Comparison Guide
Refactor Fitness vs MacroFactor
MacroFactor is a dedicated macro tracker with an adaptive algorithm that adjusts your calorie and macro targets from your real weight and intake trend. Refactor is the only app in this comparison where meals, workouts, PRs, and measurements feed one coach, so its advice reflects everything you are doing.
Short answer: choose MacroFactor if diet is your main lever and you want targets that update themselves from your results, so you spend less time doing diet math. Choose Refactor Fitness if you want one app that uses both your meals and your training to help you reach your goal faster.
What each app is built around
MacroFactor is a nutrition app first. Its best-known feature is the adaptive expenditure algorithm: you log your food and your weight, and the app recalculates your estimated energy expenditure and updates your macro targets each week. That is a genuinely strong approach for anyone whose main lever is diet, and its coaching stays adherence-neutral, so it adjusts targets from your data instead of nagging you about a missed day. Refactor adapts your targets too, with a different method. As your intake, weight, and training change, Spot recommends calorie and macro updates that you accept, edit, or dismiss, and it factors your workouts in rather than diet and weight alone.
Refactor Fitness is built around one idea: nutrition and training are two essential parts of reaching the same goal, so they belong together in one app. You track calories and macros (protein, carbs, and fat), and you also log sets, reps, weight, programs, and PRs. Spot, the AI coach, reads both sides together, so when it suggests a calorie adjustment it can account for the two hard leg sessions you added this week. You know what to adjust next instead of guessing, and you keep the final say.
For a deeper look at the split, read a macro tracker versus a workout log.
Feature comparison
| Question | Refactor Fitness | MacroFactor |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrition tracking | Built in Calories, macros (protein, carbs, and fat), fiber, saved meals, barcode, search, photo scan, and plain-text logging. |
Core fit The official site describes calorie and macro tracking, barcode scanning, AI photo logging, and micronutrient tracking. |
| Workout logging for lifters | Built in Sets, reps, weight, templates, programs, PRs, post-workout analysis, and progress. |
Separate app MacroFactor now offers a separate Workouts app. As of July 2026 the two apps are sold individually or as a bundle. |
| AI recommendations that read meals and lifting together | Core fit Spot can use meals, workouts, PRs, body measurements, goals, and progress in the same recommendation. |
Nutrition-led The nutrition app centers on food and expenditure. Workout data lives in the separate Workouts app. |
| Adaptive target adjustment from your data | Yes Spot can suggest calorie and macro changes using your weight trend, meals, workouts, and progress. |
Core strength The adaptive expenditure algorithm recalculates targets weekly from your logged intake and weight trend. |
| Free tier | Yes Unlimited nutrition and workout logging on the free tier, no credit card required. |
Subscription only MacroFactor has publicly said it will stay premium-only, with a free trial rather than a free tier. |
| Best fit | Self-led lifters who want one app and advice that uses food and training together. | People taking a diet-first approach who do not need workout tracking and want a precise, adaptive macro tracker. |
- Refactor Fitness source: official website and App Store listing.
- MacroFactor source: official website and MacroFactor pricing page, reviewed July 2026.
Pricing
Pricing was reviewed in July 2026 and can change, so check each app before you subscribe.
| Plan | Refactor Fitness | MacroFactor |
|---|---|---|
| Free option | Free tier with unlimited nutrition and workout logging. | No free tier. A free trial gives full access before billing starts. |
| Monthly (nutrition and workouts together) | Refactor Pro is $14.99 per month and covers nutrition, workouts, and Spot AI coaching in one app. | Nutrition and Workouts are separate apps at $11.99 per month each, so both together are $11.99 + $11.99 = $23.98 per month. No monthly bundle is listed as of July 2026. |
| Annual (nutrition and workouts together) | Refactor Pro is $119.99 per year, which works out to about $10 per month. | Each app is $71.99 per year, or $143.98 for both separately. An annual bundle covers both apps for $89.99 per year for subscribers who joined on or after January 1, 2026. The bundle is still two separate apps with separate logs. |
Refactor Pro is one subscription at $14.99 per month or $119.99 per year, covering nutrition, workouts, and Spot together. MacroFactor sells its nutrition and workouts apps separately and has no free tier, so with Refactor your logging stays free and unlimited before you pay for anything.
MacroFactor prices are from the official pricing page reviewed in July 2026 and may vary by region, promotion, or subscription start date. Spot AI recommendations are software-generated and are not medical advice or a guaranteed-results program.
More app for the money. Refactor Fitness starts free, with no credit card required, and keeps your workouts and nutrition in one app instead of separate tools. Refactor Pro adds Spot AI coaching that connects your meals, training, and progress, and includes a 14-day free trial. See full pricing.
Choose Refactor if...
- You lift and you want nutrition targets that match what you actually did in the gym this week.
- You want to stop juggling a diet app and a workout app, with one clear picture of your progress.
- You want to start free and add AI coaching when you are ready.
- You want help deciding what to adjust next while keeping the final say on every change.
Choose MacroFactor if...
- Your approach is primarily diet based, you do not want to track workouts, and macro precision matters most to you.
- You want targets that update from your results every week, so you spend less time second-guessing your numbers.
- You like adherence-neutral coaching that adjusts your plan instead of judging missed days.
- You are fine paying for a nutrition tracker with no free tier.
Both apps take macro tracking seriously. If you mostly care about diet, MacroFactor's adaptive algorithm is a strong reason to pick it. If you also lift, Refactor uses your food and your training together to help you reach your goal faster, in one app instead of two. For a wider view, see AI fitness apps for lifters.
A note on accuracy
MacroFactor's weekly recalculation leans on consistent logging and a steady weight trend. Spot's recommendations lean on both your food and workout logs, so gaps in either side make its suggestions less useful. Neither app is a substitute for a registered dietitian or a doctor, and both put the final decision on you. If your training changes week to week, having workouts in the same app lets Spot factor that in instead of treating your intake in isolation.
Frequently asked questions
What does Spot do with my meals and workouts?
Spot reads your meals and workouts together and suggests what to adjust next, like a calorie change after a heavy training week, so you spend less time guessing about your progress. You accept, edit, or dismiss every suggestion.
How much does MacroFactor cost compared to Refactor Fitness?
As of July 2026, MacroFactor's nutrition and workouts apps are $11.99 per month each ($23.98 for both), or $89.99 per year as a bundle for subscribers who joined on or after January 1, 2026. Refactor Pro covers nutrition, workouts, and Spot AI coaching for $14.99 per month or $119.99 per year, so one subscription covers everything, and Refactor's logging is free before you pay for anything.
Does MacroFactor track workouts?
As of July 2026, MacroFactor offers workout tracking through a separate Workouts app, sold individually or in a bundle with the nutrition app. Refactor Fitness keeps nutrition and workout logging in one app, so the advice you get accounts for both what you ate and how you trained, with nothing extra to sync.
What happens if I switch from MacroFactor to Refactor Fitness?
Setup is quick: log meals by photo, barcode, search, or plain text, and set up your lifts with templates or a program. The free tier has no credit card requirement, so you can run a normal week before deciding on Pro.
Can I use Refactor Fitness for free?
Yes. Refactor Fitness is free for unlimited nutrition and workout logging, with no credit card required. Refactor Pro adds Spot AI coaching for $14.99 per month or $119.99 per year and includes a 14-day free trial.