Comparison

Simple Macros vs SoleWise

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

Head to head
About

Simple Macros

Effortlessly achieve your calorie and protein targets with personalized meal suggestions for home and fast food. Track progress, sync with health apps, and gain smart nutrition insights to stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Personalized restaurant meal combinations
  • Effortless health tracking with Apple Health sync
  • Smart nutrition insights and food logging
  • Progress visualization with charts
  • Daily updated protein and calorie targets
Features
Read full description

Simple Macros is a completely free calorie counter and macro tracker. No subscription, no paywall, no free trial that turns into a bill. Every feature is free for everyone! Log food with a photo, a barcode, or a quick search, and your calorie and protein targets update as your weight changes, so you avoid plateaus and keep losing. Whether you're eating at home or at your favorite fast food restaurant, Simple Macros tells you exactly what to eat to hit your diet and fitness goals. 100% FREE. REALLY. Other calorie counters lock their best features behind a monthly fee. Simple Macros doesn't. Restaurant meal combos, photo logging, barcode scanning, AI assistant tracking, full macro tracking, favorites, and progress charts are all free. There is nothing to upgrade to. WHY YOU'LL LOVE SIMPLE MACROS: Know What to Order Anywhere: Pick a restaurant and get meal combos that fit your calories and protein, built from each chain's official nutrition. Or build your own order from the full menu, down to extra meat, light sauce, or no bun, and watch the macros update as you go. Over 200,000 restaurant locations are on the map. Track From ChatGPT, Claude and Grok: Connect Simple Macros to your favorite AI assistant. Tell it what you ate, ask how much protein you have left, or ask what to get at Chipotle to finish your day. Everything shows up in the app. Set it up in Settings under AI Assistants. Snap a Photo to Log: Take a picture of your meal and Simple Macros estimates the calories and macros for you. Packaged foods are matched to their real Nutrition Facts. You can even snap a restaurant menu and pick what you ordered. Barcode Scanner: Scan a barcode to log calories and macros in seconds. Can't find a product? Snap the nutrition label and add it yourself. Track All Your Macros: Count calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, and sodium in one place. You always know how each meal lines up with your daily goals. Favorites: Save the meals you eat all the time, including your own recipes, and log them again in one tap. Weight Loss Made Simple: Set a goal to lose weight, maintain, or build muscle, and Simple Macros adjusts your daily calorie and protein targets as your weight changes. Stay in a steady deficit without the guesswork. Effortless Health Tracking: Sync with Apple Health to track your steps, weight, and workouts automatically. Streaks and Progress: Build a streak every day you hit your calories, earn badges, and watch your weight, steps, calories, and macros trend over time. Whether you're counting calories for weight loss, dialing in your macros for a cut or a bulk, tracking protein to build muscle, or just want a simple food diary, Simple Macros keeps your nutrition on track, for free. Get meal combos for McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Starbucks, Taco Bell, Subway, Panda Express, Wendy's, Popeyes, In-N-Out, Raising Cane's, and over 100 more, with new restaurants added all the time. Thousands of people use Simple Macros to lose weight and stay consistent without giving up the food they love. There's no math to do, no subscription to cancel, and you can change your plan anytime. Download Simple Macros free and hit your goals today. APPLE HEALTH USAGE: Simple Macros uses your health data to show your step count, weight, and workouts, to help you reach your fitness and nutrition goals. Terms of use: https://simplemacros.com/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://simplemacros.com/privacy-policy

About

SoleWise

This app helps you track the remaining mileage on your footwear. Log your runs and walks, and the app counts down the miles, alerting you when shoes are nearing retirement. It's designed for runners, walkers, and anyone who wants to know when to replace their shoes.

Highlights
  • Mileage countdown for shoes
  • Automatic Apple Health sync
  • Manual logging for any activity
  • Home screen widgets
  • Mileage alerts
  • Miles or kilometers tracking
  • Shoe rotation management
  • Archived shoe history
Read full description

Know exactly how many miles are left in every pair. Most shoe trackers count up. SoleWise counts down. Set a target, log your miles, and watch the number drop — so you always know which pairs are fresh, which are getting tired, and which ones have earned their retirement. For runners, walkers, and anyone who's ever stared at a beat-up pair of shoes and thought "wait, how many miles ARE on these?" HOW IT WORKS Add your shoes, set a target mileage, and start logging. Color-coded rings tell you the story at a glance. FEATURES Mileage countdown for every pair Apple Health sync — runs and walks pull in automatically Manual logging for treadmill sessions, hikes, neighborhood loops, whatever Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large Mileage alerts before you blow past your target Miles or kilometers, your call Track your whole rotation, however big it's gotten Retire pairs to a tidy archive (no judgment on how many) APPLE HEALTH Connect once and your workouts show up automatically. Assign each one to the shoes you wore, and the countdown takes care of itself. No double-counting, no fiddly setup. WIDGETS Same color-coded rings as the app, right on your Home Screen. A glance is all it takes to spot the pair that's about to graduate. FREE. No accounts. No subscriptions. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just a tool to know when to replace your shoes. Built for people who name their shoes. (Or at least know exactly which pair did the Tuesday tempo run.)

Screenshots

Simple Macros4 screens
SoleWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SoleWise at none against Simple Macros's 14. SoleWise also leads on ads (none vs shown). Simple Macros's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, rating 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. Simple Macros sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SoleWise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Simple Macros against 5.0 for SoleWise. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Macros has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Macros versus SoleWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple MacrosSoleWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCody AndersonCode Mill Technologies, Inc.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Simple Macros

Subscriptions14
  • Simple 6 Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Simple 6 Pro$9.991 Month
  • Simple 6 Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Month
Show 11 more
  • Simple 6 Pro$12.991 Month
  • Simple 6 Pro1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Simple 6 Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Simple Macros Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Simple Macros Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • $49.99/yr + 30-day trial3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Simple 6 Pro$49.991 Year
  • Simple 6 Pro3 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Simple 6 Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Simple 6 Pro1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Simple 6 Pro7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

SoleWise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Macros free?
Simple Macros is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SoleWise free?
SoleWise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple Macros or SoleWise?
SoleWise is rated higher. Simple Macros averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while SoleWise averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simple Macros or SoleWise have ads?
Simple Macros shows ads; SoleWise does not.

Other comparisons