“it's a handy app to loosely keep track of calories. The free version isn't as fair as it used to be. Every update seems to make the app more complicated to use. Recently they added a paywall to scanning your food, the most basic feature…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 607 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
BitePal: AI Calorie Counter
RefaceLithuania🥗 BitePal — Nutrition Tracker and Calorie Counter for Everyday EatingBitePal…
4.5 ★426,735 ratings
5M+Downloads
4+Age rating
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Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
🥗 BitePal — Nutrition Tracker and Calorie Counter for Everyday EatingBitePal is a smart nutrition tracker that helps you track calories, log meals, and understand what you eat — without weighing food, doing math, or stressing over every bite. It’s an intuitive calorie counter that makes healthy eating feel simpler and more human.
With BitePal, you can monitor proteins, fats, and carbohydrates throughout the day, track water intake, and use intermittent fasting tools in one place. Whether your goal is to lose weight or build healthier habits, this nutrition tracker focuses on progress, not perfection — and never judges what’s on your plate.
📸 Simple Food Logging with a Smart Calorie CounterFood tracking shouldn’t feel like homework. BitePal lets you log meals quickly and track calories without weighing every ingredient or filling in endless forms.…
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.33.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.33.0, updated 2026-09-25.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
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Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
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In the package we scanned
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Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
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Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
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What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (0.8% of 607 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
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“I've used the app for over 200 days, but I ended up uninstalling because I noticed more and more of the free features becoming locked behind a paywall, to the point where I was not even able to scan more than two food items before I was…”
“Requires an account and a subscription and won't even give me an option to pay monthly. Only weekly and annual, so either very expensive weekly payment instead of monthly or pay all at once. I'm gonna have to lower this to 1 star. 90% of…”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 2.33.0.
What this app sells
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