Comparison

Macro App vs heaper

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

Head to head
About

Macro App

This workspace app integrates email, messaging, notes, tasks, PDF viewing, diagram creation, file storage, and code editing. It also features integrated LLMs that understand your content.

Highlights
  • Integrated email and messaging
  • Note-taking and task management
  • PDF viewer and diagram creator
  • File storage and code editor
  • Context-aware LLM integration
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Macro is a workspace offering email, messaging, notes, tasks, pdf, diagrams, file storage, and code-editing—all alongside LLMs that have context on everything you touch.

About

heaper

This app offers a flexible digital workspace for organizing notes, files, and tasks using a powerful tag-based system instead of traditional folders. It supports offline use with optional cloud syncing and a self-hosting option for enhanced privacy and control.

Highlights
  • Flexible tag system for organizing content
  • Content blocks for adding context
  • Cross-linking for creating knowledge webs
  • Offline-first functionality
  • Optional cloud syncing
  • Self-hosting option for data control
Features
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Heaper is your flexible digital workspace for managing notes, images, documents, videos, and tasks - all in one place. Whether you’re writing, planning, researching, or organizing a creative project, Heaper lets you throw everything into one heap and organize it later with powerful tags. There are no folders to maintain - just blocks of content that you can freely tag and link. Tags provide a powerful yet simple way to organize even the biggest workspaces. Heaper works offline-first with optional syncing via the cloud and supports self-hosting for full control and privacy. Features • Flexible Tag System: Forget rigid folders. Tag anything - notes, files, images, links - and access it from anywhere. • Each Tag is its own document called a Block, add context to everything. • Cross-Linking: Create a web of knowledge with mentions and tag relationships. • Offline-first: Your data is saved locally and syncs when you’re online. • Self-Hosting Option: Use our cloud or host it yourself - your data, your rules. Ideal for: • Personal knowledge management (PKM) • Creative workflows and project planning • Task and goal tracking • Bookmarking, journaling, and archiving • Managing photos and research libraries Get started for free with no account required to it offline. Heaper is built by a solo developer passionate about organization and freedom, no lock-in, no bloat, just a sane fundament for you to manage your data.

Screenshots

Macro App4 screens
heaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: heaper at 5.0 against Macro App's 4.3. heaper also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Macro App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (14 vs 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. heaper sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Macro App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

heaper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Macro App has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Macro App's written reviews are positive against 100% of heaper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Macro App ships an update fortnightly, heaper every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Macro App versus heaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacro Appheaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (14 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB184 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacroJan Vincent Lunge

Customer experience

Macro App

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

heaper

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

In-app purchases

None

Macro App

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

heaper

Subscriptions10
  • Heaper Core Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Heaper Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Heaper Cloud Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
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  • Heaper Ultra Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Heaper Core Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Ultra Monthly$59.991 Month
  • Heaper Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
  • Heaper Ultra Yearly$399.001 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Ultra Yearly$599.001 Year

Questions

Is Macro App free?
Macro App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is heaper free?
heaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Macro App or heaper?
heaper is rated higher. Macro App averages 4.3 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while heaper averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Macro App or heaper have ads?
Neither Macro App nor heaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Macro App or heaper?
Macro App ships an update fortnightly, and heaper every 2 weeks. Most recently, Macro App was updated on November 4, 2026 and heaper on November 5, 2026.

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