CalDef vs macro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CalDef
This nutrition tracker helps you lose weight by monitoring calories and macros. It features an AI coach for personalized advice, a vast food database, and tools for meal planning and progress analysis. Track meals via search, barcode, or photo, and monitor water intake and sleep.
- AI-powered nutrition coach
- Massive food database with offline access
- Barcode and photo meal logging
- Automatic macro breakdown
- Personalized meal planning
- Weight trend charts and analytics
- Apple Health integration
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Meet CalDef - the nutrition tracker that actually knows you. Track calories, hit your macros, and lose weight with an app built around your real goals. CalDef combines a massive food database, AI-powered tools, and a personal coach named Olie - all in a clean, premium dark interface. OLIE, YOUR AI COACH Chat with Olie anytime. Ask what to eat, check your protein, get a meal idea for dinner. Olie reads your actual logged data - calories left, macros hit, meals eaten today - and gives real, personalized answers in seconds. TRACK EVERYTHING - Log meals by search, barcode scan, or AI plate photo scan - Automatic macro breakdown: protein, carbs, and fat - Set calorie and macro goals - or let CalDef calculate them for you - Organize meals by Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks - Water intake and sleep tracking built in FOOD DATABASE Millions of foods from around the world. Regional databases for Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, France, and Japan. Works offline too. AI MEAL PLANNER Running low on calories? Tap AI Plan and get meal suggestions matched to your remaining budget, protein goal, and food preferences - including strict Halal filter. COACH & ANALYTICS Weight trend charts, macro donut, 7-day calorie history, body transformation photos, and smart insights that tell you exactly how you're doing. APPLE HEALTH & WIDGET Syncs steps and active calories from Apple Health. Writes food intake back automatically. Home screen widget shows your calories and macros at a glance. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Create custom recipes and save them to your log - Shopping list built from meal plans - Workout logging with route and intensity - Streaks and XP to keep you consistent - Supports kg/cm and lbs/ft Start free. No account needed. Your data stays on your device.
macro
This app helps you manage your nutrition by quickly logging meals. It offers features like AI-powered tracking, photo scanning of food, and barcode scanning for packaged items. The app prioritizes user privacy with all data stored locally on your device.
- AI-powered calorie tracking
- Log meals in seconds
- Scan food with camera
- Scan barcodes
- 100% private data storage
- Fast and responsive
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Spend time eating, not tracking. macro makes calorie counting feel effortless. No endless searching through confusing databases-just snap a photo, describe your meal, or scan the nutrition label, and let macro do the work for you. Experience a simpler way to stay on top of your nutrition. Whether you want a healthier body, to lose weight, build muscle, or practice intermittent fasting, macro gives you total control over your health with zero friction and complete privacy. Why macro is Different: - Snap & Log: Take a quick photo of your meal or nutrition label for maximum accuracy. You can also type a quick description of your food or scan nutrition labels. macro estimates your calories and macros in seconds. -Built-in Fasting & Water Tracker: No need for multiple apps. Track intermittent fasts, monitor your fasting stages, and log your daily water intake right alongside your meals. - Visual Progress & Photo Comparisons: See your real-world transformation as it happens. Update your weight, log progress photos to create side-by-side before-and-after collages, and share your milestones to stay motivated. - Complete Progress Dashboard: See the full picture of your health journey. Track weight trends, goal timelines, BMI history, daily calorie deficits, and active calories burned in clean, easy-to-read charts. -Fast, Clean & Privacy-Focused: Designed to keep your health journey simple and secure, with lightning-fast logging, no intrusive ads, and seamless cloud backup options. Download now— pay once, use forever. Track your calories, hit your macros, and reach your fitness goals without the headache. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: macro at none against CalDef's shown. macro also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (49 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. CalDef sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and macro sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CalDef against 5.0 for macro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: macro has 49 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CalDef ships an update every 10 days, macro daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CalDef | macro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 5.0 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breneer Jacinto | Carl Angel Rosales |
Customer experience
CalDef
macro
In-app purchases
CalDef
- Remove Ads$4.99
macro
- macro Cloud7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- macro Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- macro Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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- macro Cloud7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- macro Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- macro Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- macro Lifetime$9.99









