Why go premium ?

amfmmama
amfmmama Posts: 1,420 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Just curious what makes going premium worth it.

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  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Only if you are looking to be very detailed with your macros. You still see mfp generated ads for their blog.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I didn't care about premium until I wanted to get more specific with my calorie and macro goals. Not having ads is a nice side effect.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Not having ads is nice, more control over goals and what I track is nice too.
  • fatoldladyonamission
    fatoldladyonamission Posts: 581 Member
    I'm on the free trial period and quite like it without the ads and with the extra functionality to change daily calorie goals to fit a fasting diet which is what I'm doing 5:2 so nothing drastic bit it's really helping with that.

    Think I will probably stump up the £40 and keep it for the year. I like it.
  • amfmmama
    amfmmama Posts: 1,420 Member
    Thank you to all that gave me pleasant informative answers = ) I appreciate it.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    I'd go premium if they made the recipe building feature better...able to organize recipes (like a cookbook) and keep instructions. But it doesn't seem to be a feature of premium, so I pass.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    edited January 2018
    I like being able to customize my meals over the day. I changed mine to Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner, and Late Night (Or does basic allow you to do this? I don't remember). I also set calorie goals for each, which helps me when I pre-log. And I changed my total calories goals for the days of the week to 1850 on Fridays, and 1450 all other days. It's worth the money to me.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    lightenup2016 wrote: »
    I like being able to customize my meals over the day. I changed mine to Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner, and Late Night (Or does basic allow you to do this? I don't remember). I also set calorie goals for each, which helps me when I pre-log. And I changed my total calories goals for the days of the week to 1850 on Fridays, and 1450 all other days. It's worth the money to me.

    I believe basic does let you rename your meals and have up to six, but premium lets you set calorie goals by meal, which I like a lot. The main reason I got premium was as incentive to myself to use the app, but I’ve kept it because I believe it’s worth paying for something I’ve gotten and continue to get a great deal of use from.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    They would have to pay me to go premium...
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    I like Premium and I do use some of the options... but MFP is completely usable without it. I’d look at the features and decide if they are worth it to you.
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Ha, Ha ... someone else besides myself had gone Premium to foster compliance with logging ... ! :) ... I got the Premium membership as soon as it became available and kept it for 2 years. Then I let it lapse this past September because I wasn't using enough of the additional features to make it worthwhile to spend the money ... and ... during the 2 years I did have it, logging in every day has become such a deep-seated habit that I feel lost when I don't log in and update my logs. MFP is a good tool, if you think you might like to use the features, and you have the option to try it for free for a month ... Do IT ... I mean, try it out and play around to see for yourself.
  • jfan175
    jfan175 Posts: 812 Member
    10 bucks a month is a bit steep.
  • Poisonedpawn78
    Poisonedpawn78 Posts: 1,145 Member
    The only and best reason to go premium is to support the developers who create and operate the site. While I am sure they are getting some revenue from the ads, It is a way for the individual to show their appreciation for the work and a tool that has helped you achieve your goals.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited January 2018
    jfan175 wrote: »
    10 bucks a month is a bit steep.

    The yearly option is less than half of that ($50/year).

    Personally I haven't felt the need for any of the amenities offered, but others find a lot of it helpful (heightened macro settings, calorie cycling).
  • an0nemus
    an0nemus Posts: 149 Member
    Because I like and use the site, and I felt it worth while to support something I like.
  • jfan175
    jfan175 Posts: 812 Member
    Because I like and use the site, and I felt it worth while to support something I like.

    Just showing up here supports the site. The ad revenue is based on number of visits/views per page. I can understand not wanting the adds or if you use the extra features.
  • Poisonedpawn78
    Poisonedpawn78 Posts: 1,145 Member
    jfan175 wrote: »
    Because I like and use the site, and I felt it worth while to support something I like.

    Just showing up here supports the site. The ad revenue is based on number of visits/views per page. I can understand not wanting the adds or if you use the extra features.

    for reference, the normal website ad revenue from google ads is CPM 10$. If the average person log in every single day for 365 days and viewed 20 pages each visit, that would generate 7.30$ for the entire year.

    Doing some quick google checks a good estimate for cost is 0.2$ per user per month to host a website with data storage. So a cost of 2.4$

    Leaving them with 4.9$ profit per year per user BEFORE development costs.
  • an0nemus
    an0nemus Posts: 149 Member
    jfan175 wrote: »
    Because I like and use the site, and I felt it worth while to support something I like.

    Just showing up here supports the site. The ad revenue is based on number of visits/views per page. I can understand not wanting the adds or if you use the extra features.

    I use ad/script blockers. its VERY rare I see ads on ANY site.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I would love to throw money at MFP for helping me achieve and maintain my goal weight during the past few years.

    I probably should do something about that.

    I don't care about any of the premium features. The basic MFP is worth it to me.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    Only if you are looking to be very detailed with your macros. You still see mfp generated ads for their blog.

    Nope. Wrong. The blog ads no longer show.

    There are many reasons. You can read about it right here on MFP. Imagine that. You can 1) do a search, since this has been asked 800,000,000 times before, 2) you can just click on the premium link and they list the advantages right there.

    Well according to some people on a very recent thread the blog post do still show for premium members and they're pretty mad about it so...

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