Macro Sync

I’ll keep it simple. Do you want to easily track your calories and macros? Do you not want to pay for the privilege? Download this app. It has all the basic tools you need. Enter your goals, scan your food, keep an eye on your calorie intake, macro balance, fiber and sodium levels for FREE. No subscription, no intrusive ads, no popups when you use the app. It’s a blessing. I was at my wits end with the popular meal diary apps, so much so I was about to swap back to pen and paper like it was 1850, but two dozen blind downloads and app deletions later, I found Macro Sync. Thank you Macros Inc, your app is exactly the streamlined, feature rich, easy to use food diary app I’ve been searching for years to find. I know this sounds like a paid review, but I assure you, it’s just a really good app. Download it and give it a try, your account will be ready to go in less time than it took you to read this review. I promise you won’t regret it.

This app helped me loose weight and keep it off, even in middle age! A true macro calculator where you enter carbs, fat and protein and it calculates calories. You can also add more nutritional info if desired. Super accurate and prevents the over estimation the labels sometimes give. Easy to navigate but they want you to manually add your own ingredients, which is tedious but is what helps you be accurate and not over-eat by logging incorrectly. Easily synced with my Apple Watch so I could track steps. Can add weigh-in info. Only caveat: I entered my weight wrong and couldn’t edit.

I transitioned to this app from My Macros + and there are some features missing that I would like to see back. Firstly, I’d like to be able to edit a custom entry or recipe after I save it. Typo? You have to delete the entry and re-make it. With recipes, once the recipe is saved, I can’t see what items were part of the recipe and in what weights. I will often re-make a recipe and just adjust my entries to the new variables instead of having to start all over. Additionally in MM+, I could have different nutritional goals on different days. In this app, if I change which nutritional goal I’m using, it changes all days, instead of just the day I was working on. I like being able to set my weekdays to a more severe deficit than the weekends. I know it’s a newer app but I’d love to see more advanced functionality if possible.