Comparison

MacroMotive vs OnPace Running

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

Head to head
About

MacroMotive

This app integrates your meals, workouts, and recovery data to provide personalized AI coaching. Log meals using photos, scans, or text, and receive tailored suggestions for nutrition and training based on your routine. Visualize your daily energy and macro trends, with optional Apple Health integration.

Highlights
  • AI-powered meal logging with photo analysis
  • Personalized AI coaching for nutrition and training
  • Daily energy and macro tracking
  • Apple Health integration for workouts and sleep
  • Privacy-focused with no ads or cross-app tracking
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
Features
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Fitness and nutrition work together. MacroMotive brings your meals, workouts, goals, and recovery into one clear view—with AI coaching to help you decide what to do next. Try it free. Go Pro for just $29.99/year—less than a dime a day for a macro tracker and AI nutrition coach. LOG MEALS YOUR WAY • Photograph a meal for AI-powered calorie and macro estimates • Scan a barcode or nutrition label • Describe what you ate in plain language • Scan a recipe to estimate macros per serving • Ask Siri to log a meal • Save favorite foods and meals for quick logging GET COACHING BUILT AROUND YOUR DAY Get practical suggestions informed by your goals, logged meals, workouts, and the data you choose to share. Ask about protein, meal timing, daily targets, training, or recovery. Need ideas for your next meal? Scan a restaurant menu or photograph ingredients in your fridge for suggestions. Review suggested meals and target changes before applying them. SEE THE WHOLE DAY • Track calories, protein, carbs, fat, caffeine, and selected nutrients • View an estimated energy curve shaped by your meals and workouts • Keep energy and macros in view with a Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island on supported devices • Explore weekly and monthly trends in nutrition, workouts, caffeine, and weight CONNECT APPLE HEALTH—IF YOU CHOOSE With your permission, MacroMotive reads workouts, sleep, recovery signals, and weight from Apple Health to personalize your view and coaching. Connecting Apple Health is optional. Access is read-only: MacroMotive never writes to Apple Health. YOUR DATA. YOUR CHOICE. No ads. No cross-app tracking. No third-party analytics. AI features require your explicit consent before photos, messages, and relevant coaching context are shared with our AI provider. Sensitive health, nutrition, and coaching content is encrypted at rest on our servers. Some AI features require a subscription. Nutrition and energy-response estimates may be inaccurate. The energy curve is not a blood-glucose measurement. MacroMotive provides fitness and nutrition coaching, not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://macromotive.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://macromotive.app/privacy

About

OnPace Running

Features
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Run by effort, not guesswork. OnPace is a heart-rate-first running app built to keep the signal that matters most in view. Connect a compatible Bluetooth heart-rate sensor, choose an outdoor or indoor run, and see your current heart rate, training zone, time in zone, duration, distance, and pace in a focused live screen. FEATURES • Live heart rate from devices that broadcast the standard Bluetooth Heart Rate service • Five configurable heart-rate zones based on your maximum heart rate • Clear zone guidance and time-in-zone tracking during every run • Outdoor GPS distance, pace, and route recording • Indoor run mode without GPS • Live Activity support for the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Run summaries, local history, and training statistics • Optional export of completed workouts, heart-rate samples, distance, and routes to Apple Health • Runs can continue if the heart-rate signal is interrupted PRIVATE BY DESIGN OnPace has no account, advertising, analytics, or tracking. Run history and preferences stay on your device. Data is shared only when you choose Apple Health export or use the system Share sheet. OnPace is not a medical device. Heart-rate zones are estimates and can be adjusted in Settings.

Screenshots

MacroMotive4 screens
OnPace Running3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnPace Running at none against MacroMotive's 2. MacroMotive's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MacroMotive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. OnPace Running asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacroMotive ships an update weekly, OnPace Running every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MacroMotive versus OnPace Running: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroMotiveOnPace Running
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMotive Technologies LLCpaul zogmann

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MacroMotive

Subscriptions2
  • MacroMotive Pro Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • MacroMotive Pro Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

OnPace Running

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MacroMotive free?
MacroMotive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnPace Running free?
OnPace Running is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MacroMotive or OnPace Running have ads?
Neither MacroMotive nor OnPace Running shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroMotive or OnPace Running?
MacroMotive ships an update weekly, and OnPace Running every 2 weeks. Most recently, MacroMotive was updated on October 21, 2026 and OnPace Running on October 25, 2026.

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