Comparison

Macro App vs Dashing for EmDash

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 comprehensive workspace 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 assistance
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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

Dashing for EmDash

Features
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Dashing is a writing desk for your EmDash site, made for iPhone and iPad. WRITE AND PUBLISH - A rich text editor with headings, lists, links, images, tables and HTML blocks - Save drafts, publish now or schedule for later, and update published posts - Keep writing offline: your words stay on this device and are sent when you are back online - Translations, saved sections and byline credits - Focus mode on iPad MEDIA - Upload photos and videos from Photos, Files and the camera, or drop them in - Alt text, captions, focal points and folders for your media library COMMENTS - Moderate with a swipe: approve, mark as spam or move to the trash - Read and answer the comments on any post MANAGE YOUR SITE - People and roles, bylines, categories and tags, menus, sections, widgets, redirects and site settings - Plugins, access tokens, backups and site export MADE FOR IPAD - A sidebar, several windows, the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts WRITING SUGGESTIONS - On devices with Apple Intelligence, Dashing can suggest ideas, titles, outlines, excerpts and tags with Apple's on-device model. Suggestions are made on your device and added only when you choose them. TRY THE DEMO - Explore a sample site with no account. The demo runs entirely on your device, even in airplane mode. PRIVACY - Dashing sends your content only to the sites you connect. No analytics, no tracking. Works with sites running EmDash 1.0.1 or higher. A few advanced tasks open your site's web admin in the browser.

Screenshots

Macro App4 screens
Dashing for EmDash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dashing for EmDash at every 3 days against Macro App's fortnightly. Macro App's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Macro App ships an update fortnightly, Dashing for EmDash every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Macro App versus Dashing for EmDash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacro AppDashing for EmDash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacroLVL35 LLC

In-app purchases

None

Macro App

No in-app purchases

None

Dashing for EmDash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Macro App free?
Macro App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dashing for EmDash free?
Dashing for EmDash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Macro App or Dashing for EmDash have ads?
Neither Macro App nor Dashing for EmDash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Macro App or Dashing for EmDash?
Macro App ships an update fortnightly, and Dashing for EmDash every 3 days. Most recently, Macro App was updated on November 8, 2026 and Dashing for EmDash on October 31, 2026.

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