MacroFactor
Expenditure estimated from intake and the weight trend, with a weekly check-in. Training lives in MacroFactor Workouts, a separate app.
Compared
A body recomposition app, all in one file.
NOTANOTR, an iPhone app launching soon, reads your weight trend, your measured maintenance, your sets per muscle and your waist, arm and chest measurements together during a recomp, and gives one change every Sunday.
The short answer
In a recomp the scale barely moves, so one number is not enough.
During a recomposition you try to lose fat and build muscle at the same time, so the scale can stay flat while your body changes. MacroFactor and Carbon adjust calories from the weight trend. Hevy logs your training, body measurements and progress photos. NOTANOTR reads all of it together, in one file.
Carbon Diet Coach
A weekly check-in recalibrates calories and macros from intake, weight change and compliance. Workouts are not logged.
Hevy
Weight, reps, RPE, sets per muscle group per week, body measurements and progress photos. Food is not listed on its site.
NOTANOTR
The trend, measured maintenance, every set and your measurements in one weekly read, with one change every Sunday.
Side by side
What a recomp needs read, and who reads it.
MacroFactor, Carbon and Hevy as their own sites and help centres describe them. NOTANOTR as its front page does.
| Feature | MacroFactor | Carbon Diet Coach | Hevy | NOTANOTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | Expenditure from intake and the weight trend; weekly check-in | Weekly check-in recalibrates calories and macros from intake, weight change and compliance | Not listed | Maintenance re-measured every week from intake and the 7-day trend |
| Training | In MacroFactor Workouts, a separate app | Not logged; an activity level only | Weight, reps, RPE; sets per muscle group per week | Every set, e1RM, stalls and weekly sets for 13 muscles |
| Measurements and photos | Body metrics and progress photos | Weight and body fat, logged in the app or read from Apple Health or Google Health Connect | Body measurements and progress photos | Waist, arms and chest, and check-in photos with a guide for every pose |
| Read together | Two apps; no shared coaching between nutrition and training at launch | Nutrition only | Training and body measurements; food not listed | One file: trend, maintenance, sets and measurements in one weekly read |
| Sleep and blood work | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Sleep and HRV from Apple Health; blood work against the lab's range |
| Phones | iPhone, Android; Apple Watch for the nutrition app | iPhone, Android | iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, web | iPhone only |
| Price model | Free trial, then a subscription | No free version; 7-day trial when you sign up on the website | Free; Hevy Pro | USD 39.99 a month or USD 299 a year, 7 days free |
As their own sites describe them, read on 15 October 2026: MacroFactor help centre, macrofactor.com/workouts, Carbon weekly check-in, Carbon macros, Carbon free trial, Carbon integrations, Carbon body fat, MacroFactor on the App Store, hevyapp.com, hevyapp.com/features, Hevy body measurements, Hevy progress photos. “Not listed” means we did not find it there, not that it cannot exist.
Honest limits
What NOTANOTR does not do.
- No AndroidiPhone only, for now. MacroFactor, Carbon and Hevy all run on Android.
- Not for beginnersIt reads what you already log. It does not teach you how to train or how to count food.
- Not in the App Store yetIt launches soon. Leave an address on the front page and we tell you when it is live.
- Not freeUSD 39.99 a month or USD 299 a year, with 7 days free (CHF 39.95 or CHF 299 in Switzerland, EUR 39.99 or EUR 299 where the App Store charges in euros). Hevy is free with an optional Hevy Pro.
Why is the scale not enough in a recomp?
Because fat lost and muscle gained can cancel out on the scale. The waist, the lifts and the photos show the change the scale hides, so a recomp needs them read next to the trend.
What does NOTANOTR read during a recomp?
The 7-day weight trend against your plan line, your measured maintenance, every set with its e1RM, weekly sets for 13 muscles, your waist, arm and chest measurements and your check-in photos.
Does it set my calories for a recomp?
It re-measures your maintenance every week, and the Sunday check-in proposes one change along the plan line you set, with the number behind it.
How do the check-in photos work?
Each pose has a drawn guide, and your last photo shows as a ghost, so you stand where you stood last time. Front, side and back, relaxed, next to your waist, arm and chest measurements.
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