Macro vs Lean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macro
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Macro makes nutrition tracking fast, clear, and beautifully simple. Take a photo of your meal and Macro helps estimate calories and macros in seconds. Build a daily calorie plan based on your body, activity, goal weight, pace, and diet style. Track meals, macros, weight, history, streaks, and packaged food insights from one focused dashboard. What you can do with Macro • Track daily calories, protein, carbs, and fat • Analyze meals with AI photo scanning • Review and edit every estimate before saving • Build a personalized calorie and macro plan • Log breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks • Follow your remaining calories at a glance • Track weight changes and progress over time • View your daily history and calendar status • Scan packaged food barcodes with Macro Labs • See nutrition data, ingredients, allergens, Nutri-Score, and NOVA details when available Macro Pro Macro Pro unlocks premium features such as unlimited AI photo scans, barcode insights, and advanced tracking tools. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Important Macro uses AI and public nutrition data sources to provide estimates and informational nutrition insights. Results may be inaccurate or incomplete. Macro is not a medical device and does not provide medical, dietary, or therapeutic advice. Always review estimates before relying on them, and consult a qualified professional for health or diet decisions. Terms of Use: https://support.eu-central-de.dockup.tech/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lean
This app uses AI to scan meals and track calories and macros. It provides personalized insights into weight changes and offers an AI coach for guidance. Users can also connect with friends for support and challenges.
- AI calorie and macro scanning from photos
- Personalized AI insights into weight fluctuations
- AI coach for answering health-related questions
- Integration with Apple Health for steps and sleep
- Social features for accountability and challenges
- Customizable meal plans and shopping lists (Pro)
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Snap a photo of any meal — Lean's AI counts the calories and macros in seconds. No searching food databases, no weighing, no barcodes, no typing. Then Lean goes further than any calorie counter: it explains WHY your weight changes — not just that it did. And you can ask it anything. HOW IT WORKS • Point your camera at your plate → AI estimates calories, protein, carbs & fat • One tap logs it to your daily calorie budget • Step on the scale each morning and log your weight in 10 seconds • Lean syncs your steps, sleep and burned calories from Apple Health automatically • Your AI coach connects the dots: "You're up 0.4 kg, but you slept 5 hours and had 3,100 mg extra sodium — that's water, not fat." • Ask your coach a question any day — "why am I stalling?", "what should I eat tonight?" — and get an answer built from your real numbers WHY LEAN WORKS Most apps show you numbers. Lean interprets them. Weight fluctuates daily for reasons that have nothing to do with fat — Lean's coach knows your sleep, steps and meals, so it can tell the difference and keep you steady through plateaus. Setup takes two minutes and asks what actually trips you up — cravings, late-night eating, diets that didn't stick before — so your plan fits your life from day one. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Invite a friend to Lean, cheer each other on, and join community challenges for streaks, steps and consistency. Streak Shield covers a day you miss, so one slip doesn't undo weeks of progress. FREE FOREVER • Daily weight log, trend charts & streaks • Apple Health sync • 2 AI meal scans every day • One AI coach question every day • A fresh AI insight every week, built from your own data • Today's meals from your personalised plan • CSV export & daily reminder LEAN PRO • Unlimited AI meal scans • A personalised AI insight every morning — not once a week • Unlimited coach chat • A full 7-day meal plan and shopping list, built around your allergies and taste • Plateau detection with AI diagnosis • Pace coaching and a forecast to your goal date • 7-day moving average and body-fat estimate Your health data stays yours. Lean never sells your data and never shows ads. The AI coach runs on-device with Apple Intelligence where available. Lean Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/b57be4b3-921b-42b5-9586-61b3ab955f83
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Lean at 3 against Macro's 1. Macro's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Macro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Lean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macro | Lean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADACOMP LLC | Justinas Kristopaitis |
In-app purchases
Macro
- Macro AI- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Macro AI- Monthly Premium$14.991 Month
- Macro AI- Yearly Premium3 Days trial$79.991 Year
Lean
- Grant Premium$6.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year









