Comparison

MacroPet vs PGPony

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

Head to head
About

MacroPet

Features
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MacroPet is the simple, beautiful way to track your pet's nutrition and keep them at their healthiest weight. Whether you have a playful pup or a curious cat, MacroPet helps you monitor what they eat, track their weight over time, and ensure they're getting the right amount of calories each day. TRACK EVERY MEAL • Log breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and treats • Search our growing database of pet foods by name or brand • Scan barcodes to quickly find foods • Create custom foods with your own nutritional info • See calories at a glance for each meal SET PERSONALIZED GOALS • Set daily calorie targets based on your pet's needs • Track progress with a beautiful daily summary • Get insights when your pet is on track or over their goal • Adjust targets as your pet's needs change MONITOR WEIGHT TRENDS • Log weight entries over time • Visualize progress with easy-to-read charts • Stay informed about your pet's health journey MANAGE MULTIPLE PETS • Add all your pets in one place • Switch between pets effortlessly • Track each pet's unique dietary needs and goals SMART REMINDERS • Set meal reminders so you never forget feeding time • Schedule weekly weight check-ins • Customize notification times that work for your routine DESIGNED WITH CARE • Clean, intuitive interface that's a joy to use • Works beautifully in light and dark mode • Quick entry makes logging meals take just seconds • All your data synced securely to the cloud MacroPet was built by pet lovers, for pet lovers. We know how much your pets mean to you, and we're here to help you give them the healthiest, happiest life possible. Download MacroPet today and take the first step toward better nutrition for your furry family members. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PGPony

This app simplifies PGP encryption for users on their iPhone. It allows for key generation, secure message and file encryption/decryption, digital signing, and hardware security key integration. All features are available for free.

Highlights
  • Generate PGP keys
  • Encrypt/decrypt messages and files
  • Sign and verify digital documents
  • Hardware security key integration (YubiKey, Token2)
  • Password-only encryption
  • Key management and revocation
  • Share sheet extension for app integration
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PGPony makes PGP encryption easy, private, and powerful, and every feature is free. Generate keys, encrypt to people or to a password, sign and verify, back up your whole keyring, and revoke compromised keys, all from your iPhone and iPad, in eight languages. New in 8.3.0: post-quantum signatures, NIST P-256, P-384 and P-521 keys, messages to several post-quantum recipients, and a reorganized Key Detail screen. POST-QUANTUM Encrypt with ML-KEM-768 or ML-KEM-1024 paired with X25519, and sign with ML-DSA-65 paired with Ed25519 (RFC 9980), on RFC 9580 (v6) keys or the v4 shape GnuPG 2.5 reads. Add post-quantum subkeys to a key you already have. HARDWARE SECURITY KEYS Generate a key pair on the card over NFC, or add an existing card with a tap. Sign, decrypt, and encrypt-and-sign in one step, with RSA and ECC (Ed25519/Curve25519) keys, on YubiKey, Token2, and others, over NFC or USB-C. Full card admin: PINs, factory reset, and Card Details. ENCRYPT, DECRYPT & SIGN Encrypt messages and files of any size to one or many public keys, or to a password with no keys at all, readable by gpg -c and back. Pick which subkey to encrypt to when a key has more than one. Decrypt with a private key, a hardware key, or a passphrase, and see which of your keys opened the message. Sign without encrypting, including detached signatures, and verify a file against its signature. GENERATE & MANAGE KEYS Create keys on a card or in-app: post-quantum, v6 Ed25519, classic Ed25519 + Cv25519, or RSA 2048/4096, with or without an email address. Add, revoke, or remove subkeys (including authentication subkeys) and User IDs. Full OpenPGP v6 (RFC 9580), interoperable with Sequoia PGP and GnuPG. Import from files, clipboard, QR codes, or keyservers. Make revocation certificates and export private keys (GnuPG-compatible). BACK UP & RESTORE Save your whole keyring, secret keys included, as one encrypted file. A single backup code opens it, and the same file restores onto another device. The file stays with you, never on anyone's server. KEYSERVERS Look up a recipient by email through Web Key Directory, then key servers. Add your own servers, publish to several at once, and upload an updated key straight from Key Detail. Route lookups through Tor or a SOCKS proxy, or turn on offline mode to stop every network request. PASSWORD STORE Open a pass (password-store) folder, decrypt an entry with a software or hardware key, and copy it through an auto-clearing clipboard. SHARE SHEET EXTENSION Encrypt or decrypt text, encrypt a file, or sign a file in any app: Safari, Files, Notes, Mail. SECURITY FIRST Face ID / Touch ID lock with auto-lock. Software keys live in the iOS Keychain. Keys and messages from outside are checked strictly before they are used. No analytics, tracking, accounts, or sign-up. Your private keys never leave your device, and with a hardware key they never leave the card. EIGHT LANGUAGES English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese. Built by an indie developer who cares about your privacy. Your keys, your messages, your data, always yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pgpony.app/eula.html Privacy Policy: https://pgpony.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

MacroPet4 screens
PGPony4 screens

Verdict

The call

MacroPet and PGPony are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

MacroPet ships an update every 10 days, PGPony weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MacroPet versus PGPony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroPetPGPony
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLunium ABKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

MacroPet

No in-app purchases

None

PGPony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MacroPet free?
MacroPet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PGPony free?
PGPony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MacroPet or PGPony have ads?
Neither MacroPet nor PGPony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroPet or PGPony?
MacroPet ships an update every 10 days, and PGPony weekly. Most recently, MacroPet was updated on October 15, 2026 and PGPony on October 25, 2026.

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