Comparison

Try Macro vs Hype Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Try Macro

This app simplifies nutrition by offering personalized meal plans and effortless macro tracking. It provides AI-driven insights and reminders to help users achieve their health goals, whether it's weight loss, muscle gain, or healthier eating habits.

Highlights
  • Personalized meal plans
  • Macro tracking
  • Smart meal prep
  • AI nutrition insights
  • Reminders and progress reports
Features
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Eat Smart. Live Better. Macro Diet is your ultimate meal prep and macro-tracking companion. Whether you want to lose weight, build muscle, or just eat healthier, Macro Diet makes nutrition simple, personal, and sustainable. Key Features: Personalized Meal Plans – Set your calorie target and get customized meal plans based on your goals. Macro Tracking Made Easy – Track calories, protein, carbs, and fats with real-time updates. Smart Meal Prep Integration – Plan, organize, and manage your meals effortlessly. AI Nutrition Insights – Get daily recommendations for better food choices and portion control. Reminders & Progress Reports – Stay consistent and watch your results grow. Designed for Every Lifestyle – Perfect for busy professionals, fitness enthusiasts, and anyone who cares about what they eat. With Macro Diet, healthy eating is no longer a challenge — it’s a habit. Start today and take control of your nutrition journey.

About

Hype Buddy

Features
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Most fitness apps want you to log things. This one just wants you to go. Hype Buddy is a friend who messages you about the gym: a nudge before you usually train, something loud after, and a look back at your week. It reads your sessions from Apple Health, so there is nothing to track and nothing to fill in. THREE BUDDIES, FREE Chad is your gym bro and has already saved you a rack. Sergeant Pike is all volume, all orders, and never a word about you. Willow sends a soft note about the weather, and a walk if you fancy it. Pick one, rename them, switch whenever you like. SEVEN MORE WHEN YOU WANT THEM Dad, who says nothing and notices everything. Kaito, who trains at dawn so he can tell you. Dr. Vale, who reads your own numbers back to you. Nan, who is proud of you already. Brayden, circling back on leg day. Morrigan, who finds none of it meaningful and turns up anyway. Remi, who believes in you to an unreasonable degree. Unlock one, or all seven at once. One payment, no subscription, yours for good. IT CHASES. IT NEVER SHAMES. Miss a week and your buddy says "rest week, it happens, we go again monday" — because that is true, and because the other thing does not work. No streaks to break. The week strip shows what you did, never what you didn't. MESSAGES THAT ACTUALLY ARRIVE Tell it when you usually train and your buddy texts before and after, as notifications on your phone. One or two a day, your choice, with quiet hours you set. Train on Tuesday and it will not nag you on Wednesday. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT WEIGHT UNLESS YOU ASK Your buddy never mentions weight — not your weight, not the scale, not once — unless you switch it on and tell it what you are working towards. Off is the default and off is complete. NO ACCOUNT. NO SERVER. NO ADS. There is nothing to sign up for. Your buddy is written on your device, your Health data never leaves it, and there is no analytics and no advertising anywhere in the app. The only thing that ever talks to a server is the purchase itself. Logging by hand works exactly the same, so saying no to Apple Health costs you nothing. Every buddy speaks English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Turkish.

Screenshots

Try Macro3 screens
Hype Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Try Macro at none against Hype Buddy's 9. Try Macro also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Hype Buddy's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Hype Buddy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Try Macro asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Try Macro versus Hype Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTry MacroHype Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOCOPALMS TECH WEB DESIGN COMPANYAxon Analytics

In-app purchases

None

Try Macro

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Hype Buddy

One-time9
  • Dad$1.99
  • Kaito$1.99
  • Nan$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Brayden$1.99
  • Morrigan$1.99
  • Remi$1.99
  • Dr. Vale$1.99
  • The rest of the squad$2.99
  • The Squad$4.99

Questions

Is Try Macro free?
Try Macro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hype Buddy free?
Hype Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Try Macro or Hype Buddy have ads?
Try Macro shows ads; Hype Buddy does not.

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