Premium ?

I had it for a year. I've used MFP free for a few years, then the premium for a year and back to free for the last year.

It's a little more convenient, but functionality remains pretty much the same. It was nice to be able to set actual grams for your macronutrient goals, instead of %. If I recall correctly it displays the useful information like calories and macros per meal and daily totals up front instead of hiding it behind a few clicks or screen rotation, but nothing major. It's also very expensive for what you get. There's not really added value, instead they basically added clicks to the free version to make it more cumbersome and less user friendly hoping to make the premium feel worth while.

I find the website version to be the best set up. It displays your totals at the bottom so it's super quick to set up your day. But you can't add exercise calories from the website. I set up my week on the website, then only use the app to add exercise calories or make quick adjustments to my food.

If it were cheaper I'd get it just for the convenience, but I wouldn't pay more than $10 a year for it. Last I checked it was something crazy like $50. You can accomplish everything you need on the free version, but if you feel like $50 a year is fine for a more streamlined user friendly experience with a little less hassle, try the premium.

I was using the free version for 5+ years. It did everything I wanted it to. I was able to lose weight. I recently upgraded to premium because I wanted to track my macros by weight instead of percentages. There are certain features that are nice but not something I would've specifically paid for.

If you go into settings, you'll see which ones require Premium to change... they may or may not be ones that are useful to you. I like being able to set minimum macros by weight and add exercise calories 100% to carbs (to not change my daily protein, fat minimums), with custom dashboard set to show remaining fat, protein, fiber versus my specified minimums.