Sweatmeal vs MacroFactor
MacroFactor and Sweatmeal both correct your calorie target from your real weight trend. MacroFactor is a focused macro tracker with a companion lifting app; Sweatmeal also lets each day's training and recovery move the number.
Facts about MacroFactor were read on its public pages on 2026-10-15. Features and prices change, so check macrofactor.com before you decide.
What is MacroFactor?
MacroFactor is a macro tracker and diet coach with an expenditure estimate that updates as you log, and a separate MacroFactor Workouts app for lifting.
- Offers a free trial of both MacroFactor Nutrition and MacroFactor Workouts.
- MacroFactor Workouts is a separate app from the nutrition app.
- Describes an optional "expenditure modifier" add-on, and an update adding step-informed data and goal-based adjustments.
- Version 2.9.3 added import of calories, macros and micronutrients from Apple Health and Health Connect; Fitbit support is deprecated in favour of Health Connect.
- Help centre: wearables do not connect directly to MacroFactor Workouts; they reach it through Apple Health or Health Connect.
The differences
| Criterion | MacroFactor | Sweatmeal |
|---|---|---|
| Approach to the target | Adaptive expenditure estimate that updates as you log, with optional step-informed data | The day's calorie and macro target moves with the training you did, read from a wearable; deficit or surplus is cycled around training load |
| Training data | Apple Health and Health Connect imports; wearables reach it through those | Whoop, Oura, Strava, Ultrahuman and Apple Health |
| Workouts | Separate MacroFactor Workouts app | No workout app; training is read from your wearable |
| AI coach | Presented as a "Diet Coach" in its page title; the homepage does not describe an AI chat | AI coach that names your next meal (Pro) |
| Logging | Food log; methods not listed on its homepage | A line of text or a photo, through the coach (Pro) |
| Platforms | Download links for nutrition and workouts apps; platforms not named on the homepage | iPhone today |
| Free tier and trial | Free trial offered | Targets, wearable sync, trends and race calendar are free; logging and the coach are Pro, with a 7-day trial on the annual plan |
Sweatmeal is on iPhone today. Its Pro price is shown in the App Store in your own currency before you are charged.
Who is it for?
MacroFactor suits you if
- Your main goal is body composition at a steady rate and your training week is fairly regular.
- You lift and want a nutrition app and a workout app from the same team.
- You prefer one adaptive estimate over reading daily wearable numbers.
Sweatmeal suits you if
- Your training load swings from day to day: long rides, race weeks, rest days.
- You wear Whoop, Oura or Ultrahuman and want recovery to ease a deficit.
- You want a race calendar that lifts carbohydrate before an event, and a coach that names your next meal.
How Sweatmeal works
Sweatmeal reads your training from Whoop, Oura, Strava, Ultrahuman or Apple Health, sets the day's calorie and macro target from it, and never drops the target below your resting metabolic rate. Protein is set from lean mass, and your burn estimate is refined from your weight trend. The full calculation is on the methodology page.