Comparison

Dialed vs MacroJournal

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

Head to head
About

Dialed

This app helps you stay motivated to work out by connecting you with friends for accountability. You can form workout partnerships, create fitness squads, or share progress on a private feed. It uses photo check-ins and friendly wagers to ensure you meet your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Partner Pacts with stakes
  • Fitness Squads with collective goals
  • Friends feed for progress sharing
  • Photo proof for check-ins
  • Weekly goal setting and settlement
  • Direct username invites
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Dialed is a gym accountability app built for one thing: helping you show up when motivation fades. Most workout trackers are solo. Dialed is different. Train with an accountability partner one-on-one, rally a fitness squad of up to 20 friends, or keep a tight circle honest on a friends feed—without the noise of an endless social network. THREE WAYS TO STAY ACCOUNTABLE PARTNER PACTS Pair with one person. Set a weekly workout goal, agree on friendly stakes, and prove you showed up with quick photo check-ins. Miss your goal? Pay the wager. Hit it? Bragging rights. FITNESS SQUADS Start or join a squad and chase a collective weekly target together. Every member’s logged days count toward one shared goal—with stakes that actually matter, including charity donations when the squad falls short. FRIENDS Share progress photos, react to check-ins, and stay in each other’s corner. Support without pressure—no wagers required. ONE POST. EVERYWHERE. Log once and it updates your streak, partner tally, squad total, and friends feed. Built for the gym floor, not spreadsheets. PHOTO PROOF THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST Fast workout logging with photo verification. Your people see that you actually showed up—not just checked a box. WEEKLY GOALS & SUNDAY SETTLEMENT Set a goal you can actually hit. Squads settle every Sunday—wins, wagers, and charity stakes wrap automatically so the week always has a clear finish line. INVITE BY USERNAME Send partner and squad invites directly by @username. Accept or decline from your inbox—no awkward link sharing. BUILT FOR CONSISTENCY • Weekly workout goals you can adjust anytime • Gym arrival reminders (optional) • Home screen widget for streaks and progress • Dark, distraction-free design Dialed isn’t another feed to scroll. It’s your partner, your squad, and your friends—counting on you to do the work. Download Dialed and make the pact. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your workout logs are shared only with your partner or squad—not broadcast to the world. Report content anytime from settings. Download Dialed and make this the week you—and your people—actually show up at the gym. Terms of Use: https://dialedin.it.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://dialedin.it.com/privacy

About

MacroJournal

Features
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MacroJournal is a food journal built for people who want to know what they ate without fighting their phone about it. FAST LOGGING Search a food database, scan a barcode on packaged food, or type it in manually. Save any meal as a template and log it again in one tap. Recent and frequent meals stay within reach, and templates can be searched and starred. YOUR NUMBERS, YOUR GOALS Set protein, carbs, fat, and calorie targets yourself, or walk through a short setup that suggests them. Track body weight and measurements over time if you want to; ignore all of it if you don't. If you'd rather just keep a record of what you ate with no targets at all, there's a journaling mode that does exactly that and nothing more. OPTIONAL AI ESTIMATES Describe a meal in plain language, or take a photo of it, and get a macro estimate back. This feature requires your own Anthropic API key, which you create for free at console.anthropic.com and enter in Settings. There is no subscription and no in-app purchase — you use your own key and pay your own usage directly to Anthropic. Every other feature works without one. STAYS ON YOUR PHONE There is no account, no login, and no server. Your meals, goals, weight, and measurements are stored on your device. The developer never receives your data and cannot see any of it. If you add an API key, meal text or photos you choose to estimate go from your phone directly to Anthropic under your own key. APPLE HEALTH Optionally read your workouts and active energy so training shows up alongside what you ate. Read-only — MacroJournal never writes to Health. WIDGETS Put today's totals on your home screen. MacroJournal is a food journal and is not a medical device. It does not provide medical, nutritional, or treatment advice, and its estimates are approximations. Talk to a qualified professional about decisions regarding your health or diet. Restaurant and branded food data powered by fatsecret nutrition API (www.fatsecret.com). Generic food data from USDA FoodData Central.

Screenshots

Dialed4 screens
MacroJournal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MacroJournal at none against Dialed's 2. Dialed's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Dialed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MacroJournal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dialed ships an update weekly, MacroJournal every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Dialed versus MacroJournal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialedMacroJournal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPSDKO LLCNOAH CRAIG WILLIAMS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dialed

Subscriptions2
  • Dialed Groups Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Dialed Groups Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
None

MacroJournal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dialed free?
Dialed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MacroJournal free?
MacroJournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dialed or MacroJournal have ads?
Neither Dialed nor MacroJournal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dialed or MacroJournal?
Dialed ships an update weekly, and MacroJournal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dialed was updated on October 31, 2026 and MacroJournal on October 31, 2026.

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