Comparison

Famnom vs Simple Macro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Famnom

Easily track your family's food intake and plan meals to understand nutritional values. Log meals from a vast database or create your own, and set custom health goals. Syncs with Apple Health for comprehensive nutrient tracking.

Highlights
  • Nutrition tracking for families
  • Meal planning tools
  • Extensive food database
  • Customizable nutrition goals
  • Syncs with Apple Health
  • Nutritional insights for foods and recipes
Features
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Famnom is an easy-to-use nutrition tracker and meal planner designed to help you understand your family's food and nutrition. Choose from a curated database of hundreds of thousands of foods to log meals, or create and manage your own customized foods and recipes. Learn about nutritional value of foods and recipes, and use that knowledge to reach your health goals. Sync nutrition data to Apple Health - calories, vitamins and minerals. Set your specific nutrition goals for calories, macros (protein, fat, carbohydrates), vitamins and minerals, or choose from FDA Recommended Daily Intake (RDI). Log food: Easy-to-use tools make food, recipe and meal tracking simple. Search foods: Lookup foods by name, brands or scan barcodes from a database of hundreds of thousands of foods, or add your own. Custom Nutrition Goals: Set up daily goals for calories, vitamins and minerals, or use FDAs recommended values. See nutrient consumption and percentage breakdowns per day. Mealplans: Get food suggestions based on your taste and nutrition preferences using our meal planning tools. Know your foods: Understand your diet better through nutrition labels for foods and recipes. Get in control of your diet by using our tools to figure out foods rich in Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin D, Zinc, etc. Nutrition data is sourced from USDA FDC: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/. For e.g nutrition data for Spinach: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/1999633/nutrients.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Track macro and micronutrients
  • Set daily macro targets
  • Visualize goal progress
  • Quick meal logging
  • Apple Health integration
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Famnom4 screens
Simple Macro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Famnom at 5.0 against Simple Macro's 4.0. Famnom also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Simple Macro's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Famnom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Famnom ships an update every 9 days, Simple Macro every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Famnom versus Simple Macro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFamnomSimple Macro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUmang SharanLuke Quigley

Customer experience

Famnom

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Macro

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Famnom

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Macro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Famnom free?
Famnom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Macro free?
Simple Macro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Famnom or Simple Macro?
Famnom is rated higher. Famnom averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Simple Macro averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Famnom or Simple Macro have ads?
Neither Famnom nor Simple Macro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Famnom or Simple Macro?
Famnom ships an update every 9 days, and Simple Macro every 5 days. Most recently, Famnom was updated on June 4, 2026 and Simple Macro on July 8, 2026.

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