Comparison

MacrosFirst vs Bitely

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Bitely

This app helps you track your calorie and protein intake to achieve your weight gain or loss goals. It offers a simple, click-based tracking system after you answer a few personal questions. The focus is on making macro tracking accessible and free.

Highlights
  • Calorie tracking
  • Protein tracking
  • Weight gain (bulking) goals
  • Weight loss (cutting) goals
  • Simple question-based setup
  • Click-based tracking
Features
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Designed by Aiden Joseph, Bitely will help you track your calories and protein in an app that’s free and ad-less. Here’s how it works: 1. Answer simple questions about yourself. 2. Choose bulking (weight gain) or cutting (weight loss). 3. Begin tracking. Knowing what you eat should be free. Always. Download Bitely today. NOTE: We do not offer medical advice. Any and all recommendations should be viewed as suggestions, please consult with a professional and do your own research before trying a new calorie and nutrient plan.

Screenshots

MacrosFirst4 screens
Bitely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bitely at none against MacrosFirst's 9. Bitely also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). MacrosFirst's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (23K vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MacrosFirst sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Bitely asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for MacrosFirst against 5.0 for Bitely. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MacrosFirst has 23K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of MacrosFirst's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bitely's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacrosFirst ships an update weekly, Bitely every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
MacrosFirst versus Bitely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacrosFirstBitely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (23K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#87 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB34 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMacrosFirst, Inc.S&N Capital Investments Group LLC

Customer experience

MacrosFirst

All ratings23,150 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews517 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative19.7%

Bitely

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Bitely

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

MacrosFirst

Subscriptions7
  • 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
None

Bitely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MacrosFirst free?
MacrosFirst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bitely free?
Bitely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MacrosFirst or Bitely?
Bitely is rated higher. MacrosFirst averages 4.9 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Bitely averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MacrosFirst or Bitely have ads?
MacrosFirst shows ads; Bitely does not.
Which is updated more often, MacrosFirst or Bitely?
MacrosFirst ships an update weekly, and Bitely every 6 weeks. Most recently, MacrosFirst was updated on October 27, 2026 and Bitely on October 9, 2026.

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