Comparison

MacroMate vs DD

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

Head to head
About

MacroMate

Features
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MacroMate is the all-in-one coaching platform for fitness coaches, personal trainers and dietitians, and the app their clients use every day to train, eat and check in. Build workout and nutrition plans, review weekly check-ins, and stay in touch in one place. Clients follow the plan, log workouts set by set, track meals and macros from a library of 350+ foods plus supermarket products, and message their coach. FOR COACHES • Manage every client from one dashboard: who checked in, who is due for a session, who needs a new plan • Build workout and nutrition plans with drag and drop, save them as templates and assign them in seconds • Review weekly check-ins with photos, notes and body measurements • Plan your week with the built-in schedule • Message clients with text, photos and voice notes • Use it on your phone and on the web at macromatepro.com FOR CLIENTS • Follow your coach's plan day by day • Log workouts set by set, with rest timers and a 400+ exercise library with animated demonstrations • Track meals and macros, and plan meals ahead • Submit weekly check-ins with progress photos • Sync steps, weight and nutrition with Apple Health • Celebrate streaks and finished days GETTING STARTED Coaches: create your account in the app or at macromatepro.com. No credit card required to get started. Clients: download the app and sign up with the email your coach invited. Your invitation will be waiting inside the app. MacroMate. One platform. Every tool you need.

About

DD

A private wellness companion for veterans managing PTSD and using cannabis. It offers daily symptom tracking, cannabis session logging, and evidence-based coping tools. All data stays on your device, with no accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Daily PTSD symptom check-ins
  • Cannabis session logging
  • Personalized insights and charts
  • Evidence-based coping tools
  • Tolerance break tracker
  • Direct access to Veterans Crisis Line
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DD420 is a private wellness companion for veterans managing PTSD who also use cannabis for symptom relief. No judgment. No politics. Just tools. Your data never leaves your device. No accounts. No ads. No one is watching. DAILY CHECK-IN Track your PTSD symptoms using the same four clusters the VA uses — Intrusion, Avoidance, Mood & Thinking, and Alertness — in a guided, one-step-at-a-time flow built to feel less overwhelming. Rate each area honestly, log your mood and sleep, and note what triggered you. Takes less than two minutes, and your progress saves automatically if you get interrupted. Over time, your check-ins build a picture of how you're actually doing — not how you think you're doing. CANNABIS SESSION LOG Log each session with strain, method, THC and CBD content, timing, and — most importantly — why you used it and whether it helped. Select from 12 veteran-specific conditions including PTSD symptoms, chronic pain, sleep and insomnia, nightmares, anxiety, hyperarousal, and more. Each condition has its own curated list of effects to track. You'll start to see which strains, methods, and dosages actually move the needle for your specific symptoms. INSIGHTS Charts built from your own data. See your symptom severity trend over time, which PTSD clusters affect you most, how sleep quality relates to your symptom scores, how cannabis use correlates with next-day symptoms, and which conditions you use most. The more you log, the clearer the patterns become. COPING TOOLS Evidence-based tools organized by what you need right now. Breathing exercises, grounding techniques, progressive muscle relaxation, sleep visualization, and urge surfing — available any time, no subscription required. TOLERANCE BREAK TRACKER Set a break goal, track your progress day by day, and get coping prompts for cravings. Includes plain-language education on what tolerance is and what to expect during a break. 100% FREE Every feature in DD420 is free. Always. No subscriptions, no locked features, no paywalls. If you want to support development, an optional one-time tip ("Buy Me a Bag") is available in Settings — never required. BUILT FOR VETERANS Veterans Crisis Line: 988, press 1 — call or text directly from the app, one tap, any time. Chat: veteranscrisisline.net DD420 is not affiliated with the VA or DoD. It is not a medical app and does not diagnose or treat any condition. All data is stored on your device only.

Screenshots

MacroMate4 screens
DD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MacroMate at none against DD's 3. MacroMate also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). DD's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price 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. DD sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MacroMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacroMate ships an update fortnightly, DD every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MacroMate versus DD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroMateDD
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—14 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB20 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTheocharis SavvidisShawn Wright

In-app purchases

None

MacroMate

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DD

One-time3
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Lunch Tip$4.99
  • Hero Tip$9.99

Questions

Is MacroMate free?
MacroMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DD free?
DD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MacroMate or DD have ads?
Neither MacroMate nor DD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroMate or DD?
MacroMate ships an update fortnightly, and DD every 4 days. Most recently, MacroMate was updated on October 31, 2026 and DD on November 1, 2026.

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