Comparison

MACR vs Calorie Tracker

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

Head to head
About

MACR

Features
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Tired of tedious food logging that kills your motivation before dinner? Macr uses AI to analyze any meal in seconds โ€” just point your camera and get a full calorie and macronutrient breakdown instantly. No more barcode scanning dead ends. No more guessing portions. Just fast, accurate nutrition data so you can stay on track with your goals. WHAT MACR DOES FOR YOU: โ€ข Instant Meal Recognition โ€” Point your camera at any plate, bowl, or snack and get calories, protein, carbs, and fat in under 3 seconds. Works on home-cooked meals, restaurant dishes, and everything in between. โ€ข Full Macro Dashboard โ€” See your daily protein, carbohydrate, and fat targets at a glance. Watch your progress update in real time as you log each meal. โ€ข Warm, Motivating Design โ€” Macr's distinctive visual style makes healthy eating feel inviting, not clinical. You'll actually want to open the app. โ€ข Smart Daily Summaries โ€” Review your nutrition day-by-day, spot patterns, and understand how your meals add up toward your goals. โ€ข Customizable Targets โ€” Set your own calorie and macro goals whether you're cutting, bulking, maintaining, or following a specific diet plan. โ€ข No Manual Entry Headaches โ€” Skip the search bar and the barcode scanner. AI does the heavy lifting so logging takes seconds, not minutes. Whether you're chasing a fitness goal, managing your weight, or simply becoming more aware of what you eat, Macr gives you the insight you need without the friction that makes most apps feel like homework. Download Macr and make every meal count.

About

Calorie Tracker

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A calorie and macro tracker that respects your body and your privacy. If you are tired of food log apps that shame you for one missed day, sell your dinner to data brokers, or hide protein totals behind a paywall, NutriLog is the calm alternative. It is a calorie counter and macro tracker for adults who want honest numbers โ€” protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar โ€” without streaks, guilt or 87 ad banners. Built for weight loss, recomposition, intermittent fasting or just keeping an honest eye on what you actually eat. The food diary stays on this device, the body log belongs to you alone, and nothing is uploaded to a third-party server. It is a nutrition tracker for people who want to understand their week without performing it for an audience. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Scan a barcode and a massive food database pulls the item in seconds, or build a recipe with a per-serving macro breakdown and reuse it all week. Quick log buttons cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and water, calorie and macro goals turn into weekly trend charts with moving averages and plateau detection, and a private weight, waist and progress-photo log sits beside your meals. Apple Health two-way sync brings steps, weight and workouts into the same view, so a meal log becomes part of a broader picture instead of a guilt list. The carb tracker, protein tracker and fiber view share one screen, useful for diet tracker work like keto, high-protein cuts or simply hitting a daily protein floor. The intermittent fasting timer sits beside the food log, with 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 and custom windows, so a fasting day records the same way a maintenance day does โ€” calmly, with numbers, no countdown shame. Recipe macros recalculate when you change a serving size, custom foods cover the local brands no global database catches, and a barcode scanner food workflow handles the items you eat most. An Apple Watch food companion logs from your wrist between meetings, Live Activities track meals and water, and Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep today's calories and protein glanceable. The interface ships in 39 languages with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Focus integration, and the calorie tracker stays fully on this device. Privacy is the default: no account, no cloud upload, no analytics, no third-party server. NutriLog is the food diary you can use for a year of weight loss, a season of recomposition, or a decade of quiet maintenance โ€” without ever turning your dinner into someone else's data. Unlock with Pro: โ€ข Unlimited food log history beyond the free 30 days โ€ข Custom foods and full recipe library โ€ข Advanced analytics, moving averages and macro correlations โ€ข All widgets, themes and premium app icons โ€ข CSV, JSON export and PDF coach report Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

Screenshots

MACR4 screens
Calorie Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MACR at none against Calorie Tracker's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Calorie Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. MACR asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
MACR versus Calorie Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMACRCalorie Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size53 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApex AI LabsBahattin Duran

In-app purchases

None

MACR

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Calorie Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • NutriLog Premium โ€” Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • NutriLog Premium โ€” Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month

Questions

Is MACR free?
MACR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calorie Tracker free?
Calorie Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MACR or Calorie Tracker have ads?
Neither MACR nor Calorie Tracker shows ads.

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