Comparison

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary vs Macro Sync

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

Head to head
About

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary

Easily track calories, food intake, and macronutrients with a powerful barcode scanner and AI meal logging. Offers personalized diet plans and detailed nutrition breakdowns to help users achieve their health goals.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanner for fast logging
  • AI Meal Scan for instant food entry
  • Personalized diet and meal plans
  • Track up to 108 nutrients
  • Intermittent fasting timer
  • Recipe import and nutrition calculation
Features
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Track calories, food, and macros with ease! MyNetDiary has a free barcode scanner, personal diet plans, and AI Meal Scan for instant logging — all in a smart, simple-to-use app. USERS SAY… The best Love this app! The best out of many food tracking apps that I have tried over the years. Love that it is free! The breakdown of the meal and daily nutrition is very informative. Try it you will love it! LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS APP Best app for tracking food, exercise! Consistently losing weight! I love how it shows you if you're on target for your goal. Great layout, great look, easy to use!!! I highly recommend this app if you're looking to be a healthier you!!! Fast, intuitive, user friendly I have tried other calorie tracking programs over the years and this app is by far the best I've come across. I highly recommend it. The free version is very good and I am now enjoying the extra functions through a paid subscription. RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE • Ranked #1 in Forbes Health’s Best Weight Loss Apps of 2025. • Rated #1 by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. • Praised by The New York Times as “simpler, quicker, and better-looking” than other apps. • Featured in Today’s Dietitian, alongside WW and Noom. DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DIET APPS • Simple & Generous Features: Packed with free tools, no ads. • Lightning-Fast Logging: Barcode scanner and AI Meal Scan make tracking effortless. • Verified Food Database: Over 1.7 million items with 108 nutrients for accuracy. • Privacy Focused: No account required. MyNetDiary puts you in control. You can pick a diet or a meal plan, follow our registered dietitians' easy tips, and follow the app's guidance. Or, you can turn them off and simply use MyNetDiary as the best free calorie-counting app in the world. PROVEN SUCCESS • Active members lose an average of 1.4 lbs/week • Over 25 million users have chosen MyNetDiary, many switched from other diet apps A few of the free version features: • Easy food, exercise, and water tracking. • Daily coaching tips and meal reminders. • Customizable dashboard for your goals. • iOS Health integration and Apple Watch support. • Shopping lists, nutrition articles, and how-to videos. SPECIAL PRO APP FEATURES • Up to 108 nutrients tracked • Plan macros • Full set of charts • Timestamps • Carb tracking If you need more support, MyNetDiary Premium provides all the guidance and features you may need. At your fingertips, you'll find: • Premium Diets, 600+ full-flavored Premium Recipes and Menus by RDs, including low-carb, keto, high-protein, Mediterranean, vegetarian, and more - with diet planners, guides, and feedback. • Intermittent fasting - full-featured, with fasting timer and different protocols. • Macros planning and cycling. • Planning and tracking up to 108 nutrients, including omegas and aminos. • Recipe import tool - easily load internet recipes and calculate complete nutrition. • Integrations with top fitness trackers - Fitbit, Garmin, and Withings. • In-depth reporting and analysis tools to improve your diet. Subscription Terms: The subscription period will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. To turn this function off, turn off auto-renew in your iTunes account. Renewal payments will differ depending on subscription and pricing at the time of renewal. Your iTunes account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Privacy Policy: www.mynetdiary.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: www.mynetdiary.com/terms.html

About

Macro Sync

This app simplifies health and fitness by making nutrition tracking easy. Log meals, organize recipes, and monitor calories and macronutrients with proven recommendations. It offers a user-friendly interface with powerful tools for personalized diet management.

Highlights
  • Macro tracking
  • Micro tracking
  • Custom goals
  • Barcode scanner
  • Recipe creator
  • Verified food database
  • Community support
Features
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Macros Sync simplifies your health and fitness goals without sacrificing the foods you love in a simple, easy way. Macro Sync is your free, user-friendly food-tracking app that centralizes everything you need. Quickly log meals, organize recipes, and see your calories in one place. Designed to streamline your nutrition journey, Macro Sync makes managing your diet effortless and effective. Achieve your goals and enjoy a healthier, happier you with Macro Sync. PROVEN RECOMMENDATIONS Macros Sync creates estimated calorie and macronutrient targets that help you reach your health and fitness goals. Our estimating equations have been used and tested in more than 4 million people and helped hundreds of thousands of individuals reach their goals. We know that your goals change so we have made Macro Sync to fit your changing life. You can change your goals and our technology immediately updates to provide you an updated plan any time, anywhere. SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE TRACKING TOOLS We designed Macro Sync from the ground up based on feedback from hundreds of thousands of individual people. Macro Sync has taken all of the powerful tools you want as a user (custom food entry, searchable database, recipe builder, barcode scanner, etc.) and made them incredibly simple and easy to use. Our tracker takes all of the premium/paid features of other trackers and provides them to you at no cost, including: Macro Tracking Micro Tracking Custom Goals Personalized Food Database Barcode Scanner Recipe Creator Custom meals Ad Free Experience Net Carbs Mode Community Support REAL FOOD DATA We’ve spent decades working with people on tracking food and we know what foods people actually eat. This is the foundation with which we built our food database, which undergoes constant updating. We know that the landscape of food tracking can be daunting, especially when you don’t know what data to trust. This is why we have included verified foods in our database that you can quickly and visibly confirm are verified. Our food database includes: Calories Macronutrients Micronutrients Toggleable net fiber Auto Calorie Calculators Confirmed Serving Sizes Popular Food Brands Barcodes COMMUNITY SUPPORT Macro Sync not only allows you to track your food but also welcomes you to join an already established community of over 500,000 people cultivated by Macros Inc, the developers of Macro Sync. In this free community you will have access to professional coaches who answer questions, provide feedback, and provide immense amounts of free education.

Screenshots

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary4 screens
Macro Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Macro Sync at Free against Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary's $3.99. Macro Sync also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12). Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 58%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On update cadence, ads, monetization model and device support 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

Macro Sync is free to download; Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary costs $3.99 up front. Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Macro Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary has 14K ratings behind it against 602, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary's written reviews are positive against 58% of Macro Sync's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary ships an update weekly, Macro Sync every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary versus Macro Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorie Counter PRO MyNetDiaryMacro Sync
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (14K ratings) — better4.5 (602 ratings)
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews — better57.6% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better602
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB124 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMyNetDiary Inc.Macros Inc

Customer experience

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary

All ratings13,936 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews976 reviews
Positive80.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative15.3%

Macro Sync

All ratings602 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral16.5%
Negative25.9%

User reviews

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Comprehensive food database
  • 👍 Detailed nutrient tracking
  • 👍 Customizable dashboards
  • 👍 Syncs with fitness devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate food data entries
  • 🔒 Paywall for key features
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation and settings

Macro Sync

From 602 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Accurate tracking
  • 💡 Customizable macros
  • 🚀 Efficient barcode scanning
  • 👍 Helpful recipe builder

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and sync issues
  • 🔍 Limited food database
  • 🤔 Confusing UI and navigation
  • 🔍 Inaccurate food entries
  • 🤔 Inability to edit custom entries

Bugs and requests

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Barcode scanner issues
  • Syncing problems with Apple Health
  • Incorrect weight tracking and predictions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize macronutrient goals
  • Improved recipe creation and sharing
  • Better integration with other health apps
  • More detailed exercise tracking

Macro Sync

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when adding new foods
  • Inability to access previous day's entries
  • Inconsistent nutrition data measurements

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit custom food entries
  • More advanced nutrition tracking options
  • Personalized daily macro goals
  • Improved barcode scanning reliability
  • Expanded food database

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary

Subscriptions9
  • MyNetDiary Premium$8.991 Month
  • Premium Plus$14.991 Month
  • MyNetDiary Premium$29.991 Year
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  • MyNetDiary Premium$39.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium$59.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • MyNetDiary Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Premium Plus$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$89.99
  • Lifetime Premium$179.99
None

Macro Sync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary free?
Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Macro Sync free?
Macro Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary or Macro Sync?
Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary is rated higher. Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary averages 4.8 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Macro Sync averages 4.5 from 602 ratings.
Do Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary or Macro Sync have ads?
Neither Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary nor Macro Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary or Macro Sync?
Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary ships an update weekly, and Macro Sync every 4 days. Most recently, Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary was updated on September 24, 2026 and Macro Sync on September 23, 2026.

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