Migrating From Yazio: How to Import Your Data Into a New App (2026 Guide)

Yazio's export is minimal. Most apps can't auto-import it. Here's the manual migration playbook for Yazio → Nutrola / MFP / Cronometer.

If you have been tracking in Yazio for months or years, the idea of starting over in a new app is exhausting. Every custom recipe, every favorite meal, every logged weight, every closed fasting window represents real time invested. The reasonable expectation is that a modern app should let you export that history as a clean file and a competitor should import it in a few taps. That expectation does not survive contact with Yazio's actual export.

Yazio does provide an export, but it is deliberately minimal — essentially a PDF-style food diary and a CSV of logged entries, with none of the structured recipe metadata, nutrient breakdowns, or fasting-session history that a true migration would require. No mainstream calorie app — not Nutrola, not MyFitnessPal, not Cronometer, not Lose It — can auto-import a Yazio export in one click. What you can do, and what this guide walks through step by step, is a mostly-manual migration that preserves the parts of your history that actually matter: weight trend, recipe library, favorites, and fasting routine. Below is the realistic, no-marketing playbook.

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Step 1: Understand What Yazio Exports

Before you touch the export button, understand what you are actually going to get back. Yazio exports far less than the app stores about you, and knowing the gap up front prevents nasty surprises on the other side.

What Yazio's export typically contains:

• A PDF or CSV of your food diary entries over a selectable date range (date, meal type, food name, portion, calories, and top-line macros).
• Aggregate daily totals for calories and macros across the selected range.
• A weight log as dated entries, usually embedded in the same document.
• Basic profile information (goal, starting weight, target weight, height, activity level).

What Yazio does not cleanly export:

• Structured custom recipes as importable files. Your recipes appear by name in the diary entries, but not as a separate recipe database with ingredients and per-serving nutrients.
• Your "favorites" or "frequent" list as a distinct dataset.
• Fasting session history in a structured, timestamped format. Completed fasts may show up as summary numbers, not as individual start-stop timestamps.
• Nutrient data beyond the core macros — micronutrients, fiber details, and any "PRO"-tier tracked metrics are usually absent.
• Barcode history, custom foods with full nutrient panels, or images.

In other words, Yazio's export is a readable record of what you ate, not a migratable database. This is the core reason no app can "one-click import" a Yazio file. The file simply does not contain the structured data a target app would need.

The practical implication is that your migration should focus on continuity of the forward-looking system — your new app, set up with your targets, recipes, favorites, and fasting routine — rather than on perfectly recreating the historical diary. Your weight trend is the one historical dataset worth preserving carefully, because it carries long-term signal. Individual meals from eight months ago do not.

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Step 2: Get the Export Out of Yazio

Yazio's export lives in Profile → Settings → Account → Data export (the exact path shifts between app versions, but it is always under account or privacy settings). A few specifics to plan around:

1. Select the maximum date range. Yazio lets you pick a range; choose from your first logged day to today. If you cannot remember the exact start date, pick a date earlier than you think you need — empty days are harmless.
2. Export to email. Yazio typically emails the file rather than producing an instant download. The email can take several minutes to a few hours. Request it from a quiet moment, not the five minutes before you plan to set up the new app.
3. Save the file somewhere durable. Once the email arrives, save the attachment to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or a desktop folder you will still have access to in a year. This is your historical record — even if you do not import it anywhere, keep it.
4. Also screenshot your current targets. Before you cancel Yazio's subscription or delete the account, take screenshots of your current calorie goal, macro split (grams of protein, carbs, fat), fasting protocol, and step/activity targets. These are trivially recreatable if you have them visible; painful if you do not.
5. Do not delete your Yazio account yet. Keep it active and installed for at least two weeks after migration. You will want to cross-check weights, recipes, and logged entries against a source of truth while you set up the new app. Delete only once the new app is fully operational.

If you are on Yazio PRO, cancel at the end of the current billing cycle rather than immediately — you paid for the time, you might as well keep access during the migration window.

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Step 3: What Your New App Can Actually Import

Here is the realistic picture of automatic imports as of 2026, by target app:

Nutrola: No native Yazio importer. Nutrola does not claim to parse Yazio's PDF or CSV directly. What it does do during onboarding is consume your HealthKit (iOS) or Health Connect (Android) data — so any weight history or workout history that was synced through those bridges flows into Nutrola automatically. Targets, recipes, favorites, and fasting setup are manual but fast, thanks to voice NLP and AI photo logging.

MyFitnessPal: No native Yazio importer. MFP has a CSV importer for some food databases, but Yazio's export format is not on that list. Weight history can be brought in via Apple Health / Google Fit if you had that bridge enabled. Recipes are recreated manually through the recipe builder.

Cronometer: No native Yazio importer. Cronometer's strength is its own nutrient database; it expects you to rebuild your logging workflow rather than port someone else's data model. It does accept generic CSVs for custom foods if you format them precisely, but the effort is usually higher than simply re-entering your frequent foods as you eat them for the first week.

Lose It, FatSecret, LifeSum: Same story. No Yazio importer. Weight bridges through HealthKit / Health Connect. Everything else is manual.

The honest summary: across every major calorie tracker in 2026, "migrating from Yazio" means bridging weight history through the health platform, then rebuilding targets, recipes, favorites, and fasting routine by hand in the new app. The good news is that modern apps have made the "by hand" part dramatically faster than it used to be. In Nutrola, voice and photo logging mean you rarely type anything after the first day anyway.

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Step 4: HealthKit / Health Connect Bridge for Weight

This is the one step where you genuinely preserve historical data, and it is worth getting right.

On iOS (HealthKit):

1. Open Yazio while still logged in.
2. Go to Profile → Settings → Connect → Apple Health.
3. Enable write permissions for Weight, Body Mass Index, Body Fat Percentage (if you tracked it), Active Energy, and Nutrition.
4. Open Yazio's weight history screen and scroll to the top of your oldest entries. In some versions, the Health Connect sync backfills historical weights automatically; in others, you need to trigger it by editing and re-saving a handful of older entries.
5. Open Apple Health → Browse → Body Measurements → Weight and confirm that your full history now appears with Yazio as the source.
6. Install Nutrola, MyFitnessPal, or Cronometer. During onboarding, grant read access to Weight. Your full trend appears in the new app.

On Android (Health Connect):

1. Install Health Connect from Google Play if not pre-installed (it is native on Android 14+).
2. In Yazio, go to Profile → Connect → Health Connect and enable writing weight data.
3. Open Health Connect → Data and access → Weight and confirm Yazio appears as a source with the expected number of entries.
4. Install the new app. Grant it read access to Weight during onboarding.

Common pitfalls:

• Yazio's weight sync is opt-in; if you never enabled it, there is no historical weight in HealthKit to read. Enabling it now will only sync entries forward from this moment. In that case, you have two options: (a) manually enter your starting weight and most recent 3–5 data points in the new app, or (b) open Yazio's export PDF, read the weight log, and add each entry directly in Apple Health (Browse → Weight → Add Data). Tedious but it preserves the trend line.
• Time zones can cause duplicate entries if the same weight syncs through multiple sources. If you see doubled points, delete the duplicates from Apple Health rather than from inside the new app.
• Body fat percentage, if you tracked it in Yazio, often does not bridge. Note your last recorded value and start fresh in the new app.

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Step 5: Recreate Recipes and Favorites Manually

Recipes are the most painful part of leaving Yazio because there is no structured export. The efficient path is to prioritize — you do not need to port every recipe you ever saved, only the ones you actually cook.

Triage your recipe list:

1. Open Yazio's recipe or "My Recipes" screen.
2. List the recipes you have cooked in the last 60 days. Everything older is nostalgia, not a living part of your routine.
3. For each kept recipe, screenshot the ingredient list and per-serving macros from Yazio.

Rebuild in the new app:

• Nutrola: Use the photo recipe builder — take a photo of a finished meal and Nutrola's AI drafts an ingredient list in under three seconds, which you then correct against your Yazio screenshot. For typed recipes, the voice builder accepts natural language ("200 grams chicken breast, one cup jasmine rice, half avocado") and returns a structured recipe with 100+ nutrients.
• MyFitnessPal: Use Recipe Builder → Enter Ingredients. Slower but accurate for common foods.
• Cronometer: Use Custom Recipes with its superior nutrient database. Best option if micronutrient accuracy is your reason for leaving Yazio in the first place.

Favorites / frequents:

Do not try to recreate this list up front. Simply start logging in the new app, and in every major calorie tracker — including Nutrola — recently logged foods automatically become your frequents within three to five days. Spending an afternoon "recreating favorites" is wasted effort; your daily logging will do it for you by the end of the first week.

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Step 6: Rebuild Fasting Routine (Nutrola Has a Fasting Timer Too)

If you used Yazio's fasting timer as heavily as its food log, you will want to know that Nutrola includes a built-in fasting timer and eating-window tracker, so you do not need to juggle a separate fasting app during the migration.

What to carry over:

• Your protocol (16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD, alternate-day, or custom).
• Your usual fasting start time and eating-window opening time.
• Your current fast streak, if streaks matter to you psychologically.

In Nutrola:

1. Open the Fasting tab from the main navigation.
2. Select your protocol from the presets, or set a custom window.
3. Set notification times for fast-start and eating-window-open, matching what you had in Yazio.
4. For streak continuity, start your first Nutrola fast on your usual schedule; the streak counter begins at 1 but grows quickly.

In MyFitnessPal / Cronometer: Neither has a native fasting timer. You would need a companion app (Zero, Simple, DoFasting). This is one of the concrete reasons many migrating users land on Nutrola specifically — one app replaces two.

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How Nutrola Handles Post-Migration Onboarding

If Nutrola is your chosen destination, the post-migration setup flow is deliberately short. The app assumes you are an experienced tracker who wants targets dialed in and noise minimized, not an onboarding funnel that treats you like a beginner.

• AI photo logging identifies meals in under three seconds, so the first week post-migration requires almost no typing.
• Voice NLP turns spoken descriptions like "medium latte with oat milk and a blueberry scone" into structured log entries with calories and macros.
• 1.8M+ verified foods across international databases, including European brands Yazio's database prioritized.
• 100+ nutrients tracked including fiber subtypes, amino acids, omega-3, and micronutrients — meaningfully deeper than Yazio's default breakdown.
• Built-in fasting timer with eating-window tracking and streaks, so you keep the Yazio fasting habit without a second app.
• Barcode scanner that works against the same global databases, including EU/UK/DACH products that Yazio specialized in.
• Recipe photo import — snap a finished dish and Nutrola drafts the ingredient list for you to verify.
• HealthKit (iOS) and Health Connect (Android) two-way sync for weight, workouts, and steps.
• 14 language support — Nutrola retains localization in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, and English, so you do not lose the localized UX Yazio provided.
• Zero ads across every tier, including free. No upsell overlays, no video ads, no sponsored foods in search results.
• Free tier covers daily logging, calorie and macro tracking, and barcode scanning; premium starts at €2.50/month and unlocks full AI, fasting, recipes, and advanced reports.
• No data lock-in — Nutrola exports to CSV and bridges to HealthKit / Health Connect so the next migration, whenever it comes, is easier than this one.

The onboarding takes about eight minutes if you have your screenshots from Step 2 ready. By day three, most former Yazio users are logging faster in Nutrola than they were in Yazio, primarily because photo and voice logging skip the food-search step entirely.

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Is It Worth the Migration Effort?

The honest answer depends on why you are leaving Yazio. Three realistic profiles:

You are leaving for fasting + food in one app. Worth it. Consolidating two apps into one (Nutrola) removes friction from both workflows and you will feel the benefit within a week.

You are leaving for nutrient depth. Very worth it, but choose carefully. Cronometer is the nutrient-depth specialist; Nutrola also tracks 100+ nutrients with AI logging speed. MFP is not a meaningful upgrade on nutrient depth over Yazio.

You are leaving for logging speed. Strongly worth it if your new app is Nutrola. Photo and voice logging are structurally faster than Yazio's search-first model. If your new app is MFP or Cronometer, the speed improvement is marginal.

You are leaving because of price or ads. Worth it in all directions. Nutrola's €2.50/month premium tier undercuts Yazio PRO, and the free tier is usable long-term. MFP's free tier has degraded over the past three years. Cronometer's free tier is still generous for single users.

The migration effort itself, done with this guide, is about 90 minutes of focused work plus a week of "re-seeding" frequents through normal logging. That is a small one-time cost for an app you will use thousands of times.

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FAQ

Can I import my Yazio CSV directly into Nutrola?

No. Nutrola does not claim a native Yazio importer because Yazio's export format is a human-readable diary, not a structured database. The practical import path is HealthKit or Health Connect for weight, plus manual rebuild of recipes, favorites, and fasting settings — which takes about 90 minutes total.

Will I lose my weight trend if I migrate?

Not if you bridged Yazio to Apple Health or Health Connect at any point during use. The new app reads from the health platform directly and your full trend appears. If you never enabled the bridge, you can either manually enter historical weights from your Yazio export PDF into Apple Health, or accept a fresh start with your most recent 3–5 entries as anchors.

What happens to my Yazio PRO subscription?

Cancel it at the end of the current billing cycle rather than immediately. You paid for the month; keep access during the migration window so you can cross-check recipes and targets against your source of truth. Delete the Yazio account only after two weeks of stable use in the new app.

Can I keep using Yazio alongside the new app?

Technically yes, but it defeats the purpose. Running two calorie trackers in parallel doubles your logging burden and introduces reconciliation errors. Use the overlap period strictly as a read-only reference for the first two weeks, then uninstall.

Does Nutrola support European food databases the way Yazio did?

Yes. Nutrola's 1.8M+ verified food database includes European brands, EU barcode formats, and 14-language localization covering German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, and the Nordic languages. The specific brand coverage is comparable to Yazio for DACH, Benelux, and Mediterranean regions.

Do I have to rebuild my fasting streak from zero?

Yes, if streak continuity matters to you emotionally. There is no technical way to carry a fast-streak number from Yazio to another app because fasting sessions are not in the export. The practical reframe is that streaks are a motivational tool, not a record of truth — your actual fasting habit is intact, only the counter resets.

Is the free tier in Nutrola enough for daily use post-migration?

Yes, for core calorie and macro tracking with barcode scanning. The €2.50/month premium tier unlocks full AI photo logging, voice NLP, fasting timer features, advanced reports, and 100+ nutrient tracking. For ex-Yazio PRO users who valued fasting and recipes, premium is the closest feature-parity tier.

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Final Verdict

Migrating from Yazio is not a one-tap import, and no honest app will tell you it is. The practical migration is a 90-minute manual process: export your Yazio data as a reference file, bridge your weight history through HealthKit or Health Connect, triage and rebuild the recipes you actually cook, let your frequents auto-populate through a week of normal logging, and recreate your fasting protocol in the new app.

For users who want one app to replace Yazio's food + fasting combo, Nutrola is the cleanest destination — 1.8M+ verified foods, AI photo logging under three seconds, voice NLP, built-in fasting timer with eating-window tracking, 100+ nutrients, 14 languages, zero ads across every tier, a usable free plan, and premium at €2.50/month. For users who prioritize pure nutrient depth and accept a search-first workflow, Cronometer is the nutrient specialist. MyFitnessPal remains the largest database but has the weakest free tier of the three.

Whichever app you choose, follow this playbook end-to-end. The 90 minutes you invest today turns into a clean tracking system you will use thousands of times — and the next time you migrate, you will not be rebuilding from a PDF.