MacrosFirst vs AI Calorie Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MacrosFirst
This app helps users track their food intake, calories, and macronutrients to achieve health and fitness goals. It offers features like custom goal setting, automatic serving size calculation, and quick food logging via barcode scanning or label analysis. Users can also monitor progress, share meals, and even convert alcohol calories into macro equivalents.
- Custom macro goal setting
- Automatic serving size calculation
- Barcode and label scanning for food logging
- Detailed macro and nutrient tracking
- Progress analysis and trend reporting
- Meal sharing and social support
- Alcohol calorie conversion
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MacrosFirst is the most powerful macro tracker, food logger, calorie counter, and meal planner—designed to help you easily achieve your health and fitness goals, no matter your diet or fitness level. [ SET & TRACK YOUR MACRO GOALS ] • Create custom daily and meal-level macro goals, including unlimited custom meals, to fit any schedule or diet plan. [ AUTO-CALCULATE SERVING SIZES ] • Automatically calculate serving sizes to hit your specific macro targets with precision. [ LOG FOODS & MEALS IN SECONDS ] • Search a database of over 3M+ verified foods or scan barcodes with the barcode scanner for quick, accurate tracking—and easily copy meals or entire days between dates. [ SCAN NUTRITION LABELS ] • Instantly import nutrition facts by scanning food labels with your camera—no manual entry required. [ TRACK MACROS & NUTRIENTS ] • Get detailed breakdowns of calories, protein, carbs, fats, and more, and customize your view to track the metrics that matter most. [ ANALYZE YOUR PROGRESS ] • Track body weight trends and compare them with your food intake over time using detailed progress reports. [ SHARE MEALS & STAY CONNECTED ] • Share meals, foods, and recipes with friends and family, and view their daily logs for mutual support. [ CONVERT ALCOHOL INTO MACROS ] • Allocate alcohol calories as carbs, fat, or a combination of both, keeping your calorie and macro tracking perfectly aligned. ▶ GET EVEN MORE WITH PREMIUM ◀ [ UNLIMITED DAILY GOALS ] • Set personalized macro targets for specific days, perfect for carb cycling or training and rest days. [ SMARTER FOOD SEARCH ] • Find foods fast using AI—just describe your meal with voice or text, or snap a photo of your plate. [ PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE ] • Save meal and day notes, and use Extra Meals to track unplanned or one-off meals seamlessly. [ ANALYZE YOUR NUTRIENT TRENDS ] • View nutrient trends and averages over any date range to track long-term progress and insights. [ SAVE & EXPORT DATA ] • Export your meal history to Excel or sync your data to Google Sheets for a deeper analysis of your nutrition. [ IMPORT RECIPES ] • Import recipes from any website, complete with ingredients and step-by-step instructions. [ MACRO MATH CALORIE REPORTING ] Calculate calories based on the actual macros to ensure that calories and macros always match, even when nutrition labels are inconsistent. [ UNLIMITED CONNECTIONS ] • Follow unlimited friends and share your progress, meals, and nutrition insights with your support network. [ VIP SUPPORT ] • Enjoy priority VIP support for Premium subscribers, ensuring your questions and needs are addressed promptly. ▶ SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS ◀ MacrosFirst is free to download and use, with optional Premium features available through auto-renewing subscriptions. Privacy & Security Policy: https://www.macrosfirst.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.macrosfirst.com/terms.html
AI Calorie Scanner
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Take a Picture, Track Your Calories Effortlessly! Meet your new calorie-tracking assistant. With AI Calorie Scanner , simply snap a photo of your meal, and our powerful AI identifies the food and calculates the calories for you. No tedious logging or guesswork—just accurate results to help you reach your goals. Features: • Snap and Log: Take a picture, and let AI do the rest. • Smart Food Recognition: Automatically identify meals and track macros. • Daily Calorie Goals: Set goals, track progress, and stay on top of your nutrition. • See Results: Stay in a calorie deficit for weight loss and monitor your progress with easy-to-read analytics. • Track Trends: View daily and weekly calorie insights and hit your goals. Achieve better eating habits, hit your calorie goals, and lose weight the smarter way—one picture at a time. Subscription Details: AI Calorie Scanner offers auto-renewable subscriptions to unlock all features. You can choose between a weekly or yearly subscription plan. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription anytime in your account settings. Terms of Use & Privacy: https://aicaloriescanner.framer.website/terms-of-service https://aicaloriescanner.framer.website/privay-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AI Calorie Scanner at none against MacrosFirst's shown. MacrosFirst's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. MacrosFirst sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and AI Calorie Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MacrosFirst ships an update weekly, AI Calorie Scanner every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MacrosFirst | AI Calorie Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MacrosFirst, Inc. | Vestai |
Bugs and requests
MacrosFirst
Reported bugs
3 issues- Search function not working properly
- Time zone issues causing date discrepancies
- Scanning feature recording incorrect nutrition info
Requested features
5 requests- Integration with Apple Health
- Ability to share meals/recipes with friends
- Customizable macro goals (e.g., carb cycling)
- Improved reporting and progress tracking
- Option to submit food data corrections
AI Calorie Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MacrosFirst
- MacrosFirst Premium7 Days trial2 variants$11.991 Month
- MacrosFirst Premium14 Days trial2 variants$11.991 Month
- MacrosFirst Premium7 Days trial$41.991 Year
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- MacrosFirst Premium7 Days trial$71.991 Year
- MacrosFirst Premium14 Days trial$71.991 Year
- MacrosFirst Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- MacrosFirst Premium14 Days trial$79.991 Year
AI Calorie Scanner
- AI Calorie Scanner Weekly$9.997 Days
- AI Calorie Scanner Monthly$29.991 Month
- ACS Yearly Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- ACS Yearly Pro$79.991 Year
Questions
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