Macro Meal Planner & Workouts 4+

This app is great. It really is just like having a personal trainer. You can figure out your macros and calories from your goals. It gives you meal plans. It will give you a workout plan. It reminds you to workout. It gives you a grocery list for your meals. The meal options are pretty good. I have tried one thing I didn’t like and that was more a personal preference thing. I thought I would give it a try and see if I could learn to like it (I couldn’t, it was disgusting to me). It lets you have an option for a “cheat” day or meal. You can pick the days you want to workout. When you go to do strength training for exercises you haven’t done before in the app, it guides you through a strength test. It has warm ups and cool downs. This app is pretty complete. The only cons are the user interface and the ease of use. I wouldn’t say this app is completely intuitive. It takes a bit of searching around to figure certain things out. The user interface is just okay. It isn’t show stopping, not that I necessarily expect that from a fitness app. When I didn’t understand how to really use this app it kind of frustrated me. Now that I have all the basics of it down, I really love it and recommend it to all of my friends.

My top three favorite features are the macro tracking, the budgeting feature, and my personal favorite- adding your own recipes. I’ve tried I think every app on the market and this one is the best one I’ve used. It’s a very easy app to use and the most customizable. I think an extra cool bonus feature down the road would be if it was a possibility to select certain nutrients you wanted to prioritize in your diet and you could keep track of that nutrition aspect. Just looking at things from a functional medicine perspective where like someone with celiacs might be more deficient in b vitamins whereas someone with thyroid issues might be looking to prioritize copper more.. ect… I know the app can’t diagnose treat or prescribe. But like if you are someone who’s already done functional medicine stuff to be able to prioritize those nutrients.

I use this app for the meal plan and it has seriously changed my health journey. I can’t cook to save my life and recipes without macro information were always a pain to calculate. I just don’t have the time. This app does everything for me in one place: makes sure I’m hitting my macros, tracks them, I can decide how diverse I want my meals, how much I can spend, and any dietary restrictions. I LOVE this app. My only issue is when it comes to meal options.

I feel I get the same options all the time. It also seems like if you say you have no restrictions, the system will never offer vegan, paleo, keto or vegetarian meal options when you’re trying to swap. Even though I eat meat, I like tofu and would like to have that option as a snack, but it never pops up and there is no way to search for an item when seeking to swap for another. I also think it’s too difficult to put in a recipe. I still haven’t even fully figured that out.

I have a cookbook with the macros for each recipes. Why can I not just plug in the recipe and macros? It requires you to put every single ingredient in the system, so it can calculate it. A bit too much work when I already have the macros right in front of me.