New and Noteworthy
MacroFactor on WatchOS
MacroFactor’s powerful tools for smart food logging are now available on Apple Watch, and it’s the most effortless way to track meals anywhere, from the kitchen to the café.
On the watch, MacroFactor surfaces the essentials at a glance: calories, macros, and key micronutrients.
A scrollable timeline lets you review what you ate throughout the day, so you can efficiently add foods to their proper place and gain insight into your day.
Designed for approachability and precision, MacroFactor pairs a clean, glanceable interface with deep nutritional details when you want them. Voice logging, haptics, and complications – all available on your wrist.
To learn more, check out the full update here.
Community Foods and App Icon Customization
Our community has already contributed over 300,000 foods to the Open Food Facts open source initiative this year. Now, in addition to finding these foods with the barcode scanner, you can also find them in search. Head to More > Food Log > Food Search to enable Open Food Facts results.
This release also includes an update to give you more control over your app experience.
With the latest update (5.4.4), you can now customize your MacroFactor app icon. Whether you want to keep it classic or switch it up with the new look, the choice is yours.
Head to More > Other > App Icon on iOS or Android to make the change and personalize your homescreen.
New App Insight: Is MacroFactor Still The Fastest Food Logger? (2025 FLSI Update)
This month, we revisited one of the most important ways to compare food logging apps: speed.
Using the Food Logging Speed Index (FLSI), we tested how quickly today’s top apps let you log meals through search, multi-add, barcode scans, and quick-add Calories.
But did anyone manage to catch MacroFactor at the top?
Check out the chart below for the results, then be sure to check out the full article here to learn more about the tests and results.
New Article: How Menopause Impacts Body Composition, Strength, and Performance
Menopause is a topic that brings strong reactions and confusion, and the information online can leave people feeling more overwhelmed or worried than informed. Additionally, menopause is not a single event that occurs over a short period; it unfolds gradually over many years, so this can make it hard to separate the effects of menopause from those of aging. In short, as a topic, it’s a lot.
In this article, we’ll look at what to expect with aging in general, how menopause can add its own effects, and what this all means regarding body composition, strength, and performance. Hopefully, this will provide some guidance on how to approach this phase of your life (or better understand it for clients or a loved one).
How Menopause Impacts Body Composition, Strength, and Performance
New Success Stories
Case Study: How Brandon Lost 40lb and Overcame a Rut
Brandon, a 35-year-old professional and father, faced a tough stretch with injuries and two skin cancer surgeries. He hit a low point, frustrated by not being able to play basketball or do the activities that once brought him so much joy.
“In all honesty, I used those circumstances as an excuse to feed my body absolute junk,” he said. “I couldn’t work out or play sports the way I wanted to, and I was in a rough spot toward the end of the year.”
Check out this new case study featuring Brandon’s story to see how he achieved his goals.
How Brandon Lost 40lb and Overcame a Rut
In Case You Missed It
We share a lot of informative content on our Instagram and in our groups on Facebook and Reddit throughout the month.
Here are some of our favorites from the past few weeks, in case you missed them.
What We’re Working On
On the occasion of MacroFactor’s fourth anniversary earlier this month, we published our MacroFactor Annual Report.
In the report, we reflect on the improvements made to MacroFactor in its fourth year, and provide a sneak peek at the development we’re planning for Year 5.
The main thing we’re working on right now (and the main focus of that section of the Annual Report) is MacroFactor Workouts.
If you haven’t heard, we are building a workout app that will embody the same data-driven approach and intuitive experience you value in your nutrition tracking with MacroFactor.
MacroFactor Workouts will craft a personalized resistance training workout program for you based on your goals, experience, the equipment you have access to, and more. As you start tracking your workouts, the app then uses auto-progression to dynamically adjust your program based on your progress.
We know you’re eager to learn more about the features and structure of this new app, and we’ll have many more details to share in the next few months.
MacroFactor Workouts Beta Begins Soon
You will have the opportunity to test the new MacroFactor Workouts app very soon! In fact, the first few beta testers will get access to an early version of the app in just a few weeks.
Here’s how we’re picking beta testers:
We’ll start with users who completed the survey we sent out a few months ago.
There will be multiple waves of new people coming in, with the first waves being very small and gradually getting larger.
Later in the beta period (likely November or December), we’ll have an open, first-come call for more beta participants in our Facebook group and subreddit. If you didn’t fill out the survey a few months ago, this is your opportunity to claim a spot in beta!
Then, the app will be available to everyone in early January 2026.
To learn more about what we’re working on, check our public roadmap to see our plans for new features and improvements. You can also submit features for consideration and vote on the upcoming features that are the highest priority to you.