Macro Plates vs Simple Macro
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.
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 review sentiment: Macro Plates at 100% against Simple Macro's 33%. Macro Plates also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (13.7 vs 17.0). Simple Macro's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 35 months). 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.
Macro Plates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Macro Plates's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple Macro's.
Macro Plates ships an update every 35 months, Simple Macro every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macro Plates | Simple Macro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.7 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dorian Liriano | Luke Quigley |
Customer experience
Macro Plates
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In-app purchases
Macro Plates
No in-app purchases
Simple Macro
No in-app purchases
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