Comparison

Quiet Iron vs MacroCap

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

Head to head
About

Quiet Iron

Features
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Quiet Iron is a workout logger for people who'd rather train than deal with a difficult app. No streaks. No feed. No notifications begging you to come back. Just a proven plan and the fastest way to log a set — then you put the phone down and lift. A PLAN THAT'S ALREADY FIGURED OUT Pick a science-backed 4-day upper/lower split and start. It's the structure research keeps pointing to for building muscle — every muscle trained twice a week — so there's nothing to design. THE BARBELL DOES THE MATH Enter the weight per side and see the loaded total instantly, plates and all. Slide the bar open to view both sides, switch between per-side and total, and set your own bar weight. No more plate arithmetic mid-set. LOG A SET IN SECONDS Press a number, swipe to change it, done. Your weight and reps carry over from your last set — and your last session — so usually you just confirm and move on. Step back to fix an earlier set anytime. YOURS ALONE No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Everything you log stays on your iPhone. Quiet Iron has no servers and collects nothing — there's nothing to leak and no one watching. Calm by design. Built for iPhone.

About

MacroCap

Easily track your daily calorie and protein goals when dining out. This app provides detailed macro information for over 7,000 restaurant menu items, allowing you to build meals and see real-time nutritional updates. It also includes grocery scanning and progress tracking features.

Highlights
  • Restaurant menu macro data
  • Build custom meals
  • Sort menu items by macros
  • Grocery barcode scanning
  • Daily calorie and protein tracking
  • Progress trends and recaps
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Eating out shouldn't mean guessing. MacroCap has the real numbers for 180+ restaurant and fast-casual menus — over 7,000 items with calories, protein, carbs, fat, and sodium. Pick something that fits your day before you order, instead of reconstructing it afterward. BUILD THE MEAL, WATCH THE MACROS Assemble anything from a menu and see the totals update as you go. Swap the side, skip the cheese, double the protein — the numbers follow every change. SORT BY WHAT'S LEFT Rank a menu by what's closest to your remaining calories, highest in protein, or lowest in cals. You choose from what actually fits, instead of scrolling blind. FIND WHAT'S NEAR YOU Sort restaurants by distance, so your shortlist is places you can actually get to. SEARCH GROCERIES TOO Scan a barcode or search by name across USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts for packaged food and whole ingredients. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE A calorie cap that counts down and a protein floor that counts up. Logging a meal takes about twenty seconds. SEE THE PATTERN Streaks, weekly recaps, and calorie and protein trends. The headline numbers are median-based, so one blowout day doesn't rewrite your whole week. APPLE HEALTH Write your logged meals to Health as dietary energy and macros whenever you want to. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Everything works signed out. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your history synced across devices. Nutrition data comes from restaurants' own published menu disclosures, USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts. MacroCap is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any restaurant.

Screenshots

Quiet Iron4 screens
MacroCap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MacroCap at 15.0 against Quiet Iron's 17.0. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Quiet Iron versus MacroCap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet IronMacroCap
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB40 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTarek SebaihiSameer Naik

In-app purchases

None

Quiet Iron

No in-app purchases

None

MacroCap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quiet Iron free?
Quiet Iron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MacroCap free?
MacroCap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quiet Iron or MacroCap have ads?
Neither Quiet Iron nor MacroCap shows ads.

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