Comparison

Beam Workout Tracker vs MacroPair

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

Head to head
About

Beam Workout Tracker

This app provides a structured and private way to plan, record, and review your workouts. It focuses on a clean interface, offline functionality, and full data ownership without cloud dependency. Easily track progress and organize your training history.

Highlights
  • Workout planning and editing
  • Support for weight, reps, time, distance
  • Comprehensive history and search
  • CSV and JSON import/export
  • Local data storage
  • Adaptive light/dark mode
Features
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Beam Workout Tracker is a modern workout notebook built for people who like structure, clarity, and control. Plan workouts, record sessions, and review progress — all offline, all on your device. Beam replaces cluttered fitness trackers with something quieter and more personal: a training log that feels focused, private, and fully yours. PLAN Design your workouts however you train. Add exercises, arrange sets, and fill in the details that matter — weight, reps, duration, distance, or notes. TRAIN During your workout, Beam stays out of your way. Pickers are fast and simple, tuned for one-handed use. Beam knows when your inputs form a complete set and adds it automatically — no pop-ups or extra steps. If you need to pause, change exercises, or reorder sets, you can. The app moves at your pace. REFLECT Every session you log becomes part of a clean, permanent history. Scroll back through weeks or years of workouts, view summaries, and see your training history at a glance. You can edit past sessions, fix mistakes, or add missing details — just like flipping through a well-kept notebook. OWN YOUR DATA Beam is fully offline. There are no accounts, servers, or hidden uploads — everything is stored locally on your device. You can export your data anytime as CSV or JSON, and import it just as easily. Your training history stays yours, portable and private. MADE FOR FOCUS Beam’s interface is calm, precise, and optimized for speed. No feeds, badges, or leaderboards — just your plan, your work, and your results. It’s designed for the flow of a real workout: quick to enter, easy to read, and always ready to continue where you left off. FEATURES • Full workout planning and editing • Support for weight, reps, time, and distance • Comprehensive history and search • CSV and JSON import/export • Local Core Data storage — no cloud dependency • Adaptive design for light and dark mode Beam Workout Tracker — your training, your data, your notebook. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MacroPair

This app provides personalized nutrition coaching for individuals or couples, adapting targets weekly based on logged food and weight trends. It offers advanced logging features like barcode scanning and photo recognition, with a focus on privacy and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Adaptive weekly macro and calorie target adjustments
  • Shared household accounts for couples
  • Barcode scanner and photo-based nutrition label logging
  • Offline functionality and Siri shortcuts
  • Privacy-focused with no ads or data sales
  • Trend weight smoothing and live goal forecasting
Features
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MacroPair is an adaptive nutrition coach built for two people who share meals but not metabolisms — and it works just as well for one. Most trackers hand you a calorie number from a formula and never look back. MacroPair treats that number as a first guess. It reads what you actually log and how your weight actually trends, then retunes each person's targets every week — with a plain-language receipt explaining every change. BUILT FOR TWO • Each partner keeps their own account, targets and history — linked, never merged • Log tonight's stir-fry once; each plate lands on the right person's day • Log for each other on busy days — every entry says who wrote it • The dinner picker suggests meals that fit what you both have left • Leaving a household takes one tap and severs access both ways, instantly COACHING THAT ADAPTS • Weekly target adjustments measured from your data, in kcal — not from averages • Trend weight smooths daily scale noise in lb or kg • Drag your goal on the graph; the forecast and safe-pace band respond live • Rest, travel and sick days are flagged, not punished • Drag the macro split, or pin carbs and let fat absorb — sensible floors in g • Or type your own calories and macros: the plan keeps your numbers and tells you what they cost in weeks LOGGING THAT TAKES SECONDS • Barcode scanner backed by 500,000+ foods, freshness-checked against live sources • Point the camera at any nutrition label — or upload a photo — and it becomes a food, sanity-checked • When a barcode is unknown, one label photo fixes it for every MacroPair user, forever • Recipes by hand or from a URL, favorites, usual meals, copy yesterday • Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are always on the day — add straight into one and plan tomorrow tonight • Siri shortcuts for hands-free logging • A home-screen widget keeps today's ring one glance away • Works fully offline; everything syncs when you're back PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no data sales — subscriptions are the business model, full stop • Delete your account and data in the app, anytime • Household sharing is mutual, explicit and revocable MacroPair builds plans for people 13 and over. Under 18 it coaches maintenance only — never a weight-loss deficit. SUBSCRIPTION — MACROPAIR PRO MacroPair Pro adds the adaptive weekly coaching, AI logging tools, micronutrient insights and the household features for two. • Household (covers two people): $49.99 for the first year as a launch offer, then $79.99 per year. Or $7.99 per month. • Solo (one person): $29.99 for the first year, then $49.99 per year. Or $4.99 per month. Monthly plans start with a 14-day free trial. The discounted first year is an introductory offer and replaces the free trial on annual plans — Apple allows one introductory offer per plan. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the standard price for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://macropair.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://macropair.com/privacy

Screenshots

Beam Workout Tracker4 screens
MacroPair4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Beam Workout Tracker at free against MacroPair's freemium. MacroPair's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). 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. Beam Workout Tracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and MacroPair sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beam Workout Tracker against 5.0 for MacroPair. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Beam Workout Tracker versus MacroPair: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeam Workout TrackerMacroPair
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better2
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCognitoware LLCDamjan Dimitrovski

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Beam Workout Tracker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$3.00
  • Large Tip$6.00
4 purchases

MacroPair

Subscriptions4
  • Solo — monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Household — monthly14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Solo — yearly1 Year trial$49.991 Year
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  • Household — yearly1 Year trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Beam Workout Tracker free?
Beam Workout Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MacroPair free?
MacroPair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beam Workout Tracker or MacroPair?
Beam Workout Tracker and MacroPair are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Beam Workout Tracker or MacroPair have ads?
Neither Beam Workout Tracker nor MacroPair shows ads.

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