Comparison

Macro App vs Exponential

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 LLMs that can access context from all your content.

Highlights
  • Unified workspace
  • Email and messaging
  • Notes and task management
  • PDF and diagram tools
  • File storage
  • Code editor
  • 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

Exponential

This app provides a unified workspace for teams building with AI, integrating issue tracking, customer support, and coding agents. It offers real-time synchronization across devices and allows users to interact with AI coding sessions and manage support tickets seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Real-time issue tracking with priorities and custom statuses
  • GitHub-backed boards for product development
  • Markdown descriptions and comments with @mentions
  • AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, pi) integration
  • Live coding session monitoring and steering
  • Integrated customer support ticketing
  • Open-source and self-hostable
Features
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Vibecode together. Exponential is a realtime issue tracker for teams that build with AI. Issues, customer support and coding agents in one workspace, in sync on every device. Track work with your team: • Issues with priorities, labels, due dates and custom statuses • Boards for every part of your product, each optionally backed by a GitHub repository • Markdown descriptions and comments with @mentions, task lists and inline images • Realtime sync, the moment anything changes. No refresh, no stale views • Push notifications for mentions, assignments and PR activity Bring your own agents. Claude Code, Codex or pi run locally on your connected desktop, on your subscription. Pick an issue and hit Start coding, even from your phone. Your agent works on a real branch in your desktop IDE and opens the pull request when it is done. • Watch coding sessions live in the Agents tab and steer them by message • Answer your agent's questions right from your phone • Save actions for repeating AI tasks like code reviews, deploys or merge conflicts, and run them with one tap Customer support in the same workspace. Tickets from your users land next to your issues, replies go out by email, and the whole team sees the conversation. Free for teams of up to three on the hosted cloud, one plan when you grow. Exponential is open source under Apache-2.0, so self-hosting is free at any company size.

Screenshots

Macro App4 screens
Exponential4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exponential at 100% against Macro App's 50%. Exponential also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Macro App's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Exponential holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Macro App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Exponential's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Macro App ships an update monthly, Exponential every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Macro App versus Exponential: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacro AppExponential
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacroDennis Strahhuber

Customer experience

Macro App

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Exponential

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Macro App

No in-app purchases

None

Exponential

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Macro App free?
Macro App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exponential free?
Exponential is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Macro App or Exponential?
Exponential is rated higher. Macro App averages 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Exponential averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Macro App or Exponential have ads?
Neither Macro App nor Exponential shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Macro App or Exponential?
Macro App ships an update monthly, and Exponential every 5 days. Most recently, Macro App was updated on October 2, 2026 and Exponential on September 30, 2026.

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