Maya is your AI fitness & weight loss companion that runs your plan, logs your meals, and tracks your journey.
Talk to Maya live. Text her. Snap a photo. Maya builds your fitness plan around your goals, then logs every workout, meal, and calorie in real time.
She explains every weight swing, predicts the next one, and answers any progress question — instantly, out loud, or on screen.
3-day free trial · Then $12.99–$49.99/mo · Founder Pass 500 slots
You do the workouts, the meals, the recovery.
Maya does the planning, the math, the why.
You've already tried every fitness app. Maybe a wearable. Maybe a coach.
They all failed you the same way.
MyFitnessPal
“The diary has been ruined by being converted to a list of gigantic, space-consuming cards. Logging a full day's food now takes noticeably more effort than before.”
“Hard to find features. They used to let you scan foods and see progress pics — now they charge for those.”
Users are coordinating one-star review campaigns demanding the redesign be reverted. Many have already switched away.
PiunikaWeb · April 2026Cal AI
“Cal AI for me was so inaccurate honestly… I did the test side by side with manual logging and picture scanning. Cal AI or MyFitnessPal were far far from accurate.”
In a Lifehacker test, Cal AI identified a Pink Lady apple as “tikka masala” — estimated 80 cal vs actual ~120. Mixed salad: 450 cal vs actual 800-900. April 2026: pulled from App Store. March 2026: 3.2M user records leaked.
trygaya.com · Reddit aggregator, 2026ChatGPT
“ChatGPT-5's biggest blind spot: Memory is broken.”
“Even with memory enabled, ChatGPT may forget things. It picks up your tone, then halfway through drifts — forgetting key details, ignoring constraints you've already put in place.”
If you've tried using ChatGPT as a fitness coach, you already know — every conversation starts from scratch.
Tom's Guide · TechRadar, 2025The exodus
of every “switching from” mention across 50,000 calorie tracker reviews is someone leaving MyFitnessPal.
Outbound vs inbound switching ratio
1-star reviews in a single month after the 2024 paywall
You're not the only one. The whole MyFitnessPal user base is actively trying to leave.
Nutrola · 50K-review analysis, 2026Whoop · Oura
Whoop membership, plus a wristband you wear 24/7
Oura ring, then $5.99/mo on top
Recovery 55. Sleep score 71. HRV down. Then what? A number is not a coaching call.
Your Apple Watch already collects most of the same signals. You paid $399+ for it. Almost nothing reads it.
Whoop + Oura published pricing · Aug 2026The human coach
per month for online coaching. $50-80 per in-person session.
Two texts a day if you're lucky. A weekly call. A template plan. Thirty other clients. You eat at 9pm; the reply comes at 11am.
Not a bad coach. A bottleneck. The moments that decide your week happen when nobody is on the other end.
wod.guru · fitbudd.com · verified July 2026Meet Maya.
She's not an app you punch numbers into. She's a coach you talk to. She remembers everything you tell her — and she actually does the thinking, so you can stop managing a fitness app and just train.
Snap a photo. Type it. Say it out loud. Same Maya, same math — she picks the right response shape for the moment. Every calorie, macro, and USDA badge is what she actually returned.
Every plate you send her stays in your gallery — with her math attached.
Sushi, steak, avocado toast, salmon — logged from the photo and a few words. Tap any tile later and the calories, protein, and reasoning are still there.
Other apps give you ingredients. Maya gives you the kitchen.
One sentence in. Full log out. Dashboard updated. Tomorrow predicted.
Your Apple Watch, finally understood.
Your Watch collects the data — sleep stages, HRV, resting heart rate, cardio fitness (VO₂). Almost nothing reads it. In the iOS app, Maya does — automatically — and turns it into today's coaching call.
You already paid $399+ for the Watch. Stop paying another $30 a month for something to read it.
Whoop is $30/mo for a wristband that tells you your recovery is 55. Oura wants a $299 ring and $5.99/mo. Then you still have to work out what to do about the number. Maya reads what Apple Health already sends and tells you: push today, or manage the load — inside the same conversation where you log your meals and ask why the scale moved.
- Recovery score built from your HRV, resting HR, and sleep stages
- Fitness Age from your real VO₂, RHR, and weekly training minutes — Cooper Institute norms
- Sleep, HRV, resting HR, and VO₂ pulled in automatically in the iOS app — no re-logging
- No wristband to buy. No second subscription.
Prices from each company's published pricing, August 2026. Apple Watch auto-sync is part of the iOS app. On the web version today, Maya reads the workouts and sleep you log yourself. Maya works without a Watch — with one, she reads more.
Here's exactly how Maya works, start to finish.
No abstract pitch. Real screens from a real account. Talk-driven, dashboard-true — every step you'll experience on day one.
Your Apple Watch reports in before you do.
In the iOS app, Maya reads what your Apple Watch already sends — HRV, sleep, resting heart rate, and VO₂ — right inside the same conversation where you log meals. You add the one thing the Watch can't: the morning weigh-in. Three seconds.
No Apple Watch, or on the web version? Tell her your sleep and weight in a sentence. She tracks the trend, not the daily noise, either way.
Talk to her, or send a photo. Either works.
This is the move no other app makes. You don't fight a search box. You don't tap through categories. Just say what you ate or did. Maya breaks it down, shows you her math, and lets you tap to adjust anything.
One sentence in, full log out. No 20-question dialog box. "Sweetgreen bowl, double chicken" — done.
The dashboard reads your deficit, day → week → month.
Calorie deficit isn't a vibe — it's a number that has to match your weight trend. Maya shows you both on one chart so you know whether your numbers and your scale are agreeing. Tap any tab to drill in.
Tabs: Today, Insights, Goals, Playbook, Gallery — and Journal (every chat + every extraction, auditable).
Tomorrow's weigh-in, predicted today.
Not a fortune — a consequence. Today's deficit, your Apple Watch's HRV and sleep, your training, your water, your 7-day trend — Maya tells you what the scale will most likely read tomorrow, with the range and the reasoning shown. The screenshot people share.
“Tomorrow ≈ 71.5 kg once the water clears. Sodium from the sushi, not fat — it's gone in 36–48 hours.”
Not a fortune. A consequence. She shows the inputs, the range, and the reasoning — and you can check her against the scale in the morning.
3-day free trial · Then $12.99–$49.99/mo · Founder Pass 500 slots
Five things Maya does — in one conversation.
Trackers do one. Wearables do another. A coach does a third, twice a day. Maya does all five, every time you talk to her.
Maya remembers your goal — and rebuilds the plan when it changes.
Wedding in six weeks, then maintenance. Bulk first, then cut. Maya keeps the goal in front of every log and every recalibration — and keeps the whole journey. "Show me last month." "When did I plateau?" "Which plan dropped the most weight?" One question. Full answer.
Auto-logs every meal and workout — from a sentence or a photo. No forms.
Just say it. Maya breaks it down, shows you her math, and lets you tap to adjust anything. Knows grilled vs pan-fried. Knows 8 oz of ribeye is different from 8 oz of chicken breast.
Shows you exactly why the scale moved.
Up 2 lbs after last night's sushi? That's sodium and water, not fat. Hit a plateau? Here's why your body is holding on. This is the explanation every other app skips — and the reason most people quit when the scale lies to them.
That bump is sodium + water from last night's sushi — not fat. Each gram of carb holds ~3g water; sodium binds another ~10g per gram.
Expect it to clear in 36-48 hrs.
Tells you what tomorrow looks like — based on what you actually did today.
Not a fortune. A consequence. Today's deficit + your Apple Watch's HRV + your sleep + your training + your 7-day trend → tomorrow's most likely scale number, with the range.
Reads your Apple Watch — and tells you what to do about it.
Recovery, HRV, resting heart rate, sleep stages, VO₂, Fitness Age. The Watch collects it; in the iOS app Maya reads it automatically and turns it into today's call: push, or manage the load. No wristband, no ring, no second subscription. Works without a Watch too — she just reads less.
Solid — normal training. HRV 11% above baseline — push today.
Maya keeps the whole journey — and can replay it.
Day 46 of 127. 6.3 kg down. A 14-day roadmap to the wedding. Every day is still there — what you ate, what you lifted, what the scale did, what Maya said. Ask her to replay your best week and she will, day by day.
Your trainer answers texts twice a day. Maya's there when you eat, when you train, when the scale moves. For 91% less.
Online coaching runs $150-350 a month. For that you get a template plan, a weekly call, and a coach with thirty other clients. Maya's Basic tier is $12.99 — and she's on the other end every single time.
| Human coach · $150-350/mo | Maya · from $12.99/mo | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $150-350 | $12.99 |
| Answers when you eat | 2 texts/day, if you're lucky | Every time. 11pm sodium question included. |
| Talks to you live | Weekly video call | Live voice, any time you open the app |
| Logs your meals | You fill a spreadsheet | From a sentence, a voice note, or a photo |
| Remembers every meal since day 1 | Eyeballs your sheet on call day | Every log, every chat, replayable |
| Reads your Apple Watch | Asks how you slept | HRV, sleep, RHR, VO₂ — automatically, in the iOS app |
| Predicts tomorrow's weigh-in | — | With the range and the reasoning |
| Shows the math on every number | Template plan | Reasoning visible, correct any number in one tap |
| Clients competing for attention | ~30 | None. She's yours. |
| Upsells | Supplements, powders, premium tiers | None. No pharma, no products. |
Maya doesn't sell, suggest, or steer you toward medication. She's a companion for what you eat and how you train — not a prescription funnel.
No scheduling. No waiting for the reply. No coach who's on holiday the week your plateau hits. Live voice at 6am or 11pm.
No protein powder with her name on it. No premium tier that unlocks her attention. Her only incentive is that you keep finding her useful.
Coaching prices: wod.guru, fitbudd.com, GoodRx published rates, verified July 2026. 91% = Basic $12.99 vs $150. At the $350 end vs Coach Pro $49.99, it's 86% less.
3-day free trial · Then $12.99–$49.99/mo · Founder Pass 500 slots
Here's what you're not getting from the others.
Every row checked against each competitor's shipped features and published prices as of August 2026. If you spot an error, tell us — we'll update.
| Feature | Maya | MFP | Cal AI | ChatGPT | Whoop | Oura | Human coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Logs from conversation no search box, no taps | |||||||
Talks to you live, by voice two-way, any time | |||||||
Chat AND photo log, same flow | |||||||
Reads Apple Watch recovery, HRV, sleep iOS app · no extra hardware | |||||||
Turns the numbers into today's call "push" or "manage the load" | |||||||
Predicts tomorrow's weight with rationale shown | |||||||
Explains why the scale moved | |||||||
Adapts calorie target weekly auto-recalibration | |||||||
Cooking-method delta oil vs grilled vs deep-fried | |||||||
Remembers everything since day 1 replay any past cycle | |||||||
Audit every log + fix any mistake see her reasoning, one-tap correct | |||||||
Cost / month published prices, Aug 2026 | from $12.99 | $19.99 | $9.99 | $20 | $30 + band | $5.99 + $299 ring | $150-350 |
The others ask you to trust the black box. Maya is built so you never have to.
You see every message you sent. You see every fact Maya extracted. You see every log in the database. If she got something wrong, you spot it. You fix it. In one tap.
ChatGPT “remembers” opaquely. Maya shows you receipts. Every calorie, backed by the math — correct any number in one tap.
Start free for 3 days. Then pick how much you want to talk.
Every tier gets all of Maya — plan, logging, predictions, Journal, Playbook. The tiers differ in how much you talk to her. Cancel anytime, no lock-in.
Always-on Maya by text and photo, with a taste of live voice.
- 100 texts / mo
- 150 photo logs / mo
For people who'd rather talk than type most days.
- 150 texts / mo
- 200 photo logs / mo
Talk to Maya at every meal, every workout, every weigh-in.
- 200 texts / mo
- 250 photo logs / mo
For the people who keep her on for the whole session.
- 300 texts / mo
- 300 photo logs / mo
3-day free trial on every tier — enough to log a couple of days and hear her live. Then the price shown. Cancel anytime, no lock-in — one tap in Settings, or through Apple on iOS.