A free Noom alternative — for people who just want to log food
Nibble is a free calorie and food diary that keeps every entry on your own device — no account, no subscription, and no coaching program to sell you. It's a genuinely different kind of product from Noom, not a clone: Noom sells structured psychology-based coaching, Nibble is a bare-bones diary.
Up front, honestly: this isn't an apples-to-apples comparison, because Noom and Nibble aren't really the same category of product. Noom is a paid behavior-change program — daily psychology lessons, a human coach, group support, structured goal-setting — built around the idea that lasting weight loss needs more than a food log. Nibble is just the food log: no lessons, no coach, no program. If you want the structure and accountability Noom sells, Nibble won't replace it — that's a real, deliberate gap, not a bug. If you just want a fast, free, private way to track calories without signing up for a coaching subscription, read on.
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Where Nibble actually wins
- Actually free, no trial-then-charge. Nibble has no paid tier, ever. Noom Weight is a paid subscription — about $70/mo month-to-month, dropping to roughly $17.42/mo on the annual plan ($209/yr) — that begins with a low-cost trial (as little as $0.50) before auto-renewing into the full charge.1
- No account, ever. Nibble has no login and no user database. Noom requires creating an account and entering payment details before the trial starts.1
- No billing complexity. Nibble has one tier: free. Noom's pricing varies by plan length and now includes separate, more expensive "Noom Med" GLP-1 medication tiers ($69-$279/mo) alongside the base Weight program — more to compare and more ways to overpay if you pick the wrong plan.1
- Nothing to breach, no billing to dispute. Nibble stores no central account or payment database. Noom's billing practices were the subject of a $62 million class-action settlement (final approval July 2022, ~2 million affected users) over trial periods that converted into hard-to-cancel automatic renewals.2 Noom has since changed its disclosure and cancellation flow under the settlement terms — we note this as a matter of history and public record, not a claim about how Noom bills today.
- No upsell, because there's nothing to sell. Nibble has one purpose: log food and exercise. Noom's core business is converting free-trial users into long-term coaching subscribers and, increasingly, medication-program subscribers.1
Honest comparison
| Feature | Nibble | Noom |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Food & exercise diary only | Psychology-based coaching program + diary |
| Account required | None | Yes, plus payment details for the trial1 |
| Price | Free, one tier, forever | Trial from $0.50, then ~$70/mo monthly or ~$17.42/mo billed annually ($209/yr); separate Noom Med medication tiers $69-$279/mo1 |
| Where your diary lives | Your device only (local storage) | Cloud account |
| Human coach / lessons | None | Yes — daily psychology lessons + assigned coach1 |
| Group / community support | None | Yes1 |
| Billing model | Nothing to bill — no payment info collected | Recurring subscription; history of a $62M class-action settlement over auto-renewal disclosures (2022)2 |
| Medication program option | None (out of scope) | Yes — GLP-1 program add-on3 |
Comparison compiled 2026-07-04 from the sources listed below. Competitor pricing and program terms change; check Noom's own pricing page for the current details, and let us know if anything here has gone stale so we can correct it.
Where Noom is the better choice
Credit where it's due: if what actually helps you is structure, accountability and a human coach — not just a place to write down what you ate — Noom's whole program is built around exactly that, backed by a cognitive-behavioral-therapy-style curriculum and group support that a bare diary app cannot replicate. Nibble makes zero claim to helping you change behavior; it just logs. If you've tried self-directed tracking before and it didn't stick, a paid coaching program like Noom addressing the psychology, not just the numbers, is a legitimate and different value proposition.
Who Nibble is not for
If you want a coach, a curriculum, group accountability, or a GLP-1 medication program, Nibble doesn't offer any of that today and isn't trying to. It also has no cross-device sync (a direct consequence of storing data only on your device, not an oversight) and no social features. If those matter to you, Noom — or another coaching-style program — is the honest answer.
Get it
Nibble runs in your browser — there's nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. Open Nibble and start logging. It's a free, open experiment; if it saves you time, you can support it on Ko-fi. Comparing more trackers? See our MyFitnessPal alternative, FatSecret alternative, Cronometer alternative, MacroFactor alternative, Vora alternative, Foodnoms alternative, Cal AI alternative and Foodvisor alternative write-ups too.
Sources
- Noom Weight 2026 pricing (monthly ~$70/mo; annual ~$209/yr, ~$17.42/mo equivalent; trial periods as low as $0.50 for 7-14 days before auto-renewal), account/payment requirement to start a trial, daily psychology lessons + assigned coach + community features, and Noom Med GLP-1 program tiers ($69-$279/mo) — noom.com/blog, nutriscan.app (weight vs med), bettercare.com, accessed 2026-07-04.
- Noom class-action settlement over trial-to-auto-renewal billing practices (May 2016-October 2020 conduct): $62 million total ($56M cash + $6M subscription credits), final court approval July 2022, ~2 million affected users, and Noom's subsequent commitment to clearer pre-purchase and cancellation disclosures — wittelslaw.com, winston.com, accessed 2026-07-04.
- Noom Med GLP-1 medication program structure and pricing (Microdose ~$199/mo after a $99 trial; Full-Dose ~$279/mo after a $129 trial) — nutriscan.app, accessed 2026-07-04.