# MacroTracker: Calorie Counter — user reviews > 159 indexed App Store user reviews of MacroTracker by Josef Landing, rated 4.35/5 from 527 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/macrotracker-calorie-counter/id1669971429/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/macrotracker-calorie-counter/id1669971429.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 362 · 4★ 74 · 3★ 35 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of MacroTracker? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💯 Best free macro tracker - 🔍 Accurate food database - 📊 Helpful dashboards and analytics - ⚖️ Customizable macro goals - 📱 Easy to use interface - 🔒 No ads or subscriptions **Cons** - 🐛 Recurring search/database issues - 🔄 Inconsistent app performance - 💾 No data backup/sync options - 🔢 Limited food measurement options - 🔍 Inaccurate barcode scanning **Commonly reported bugs** - Search function frequently not working - App crashes when adding new foods - Macro data not syncing correctly **Most requested features** - Add recipe import/creation feature - Integrate with fitness trackers - Provide more food measurement units - Enable data backup and sync - Add notes/comments section ## Newest reviews (17 of 159) ### 4/5 — Few suggestions: *2026-07-19, version 4.4.24* This is a well-designed macro tracker, and I’ve enjoyed using it. A few improvements would make it even better. I’d like the option to hide or remove the exercise-tracking sections when I don’t use them, automatic switching between light and dark mode, and the ability to change the app language in settings without losing data. The feedback and bug-reporting buttons also seem not to work, or at least they don’t show a confirmation after submission. It would also help to track cholesterol and sodium across multiple days, or at minimum let users review sodium intake from previous days. Finally, I’d appreciate a lifetime premium purchase option. ### 4/5 — My favorite Tracking App-NEEDS A FIBER TAB *2026-05-26, version 4.4.24* I love this app I’ve used it for over a year now. It’s so easy to use and you can save meals for easy meal planning. The macro bars are simple and easy for getting an idea on how you’re doing reaching your goals. Connect your health app to convert steps into calories to track. I use this app every day and the more you use it and save meals the easier it gets. Time for my one complaint that would get my 5th star- speaking to my dietitian I need to get more fiber. It’s easy tracking my macros but I’d love for a small bar under macros for tracking fiber. It’s essential for gut health and to lower risk of colon cancer. Most people aren’t reaching Fiber intake goals so it would make it so much easier to have a place to track dietary fiber when making meals, quick adds, and the addition of a fiber bar. Since green is taken by carbs maybe make it blue or red. Just so I can track it. I know I need 33 g so it would be so beneficial and easy for easier tracking rather than trying to track somewhere else ### 3/5 — Major glitch, again *2025-12-30, version 4.4.24* This is a great app, until it crashes. I have now lost months of data due to the app crashing twice now. All my stored foods and meals completely wiped out. However; based on a reply I received from the developer, it sounds like an issue that they are working on and hopefully we will have backups soon. This is a five-star app when I don’t lose my data so I look forward to these changes and raising my review rating once they are implemented. ### 2/5 — App crashes and will not open *2025-11-17, version 4.4.23* I enjoyed the app for a few months but after the last few updates the app crashes and will not load. I’m currently using iOS 15.8.5. Hopefully the developers can improve the experience. ### 2/5 — Major glitch *2025-10-24, version 4.4.22* Loved this app until I lost everything. Every time I tried to open it, it would close immediately. I had to delete and reinstall the app, and I lost all my stored data from months of tracking. It will take me days to reenter all my food items and meals, which I am not very happy about. Also lost all my history. ### 4/5 — Great tool *2025-08-06, version 4.3.19* The tracker is easy to use, and the food look up feature is extremely helpful. I wish I could sync between my phone and tablet, and set the actual number of grams of protein assigned by my nutritionist in my goals (instead of the tracker choosing the number from choices like "high protein"). ### 3/5 — Best App for keeping track of Macros *2025-07-23, version 4.3.19* App has everything you need to keep track of your Macros keeps track of food and water and connects to your health app I recommended this app to anyone who is looking for a basic app But plz Don’t bother buying the premium features as they Don’t work the scan feature and food scanner and label scanner is way of on counting calories more then 50% of I’ve tried reaching out the creator by email never returns email I contacted Apple support they say it’s none refundable I paid the yearly it’s over $60 dollars and I can’t even use the premium features the basic Manual input is great just Being honest guys don’t waste your time. ### 3/5 — Best App for keeping track of Macros *2025-07-20* App has everything you need to keep track of your Macros keeps track of food and water and connects to your health app I recommended this app to anyone who is looking for a basic app But plz Don’t bother buying the premium features as they Don’t work the scan feature and food scanner and label scanner is way of on counting calories more then 50% of I’ve tried reaching out the creator by email never returns email I contacted Apple support they say it’s none refundable I paid the yearly it’s over $60 dollars and I can’t even use the premium features the basic Manual input is great just bean honest guys don’t waste your time. ### 4/5 — Was great, now just good *2025-07-19, version 4.3.19* No longer able to delete items that are in my foods. Delete button is still there but it does nothing. ### 4/5 — Good App!!! *2025-06-21, version 3.3.19* I really like that this app requires no subscription and doesn’t track its users!!! It’s pretty easy to use and allows you to customize settings for your goals. My only issue is that, sometimes when I try and search for foods, I get no results even if I know it is a food in the database (for instance “avocado” will appear sometimes but not always.) There is a way around this if I enter custom nutrition information, but it’s less convenient. The database isn’t huge, but as more people use the app it will increase. Thank you for creating a great app!! ### 3/5 — Good but can’t download dairy *2025-06-18, version 3.3.19* The app works well unless you are tracking to give information to your coach. You can’t export your food dairy, the app just shuts down ### 4/5 — Please add the recipe adding feature in the next update *2025-06-17, version 3.3.19* I was using another app called foryoueats but I personally like you guys‘s app because I feel it’s more accurate than any other app food Noms has a good recipe adding feature but people had to pay for that that’s just not fair. they had to pay for the recipe import feature and the water tracker not only that they also said that my high protein lentil chocolate chip pumpkin protein muffins that I added into their app. They said that it was worth 250 cal and I just don’t like that after doing some research, I found out that there were actually lower than that that’s why I suggest adding that recipe adding feature because you guys foods are really really accurate and just amazing. The part that I don’t have to pay is just blowing me away, but if an app doesn’t have a recipe adding feature, not sure if I want to use it. ### 4/5 — Easy *2025-05-30, version 3.3.19* Nice app. No purchse pushing. Counts macros without having to buy in to it. Easy to use, easy to set up. Only reason not a 5 is because everything is in grams ### 4/5 — Macro Tracker *2025-05-30, version 3.3.19* Very nice app.. just wish there was more customization. Thank for your creation. ### 5/5 — simple and completely free *2025-05-17, version 3.3.19* I love this app, super easy to use and does not have any ads or subscription fees. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — I love this app! *2025-05-15, version 3.3.19* When I started looking for a macro counter I couldn't believe how much of my privacy and my data I had to give up for anyone mentioned by an influencer on YouTube. It was horrifying to me. And then I found this one and I thought privacy is worth it! Once I started to use it I discovered it is extremely easy and useful to use. I can search for products or even put in my own foods. It's very customizable and easy to use. I only wish they gave me a place to put notes. Sometimes I want to track something and I can't because there's nowhere to put notes. ### 5/5 — great tool *2025-05-15, version 3.3.19* exactly what I was looking for tracks everything I need & categories I was looking for and I love the fun challenges it has too ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Good but just needs some updating *2026-07-06, version 4.4.24* Update July 5, 2026, still haven’t been able to use the app, and the developer response was basically “oh well it’s working for most people.” While hoping for a patch job or something, I was testing out FitBee during the last month… I love it so much I paid for the lifetime membership. I really really loved this app and was a user for several years before it became unstable and ultimately unusable. I really hope it gets back to where it once was, or improves I know a lot of people still use and love it but it’s already frustrating to have to log what you eat in the first place, even more so when you can’t do it efficiently or accurately. Update June 1 2026. The app now won’t search any of the database for foods. It literally says no results. I have reached out to the developer several times with no response. I really liked the app but I might have to go to something else’s that’s being supported or updated from time to time. I really like the app. Frankly it’s one of the best free options on the App Store. I really wish the developer would update a couple of things: 1. The calorie counter is way off, even from its own calculation. For example if you manually enter your steps the calories out are way higher than the app automatically tracks. My wish list here is that it would just import ALL of the data from my Apple Watch. Workouts, steps etc. 2. I can only search the foods when not connected to WiFi. It doesn’t make any sense and the developer hasn’t responded to any bug reports. Overall I still will use the app. But I really wish it would get a few much needed updates. And I haven’t used any of the ai features and I likely won’t so I can’t speak to that. ### 1/5 — Needs improvement *2025-11-25, version 4.4.23* Update- same issue as previously mentioned. Food database is just user entered and very inaccurate. Moving on to a different app. Food database seems to be just user entered. And macros are often wrong! ### 1/5 — Major glitch *2025-11-09, version 4.4.23* Loved this app until I lost everything. Every time I tried to open it, it would close immediately. I had to delete and reinstall the app, and I lost all my stored data from months of tracking. It will take me days to reenter all my food items and meals, which I am not very happy about. Also lost all my history. UPDATE: Reduced to one star since I never heard back from the company after losing all my data. ### 1/5 — 30 day streak is too hard *2025-03-08, version 3.3.19* I want to unlock charts but it says I need a 30 day streak. I’m a super consistent user, almost a year now. I use it for resistance training. I need those charts. They will give useful data about how calories interact with my strength and muscle growth. But I have yet to achieve a 30 day streak after almost a year of use. I’m not on and off either, I’m super consistent. Please make it easier to achieve the streak. I’m at 18 right now. Edit: I’m coming back to change my rating from 4 star to 1 star because I just lost my 21 day streak 😭 I was sad to see that despite a developer response, the new update didn’t address my concerns. ### 1/5 — Incorrect macro/calorie tracking *2024-08-10, version 3.3.14* Used for 1 day: logged eggs saying it was all carbs and no protein. The barcoding feature logged half the calories. If you aren’t paying attention can mislead you ### 1/5 — Under estimates exercise calories *2024-08-02, version 3.3.14* Do not rely on the automatic calorie count on Add Exercise feature. I do HIIT work outs, using the app it calculated 1 hour is 338 calories, there is no way that’s all I burned. I compared it to the results of the Apple Watch and it was 690 calories. I had to put it as a manual entry, you cannot adjust the listed exercise. With in the in app itself there is a problem. Today it automatically gives me 80 calories burned for 7627 steps in one day. I decided to enter the steps manually in the steps category; gave 160 calories. Fitness App On the iPhone says 559. ### 1/5 — Used to love *2024-07-10, version 3.3.13* I used to absolutely love this app. Some technical issues are happening for me. It used to be I would try to type a new food product it searches for a few seconds and then the whole screen turns white. It stopped doing that but now every food I type in no matter what it is, it says “no results found for ____” I see the makers of the app commenting on recent reviews saying this has been fixed and it has not as it’s still happening on Tuesday July 9th 8:00 pm MST. I’d love for this to get fixed ### 1/5 — App issues *2024-07-09, version 3.3.13* So at first I loved the app and all its cool features i stopped using it for a while and now I can’t search foods to add to my diary unless it’s something i recently added or scanned. I don’t always want to just scan this is very inconvenient. Is the app having issues ? ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2024-07-08, version 3.3.13* Very disappointed. It worked wonderfully for the first couple of days. Day 3 searching food and the it just kept on searching After day 4 you enter a food (egg or tomato….) not found. You have to enter pretty much everything manually. Which gets old very fast. Was hoping that it would be fixed in an update but now 2 updates in and still not fixed. When it was working I loved it. Now it’s just frustrating. ### 1/5 — Search feature for food diary not working *2024-07-03, version 3.3.12* Have only used this app for 3 days and already the search for food feature in the diary section doesn’t trips results on anything! Want message to developer but no response yet. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best one for basically free *2025-12-04, version 4.4.23* So easy to log your macros and unlike other apps you get your macros and calories for free ### 5/5 — awesome app *2025-11-14, version 4.4.23* super user friendly & absolutely the best its everything you need without all the filler you don’t need & without tracking your info!!! give it a try you’ll love it 🖤🖤 ### 5/5 — Best calorie and macro tracker out there! *2025-10-01, version 4.4.22* This is the best calorie and macro tracker out there! (And I’ve tried them all!) I use it everyday and has transformed my relationship with food. I can see everything I consume clearly and use snapshots from this app with chat gpt to make better macro suggestions and recommend optimal meal timings around my training times. Would be great to set mealtimes for each meal so once I finish breakfast which varies from day to day can set all others to a timeframe to optimize absorption say like 3.5 hours apart. I currently do this manually with chat gpt right after finishing breakfast. Also would be cool if I could copy and paste not just entire meals but specific items within the meal, currently I copy the whole meal paste into another and delete the excess items. Sync with Apple or Android health apps would be a huge plus! Anyway, I would just like to say thank you, as me and my wife use this app daily. I’ve lost 49 pounds and nearly all my belly fat strictly using this app for food tracking, Hevy app for training. The charts have been super helpful to show ai my progress and adjust macros and training routines. The latest update to the UI looks nicer, keep it up! ### 5/5 — I like love this App *2025-09-22, version 4.3.21* Really Good Very Good It’s helping me Out %100 ……. And it’s Free… which is pretty much unheard of Thank you 🙏🙏 ### 5/5 — Back to great *2025-08-09, version 4.3.20* The update fixed the issue with deleting favorited items. Now the app is back to its normal simple to use great self. Highly recommend for people that are tired of being bogged down by all the clutter of other calorie tracker apps. ### 5/5 — It Works For Me *2025-08-05, version 4.3.19* Ive been using this macro tracker for quite a while. I like you can edit your macro percentages based on personal needs. The dashboard graphics are easy to understand and help keep me motivated. Currently tracking in conjunction with a GLP1 and Im down 16 pounds in 6 weeks. This app is definitely part of this success. The bar scanning makes this so easy to input meals. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Love it!! *2025-06-23, version 3.3.19* It’s so easy to use and they don’t charge you 20 dollars a month to use it or to get premium!!! I will forever continue using this app!! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-06-05, version 3.3.19* Literally couldn’t be much better. Thank you ### 5/5 — Best macro app *2025-06-05, version 3.3.19* It literally does everything the subscription based apps do but free. Automatic calorie goal calculator. Tracks weight over time. Tracks water. Has challenges. Only thing I’d ask for is allowing you to track sugar/added sugar other than that the best app I could ask for. Thanks for keeping it free ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Free, well designed and fantastic! *2025-05-29, version 3.3.19* I never leave written reviews. This app is 100% wonderful, not riddled with ads, easy to navigate AND customize. I’m literally floored. I hope it continues to be free as us “poors” have health concerns too! Thank you for making this app accessible to all. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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