Comparison

Macros vs PUMPS

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

Head to head
About

Macros

Features
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Macros is a fast, simple way to track what you eat. Log a food and it lands in a daily ring showing calories against your goal and how your protein, carbs, and fat are stacking up. Every meal gets its own line with a mini macro bar, so breakfast, lunch, and dinner each tell their own story. WHERE YOUR MACROS COME FROM Tap any slice of the ring and it lights up that macro while a leaderboard ranks the exact foods behind it. See that most of today's protein came from your chicken, not your oats. It is the fastest way to understand a day, not just record it. SEE IT BEFORE YOU LOG Every food previews exactly what it adds to your day before you commit. No surprises after the fact. ACCURACY YOU CAN TRUST Food databases are crowdsourced and sometimes wrong. Macros lets you check a food against its Nutrition Facts label the first time you log it. Confirm once and your numbers are locked in, never quietly overwritten later. SET A GOAL, GET YOUR NUMBERS Not sure how much to eat? Enter your stats and pick a goal, from maintain to lean cut, cut, lean bulk, or bulk, and Macros sets your daily calories and macro targets for you using a standard TDEE calculation. No spreadsheets, no guesswork. FIND ANY FOOD FAST Scan a barcode or search a large food database. Save custom foods and build reusable meals for the things you eat all the time. MAKE IT YOURS Prefer your own numbers? Set calorie and macro targets by hand in grams or percentages, with a flexible macros mode for the days that do not go to plan. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Your calories and macros flow into Apple Health, so the rest of your fitness picture stays in sync. "Powered by fatsecret nutrition API" (www.fatsecret.com) Questions or feedback: macrosapp.support@gmail.com

About

PUMPS

Features
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PUMPS is the fastest way to log your lifts and your macros in one place — a clean, dark, distraction-free tracker built for people who actually train. TRAINING • Log sets in seconds: weight, reps, done • See exactly what you lifted last session, on every set • Automatic PR detection — the app celebrates when you set one • 800+ exercises, searchable by body part and equipment, or create your own • Save routines and start them with one tap • Rest timer with an audible countdown and lock-screen alerts • Offline logging — sets queue up and sync when you're back online NUTRITION • Track calories plus 26 nutrients: protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, sodium, and more • Huge food database powered by USDA and Open Food Facts, plus barcode-level accuracy on brands • Log in servings, grams, ounces, or pounds • Meal-by-meal breakdown: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks • One-tap target suggestions based on your TDEE — or set every target yourself PROGRESS • Lifetime dashboard: workouts, sets logged, total volume lifted, PRs • Daily body weight tracking • Share a "Daily Pump" summary card of any workout AI-READY PUMPS connects to Claude AI, ChatGPT, and any other AI with an API, so you can ask questions about your own training and nutrition in plain English — "how's my protein trending?", "am I progressing on bench?" — and get answers from your real data. No ads. No clutter. Just your numbers, fast.

Screenshots

Macros4 screens
PUMPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PUMPS at 15.0 against Macros's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Macros versus PUMPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacrosPUMPS
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMariano CardenasFranklin DeFelippo

In-app purchases

None

Macros

No in-app purchases

None

PUMPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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