Does paying for premium help you loose more?

21ttomlinson
21ttomlinson Posts: 20 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
I have the free app and love it but it says go premium to loose more, what's your thoughts?
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  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    how much you lose will come down to your calorie deficit - now how much you pay for an app....if you think paying will help you hit that deficit better, go for it...but it is certainly not necessary!
  • bonnieevans6060
    bonnieevans6060 Posts: 104 Member
    Help! What are the advantages to the premium app besides no ads? What can you do with it that you can't do with the free app?
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Nah. I didn't use most of the perks, but I did like having no ads
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    bonnieevans6060 wrote: »
    Help! What are the advantages to the premium app besides no ads? What can you do with it that you can't do with the free app?

    You can set custom goals for different days and set goals by meal. I use these features extensively. There are some additional options for tracking macros but I don't pay attention to those because I don't really care about macros. You can download your data in a CSV file, which I've found handy but I imagine others wouldn't.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    absolutely not.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Only if the specific features Premium offers assist you in meeting your goals. For me, they would not.
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  • GemstoneofHeart
    GemstoneofHeart Posts: 865 Member
    If it motivates you to use it more, then it is worth it, but it is not the app that is doing the work, its you.

    In the end, it's all about the effort you put it. Not where you record it.
  • GemstoneofHeart
    GemstoneofHeart Posts: 865 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    bonnieevans6060 wrote: »
    Help! What are the advantages to the premium app besides no ads? What can you do with it that you can't do with the free app?

    You can export spreadsheets of your progress. You can find which nasty food item had that gram of trans fat.

    If you could use the feature to track Omega-3 and Omega-6 ratios from total food intake, I'd pay. Until then, I'll see ads.

    Ooooh I didn't think of that.
    MFP---we need omega tracking!! I want to see this too!
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    What features does premium offer that will help you meet a specific need you have now that the free version isn't meeting? Do you need fancy macro tracking options? Do you have a reason to have different goals/day (and can justify the expense to have that show in your app)? Do you do any statistical analysis of your data and need the ablity to export data? If none of those apply; then premium really isnt going to help you lose anything but wallet weight any faster. Unless you're super-susceptible to ads and go purchasing Depends every time they show up as an ad on your newsfeed (unless you need them).
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    The only thing I've found I liked and would miss is being able to set separate calorie goals for each meal of the day. The other stuff, it's alright, but I lost all my weight without it.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    The main thing I like about premium is that you can customize your calorie goal for each day of the week. Not getting ads was nice, too.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    I would like to set a custom maintenance calorie goal as mine is about 200kcal higher than what MFP calculates for me. But I can live with that. I certainly don't pay £40 per year for that.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Some people may feel more motivated to lose since they're paying for the service. But ultimately no.
  • mabearof6
    mabearof6 Posts: 684 Member
    I got premium free for a year.....I personally wouldnt pay for it though. I don't really use any of the features.
  • cs2thecox
    cs2thecox Posts: 533 Member
    I'm more about macros than just calories, so being able to input my macro goals by gramme is hugely important to me. I hated how long it took to mess around with the total calories and percentages to get them where I wanted them in the free version.
    Also different goals for different days - my macros differ between training and rest days, so it's great to have that set up.

    Compared to my gym membership and other money I spend on my health and fitness, I think premium's really worth it. I don't think I would have stuck with tracking without it.

    But if you're not in to macros, it's probably less helpful!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    If you stick to your calorie goal you can lose just fine without paying anything.
    I don't think paying for premium will make you lose more. There are some different features that you may or may not find useful. It is kind of like you don't need an activity tracker to lose weight or get fit but some people like having one.
  • accidentalpancake
    accidentalpancake Posts: 484 Member
    It says go premium to lose more because those that are willing to pay for premium are also more likely (on average) to commit to the changes necessary to lose.

    I pay for premium for the reporting and customization features. As others have said, I focus on macros, and the free version is pretty weak in that area.
  • maidengirl_
    maidengirl_ Posts: 283 Member
    I lost 50+ lbs on the free version. I don't mind a few ads :)
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    edited July 2017
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    I would pay double for no ads. It's that important to me. You will not lose more weight, but it does have some features that also make this site better, imo.

    I would pay double for no ads, too. As I currently pay nothing at all, double that would be a pretty good deal.

    Ads don't bother me much. At one point they were taking ages to download, to the point that they made the app pretty much unusable. That annoyed me (in fact it was a factor in stopping me logging for a while) but that issue was fixed some time ago. Ads that load promptly and don't have popups or forcible redirections to the play store are no problem for me.
  • bonnieevans6060
    bonnieevans6060 Posts: 104 Member
    Thanks guys for all the replies, info, opinions etc. I definitely have a better understanding as to what the differences are now.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Lol...no. There are some additional features like tracking macros by grams instead of %...just stuff like that.
  • edlanglais5
    edlanglais5 Posts: 172 Member
    I really don't mind the ads. ''Tis the way of life anymore online. Any website has to make money somehow. I would pay for the app if it had more features I would actually use. Those extra feauture wouldn't cause more or quicker weight loss, but I am a gadget nerd.
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