MacroVision vs PowerBuild Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MacroVision
Effortlessly track your daily food intake in seconds with advanced AI features like receipt and plate scanning. Quickly log meals from restaurants, groceries, or home-cooked recipes to stay consistent with your nutrition goals.
- AI Plate Scanner
- Receipt Scanner
- Smart Food Search
- Barcode Scanning
- Favorites & Quick Relog
- Analytics & Progress Tracking
- Personalized Macro Goals
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Tracking macros shouldn’t take over 10 minutes. Most apps make you: • Search forever for the right food • Guess portions • Manually log everything MacroVision changes that. **Track your meals in seconds — not minutes** Built for real life, MacroVision helps you log food faster whether you’re eating out, cooking at home, or on the go. --- **Why MacroVision stands out** **Built for Restaurants** Find real menu items fast — with support for customizations and build-your-own meals. **Receipt Scanner** Snap a receipt and automatically log your meal. **AI Plate Scanner** Take a photo of your food and get instant macro estimates. ** AI Describe** Describe with full context what you had and let AI handle the rest. **Smart Food Search** Quickly find foods across restaurants, groceries, and everyday meals. **Barcode + Nutrition Label Scanning** Log packaged foods instantly with accurate data. --- **Save time. Stay consistent.** **Favorites & Quick Relog** Log your go-to meals in seconds. **QR Code Sharing** Instantly share meals with friends. **Recipes & Meal Prep** Create your own meals and calculate macros per serving. **Analytics & Progress Tracking** Track your macros, trends, and consistency over time. **AI Coach (coming soon / evolving)** Get smarter insights and suggestions to stay on track. --- **Know exactly what to eat** **Personalized Macro Goals** Automatically calculate your daily macros based on your goals. **Planned vs Actual Tracking** Stay aligned with your nutrition targets. --- **Whether you’re trying to:** • Cut • Bulk • Maintain • Stay consistent MacroVision makes it easier to hit your goals — without the frustration. --- Stop guessing. Stop wasting time. Start tracking macros the fast way. Download MacroVision today. TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PowerBuild Coach
This app provides structured strength-training programs for various goals like powerbuilding and hypertrophy. It offers fast workout logging with built-in timers and progress tracking, including estimated 1RM and leaderboards. It also features macro tracking and nutrition logging with barcode scanning.
- Structured strength training programs
- Fast workout logging with rest timer
- Progress tracking and analytics
- Estimated 1RM and leaderboards
- Macro and nutrition tracking
- Barcode and nutrition label scanning
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PowerBuild is a strength-training app for lifters who want structured programs, fast set logging, and progress you can actually see. PROGRAMS THAT FIT YOUR GOAL Browse a professional catalog — powerbuilding, powerlifting, hypertrophy, bodyweight, and CrossFit — tagged by experience level. Activate a plan, follow the week/day layout on the Train tab, and advance when you're ready. Share your own programs with the community or run plans from other lifters. LOG WORKOUTS WITHOUT FRICTION Log weight, reps, and RPE for strength work. Built-in rest timer with RPE-based defaults and audio alerts that mix with your music. Modify days before you start — add or remove exercises and WODs, save for one workout or the whole block. Go off-script when you need to skip or swap work. Changed a lift, sets or reps mid-workout? Save it to your program for the rest of the block or the whole program. Cap working weights per lift so suggestions stay realistic. Track FOR TIME, AMRAP, calories, distance, and EMOM-style metcons with per-round splits. CrossFit programs use a dated calendar with scaling tracks. SEE YOUR PROGRESS History, analytics, and estimated 1RM profiles for your tracked lifts — e1RM from the sets you actually logged. Progress graphs on Train, in the workout and on the finish screens, plus records in each lift's History. Compete on The Board — a global monthly leaderboard for squat, bench, and deadlift e1RM. MACROS THAT FOLLOW YOUR TRAINING (BETA) Turn on Macros for daily calorie, protein, carb and fat targets built for lifters: more carbs on hard training days, fewer on rest days. Trained on a planned rest day? Switch that day in one tap. Log fast with free barcode and nutrition-label scanning, search, saved meals and recipes, or tap + on several foods and log them together, in grams, ounces or servings. Food and weigh-ins save even with no signal. A weekly review adjusts your targets from your weight trend, and the Weight tab shows your estimated maintenance. Optional Apple Health sync and meal reminders. BUILT FOR SERIOUS TRAINING Periodized blocks with deload weeks. Supersets, bodyweight calisthenics, and cardio logging. Units, bar increments, and rest preferences you control. Dark mode supported. ACCOUNT & PRIVACY Sign in with Apple or email. Your data syncs securely. Delete your account anytime in Settings → Account. PowerBuild requires iOS 17 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PowerBuild Coach at none against MacroVision's 4. PowerBuild Coach also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). MacroVision's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. MacroVision sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PowerBuild Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MacroVision against 5.0 for PowerBuild Coach. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MacroVision has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
MacroVision ships an update every 2 weeks, PowerBuild Coach weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MacroVision | PowerBuild Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jennifer Green | ALAN DALE GRAFFAM |
Customer experience
MacroVision
PowerBuild Coach
In-app purchases
MacroVision
- MacroVision Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- MacroVision Premium$4.991 Month
- MacroVision Premium1 Year trial$39.991 Year
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- MacroVision Premium$39.991 Year
PowerBuild Coach
No in-app purchases
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