Macrobite vs Blocks NYC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macrobite
Effortlessly track your daily nutrition with AI-powered photo logging. Quickly log meals in under a minute with a clean dashboard and customizable notifications to help you achieve your macro goals.
- Instant photo food recognition
- Log meals in under a minute
- Visual macro dashboard
- Customizable goal notifications
- Barcode scanning
- Smart meal history
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Nutrition tracking shouldn't feel like a chore, and meal tracking apps shouldn't be AI slop. Most apps get in the way of your progress with incorrect results, endless searching, manual entry, and complicated databases. Macrobite is built by real humans for the real world. We’ve stripped away the friction to create the fastest logging experience ever made, so you can spend less time in the app and more time living your life. Why Macrobite? * Visual Logging: Just snap a photo. Macrobite identifies your meal and calculates your macros instantly. Supports barcodes too! * The 60-Second Rule: Log your entire day’s nutrition in under a minute. Our "Fast Fix" interface is designed for speed and precision. * Built for Accuracy: Easily refine your logs with intuitive controls. Macrobite adapts to your specific portions and favorite meals. * Sustainable Habits: By making tracking effortless, Macrobite helps you stay consistent. Consistency, not complexity, is the key to transformation. Key Features: * Instant Photo Recognition: Turn your camera into your food diary. * Clean Dashboard: See your remaining protein, carbs, and fats at a glance without the clutter. * Custom Notifications: Have Macrobite alert you before you miss your daily macro goals (or turn off notifications you don't want!) * Smart History: Quickly log recurring meals from your visual history. * Privacy First: Your data and photos belong to you. Terms: https://macrobite.app/terms
Blocks NYC
Track your exploration of New York City by walking streets and completing blocks. The app automatically records your progress, allowing you to see how much of the city you've covered and discover new places.
- Automatic street tracking
- Block completion fills map permanently
- Per-neighborhood progress tracking
- Discover local businesses
- Connect with friends on leaderboards
- Integrate with Apple Health
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How much of New York have you actually walked? Blocks answers that. Put your phone in your pocket and start walking — every street you cover lights up on your map. Walk all the way around a block, every side, and the whole block fills in. It's yours for good. There's no streak to keep and nothing to lose. Your map only ever grows. HOW IT WORKS • Start a walk, or let Blocks pick it up automatically in the background • Streets light up as you walk them — phone stays in your pocket • Cover every side of a block and it fills in permanently • Walk one side today and the rest next month, it all still counts • 33,114 real blocks across all five boroughs, traced from actual NYC intersections EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD • Per-neighborhood progress, so you find out you're 40% through the East Village • Neighborhood cards rank where to go next based on what you haven't seen • Restaurant, cafe, and bar picks sitting on blocks you've never set foot on • Rate the places you go and build a real record of your city • See your whole New York at a glance — every street you've ever walked • Climb from Tourist to True New Yorker as your block count grows CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD WITH FRIENDS • Neighborhood leaderboards — find out who really knows the East Village • Leaderboards count blocks you actually walked. No shortcuts. • Invite a friend to walk a neighborhood together • Follow friends and watch the neighborhoods they're filling in • Add Tastemakers, people whose taste you trust, and their favorite spots rise to the top of your recommendations • Share your map as an image any time you want to show it off ALREADY TRACK YOUR RUNS? Connect Apple Health and the runs and walks you already record get added to your map automatically. Your route never leaves your phone. YOUR MAP IS YOURS • Your profile is private unless you choose to make it public • You control what friends and followers can see • Location is used to credit the streets you walk. It is never sold. Blocks is for the people who take the long way home — who pick a direction, see where it goes, and measure the city in footsteps. Start walking. Your first block is one trip outside away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blocks NYC at none against Macrobite's 3. Blocks NYC also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Macrobite sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Blocks NYC asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Macrobite against 5.0 for Blocks NYC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 18 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Macrobite ships an update every 4 days, Blocks NYC weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macrobite | Blocks NYC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Griz | Traversal Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Macrobite
Blocks NYC
In-app purchases
Macrobite
- Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Limited Time Offer$19.991 Year
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Blocks NYC
No in-app purchases









