This is—by far—the best app to track nutrient intake. It’s only half the price of the premium version of myfitnesspal, and it is much better. As someone who loves to use technology, this app is very user friendly and simple to use and learn. The Apple widgets are a nice touch too. While nutrient (calorie) tracking can be frustrating at times—especially for beginners—this app is the most efficient way to do it. Not only is it a great way to log your daily food intake, but it will give you a macronutrient plan tailored to your own personal goals, dietary habits, and weight trends. It is interactive too, so you can be coached as much or as little as you want. Myfitnesspal does not provide any coaching, yet is double the price of this app (excluding free version). One thing I would like to see from this app is an integration with Garmin Connect. There is already a Fitbit integration, which is nice for people that have a Fitbit, but useless for those who don’t. I think an integration with the Garmin app would be very beneficial. The bottom line is that if you are serious about nutrient tracking—regardless of experience level or personal goals—this is the best app you’ll find. At the very least, take advantage of the free trial.

For context, I am a peri-menopausal, chronically underweight former dancer, whose goal it is to compete in a bodybuilding competition. And I avoid apps! For the past year-and-a-half, I had been manually tracking my food in Numbers, guessing at my caloric requirements, circling days of my (wildly fluctuating) periods on tiny paper calendars that I kept tucked in my training book, and maintaining progress photos and metrics in separate folders on my laptop. Macrofactor--which I gifted myself last Christmas--obviated the need for ALL OF THAT. The ease of tracking (everything!) and staying accountable to my goals has been so worth the paid subscription. I am seeing the needle gradually move in the right direction on the scale without the usual panic that accompanied it (as someone who always wanted to be small instead of strong). I am motivated to be as accurate as possible with weighing food and my weight so that the Macrofactor algorithm can do its thing. Just a few days of exploring all the great features in the App, and it's now second nature to use. I highly, highly recommend this tool if you have specific goals and want to be as accurately accountable as possible. I've enjoyed the building process, and Macrofactor helps to make it even more enjoyable.

It’s like going from email to text. There isn’t just one thing that works better, rather it is the way the small improvements add up. I took the free trial and after 7 days. Each day my appreciation for the MF app grew and now I would never go back. I had used Carb Manager but switched to MF even though I had 6 mo the left on a subscription to Carb Manager. I had to admit it was worth the cost and ignore the sunk cost of Carb Manager…I trust myself to transition to maintenance with MF in a way I didn’t with other apps. (1) Logging food is faster and easier so I don’t mind doing it. (2) A positive relationship with logging food exists because of the feedback loop of better logging means better data to adjust my macros targets - and it is quick as to do it. (3) Going from loss to maintenance is the hardest IMO, from a mental side. By knowing that the app will auto adjust my calories and macros during check in is motivating and helpful. (4) The articles they write, I’m new to stronger by science, are worth it for motivation and education. I can tell they care about the app and the success of others. (5) Very transparent in terms of what they will add or won’t add to the app so it feels like I know we are aligned. (6) It’s not cheap or “free”. I rationalize the cost as paying by offsetting the cost of food I “would have bought” when gaining lbs in yo-yo diet. So far that has made sense.