MacroFactor is the adaptive macro tracker. Cronometer, MyFitnessPal, Carb Manager and MyNetDiary also log protein, carbs and fat. Carby does not track macros. It plans grocery dinners.
| App | Starter price | If you stay a year | Trial | Refunds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacroFactor | $11.99 a month, $47.99 per half year, or $71.99 a year, US prices on the App Store listing. | $71.99 on the yearly nutrition plan. $143.88 if you stay on monthly at $11.99. Nutrition + Workouts bundle $89.99 a year for new users on or after January 1, 2026, per MacroFactor help. | 7-day trial of the premium ad-free app. No free subscription tier. | Auto-renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage from Apple or Google account settings. App Store purchases follow Apple. |
| Cronometer | Free Basic. Gold $4.99 a month billed annually at $59.99, or $10.99 a month billed monthly, on cronometer.com/gold. | $59.99 on Gold yearly. $131.88 if you stay on Gold monthly at $10.99. $0 on Basic. Grocery is extra. | Basic is free with no time limit. Gold checkout is on the Gold page and in the apps. | Web Gold: set Do Not Auto-Renew in Account Settings and access continues to the end of the term. App Store or Google Play Gold follows those stores. |
| Carb Manager | Free Basic at $0.00. Premium listed at $3.33 a month billed annually on the Premium page. | Premium listed at $3.33 a month billed annually. $0 on Basic. Grocery is extra. | Basic is free with no trial. Premium checkout is in the app; the public Premium page does not name a trial length. | App Store listing: payment is charged at purchase confirmation and the subscription auto-renews unless auto-renew is turned off. Follow Apple or Google Play to cancel. |
| MyFitnessPal | Free food diary. Premium $79.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Premium+ $99.99 a year or $24.99 a month, on MyFitnessPal’s Premium+ page. | $79.99 on Premium yearly. $99.99 on Premium+ yearly. $0 if you stay on the free diary. Grocery is extra. | 7-day Premium or Premium+ trial if you have never upgraded or redeemed a trial. First charge is after the trial unless you cancel. Auto-renews. | Cancel at least 24 hours before renewal to avoid the next charge. Premium features stay until the paid period ends. App Store or Google Play purchases follow those stores. |
| MyNetDiary | Free. Premium $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Premium Plus $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, on MyNetDiary’s about and AI scanner pages. | $0 on Free. $59.99 on Premium yearly. $99.99 on Premium Plus yearly. A $179.99 lifetime option is listed on the free-tracker page. | Free tier needs no trial. Premium trial on iOS is documented in MyNetDiary’s FAQ index; length is shown in the store checkout. | Premium can be bought on MyNetDiary.com (Paddle) or as an in-app purchase. App Store and Google Play refunds follow those stores. |
| Carby | $39.99/year after a 3-day trial on web yearly checkout | $39.99 if you stay on the web yearly plan after the 3-day trial | 3-day trial on the web yearly offer visitors actually see. Monthly ($9.99) and weekly ($4.99) plans also exist. Read the checkout. | Web Stripe charges: email within 30 days of the charge for a refund. App Store charges go through Apple. Cancel during the trial and you are not charged. |
Grocery purchases are extra. Tracker prices are from public vendor pages and US iTunes Lookup, checked October 20, 2026. Carby is a dinner planner, not a food diary.
$71.99 a year, 7-day trial, no free tier. Expenditure from your log and weight.
MacroFactor is for A serious macro diary that changes your calorie target from your weight trend. Skip it if you want a free calorie diary, or you want dinners planned around a grocery store budget.
Free Basic. Gold $59.99 a year.
Cronometer is for A verified food diary when you care about vitamins and minerals, not only calories. Skip it if you want the app to pick this week’s family dinners under a store budget.
Free net carbs. Premium customizes daily goals and carb cycling.
Carb Manager is for Counting net carbs, including keto and a listed diabetes carb counter on Premium. Skip it if you need family dinners under a typed grocery budget and you are not counting carbs.
Free members see macros. Premium custom goals, including by day of week.
MyFitnessPal is for Logging calories and macros in a huge food database, including restaurant items. Skip it if you need dinners and a shopping list built around a grocery budget, not a diary of what you already ate.
Protein, carbohydrate and fat on the free tier. Custom targets on Premium.
MyNetDiary is for A free, ad-free calorie diary with a staff-verified database and a free barcode scanner. Skip it if you want the app to generate five family dinners under a grocery cap at Walmart or Aldi.
No protein gram target. Grocery dollars only.
Carby is for A household that shops a named US store and wants the week of dinners to start from a spending limit. Skip it if you need the planner to drop ingredients into a retailer pickup or delivery cart.
MacroFactor if you want adaptive targets and will pay. Cronometer or MyNetDiary if you want a strong free diary. Carb Manager if net carbs lead. Not Carby.
Cronometer Basic, MyNetDiary Free, Carb Manager Basic, MyFitnessPal’s free diary, FatSecret’s free diary.
No. Public dinner pages show recipe nutrition in the catalog, but Carby is not a daily macro diary.
Sources checked October 20, 2026: MacroFactor site · MacroFactor App Store listing · MacroFactor subscriptions help · iTunes Lookup id 1553503471 · Cronometer homepage · Cronometer Gold · Cronometer subscription types · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 1145935738 · Carb Manager homepage · Carb Manager Premium · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 410089731 · MyFitnessPal homepage · MyFitnessPal Premium · MyFitnessPal Premium+ · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 341232718 · MyNetDiary homepage · MyNetDiary about · MyNetDiary free tracker page · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 287529757 · App Store listing · iTunes Lookup id 6779585429 · Carby billing policy · Carby refund help. Competitor facts come from those public pages and US iTunes Lookup. Missing cells were omitted, not guessed.