Comparison

Gaitkeeping vs MacroFanatic

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

Head to head
About

Gaitkeeping

Enhance your walking with music-driven tempo control and guided sessions. Improve your gait, fitness, and maintain independence with personalized playlists and tempo adjustments.

Highlights
  • Music sorted by tempo
  • Adjustable playlist tempo
  • Personalized walking playlists
  • Guided walking instruction
  • Tempo control for consistent pace
  • Reinforce good walking form
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Power your gait and improve walking health with Gaitkeeping, your walking companion. Whether you're strolling through the park or power-walking through your day, Gaitkeeping helps you find music that energizes your walk and fortifies proper gait form. Keep your gait and stay independent! Walk to curated music sorted by tempo: Choose from Gaitkeeping’s playlists of curated walking music, and adjust the tempo of the playlist to your fit your natural walking rhythm. Explore different genres of music or songs other people using Gaitkeeping enjoy walking to. Personalize Your Experience: Mark songs you like to build your ultimate walking playlist. Play with different walking tempos to push your body and mind, and find what works best for you. Reinforce Walking Health & Improve Fitness: Stay on beat to reinforce good walking form. Help yourself maintain a consistent walking pace for longer with Gaitkeeping’s tempo control. Get more in-depth walking instruction through Gaitkeeping’s guided walks. These sessions teach you how to pick up the beat of a song, and refine the finer details of your walking form. Support Your Body When It Needs It: Adjust the music tempo at any time to match the support your gait needs. Enjoy Walking, Maintain Independence: Your walk is the bedrock of your physical independence. Use Gaitkeeping to enhance your walking experience, and keep your gait for longer!

About

MacroFanatic

This nutrition tracker is designed for athletes and fitness enthusiasts to monitor macros and calories visually. It offers customizable goals and a community-powered food database for efficient logging.

Highlights
  • Visual macro tracking
  • Customizable macro/calorie targets
  • Community-powered food database
  • Food and meal macro breakdown
  • Full day macro view
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Track calories, protein, carbs, and fat for every food, meal, and day. MacroFanatic keeps your numbers easy to find, whether you’re bulking, cutting, maintaining, or training for your next competition. Food logging, barcode scanning, and nutrition label scanning are free. No subscription required. SCAN BARCODES AND NUTRITION LABELS Scan a barcode to find a food, or scan its nutrition label to capture the information on the package. Spend less time entering numbers and more time getting on with your day. FIND YOUR FOOD Search foods and brands, including foods added by other users. Add your own foods and save recipes you make regularly. SEE THE BREAKDOWN Check calories and macros for each food, see totals for every meal, and keep track of your full day in one place. SET YOUR OWN TARGETS Customize your calorie and macro goals to fit your training and nutrition plan. Adjust them whenever your goals change. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS Review your calorie intake, logging consistency, and weight trends over time. GO AD-FREE WITH PREMIUM The core tracking and scanning features are free with ads. Upgrade to Premium to remove ads throughout the app. Results may vary. Not medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://www.macrofanatic.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.macrofanatic.com/terms

Screenshots

Gaitkeeping4 screens
MacroFanatic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gaitkeeping at none against MacroFanatic's shown. Gaitkeeping also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gaitkeeping against 5.0 for MacroFanatic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gaitkeeping ships an update every 10 days, MacroFanatic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gaitkeeping versus MacroFanatic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGaitkeepingMacroFanatic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPD Movement Lab LLCMacroFanatic LLC

Customer experience

Gaitkeeping

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MacroFanatic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gaitkeeping

No in-app purchases

None

MacroFanatic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gaitkeeping free?
Gaitkeeping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MacroFanatic free?
MacroFanatic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gaitkeeping or MacroFanatic?
Gaitkeeping and MacroFanatic are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Gaitkeeping or MacroFanatic have ads?
MacroFanatic shows ads; Gaitkeeping does not.
Which is updated more often, Gaitkeeping or MacroFanatic?
Gaitkeeping ships an update every 10 days, and MacroFanatic every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gaitkeeping was updated on October 21, 2026 and MacroFanatic on October 24, 2026.

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