MacroFactor Wins Google Play Best of 2024 Award

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MacroFactor Wins Google Play Best of 2024 Award

2024-11-18 23:17 Last Updated At：23:20

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 18, 2024--

MacroFactor, a fast-growing food tracking app, is proud to announce it has won the prestigious Google Play Best of 2024 Award in the “Best Everyday Essential” category in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia.

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Since its launch in 2021, MacroFactor has continually improved and evolved by releasing new, innovative feature sets and actively listening to and engaging with their user base via dedicated communities and a public roadmap. The app has grown to more than 200,000 paying users, and the company is poised to launch its second app – a workout app – in early 2026.

MacroFactor is a smart macro tracker and nutrition coach. Users track their weight and the foods they eat, and the app’s smart metabolic algorithms adjust their calorie and macro targets to keep them on track toward their stated goals. In 2024, MacroFactor introduced features that improved both of these utilities for users – such as a label scanner for faster food logging, a data pipeline for users to submit new barcodes and foods to the database, and nutrition coaching updates that help users better understand their nutrition and resolve challenges they are facing.

“MacroFactor’s success is really a testament to how far you can get by having a singular focus on solving problems for users,” said Greg Nuckols, one of MacroFactor’s co-founders and an expert in human physiology. “Whether that’s developing unique algorithms to help users better determine appropriate energy intake targets for their goals, delivering best-in-class analytics for users that want a better understanding of what they eat, or developing innovative food logging workflows that dramatically reduce the friction and increase the convenience of food logging, we understand that people use our app with specific goals in mind, and we understand what we can do to help them achieve those goals. Ultimately, I think that is what has allowed us to stand out in a crowded market.”

For more information on MacroFactor, visit macrofactorapp.com, or try the app free for 7 days via Google Play or the App Store.

About MacroFactor

MacroFactor is the macro tracker that adapts to your metabolism. In addition to having the fastest food-logging workflows of any app of its kind, MacroFactor’s smart nutrition coaching provides the levels of personalization, flexibility, and attentiveness one would expect from a high-quality human coach. The company is fully bootstrapped and is co-owned by Cory Davis, Rebecca Kekelishvili, Jeff Nippard, Greg Nuckols, and Lyndsey Nuckols. It is based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information on MacroFactor, visit macrofactorapp.com.

Dallas Stars score without Mikko Rantanen getting a point, ending record streak at 13 goals in a row

2025-05-12 09:59 Last Updated At：10:00

DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen's NHL playoffs-record streak of consecutive goals involved in ended at 13 for the Dallas Stars, a run he had extended Sunday before they scored another goal when he was on the ice but didn't get a point.

All Rantanen did after that was add a goal and another assist as the Stars beat the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets 5-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the second-round Western Conference series. He now has nine goals — all in the last six games — and nine assists this postseason.

“It’s the best performance I’ve got to witness, standing where I’m standing with a guy on my team for this extended period,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “But, you know, for me, he’s just getting started. He’s just warming up here. I think he’s on a mission.”

Rantanen had the primary assist on a power-play goal by Roope Hintz only 2:27 into Game 3. When Dallas scored again late in the first period for a 2-1 lead, Rantanen was on the ice for defenseman Thomas Harley's goal. But the assists went to Mikael Granlund and Sam Steel.

“I’m trying to stay in the moment," Rantanen said, when asked if he's had a chance to even ponder his impressive scoring streak. "I’m happy to help the team and try to keep doing that as much as I can, both ends of the ice. I’m trying to stay in the moment and even keel after wins and good games.”

Rantanen had the primary assist on the disputed goal with 16:09 left, when his shot ricocheted off goalie Connor Hellebuyck, then off the skate of Stars defenseman Alexander Petrovic’s skate back toward the net and in for a 3-2 lead.

There was more a five-minute video review before confirmation of that tally, and then 49 seconds after play resumed, a charging Rantanen scored to make it 4-2.

“It’s a huge pickup at the deadline," Petrovic said of Rantanen, who was traded twice in a six-week span, first from Colorado to Carolina and then Dallas. "He’s been awesome for us. He’s a great guy in the room. He’s been on a tear, so it really helps.”

The record streak by Rantanan included back-to-back games when he had four-point periods in the first round against his former team, the Avalanche. He was the first player to ever do that, in the playoffs or the regular season.

Rantanen began his scoring run with an assist on a Hintz goal late in a 6-2 win in Game 5 against Colorado. Rantanen and Hintz both had points on all four goals the Stars scored in the second period of a 7-4 loss to the Avalanche in Game 6, before Rantanen had a hat trick in the third as part of another four-point period as Dallas advanced with a 4-2 win in Game 7.

He added a natural hat trick in the second period of Game 1 against the Jets to open this series with a 3-2 win, becoming only the third person in NHL history to score hat tricks in consecutive playoff games.

Dallas lost 4-0 in Game 2 against the Jets.

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