Famnom vs Simple Macro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Nutrition tracking for families
- Meal planning tools
- Extensive food database
- Customizable nutrition goals
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Nutritional insights for foods and recipes
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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.
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 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Famnom | Simple Macro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Umang Sharan | Luke Quigley |
Customer experience
Famnom
Simple Macro
In-app purchases
Famnom
No in-app purchases
Simple Macro
No in-app purchases








