Comparison

Stupid Simple Macro Tracker vs Forged

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Stupid Simple Macro Tracker

This app simplifies macro tracking for weight loss and muscle building. It allows you to eat freely as long as your intake fits your daily fat, protein, and carb goals. Features include a barcode scanner, custom meal creation, and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Macro nutrient tracking (fat, protein, carbs)
  • Barcode scanner with food database
  • Customizable daily nutrition goals
  • Log up to 8 meals daily
  • Progress photos and tracking
  • Intermittent fasting support
  • Workout calorie integration
Features
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Join 2.7 million people who chose simplicity over stress. Stupid Simple Macro Tracker is the app people switch to when they're done fighting with the other guys. Tired of cluttered dashboards, screen-hijacking ads, and menus that make logging a simple food feel like filing your taxes? Done paying annual subscription fees that keep climbing? We took a different path — and 2.7 million users agree it was the right one. What makes us different: * Actually simple — log a meal in seconds with custom food icons you build once and tap forever. Most users are up and running in minutes, not days * The Food Bank — save up calories for date night, a party, or the weekend without blowing your goals * Positive habit forming — our clean, judgment-free layout makes tracking so quick and painless that users tell us they never miss a day * No ad torture — our optional short ads are unobtrusive, not screen-hijacking interruptions * Lifetime Premium for less than the other guys charge per year — pay once, own it forever * Responsive support — real humans who actually reply Everything you need to meet your gaols: * Daily macro, calorie, fiber, and water tracking displayed front and center. No need to hunt for it. * Fast food logging with personal food icons * Barcode scanner — scan a label and move on with your day * Custom foods and meals * Apple Health integration to earn extra macros from workouts * Intermittent fasting support * Flexible, customizable meal times * Home Screen widget * Free device sync Go Lifetime Premium once. Use it forever. With Lifetime Premium, there’s no renewal, no price hikes, and no regret. Just the full experience at a price that beats what the competition charges you every single year. Eat whatever you want, as long as it fits your macros. You have nothing to lose but your excuses. From the makers of Stupid Simple Keto.

About

Forged

Features
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Forged is a gym app with a temper. You pick a warrior archetype, follow a training programme, and the app scores the work you actually do. Training Preset programmes like Path of the Viking run day by day. Each session gives you the exercises, sets and rest timers, and you log weight and reps with big buttons built for shaky post-set hands. Skip a day and the programme waits for you. Nutrition Meal plans are written to match the training. Log meals with one tap, then turn a week of ingredients into dated shopping runs you can tick off at the supermarket. The Arena Every workout feeds your warrior card: strength, speed, endurance, power, agility and discipline. Climb the leaderboard, join a tribe, or take a quick battle when you only have twenty minutes. The Oracle An AI coach that knows your plan. Ask it to build a programme, critique your form from a video clip, or suggest a meal from what's in your fridge. Oracle calls use credits. A Forge Plus subscription includes a monthly allowance plus recovery insights. Recovery Wear your watch overnight and Forged reads Apple Health to tell you when to push and when to back off. Your data stays yours. Export it or delete your account from settings whenever you want. Forge Plus subscription Forge Plus is an auto-renewing subscription at £9.99 per month. It includes a monthly AI credit allowance for the Oracle, the full model lineup, and recovery insights. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Credit packs are one-off purchases and are not subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://forged.northbytes.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://forged.northbytes.org/privacy

Screenshots

Stupid Simple Macro Tracker4 screens
Forged4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Forged at none against Stupid Simple Macro Tracker's shown. Stupid Simple Macro Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stupid Simple Macro Tracker sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Forged sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stupid Simple Macro Tracker versus Forged: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStupid Simple Macro TrackerForged
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings8K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVenn Interactive, Inc.Piers Bennett

Bugs and requests

Stupid Simple Macro Tracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App resets user data and progress
  • Syncing and connectivity issues
  • Scanning feature not working consistently
  • Macro calculations not matching nutrition labels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more robust recipe and meal planning features
  • Integrate with fitness tracking and Apple Health
  • Improve search functionality and food database
  • Allow more customization of macro goals and settings
  • Add support for tracking additional nutrients like fiber

Forged

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Stupid Simple Macro Tracker

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium w/ Nutrition Coach3 Days trial$34.991 Month
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  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Annual Premium14 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Premium w/ Nutrition Coach3 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Premium w/ Nutrition Coach7 Days trial$89.993 Months
  • Premium w/ Nutrition Coach7 Days trial$99.993 Months
  • Premium w/ Nutrition Coach7 Days trial$399.991 Year
One-time4
  • Lifetime AI Upgrade$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium - On Sale!$49.99
  • Lifetime Premium$69.99
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  • Lifetime Premium with AI$99.99
4 purchases

Forged

Subscriptions1
  • Forge Plus$9.991 Month
One-time3
  • £5 Credit Pack$4.99
  • £10 Credit Pack$9.99
  • £20 Credit Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Stupid Simple Macro Tracker free?
Stupid Simple Macro Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forged free?
Forged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stupid Simple Macro Tracker or Forged have ads?
Stupid Simple Macro Tracker shows ads; Forged does not.

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