8 REASONS TO CHOOSE MACROSFIRST AS YOUR MACRO TRACKING APP
Choosing the right tracking app can make or break your nutrition goals, and MacrosFirst stands out for all the right reasons. Let's jump into why MacrosFirst is superior to popular options like MyFitnessPal (MFP) and Cronometer and why it best fits your tracking needs.
Note: This is not sponsored, nor do we have any affiliation with or commission from MacrosFirst. We just really love the app and, as a team, we have quite a bit of tracking experience between us all!
1. TONS OF FREE FEATURES
MacrosFirst offers a robust free tier that includes features for which MFP charges. For example, the barcode scanner, part of the free version of MacrosFirst, is a premium feature in MFP. Moreover, MacrosFirst has significantly expanded its food database with over 1.8 million new barcodes from more than 100 countries, adding to an already impressive collection of 1.5 million verified foods. This extensive global coverage means you can find accurate, verified food information no matter where you are in the world with the free version alone.
2. AUTOMATIC SERVING SIZE CALCULATOR
Unlike MyFitnessPal, which only asks how much you ate, MacrosFirst asks, "How much do you want to eat?" This takes the guesswork out of portion sizes and prevents the frustrating game of "macro-tetris." You select a food, enter your macro goal (e.g., 35g of protein), and it calculates the portion size needed to meet that goal.
3. ALCOHOL TRACKING CONVERSION
Another standout feature is the app's ability to convert calories from alcohol into macros. This is a game-changer for those who enjoy the occasional drink but want to keep their macros on track. You can allocate calories from alcohol to fats and/or carbs without any complex calculations, making it easier to ensure your macros consumed align with your targets and goals.
4. AD FREE AND CUSTOMIZABLE
MacrosFirst is also ad-free for all users, providing a clean and uninterrupted experience. This is not the case for MFP or Cronometer. Additionally, it automatically adapts to the color theme of your phone, with the option to manually turn dark mode on or off. This personalization ensures that your tracking experience is functional and aesthetically pleasing, which matters more than we often think!
5. AI SEARCH
Another major advantage is the newly added AI Search feature. You can log your foods by simply describing what you're eating via voice or text, and AI Search will find everything in the serving sizes you provided. This feature also simplifies creating recipes—just paste your list of ingredients, and AI Search does the rest, making the entire process quicker and more efficient.
6. CUSTOMIZED CALORIE DISPLAY
Premium users of MacrosFirst get even more control over their tracking experience. They can choose how calories are displayed throughout the app, whether from nutrition labels or calculated from macros, using the 4/4/9 rule. This flexibility allows for a more personalized and accurate tracking experience and can help you share relevant information with your coach as well.
7. MORE DETAILED SERVING SIZE OPTIONS
MacrosFirst offers full serving size options for all foods, including measurements in cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, milliliters, ounces, pounds, and grams. This level of detail ensures that you can track your intake with precision, no matter what you're eating. With MFP, you often can only choose between a few serving-size options or less accurate options.
8. USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE
One of the most user-friendly features of MacrosFirst is the ability to drag and drop foods on your daily log to reorder and move them between meals. This flexibility makes meal planning and tracking more intuitive and less cumbersome. Additionally, MacrosFirst boasts a clean and intuitive interface. Its streamlined features for logging meals, entering macros, and monitoring progress make it easy for users to stay on top of their goals without unnecessary complexity or confusion. After using both MFP and Cronometer, MacrosFirst's simplicity and user-friendliness stand out as significant benefits.
After being in the nutrition space and regularly tracking macros the last eight years, MacrosFirst has been the tracking app that has made the biggest impression on me for user-friendliness, consistent updates that are helpful to the user, and consistently attempting to make it a less overwhelming experience when tracking. Creating a lower barrier of entry for users, which makes it aesthetically pleasing, motivates me to come back to it. The free version alone suggests the desire for users to be successful in their endeavors and only motivated me to use the premium version. With the complications of everyday life, using MacrosFirst has been one change that has left me with one less thing to worry about or feel stressed over.
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