Simple Macro Tracker vs PlateMacro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Macro Tracker
Easily log your daily calorie, protein, fat, and carb consumption. Set custom targets and track your progress. Receive weekly summaries to understand your average intake and stay on track with your nutritional goals.
- Track calorie intake
- Monitor protein, fat, and carb consumption
- Set personalized daily goals
- View daily progress
- Get weekly intake summaries
- Insights into average daily intake
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Easily track your daily calorie, protein, fat, and carb intake. Set personalized goals and monitor your progress throughout the day. Get detailed weekly summaries that provide insights into your average daily intake and help you stay on target.
PlateMacro
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PlateMacro helps you log meals quickly and keep calories, protein, carbs, and fat visible through the day. Use manual search, barcode scanning, nutrition label capture, favorites, recents, AI Scan, or Voice Log to get food into your diary with less friction. AI estimates open in a review screen first, so you can adjust portions and macros before anything is saved. Set calorie and macro targets, track weight trends, and let adaptive targets respond to your logged intake and progress over time. PlateMacro is local-first. Food logs, weight entries, favorites, recents, targets, and adaptive records stay on your device. Hosted AI features send only the meal photo or voice transcript you choose to process. Manual logging is free. PlateMacro Plus unlocks AI Scan and Voice Log access. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Macro Tracker at none against PlateMacro's 2. Simple Macro Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). 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
Both are free to download. PlateMacro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Simple Macro Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Macro Tracker ships an update every 6 days, PlateMacro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Macro Tracker | PlateMacro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aittokoski & Co Oy | Mohammed Boushaba |
In-app purchases
Simple Macro Tracker
No in-app purchases
PlateMacro
- PlateMacro Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
- PlateMacro Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
Questions
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