MacroFactor vs macros.gg
One adjusts your targets with an algorithm. The other gets you to log every day. Different bets on the same problem.
Quick verdict
The short version.
- You want your calorie target recalculated for you each week
- You're mid-cut or mid-bulk and track everything anyway
- You'd rather have a great algorithm than a community
- You've started and abandoned trackers before
- You want the scanner and AI logging without paying
- You don't want ads in your food diary
- You want to track with friends
Feature comparison
Both apps, feature by feature — July 2026.
Pricing
Full prices, July 2026.
MacroFactor
- Full access
- Every feature included
- Adaptive coaching
- No free plan after the trial
Macros.gg
- No ads, ever
- Barcode scanner
- 10 AI logs a week
- Quests, XP, and ranked seasons
- Unlimited AI logging
- 365-day trends
- Streak shields
MacroFactor costs $71.99 a year after the trial, with no free option. Macros.gg is free for as long as you want, and Pro is optional at $59.99.
Pros & cons
Where each app is strong, and where it isn't.
MacroFactor
- The best adaptive TDEE algorithm available
- Recalculates your targets weekly from your weight trend
- Fast manual logger, plus AI photo and typed logging
- No ads anywhere
- No free plan
- No community or shared progress
- No streaks, quests, or game features
- Steep learning curve
- Physique athletes on a structured cut or bulk
- People who want a hands-off coach
- Solo trackers with established habits
Macros.gg
- Free with no time limit, no ads, no card required
- Log a meal by typing a sentence or snapping a photo
- Barcode scanner included free
- XP, daily quests, and ranked seasons
- Parties and a Discord server
- Recurring meals — set up once, log in one tap
- Imports your Cronometer history
- No micronutrient tracking
- No adaptive coaching algorithm
- No health app sync yet (Apple Health, Garmin)
- No voice logging
- Newer app with a shorter track record
- People who've quit other trackers
- Anyone motivated by streaks, levels, and ranked seasons
- Friends tracking together
Where they differ
Coaching algorithm
MacroFactor recalculates your calorie and macro targets each week based on your weight trend. It's the best implementation of this idea on the market.
Targets come from your goal settings and stay put until you change them. There is no adaptive algorithm.
Price of entry
A seven-day trial, then $71.99 a year. Every feature sits behind the subscription.
Free with no time limit: quests, ranks, the scanner, ten AI logs a week. Pro adds more for $59.99 a year.
Playing with others
MacroFactor is built as a solo tool. There are no social or shared features.
Parties, ranked seasons, and a Discord server. Tracking with other people is the point of the app.
Why people switch
Free to start
You can use Macros.gg for months before deciding whether Pro is worth it. MacroFactor asks for the subscription after a week.
Tracking with friends
Parties and ranked seasons. MacroFactor has none of these, by design.
Streaks that forgive
Shields cover a missed day, so a vacation doesn't zero out a two-month streak.
AI logging without a subscription
Ten AI logs a week on the free plan. MacroFactor's AI features require the paid app.
Sign in with Discord or Apple and log your first meal. Setup takes about a minute.
Questions people actually ask
Yes. The free plan includes food and weight tracking, the barcode scanner, ten AI logs a week, quests, XP, streaks, and the Discord. There are no ads and you don't enter a card. Pro costs $59.99 a year — or $9.99 a month — and adds unlimited AI logging, 365-day trends, and streak shields.
No. Your targets come from your goal settings, and you can change them whenever you want, but there's no weekly recalculation. If adaptive coaching is the main thing you want, MacroFactor does it better.
You type what you ate — "chipotle bowl, double chicken, no rice" — or snap a photo, and the AI works out the macros. Free users get ten logs a week. Pro removes the limit.
There's no automatic import from MacroFactor yet — Cronometer import shipped first, and more are on the way. Your old diary stays behind for now, but your targets carry over in your head, and the first levels and quests come quickly.