Comparison

NoBS Calorie Tracker vs Simple Macro

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

Head to head
About

NoBS Calorie Tracker

This app helps you meticulously track your calorie, macro, and micro-nutrient intake. It provides in-depth statistics on your food choices and overall progress towards your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Calorie tracking
  • Macro-nutrient tracking
  • Micro-nutrient tracking
  • Detailed food statistics
  • Progress visualization
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Welcome to NoBS, track your calories, macros, and micros and view detailed stats about your foods and progress. If you're serious about fitness and looking to escape all the BS, we've got you covered.

About

Simple Macro

Effortlessly log meals and track your daily calorie, protein, carb, and fat intake. Build custom recipes, monitor hydration, and gain insights into your nutrition trends. Prioritizes user privacy with no account required and on-device AI insights.

Highlights
  • Effortless meal logging
  • Custom recipe creation
  • Complete macro tracking
  • Built-in water tracking
  • On-device AI insights
  • Apple Health sync
  • Privacy-first design
Features
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Track your nutrition the simple way. Simple Macro makes logging meals fast and frictionless so you can focus on reaching your health goals, not fighting your tracking app. EFFORTLESS MEAL LOGGING Log meals in seconds with multiple entry options. Build a personal food library of your favorites, then quick-log them with a single tap. Create recipes from multiple ingredients and log the whole meal at once. Names auto-capitalize as you type, so there's one less thing to fix. Simple Macro stays out of your way. RECIPES Combine ingredients into reusable recipes with full nutrition totals. Adjust servings on the fly and log with one tap. No retyping every component. COMPLETE MACRO TRACKING Track calories, protein, carbs, and fat with beautiful progress bars that show exactly where you stand each day. See your remaining calorie budget at a glance. Set personalized goals, adjust your over-goal buffer, and watch your progress in real time. WATER TRACKING BUILT IN Stay hydrated with simple +/- controls to log your water intake in ounces or milliliters. See your daily progress and get a satisfying celebration when you hit your goal. INSIGHTS THAT MATTER View your nutrition trends across weeks, months, or the entire year. See your averages, spot patterns, and celebrate streaks of consistent logging. On supported devices, get AI-powered daily insights generated entirely on-device. No data ever leaves your phone. STAY ON TRACK Smart notifications remind you to log at times you choose. Streak protection alerts help you maintain your logging habit before the day ends. HOME SCREEN WIDGET See today's progress without opening the app. The widget displays your calorie ring and macro progress right on your home screen. APPLE HEALTH SYNC Automatically sync your logged meals and water to Apple Health, keeping all your nutrition data in one place. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. No tracking. Your nutrition data stays on your device, encrypted and private. Pro users sync via their own iCloud, so we never see your data. SIMPLE MACRO PRO Unlock premium features with a one-time purchase, not a subscription: - Barcode Scanning: Scan product barcodes to instantly fill nutrition data from millions of products - Label Scanning (Beta): Photograph a nutrition label and Apple Intelligence fills in your calories and macros, all on-device - iCloud Sync: Keep your meals, foods, recipes, and goals in sync across all your devices

Screenshots

NoBS Calorie Tracker4 screens
Simple Macro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoBS Calorie Tracker at none against Simple Macro's 1. NoBS Calorie Tracker also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Simple Macro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoBS Calorie Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NoBS Calorie Tracker against 5.0 for Simple Macro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NoBS Calorie Tracker versus Simple Macro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoBS Calorie TrackerSimple Macro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRyan AlportDarius Sumpter

Customer experience

NoBS Calorie Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Macro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NoBS Calorie Tracker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Macro

One-time1
  • Simple Macro Pro$2.99

Questions

Is NoBS Calorie Tracker free?
NoBS Calorie Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Macro free?
Simple Macro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NoBS Calorie Tracker or Simple Macro?
NoBS Calorie Tracker and Simple Macro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do NoBS Calorie Tracker or Simple Macro have ads?
Neither NoBS Calorie Tracker nor Simple Macro shows ads.

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