MacrosFirst vs myTruePlate
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
myTruePlate
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myTruePlate tells you what's in your food — and never tells you what to weigh. Most food apps are calorie ledgers. This one is a transparency tool. Scan a barcode or snap a photo, and you'll see the ingredients, the additives that are restricted or flagged elsewhere in the world, and the source for every claim we make. Then you decide. PARCHMENT POUCH DINNERS - Your grocery box, or a photo of a dish, becomes a sealed parchment dinner - The sheet is drawn at life size: every ingredient outlined where it belongs, the recipe printed on the paper itself - Lay the food on the drawing, fold, bake once, eat off the paper — or print it at true scale, or project it in AR - Members get a photo of the finished dish for every dinner they design TODAY'S SHEET · RECALL GUARD · LABEL LESSON - One pouch dinner for the whole world, every day, with a photo of it opened on the board. Browse every past one in Prior Recipes - FDA recalls matched against what you've actually scanned — most days, a quiet green check - One additive a day: what it is, who restricts it, how many of your scans have it WHAT'S IN THIS FOOD - Snap a meal — AI identifies each item with approximate calories, the pictured portion, typical ingredients, and estimated macros - Scan a barcode for the real label, or search the library and the product database from one box - Missing product? Photograph the label and add it for everyone - Every additive flag explains what the ingredient is, where it's restricted, and who says so — EFSA, FDA, IARC, UK FSA - A Baking & Pantry library alongside veggies, proteins, grains and more YOUR DAY, YOUR WAY - Today at a glance: a ring for food-group variety, and a tap away, calories by meal, water against your own goal, movement against your own best day - A plate you build, not a budget you spend; correct anything you log - Numbers-off mode hides calories and macros everywhere, while keeping every ingredient flag visible - Hydration, sleep, movement, weigh-ins with a trend, and supplements & medication with dose, frequency and reminders TRAIN - Every workout shows a muscle map — red for primary, yellow for secondary — with sets to tap off and a ring that fills - 1,270+ demo videos, male and female presenters COOK WHAT YOU HAVE - A recipe box with photos, seasonal produce for your region, farmers markets and CSAs near any US town REAL COACHES - Find a certified coach or bring your own; you choose exactly what they see. Clients always use myTruePlate free WHAT WE WON'T DO We don't set calorie budgets. We don't score your day. We don't call a food good or bad. There are no streaks to break. myTRUEPLATE PLUS Optional. Raises the daily AI limits (25 photo scans, 25 coach questions, 30 tips), removes banner ads, and adds a photo of every dinner you design. - Plus Monthly — $6.99/month - Plus Yearly — $59.99/year - Start with 7 days free Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation after the trial. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Apple Account settings. myTruePlate is informational and is not medical advice. Ingredient data may be incomplete — always verify the package. IMPORTANT HEALTH DISCLAIMER myTruePlate provides general wellness, nutrition, and fitness information for educational purposes only. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider before making any medical decisions or starting a new diet or exercise program. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice because of something you see in this app. If you think you may have a medical emergency, contact your doctor or emergency services immediately. Questions? mytrueplate.com/support.html · support@mytrueplate.com Privacy: https://mytrueplate.com/privacy Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: MacrosFirst at #74 against myTruePlate's unranked. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. MacrosFirst sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and myTruePlate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MacrosFirst | myTruePlate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (22K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MacrosFirst, Inc. | Ricardo Guerrera |
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
myTruePlate
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
myTruePlate
- Remove Ads$4.99
Questions
Is MacrosFirst free?
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