Will AI-built personal apps kill subscription apps like MyFitnessPal?
Mindless_Ad1501 · reddit · 2026-09-29
A Reddit post raises an emerging question: as more people use AI tools like Claude to build their own budgeting, net-worth and food-logging apps, will paid versions of such subscription apps survive? The author argues a personalized, AI-native build could eliminate the need for paid tiers, and says he's considering building a MyFitnessPal alternative as his next project — asking whether these companies should be worried.
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