Comparison

Macro Tracker vs ZiB

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

Head to head
About

Macro Tracker

Features
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Hit your daily protein, carbs and fat with two taps per meal — no barcodes, no food database, no friction. • Three sliders: protein, carbs, fat • Daily goals and live remaining bar • 30 saved food presets (Pro) • 14-day macro chart (Pro) • Calorie auto-calculated from macros Who it's for For anyone tracking macros who hates the friction of full-database calorie counters. One-Time Unlock Premium is a one-time Lifetime purchase — there is no subscription and nothing auto-renews. Pay once and unlock every premium feature forever. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation, and you can restore it anytime. Privacy: everything stays on your device by default. No analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking. Privacy policy at https://bestpaid.app/legal/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ZiB

Effortlessly log your meals by simply taking a photo. This app uses advanced recognition and a comprehensive database to track calories and macros, with optional barcode scanning for packaged foods. Your data remains private and is optionally synced with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Log meals with photos
  • Automatic calorie and macro tracking
  • Barcode scanning for packaged foods
  • USDA nutrition database integration
  • Optional Apple Health sync
  • No account or subscription required
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Take a photo. That's the whole app. No account. No onboarding. No setup screen asking your goals before it'll do anything. You open ZiB, you photograph your food, and it's logged. FREE. NOT "FREE." No paywall. No subscription. No locked features, no trial that expires, no upsell after your third meal. If you want to help with the running costs there's a tip jar in settings, and it unlocks absolutely nothing. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE One screen. Your meals, and a camera button. That's it. - No streaks - No badges - No notifications telling you that you've broken anything - A day you didn't log is just a day you didn't log HOW IT WORKS Photograph your meal. ZiB works out what it is and how much of it, then pulls the calories and macros from the USDA nutrition database — real published numbers, not invented ones. If it's wrong, tap it and fix it. It remembers, and gets better at the food you actually eat. PACKAGED FOOD Scan the barcode for that product's exact label. If the nutrition panel is visible in your photo, ZiB just reads it. APPLE HEALTH Optional and off by default. One-way: ZiB writes your meals to Health and reads nothing back. PRIVATE No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads, nothing sold. Your meals stay on your phone. THIS IS HALF THE PRODUCT The other half is a screenless wristband. It notices you've started eating, buzzes once, and logs the meal when you hover your wrist over your plate and snap your fingers. Nothing to open. Nothing to remember. One purchase. No subscription, ever. zib.band

Screenshots

Macro Tracker4 screens
ZiB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ZiB at none against Macro Tracker's shown. Macro Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Macro Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ZiB sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Macro Tracker versus ZiB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacro TrackerZiB
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB1 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperVasilii PolovnikovKara Rieben

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Macro Tracker

One-time1
  • Premium · Lifetime$7.99
3 purchases

ZiB

One-time3
  • Small$0.99
  • Medium$2.99
  • Large$5.99

Questions

Is Macro Tracker free?
Macro Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZiB free?
ZiB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Macro Tracker or ZiB have ads?
Macro Tracker shows ads; ZiB does not.

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