MacroFactor Monthly: Recipe creation updates, Workouts improvements, and MacroFactor vs Cal AI

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MacroFactor Monthly
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April 2026
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Welcome to the MacroFactor Monthly newsletter! On the last Monday
of each month, we send a digest of what’s new, what’s noteworthy,
and what’s next for MacroFactor.

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New and Noteworthy
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New in MacroFactor
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This month, we released updates to our recipe creation workflow.
It’s now easier than ever to make a recipe in MacroFactor.

You can snap a photo of a written recipe in a cookbook, and
MacroFactor will scan the ingredients and text and pre-fill the
recipe details for you. You can then review the results and make
any changes or corrections.

Check out our step-by-step instructions for this new workflow
here (
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As a reminder, you can also import recipes from links!

Whether you’re following a recipe from your favorite food blog,
cooking an old favorite from a family cookbook, or creating your
own recipe on the spot, MacroFactor’s recipe creation tools have
you covered.

New in Workouts
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We also shipped several new updates in MacroFactor Workouts this
month.

More analytics in Levels

First up, you can now see contributing lifts for Levels. In the
app, go to Levels, then click on a muscle group to see what lifts
are contributing to the average weekly set count.

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Warm-up improvements

Warm-ups are also easier to manage now, with a new option to add
warm-ups from a custom scheme and an option to show or hide
completed warm-up sets during your workout.

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Skip exercises

Does your program call for an exercise to be done on one week but
not the other? You can now skip an exercise for any day in the
cycle.

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Import more Jeff Nippard programs

With this update, you can now upload all of the Jeff Nippard
programs that are still offered for sale on his website.

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And more!

* Program generation improvements
* New program create/edit customization options
* Search improvements
* Exercise database updates
* Added daily and weekly program editor muscle group set counts
* Improved exercise description layout and added linked article
content
* New setting that lets you choose reps-first instead of
weight-first for set-to-set adjustments
* Various settings UI intuition fixes
* Bug fixes and performance improvements
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New Article: MacroFactor vs Cal AI: Which App Wins in 2026?
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​We compared MacroFactor to Cal AI (
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), a newer app focused on AI-driven food logging. While the
approach emphasizes simplicity, how well does it hold up for
tracking Calories and macros?

This article provides a fair and clear side-by-side comparison of
MacroFactor and Cal AI, so you can decide which app makes the
most sense for you right now.

MacroFactor vs Cal AI: Which App Wins in 2026?
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New Article: How to Use Reps in Reserve for Lifting
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Effective training programs rely on systems and a shared language
of measurement. Without clear standards, you’re essentially
guessing at your progress.

Reps in Reserve (RIR) is a vital part of that vocabulary. It’s a
system designed to help you better understand the intensity of
your training by measuring how close a set was to failure. By
mastering this tool, you can move past guesswork and start
regulating your training with more precision.

​In this article (
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), we cover the origin of Reps in Reserve (RIR) and how the
system could help you gauge effort, rather than choosing weights
at random.

How to Use Reps in Reserve for Lifting
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In Case You Missed It
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Here are some of our favorites from the past few weeks, in case
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What We're Working On
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The “live activities” feature in MacroFactor Workouts is now in
beta testing (
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estimation and fatigue logic in the app, which will smooth out a
lot of the irregularities in assigned weight and reps in your
workouts.

We’re also making good progress on program updates (i.e., adding
a Push Pull Legs split option in program generation), and the
Apple Watch experience for MacroFactor Workouts.

To learn more about what we’re working on, check our public
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features that are the highest priority to you.

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Until next month,

The MacroFactor Team​
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