Macro Alien vs BreakFinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macro Alien
This app is a macro tracker designed for athletes, offering AI-powered nutrition coaching and personalized meal plans. It adapts to your training intensity and goals, helping you log meals quickly and track metabolic changes.
- AI Nutrition Coach
- Smart Day Types
- Log in Seconds
- Periodized Phases
- Adaptive TDEE Tracking
- Apple Health Sync
- Meal & Recipe Builder
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Macro Alien — the macro tracker built for athletes who actually train. Most nutrition apps are built for casual dieters. Macro Alien is built for the gym. For competition prep. For athletes who need different macros on heavy squat days vs recovery days. AI NUTRITION COACH Your AI coach knows your sport, your phase, and your numbers. Ask it to adjust macros after a brutal session. Get pre-workout meal ideas. Have it build a full periodized plan for your next competition. It's like having a nutrition coach in your pocket. SMART DAY TYPES Heavy day? Carbs go up to fuel performance. Recovery day? Scaled back. Moderate session? Right in between. Set your training type each morning and your macro targets shift automatically. No more eating the same thing regardless of how you train. LOG IN SECONDS Photograph your plate — AI identifies every item and estimates macros instantly. Scan a barcode from 1M+ foods. Search by name. Build meals from ingredients. Log a full meal prep in under a minute. PERIODIZED PHASES Cut. Bulk. Maintain. Macro Alien builds your phase timeline with weekly rate targets, auto-transitions, and AI-adjusted macros for each block. Set your competition date or goal weight — it works backward from there. ADAPTIVE TDEE TRACKING Forget online TDEE calculators. Macro Alien tracks your weight trend and intake over time to calculate your actual metabolic rate using Kalman-filtered estimation. It detects metabolic adaptation and adjusts before you plateau. APPLE HEALTH SYNC Steps, active calories, workouts, and sleep pulled directly from Apple Health. Your TDEE accounts for real training volume — not a static activity multiplier you picked once. MEAL & RECIPE BUILDER Build meals from individual ingredients. Save templates for meal prep staples. AI fills in the macros. Reuse your go-to meals with one tap. BUILT FOR YOUR SPORT Powerlifting. Bodybuilding. CrossFit. Hyrox. Running. Olympic lifting. Combat sports. Wrestling. Whatever you compete in — Macro Alien understands periodized nutrition for your discipline. $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr. 7-day free trial. Full access. Cancel anytime. Terms: https://macroalien.app/terms/
BreakFinder
This app transforms your smartwatch into an automatic surf session tracker, logging wave count, speed, and distance. It also serves as a phone-based hub for surf logs, forecasts for over 9,200 spots worldwide, and a unique take-off spot compass.
- Automatic wave detection
- Cross-platform smartwatch compatibility
- Comprehensive surf log
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Take-off spot compass
- Global surf forecasts
- Offline functionality
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BreakFinder turns your smartwatch into a complete surf-session tracker — and your phone into a surf log, forecast hub, and spot finder. Free for every surfer. AUTOMATIC WAVE DETECTION No buttons. No guessing. A research-validated sensor-fusion algorithm detects every wave you ride and logs wave count, top speed, distance, ride time, GPS track, and heart rate. Choose from three sensitivity modes — White Water, Green Wave, or Performance — to match your style. WORKS ON THE WATCH YOU ALREADY OWN Apple Watch, Garmin, Wear OS, and Amazfit/Zepp. BreakFinder is the only surf tracker that works across all four platforms — with HarmonyOS and Suunto coming soon. Watch face, complications, and tiles included. YOUR FULL SURF LOG Every session syncs automatically to your phone — mapped, rated, and ready to replay. Wave count, top speed, distance, hours in the water, and recent-form stats at a glance. Your complete surf history, all in one place. AT A GLANCE — WIDGETS & COMPLICATIONS Add the Surf Forecast and Last Session widgets to your iPhone Home and Lock Screen, plus Apple Watch complications for swell score, tide, and your live wave count — your surf data without opening the app. TAKE-OFF SPOT COMPASS Lost in the lineup? The Take-Off Spot compass points straight back to where you caught your best waves. SURF FORECASTS FOR 9,200+ SPOTS Swell, wind, and tides for 9,200+ breaks in 140+ countries. 16-day forecasts. Save your home breaks as favorites and check conditions before you paddle out. DISCOVER BREAKS WORLDWIDE Explore the spot map to find waves near you or plan your next surf trip. Every break on Earth, mapped. OFFLINE & PRIVACY-FIRST Works offline on the water. No tracking, no ad cookies. Encrypted in transit (HTTPS). GDPR/DSGVO compliant. Delete your account anytime from inside the app. COMMUNITY & PROGRESSION Rank up, hit streaks, complete weekly quests. Follow the community feed and plan trips with your surf crew. In-app notifications keep you on top of buddy invites, comments, and swell alerts. PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT — YOUR SURF HISTORY IS YOURS, FOR LIFE Switch watch, switch brand, switch country — your surf history stays with you. Whatever hardware you ride next year, every wave you've ever caught travels with you, across platforms and across borders. One account for your watch, this app, and breakfinder.surf — always in sync, no lock-in. Full session analysis and detailed spot guides on the web. Built by surfers, for surfers. breakfinder.surf PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION BreakFinder Premium is available as an auto-renewable subscription, monthly or yearly. The price is shown in the app before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://breakfinder.surf/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Macro Alien at 5.0 against BreakFinder's 4.0. Macro Alien also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). BreakFinder's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Macro Alien sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and BreakFinder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Macro Alien holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Macro Alien ships an update monthly, BreakFinder every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macro Alien | BreakFinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOONLIGHT BE THE LIGHT, LLC | Philipp Winkler |
Customer experience
Macro Alien
BreakFinder
In-app purchases
Macro Alien
- Macro Alien Max7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Macro Alien Max7 Days trial$29.991 Year
BreakFinder
- BreakFinder Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- BreakFinder Premium Yearly$34.991 Year
- BreakFinder Premium Lifetime$89.99
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