Best apps for recomp

The best calorie trackers for a recomp.

Short answer

For a recomp you need a tracker that sets calories near maintenance, treats protein as a minimum, and tracks your body fat, waist or photos, not just the scale. Doubles is the pick if you won't weigh food. MacroFactor is the pick for precise data, Carbon for coach-style check-ins, and Cronometer if you want a free version.

Last updated October 19, 2026

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OttoRecomp plan: 2,250 a day and 143 g of protein. The scale won't move much, and that's fine.
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We make Doubles, so read this knowing that. To keep it fair, every fact about another app comes from its own App Store page or website, checked October 19, 2026, and we say where the others do better. Prices change, so check before you buy. Spot a mistake? Email [email protected] and we'll fix it.

What we looked for

  1. Calories at or a little under maintenance, not a weight-loss setup that keeps cutting.
  2. A protein minimum of about 1.6 to 2.2 g per kg (0.7 to 1 g per lb), treated as a floor.
  3. Tracks body composition, not just weight: body fat, lean mass, waist or photos. On a recomp the scale barely moves.
  4. Doesn't add workout calories back or push you to chase the scale.
  5. Easy enough to keep up for months. A recomp is slow, so the app you'll still use in week 12 beats the most precise one.
  6. Price for a year.

The picks

Each app gets the label it earns against the list above. Prices are US, from each App Store page.

  1. Doubles

    Best if you won't weigh food

    Doubles has a Recomp plan: calories about 5% under maintenance (or right at it), protein at 2.0 g per kg, and it asks that you strength train at least twice a week. You log by saying, snapping or scanning, and your AI partner remembers your days. Body fat and lean mass from Apple Health sit next to your weight, and you can track your waist, photos or scans instead.

    Watch out: iPhone only. No free version. Covers calories and protein first, not detailed micronutrients. It's also the newest app here.

    iPhone · $69.99/yr or $12.99/mo · 7-day free trial

  2. MacroFactor

    Best for precise, adaptive targets

    MacroFactor re-estimates your expenditure every week from what you log and how your weight trends, then adjusts your targets. Set a goal to maintain, pick a custom macro program, and its verified food database and micronutrient detail make the data trustworthy.

    Watch out: Logging is search-first; AI photo logging is in beta. No free version.

    iPhone and Android · $71.99/yr, $47.99 per 6 months or $11.99/mo · 7-day free trial

  3. Carbon Diet Coach

    Best for coach-style check-ins

    Built by Dr. Layne Norton and dietitian Keith Kraker. You choose to lose fat, build muscle or maintain, and weekly check-ins adjust your macros and explain why. It has a high-protein diet preference, charts body fat and lean body mass, and reads weight and body fat from Apple Health.

    Watch out: The highest yearly price here.

    iPhone and Android · $99.99/yr, $59.99 per 6 months or $11.99/mo

  4. Cronometer

    Best free option, and best for micronutrients

    Cronometer's free version includes barcode scanning and a database of 1.1M+ verified foods, and it tracks calories, macros and 95+ vitamins and minerals. Gold adds photo and voice logging.

    Watch out: You set your recomp calories and protein yourself. The free version has ads.

    iPhone, Android and web · Free, or Gold $59.99/yr or $10.99/mo

  5. MyFitnessPal

    Best for the biggest food database

    The largest food database here (20.5M+ foods, including restaurant dishes), custom macro goals with Premium, and connections to 40+ trackers.

    Watch out: Exercise can change your daily goal, which can quietly erase a small deficit. Premium is the priciest monthly plan here.

    iPhone, Android and web · Free, or Premium $79.99/yr or $19.99/mo

We left out Cal AI and Lose It!. Both are quick to log with, but their App Store pages describe weight-loss plans, not a maintenance-calorie setup or body-composition tracking.

What a recomp needs from you

The app is the easy part. A recomp works when you eat near maintenance, hit your protein most days, lift with progressive overload at least two or three times a week, and sleep. Judge it by your waist, body fat, photos and lifts over 8 to 12 weeks. How to recomp, step by step.

Who shouldn't use Doubles

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Calories2,060In the zone
Protein183 gGoal met
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