type, each one sourced above.
How much does Noom cost?
On Noom's own cost page, read 8 September 2026: Noom Weight is $169 for four months, $179 for six and $209 for twelve, with a 7-day trial and cancellation at any time; Noom Med is priced per programme rather than as one figure: its pricing page, read 20 September 2026, lists six, five with the medication included and one, telehealth for a branded medication, starting at $39 a month with the medication billed separately. Those are the page's figures on that day; Noom's pricing is Noom's to change.
Is there a free alternative to Noom?
Not to the programme; to the food record inside it, yes. MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, Cronometer and YAZIO each have a free tier, with ads or held-back macros at three of them, by their own pages read 14 September 2026. None of them coaches. IZeat has no free tier either: a trial without a card, then a monthly or a yearly plan, and no coaching layer at all.
Is IZeat like Noom?
No. Noom sells coaching and, in Noom Med, medication, by its own cost page; IZeat sells a record of what you ate, said to the assistant you already use, compared to a target you chose. IZeat sets no plan, gives no lesson and never prescribes. The assistant may reason over your day in its own voice, as general advice kept apart from the figures IZeat returned, and that is the assistant's, not IZeat's.
Can IZeat replace Noom coaching?
No, and it does not try. A record shows you what happened, with the source on each item and the distance to your own target; it does not tell you what to do or hold you to a plan. If the coaching was the part that worked for you, a diary will feel silent. If the record was the part you used and the rest was noise, a diary is the tool, and the coaching is the extra you stop paying for.
What about the medication part of Noom Med?
Nothing on this site compares to it. Noom Med is a set of six programmes on its pricing page, read 20 September 2026, five of them with the medication included and one billing it separately; IZeat is a food record, not a medical product, and never prescribes. What comes next on a programme like that is not a conversation a food record can have. A record can sit beside that care; it is not a substitute for any part of it.
Which diary app is closest to what Noom records?
That depends on whether you liked typing. MyFitnessPal and Lose It! come with a search box and a database, and a free barcode scanner at Lose It!; Cronometer with a broad free tier; YAZIO with photo logging on PRO; MacroFactor paid from the first day. IZeat is the one that is not typed: the meal is a sentence to the assistant you already use, with the source on each item on the receipt.
Does IZeat give advice on what to eat?
IZeat does not; the assistant you connect may, in its own voice. IZeat records the meal, keeps the source on each item, calculates the day and compares it to the target you chose, and stops there. Ask the assistant what would fit tonight and it may reason from those figures in its own voice, as general advice kept apart from the figures IZeat returned; its instructions ask it to record only what you say you ate, not a suggestion.