Macro Tracker vs SimplyMacros.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macro Tracker
Easily track your low-carb and ketogenic diet by quickly inputting custom foods and their nutritional information. This app allows you to save and reuse your own recipes, adjusting serving sizes automatically for accurate macro and calorie tracking.
- Custom food logging
- Save and reuse custom foods
- Adjustable serving sizes
- Automatic macro/calorie updates
- Simple interface
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If you are anything like me, eating on a ketogenic or low carb diet means I'm not scanning the barcodes of processed foods very often. Instead, I'm making and eating a limited number of fresh and healthy meals/snacks on a repeat basis. I made this app because I just wanted a simple way to quickly input my own custom foods (an area that is severely lacking in other free apps). And I wanted to be able to re-use those foods as they were or to modify the "serving" amount. Instead of wondering whether this is a small, medium or large apple/tomato/etc., I can add the nutrition of a tomato at 100 grams. Then I weigh a tomato of any size, select my previously input tomato, and change the serving size to match the weight of this tomato. The macro / calorie information updates automatically. I hope you find this app helpful in achieving your goals!
SimplyMacros.
Track calories, protein, carbs, fat, and water without any distractions. This app offers a clean interface, manual day resets, and the ability to edit or delete entries anytime. It's completely free, ad-free, and requires no account.
- Track calories, protein, carbs, fat, water
- Toggle unwanted macros
- Manual day reset
- Edit/delete entries
- Distraction-free interface
- No account required
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No nonsense. Just macros. SimplyMacros is nutrition tracking without the nonsense, no diet plans you didn't ask for, no subscription fees, no ads, and zero account required. What we do: Track calories, protein, carbs, fat, water, and much more! Toggle off the macros you don't care about Manual day reset (because not everyone's day ends at midnight) Edit or delete entries anytime Clean, distraction-free interface What we don't do: Charge you money (it's free, forever) Show you ads (never) Require an account (seriously, we don't even have a login) Push diets or meal plans (track what YOU want) Built for real life: Work night shift? Your day doesn't have to reset at midnight. Reset whenever YOUR day ends. Forgot to log breakfast? Edit entries anytime, we're not here to judge. Early Access Notice: SimplyMacros is run by a small team. You might encounter bugs. We're squashing them as fast as we can. Have feedback or suggestions? Email us at: ed@phantomteq.com We actually read them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Macro Tracker at 1.8K against SimplyMacros.'s 23. Macro Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). SimplyMacros.'s advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 67%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Macro Tracker against 4.5 for SimplyMacros.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Macro Tracker has 1.8K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Macro Tracker's written reviews are positive against 78% of SimplyMacros.'s.
Macro Tracker ships an update every 3 months, SimplyMacros. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macro Tracker | SimplyMacros. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) | 4.5 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Johnson | phantomteq LLC |
Customer experience
Macro Tracker
SimplyMacros.
Bugs and requests
Macro Tracker
Reported bugs
3 issues- App layout issues on some devices
- Inconsistent calorie calculations with macro inputs
- Syncing/saving issues with daily logs
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit or delete individual food entries
- Implement a built-in food database for easier tracking
- Allow higher macro limits for advanced users
- Integrate weight, height, age, and other user data
SimplyMacros.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Macro Tracker
No in-app purchases
SimplyMacros.
No in-app purchases
Questions
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