Workout Log vs Macro Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Log
Easily track any workout, from CrossFit to bodybuilding, and monitor your progress towards fitness goals. Create personalized plans, connect with friends, and receive motivational reminders to push yourself further.
- Track any workout type
- Log sets and monitor progress
- Create personalized workout plans
- Connect with friends
- Receive personalized reminders
- Set and track fitness goals
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Workout Log is a structured gym tracker built for bodybuilding, strength training, and long-term progression. Track your workouts, log sets and reps, monitor strength progress, and follow structured training programs designed to help you stay consistent in and out of the gym. Create your own workout programs or generate a personalized training plan based on your goals, experience, schedule, equipment, and training style. FEATURES • Track sets, reps, weight, rest, and workout notes • Build and organize custom workout programs • Support for supersets, drop sets, and timed intervals • Progressive overload and strength tracking • Training analytics, workout history, and calendar logging • Personalized workout program generation • Exercise library with demo videos and coaching cues • Cloud sync across devices Whether you're running a Push Pull Legs split, Upper / Lower split, Full Body routine, or your own custom program, Workout Log helps you train with more structure and consistency. Subscription required for select advanced features. Terms of Use: https://workoutlog.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://workoutlog.app/privacy-policy
Macro Notes
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It's just a note. Type what you ate, one food per line, and the calories appear beside each line. Worked out from lab-measured data, with protein, carbs and fat a tap away. We never guess. No forms, no dropdowns, no wading through a database. If you've used Notes, you already know how to use Macro Notes. THE NOTE • Type "sausage roll" and a calorie count appears beside it • Add an amount if you like — "greek yoghurt 150g" — or leave it out and a sensible portion is used, written back into the line so you can always see exactly what was counted • Keyboard suggestions complete food names as you type • If a line can't be matched, it shows a dash — never an invented number. Every figure on screen comes from a measured food, reached by name. REAL DATA • Over 230,000 foods: CoFID (the UK's laboratory-measured food composition data), USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts for branded products • Generic, lab-measured foods always rank above crowdsourced branded entries, so "chicken thigh" means chicken — not one brand's packet • A full nutrition card for every food — fibre, sugars, salt and more — showing only what was actually measured, never a made-up zero SCAN THE PACKET • Scan a barcode to look a product up instantly • Or point the camera at the nutrition label and capture the figures straight off the packet MEALS • Save the things you actually eat — your porridge, your Tuesday curry — and log them in one line • A meal's total is the sum of its real ingredients, not a guess about a phrase MAKE IT STICK • A streak for the days you logged, a dashboard of your week, and a home-screen widget with today's numbers • Sign in with Apple and your diary syncs privately through iCloud THE ASSISTANT (subscription) Everything above is free. The optional AI assistant plans the rest of your day around what you've already eaten: tell it what you fancy and it suggests real foods from the catalogue, in real amounts, that actually fit the macros you have left — and writes them into your note when you say yes. The assistant is a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple — we don't ask for your name or your email address • No ads, no tracking, and you can delete your account and every trace of your data from Settings Privacy policy: https://macronotes.app/privacy/ Terms of use: https://macronotes.app/terms/ Support: https://macronotes.app/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Macro Notes at none against Workout Log's shown. Macro Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Workout Log's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price 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. Workout Log sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Macro Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Workout Log ships an update every 6 weeks, Macro Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Log | Macro Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NOREP LLC | WARREN JAMES DAY |
In-app purchases
Workout Log
- Monthly Membership$4.991 Month
- Workout Log Pro Founder$24.991 Year
- Yearly Membership$49.991 Year
Macro Notes
- Unlimited access$4.991 Month
- Unlimited access3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Unlimited access$29.991 Year
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- Unlimited access3 Days trial$29.991 Year









