Comparison

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker vs Prepping for Life

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

Head to head
About

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker

This app helps users track their daily food intake, calories, and macronutrients with a vast food database and convenient scanning features. It offers customizable macro goals, progress monitoring through graphs, and social sharing options. An optional AI coach assists with personalized diet adjustments.

Highlights
  • AI food scanner
  • Nutrition label & barcode scanner
  • Customizable macro goals
  • Weight monitoring graphs
  • Detailed nutrition breakdowns
  • Water tracking
  • Social meal sharing
Features
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Track your meals in as little as 3 taps. Join 1,000,000+ users who've reached their goals with My Macros+ — the diet tracker built by a professional bodybuilder, for people who are serious about results. FAST, ACCURATE TRACKING Scan barcodes and nutrition labels for instant logging. Search a database of over 5 million foods. AI photo scanning is there when you need it. BUILT YOUR WAY Set your macros exactly how you want, unlimited meals with Pro, any food in any serving size. My Macros+ adapts to how you eat — not the other way around. AS FEATURE ON Good Morning America, Men's Health, AskMen, and DailyBurn. WHY MY MACROS+ Created after years of frustration with existing diet apps, My Macros+ is built around one idea: tracking should be fast enough that you actually stick with it. From first-time dieters to elite athletes, our users stay consistent because tracking takes seconds, not minutes. CUSTOMIZE EVERY DETAIL - Create unlimited macro goals with Pro — supports carb cycling, high/low days, and refeeds - Add as many meals per day as you want — no forced Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner structure - Create custom foods fast — enter them straight from the label or snap a photo. No math required - Edit any food to any serving size you want - Smart food search and categorization speed up every entry - Works offline — hundreds of thousands of preloaded foods from popular brands and restaurants, ready when you are SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Daily, meal-level, and per-food nutrition breakdowns - Beautiful weight tracking graphs - Macro calculators to set your starting numbers and adjust as you progress - Track water intake GO FURTHER TOGETHER - Track alongside your friends or coach in My Circle - Copy their custom foods, meals, and recipes straight into your own library ACROSS YOUR DEVICES - Apple Watch — log foods, check macros, and track water and bodyweight from your wrist - Home Screen Widgets — interactive widgets let you log water and track progress without opening the app - Siri & Shortcuts — track hands-free with Siri, automate meal tracking with Shortcuts - Apple Health — two-way sync for nutrition, weight, and more - Dark Mode fully supported SYNC EVERYWHERE - Your tracking goes with you — iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and any other device were My Macros+ lives. NEED HELP HITTING YOUR GOALS? Macro Coach (optional subscription) uses our AI to set your starting macros from a short questionnaire, then intelligently adjusts them as you progress so you stay on track. GO PRO — TRACK FASTER, ANALYZE DEEPER MM+ Pro unlocks the full app — convenience features that make tracking faster, plus powerful tools to analyze your progress. - Unlimited macro goals — supports carb cycling, high/low days, and refeeds - Smart search — adapts to your tracking habits so the right foods surface faster - Advanced Macro Calculator — more inputs, more precision, ready to attack any goal - Diet Summary — an in-depth breakdown of your diet, body weight, and favorite foods across any range of time. See patterns you'd miss day-to-day. - Detailed Analysis — compare any two data points side-by-side. Calories vs. weight change. Protein vs. progress. Anything you want. Find what's actually driving your results. - Bodyweight Goals — set target weights, track trends, and stay on course - Spreadsheet Export — download all your data as CSV for analysis in Excel, Sheets, or your own tools - Notes — log context like training days, energy levels, or anything you'll want to reference later - Meal Timer — set reminders so you never miss your next meal ABOUT OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes Account and auto-renew unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any free trial remaining is forfeited at purchase. Manage subscriptions in your Account Settings. Your account is charged within 24 hours of renewal. Terms of Service: https://getmymacros.com/TermsOfUse.html

About

Prepping for Life

This lifestyle coaching app offers macro-based recipes, live community support, and educational resources. It provides custom meal planning, behavior prompts, and contests to help users achieve personal lifestyle change goals through a subscription model.

Highlights
  • Macro-based recipes
  • Live coaching support
  • Resource documents
  • Custom meal planning
  • Educational videos
  • Community posting
  • Behavior prompts
Features
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This lifestyle macro based behavioral coaching app is your one stop shop with a two subscription option to obtain macro based recipes, live coaching support through community facilitation, access to resource documents, custom meal planning, access to personal documents, education videos, community posting, contests, coach check ins and setting behavior prompts towards personal lifestyle change goals!

Screenshots

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker4 screens
Prepping for Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prepping for Life at 100% against My Macros+ | Macro Tracker's 51%. Prepping for Life also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). My Macros+ | Macro Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (34K vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. My Macros+ | Macro Tracker sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Prepping for Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prepping for Life holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Macros+ | Macro Tracker has 34K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of My Macros+ | Macro Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Prepping for Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker ships an update every 10 days, Prepping for Life every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Macros+ | Macro Tracker versus Prepping for Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Macros+ | Macro TrackerPrepping for Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (34K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMy Macros LLCKelly Killen

Customer experience

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker

All ratings33,786 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews420 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative38.3%

Prepping for Life

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Data loss issues when updating or switching devices
  • Inconsistent barcode scanning and nutrition data
  • Occasional app freezing or crashing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Automatic macros calculation based on activity level
  • Micronutrient tracking
  • Integration with fitness trackers and Apple Health
  • Ability to easily modify serving sizes
  • More intuitive recipe builder with instructions

Prepping for Life

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

My Macros+ | Macro Tracker

Subscriptions12
  • My Macros+ Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
  • My Macros+ Pro Subscription$2.991 Month
  • My Macros+ Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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  • My Macros+ Pro Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • My Macros+ Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Macro Coach3 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • My Macros+ Pro Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • My Macros+ Pro Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • My Macros+ Pro Annual1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • My Macros+ Pro Annual1 Year trial$34.991 Year
  • My Macros+ Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Auto Adjusting Macros3 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

Prepping for Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Macros+ | Macro Tracker free?
My Macros+ | Macro Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prepping for Life free?
Prepping for Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Macros+ | Macro Tracker or Prepping for Life?
Prepping for Life is rated higher. My Macros+ | Macro Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 34K ratings, while Prepping for Life averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do My Macros+ | Macro Tracker or Prepping for Life have ads?
Neither My Macros+ | Macro Tracker nor Prepping for Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Macros+ | Macro Tracker or Prepping for Life?
My Macros+ | Macro Tracker ships an update every 10 days, and Prepping for Life every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Macros+ | Macro Tracker was updated on October 29, 2026 and Prepping for Life on October 22, 2026.

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