Macro Plates vs SimplyMacros.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macro Plates
Calculate your daily and per-meal nutritional needs effortlessly. This tool helps you understand your required intake for better dietary planning.
- Daily macro calculation
- Per-meal macro calculation
- Easy-to-use interface
- Dietary planning tool
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MacroPlate takes the guesswork out of eating. Enter your weight, height, age, and goal — and get your personalized daily calorie target plus an exact macro breakdown instantly. WHAT YOU GET • Daily calorie target using the Mifflin-St Jeor formula • Protein, carbs & fat tailored to your body • Split macros across 1–5 meals • Lose weight, maintain, or build muscle SIMPLE BY DESIGN No accounts or subscriptions. Open the app, get your numbers, eat with confidence. Built by a fitness enthusiast who wanted one clean, fast tool. Nothing more.
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 rating: Macro Plates at 5.0 against SimplyMacros.'s 4.5. Macro Plates also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and device support (3 vs 1). SimplyMacros.'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Macro Plates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Macro Plates's written reviews are positive against 78% of SimplyMacros.'s.
Macro Plates ships an update every 35 months, SimplyMacros. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macro Plates | SimplyMacros. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.7 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dorian Liriano | phantomteq LLC |
Customer experience
Macro Plates
SimplyMacros.
In-app purchases
Macro Plates
No in-app purchases
SimplyMacros.
No in-app purchases
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