Comparison

Cadence vs MacroIt

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

Head to head
About

Cadence

Track your daily steps, distance, floors climbed, and calories burned with a focus on simplicity and privacy. Set custom weekday and weekend goals and visualize your activity patterns with interactive heatmaps. Integrates seamlessly with Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Daily step, distance, floors, and calorie tracking
  • Customizable weekday and weekend goals
  • Interactive hour-by-hour heatmaps
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Private by design, no account required
  • Automatic iCloud history restore
Features
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Step tracking that stays out of your way Cadence helps you build a consistent walking habit without the usual noise. No social feed. No gamification. No upsells. Just an honest, clear picture of how you move every day. Weekday and Weekend Goals Most days aren't the same, so your goals shouldn't be either. Set separate targets for weekdays and weekends. Cadence automatically applies the right goal each day, and your history always reflects the target that was active on that specific day. Past records are never rewritten. Changed your mind about a goal? You can apply any update retroactively across your entire history with a single tap. Heatmaps You Can Actually Explore See your walking rhythm hour by hour. Scrub through today's heatmap to pinpoint exactly when you were most active, or zoom out to spot long-term patterns across weeks, months, and years. Beautifully color-coded and easy to understand. No chart reading required. Steps, Distance, Floors, and Calories Every day shows your full activity picture — steps, walking distance, flights climbed, and active calories. See how your week is shaping up with a projected end-of-week step total based on your current daily pace. Apple Watch and Complications A native three-page Apple Watch app gives you today's steps and progress, your full week chart, and goal settings directly on your wrist. Eight thoughtfully designed complications work beautifully on any watch face. Goals sync instantly between iPhone and Watch in both directions. Private by Design No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your health data stays on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud. No analytics. No tracking. Your History, Restored Install Cadence on a new device signed into the same iCloud account and your complete history restores automatically — goals included. No exports or manual backups needed. Core step tracking, the Apple Watch app, and all complications are completely free and will always remain free. There's an optional tip jar if you'd like to support ongoing development.

About

MacroIt

Effortlessly track your daily nutrition with AI-powered food detection and barcode scanning. Set personalized goals, monitor water intake, and sync with your Apple Watch for seamless logging. View detailed summaries of your macro breakdowns.

Highlights
  • AI food detection via photo
  • Barcode scanner for packaged foods
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Water intake tracking
  • Personalized macro goals
  • Calendar log with summaries
Features
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MacroIt makes nutrition tracking effortless with AI-powered food detection, barcode scanning, Apple Watch sync, and a built-in social community. TRACK SMARTER - AI Food Detection: Photograph your meal and instantly get accurate macro estimates powered by AI. Add context notes for even better accuracy. - Barcode Scanner: Scan any packaged food and get instant nutrition info from millions of products. - Smart Goals: Personalized calorie and macro goals calculated from your profile using proven nutrition science. - Calendar Log: View daily, weekly, and monthly summaries with detailed macro breakdowns. PLAN AHEAD - Meal Planner: Plan tomorrow's meals from your food history or saved presets. See how your planned day stacks up against your goals. - AI Auto-Plan (Pro): One tap fills your entire day with AI-suggested meals that hit your remaining macro budget. - Meal Presets: Save your favorite meals for one-tap logging. - Recipe Builder (Pro): Create custom recipes with automatic per-serving macro calculation. STAY HEALTHY - Water Tracking: Set daily water goals and track intake with quick-add buttons and weekly history charts. - Health Metrics: Track Heart Rate, Resting HR, HRV, Blood Oxygen, VO2 Max, Respiratory Rate, Sleep Score, Stress Level, and more. - Advanced Insights (Pro): 30/60/90 day trends, macro compliance, calorie balance charts, and nutrition analysis. - PDF Reports (Pro): Generate detailed Nutrition and Vitals reports to share with your doctor or trainer. COMPETE WITH FRIENDS - Friend Codes: Add friends with a unique 6-character code. No contact list access needed. - Leaderboard: Compare monthly achievement points, calorie balance, and logging streaks. - In-App Chat: Message friends directly inside MacroIt. Messages auto-expire after 30 days. - Nudges: Send emoji reactions to motivate your friends. - Activity Feed: See when friends earn achievements, reach new titles, or build streaks. EARN ACHIEVEMENTS - 18 daily, weekly, and monthly badges to earn. - Monthly titles from Rookie to Immortal based on your commitment. - Milestone rewards for all-time point totals. - Share achievement cards with your progress on social media. APPLE WATCH - Full Watch app with 6 tabs: Macros, Water, Quick Log, Health, Friends, and Achievements. - 30+ watch face complications for nutrition, health, and activity data. - Log water and meals directly from your wrist. - Blood Oxygen, VO2 Max, and 12 health metrics on Watch. MACROIT PRO - 200 AI scans per month - AI Auto-Plan and Meal Suggestions - Recipe Builder - Advanced Insights and PDF Reports - AI Weekly Recap - 7-day meal planning - Priority support Free to download with generous free tier. Social features are completely free for all users. Pro available via subscription.

Screenshots

Cadence4 screens
MacroIt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Cadence at free against MacroIt's freemium. Cadence also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.5). MacroIt's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). 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. Cadence sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and MacroIt sells 3 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 Cadence against 5.0 for MacroIt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadence ships an update fortnightly, MacroIt every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cadence versus MacroIt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadenceMacroIt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVlad GankinJOEL SANTOS REYES

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cadence

One-time5
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$1.99
  • Large Coffee$2.99
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  • Coffee & Muffin$3.99
  • You're too kind$4.99
3 purchases

MacroIt

Subscriptions2
  • MacroIt Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • MacroIt Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • MacroIt Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MacroIt free?
MacroIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cadence or MacroIt?
Cadence and MacroIt are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Cadence or MacroIt have ads?
Neither Cadence nor MacroIt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cadence or MacroIt?
Cadence ships an update fortnightly, and MacroIt every 3 days. Most recently, Cadence was updated on October 3, 2026 and MacroIt on October 15, 2026.

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