Trackit Macronutrient Tracker vs Simple Macro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trackit Macronutrient Tracker
Easily monitor your daily food intake with this app. It provides access to a comprehensive food database, allows for custom goal setting, and helps calculate your nutritional needs. Track both macro and micronutrients to manage your diet effectively.
- USDA FoodData Central database access
- Customizable macronutrient goals
- Macronutrient and calorie goal calculator
- Create custom meals and recipes
- Offline access to frequent foods
- Track macronutrients and micronutrients
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Track your daily food intake using Trackit - Macronutrient Nutrition Tracker. • Full access to the USDA's FoodData Central database. • Fully customize your macronutrient goals. • Calculate macronutrient and calorie goals using the built-in calculator. • Create meals, custom foods and recipes. • Easily copy meals or food items to a different day and/or meal. • Off-line access to frequently selected foods. • Track both macronutrients and micronutrients.
Simple Macro
Easily monitor your daily macro and micronutrient intake on iOS and Mac. Set personalized targets for lifting and rest days, visualize your progress, and quickly log meals by searching past entries. Integrates with Apple Health for comprehensive tracking.
- Track macro and micronutrients
- Set daily macro targets
- Visualize goal progress
- Quick meal logging
- Apple Health integration
- Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
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Simple Macro allows you to easily track both the macro and micronutrients that you eat using your iOS device or Mac. - Keep track of your goals for lifting and rest days by setting macro targets. - View goal progress throughout the day with simple visualizations. - Search previously used foods to create meals quickly and easily. - Connect with Apple Health to track important information. - Seamlessly switch between your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to update your food and meals. Simple Macro is a personal project built on SwiftUI, HealthKit, CloudKit, and Catalyst technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Macro at every 5 days against Trackit Macronutrient Tracker's every 3 months. Simple Macro also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Trackit Macronutrient Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Macro holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Trackit Macronutrient Tracker's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple Macro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trackit Macronutrient Tracker ships an update every 3 months, Simple Macro every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trackit Macronutrient Tracker | Simple Macro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lance Hirsch | Luke Quigley |
Customer experience
Trackit Macronutrient Tracker
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In-app purchases
Trackit Macronutrient Tracker
No in-app purchases
Simple Macro
No in-app purchases
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