Comparison

PlateMacro vs Daily Macro Tracker

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

Head to head
About

PlateMacro

Features
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PlateMacro helps you log meals quickly and keep calories, protein, carbs, and fat visible through the day. Use manual search, barcode scanning, nutrition label capture, favorites, recents, AI Scan, or Voice Log to get food into your diary with less friction. AI estimates open in a review screen first, so you can adjust portions and macros before anything is saved. Set calorie and macro targets, track weight trends, and let adaptive targets respond to your logged intake and progress over time. PlateMacro is local-first. Food logs, weight entries, favorites, recents, targets, and adaptive records stay on your device. Hosted AI features send only the meal photo or voice transcript you choose to process. Manual logging is free. PlateMacro Plus unlocks AI Scan and Voice Log access. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Daily Macro Tracker

This nutrition tracker allows you to log calories, protein, carbs, and fats without requiring an account or subscription. Easily scan barcodes, search a database, or add custom foods. All your data is stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Track calories, protein, carbs, fats
  • Barcode scanning
  • Food database search
  • Custom food entry
  • Local data storage
  • No account required
Features
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Daily Macros is a simple nutrition tracker for logging calories, protein, carbs, and fats without subscriptions or account setup. Use barcode scanning to look up packaged foods, search the food database, or add your own custom foods when something is missing. Your saved foods and entries are stored locally on your device, so you can keep tracking without creating an account. Daily Macros is built for people who want a lightweight food log instead of a complicated diet app. Features: Track calories, protein, carbs, and fats Scan food barcodes Search food items Add and reuse custom foods View daily macro totals Works without an account Local storage for your saved foods and entries Simple light and dark appearance options Daily Macros does not provide medical advice, diet plans, or treatment recommendations. Nutrition values may vary by product, serving size, or data source, so always check food labels when accuracy matters.

Screenshots

PlateMacro4 screens
Daily Macro Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Macro Tracker at none against PlateMacro's 2. Daily Macro Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). PlateMacro's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. PlateMacro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Daily Macro Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PlateMacro versus Daily Macro Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlateMacroDaily Macro Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB461 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohammed BoushabaDaniel Walker

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PlateMacro

Subscriptions2
  • PlateMacro Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
  • PlateMacro Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
None

Daily Macro Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlateMacro free?
PlateMacro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Macro Tracker free?
Daily Macro Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PlateMacro or Daily Macro Tracker have ads?
Daily Macro Tracker shows ads; PlateMacro does not.

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