The short version
MacroFactor is an adaptive nutrition coach. It estimates your energy expenditure from your weigh-ins and food logs and updates your calorie and macro targets every week. MacroBank is a weekly macro budget. Your protein, carb and fat targets are sized for seven days and you spend them however the week goes. Both reject the midnight reset. Which one fits comes down to whether you want a coach adjusting your numbers or a budget you control.
Side by side
| Feature | MacroBank | MacroFactor |
|---|---|---|
| Core idea | MacroBankA weekly budget for protein, carbs and fat that you spend across the days. | MacroFactorAn adaptive coach that recalculates your calorie and macro targets every week from your data. |
| Daily numbers | MacroBankA daily average guide: what is left in the week divided by the days left. Not a limit. | MacroFactorDaily calorie and macro targets, updated by the algorithm at each weekly check-in. |
| Eating more one day | MacroBankComes out of the rest of the week automatically. Nothing to adjust. | MacroFactorIn a Collaborative program the weekly calorie budget is fixed; you roll calories over by adjusting other days' targets yourself. |
| Calories | MacroBankNever shown. Protein, carbs and fat only. | MacroFactorCalories are the primary number, with macros underneath. |
| Weigh-ins | MacroBankOptional weight tracking. Targets come from your inputs, not your scale. | MacroFactorWeight trend and logged intake feed the algorithm that sets your targets. |
| How targets are set | MacroBankSeven inputs (age, gender, height, weight, goal, training days, daily steps) with 22 cited sources, or enter your own. | MacroFactorEstimated energy expenditure, learned from your weigh-ins and food logs, plus your goal. |
| Week shape | MacroBankWednesday to Tuesday, so the weekend sits in the middle. | MacroFactorStandard calendar week with a weekly coaching check-in. |
| Price | MacroBank$9.99 a month or $49.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial. | MacroFactor$11.99 a month or $71.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial. |
| Platforms | MacroBankiPhone. Android coming soon. | MacroFactoriPhone and Android. |
MacroFactor details are taken from its App Store listing and public help articles in September 2026 and may change. MacroBank details are current.
Pick MacroFactor if
You want your targets to move with your weight trend without you touching them. You are happy to weigh in regularly and to track calories as the headline number. You like data and want as much of it as possible. It is a serious tool and a lot of people get great results with it.
Pick MacroBank if
You want three numbers, not four, and you do not want a calorie count on screen. You want the week to be the unit by default, with no rollover to configure and no daily target to edit when Saturday runs long. You do not want a scale to be part of the routine. Or you want something simpler that you will still be using in March.
The honest trade-off
MacroBank does not learn from your weight
If your progress stalls, you change your goal or your inputs and the targets recalculate. There is no algorithm watching your scale. Some people find that freeing. Some people want the algorithm. Both are reasonable.
MacroFactor makes you do the weekly balancing
Its weekly budget is real, but distributing it across days is a setting you manage. In MacroBank the balancing is the whole app: log what you ate and what is left is what is left.
Try a week without a daily target.
7-day free trial, then $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year. Cancel anytime.