# DietBet: Lose Weight & Win! — user reviews > 271 indexed App Store user reviews of DietBet by FitnessAI Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 20,544 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dietbet-lose-weight-and-win/id532353287/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dietbet-lose-weight-and-win/id532353287.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17,926 · 4★ 1,676 · 3★ 294 · 2★ 130 · 1★ 518 ## What do users think of DietBet? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Great motivation - 💡 Innovative concept - 🚀 Easy to use - 🤝 Supportive community **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy app experience - 💰 High fees/commissions - 🤔 Unclear policies - 🔍 Lack of transparency **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent app crashes and freezes - Issues with photo/weigh-in submissions - Inconsistent notification and activity feed - Unintuitive navigation and UI **Most requested features** - Improved in-app messaging and notifications - Better progress tracking and analytics - Maintenance/weight-maintenance challenges - More flexible challenge durations ## Newest reviews (12 of 271) ### 2/5 — Small winnings, hard to withdraw *2026-01-17, version 21.0.1* I hate this app. Don’t sign up. I signed up for a challenge. I won a whopping two dollars then when I tried to get my money back, including what I added to the bet, they gave me a hard time and it kept being rejected when I tried to cash out. ### 3/5 — Won My Money Back but Took Time to Receive It *2025-03-12, version 18.0.4* I won my own money back (no profit) but I still have not received my payout. I contacted support and they acknowledged my payout was requested. I followed the troubleshooting steps and it took two weeks for it to be received. ### 1/5 — Win but no earnings *2025-02-04, version 18.0.2* This used to be such a good app and when there were a lot of players you would win money. Now with 3220 players I only won $3. Why bother? Don’t waste your time with dietbet ### 1/5 — Shady app *2025-02-04, version 18.0.2* The app takes 25% of the bet so you’ll likely win very little or even lose money. That’s if you even get the payout. I requested a payout several days ago and have yet to receive it. I’m supposedly supposed to receive an email “for security purposes” which I never received. Don’t trust it with your info. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-02-03, version 18.0.2* I paid $45 for a game and won $43.49. DietBet put an additional $5000 yet I ended up losing money. Seems kind of fishy to me. ### 1/5 — Don’t join! It’s a total scam. *2025-02-02, version 18.0.2* Unfortunately I fell for the marketing and got totally scammed. They take a lot more than the 25% and are not transparent with how the payouts are calculated. Don’t waste your time and money. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2025-02-02, version 18.0.2* They offer these big payouts but you’ll most likely lose money even if you win your bet. Better option, just give me your money. No false promises, you’ll just lose it. ### 2/5 — Feels like a scam *2025-02-01, version 18.0.2* I won my diet bet and still lost money. I paid $45 and won $43.50 back. It was very disappointing. I didn’t do it for the money, but I feel it was false advertising. ### 1/5 — Meh *2025-02-01, version 18.0.2* I’ve tried this a few times and actually “won” this last month. There was about 130k in the pot between about 2500 people but after DietBet takes their cut we all won about $2.00. Yep, that’s right. I suppose it can be helpful motivation…but now it just feels like a scam to take more money and add shame to overweight people. They need more transparency and better rewards for winners. ### 1/5 — Diet bet takes a huge portion *2025-02-01, version 18.0.2* Depending on your “monthly bet” $0-99 they take 25% of the pot. They took over $30,000 from the pot. If over 75% had won, you wouldn’t even win back your money. You’re basically betting that other people will not make it. Betting over $100 20% is taken. Betting over $250 a month 15% is taken. Betting over $500 a month 10% is taken. Do not be scammed into buying the membership, your odds of winning their little gadget are next to nothing and it’s not required and then you won’t win ANYTHING, because they $5 is not in the pot of your dietbet. If you would like to pay $40 and hope to get it back (ie hope others lose) for the support found in these groups, everyone is very nice. But you can get into free Facebook groups and find the same helpfulness maybe even more. It’s hard to find where someone replied to your comment and comment back. All you see is their comment in your notifications with no ability to reply there, you have to go search for it. so they’re not using their winnings to make the app good. I won’t be doing any more of these. Scam. They’re taking too much. They could keep the app as junky as it is with the $5 membership fee. No one cares about the weekly prizes, they never win. Quit giving those away and you’ve now saved enough to “keep the lights on” as their team calls their cut of $30,000. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-02-01, version 18.0.2* I used to love DietBet but I just finished a game where I won and lost money because they took 25% of the pot. ### 1/5 — Started taking larger cuts *2025-02-01, version 18.0.2* They’ve started taking larger cuts so when you lose weight you get a couple cents. They say they take 5-25 percent cut of the pot, but lately it’s been more than 25%. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Stole my money. Don’t do it! *2026-08-17, version 27.0.0* Do not get involved with this betting app. It is a good motivator, but that’s all it is. Today I checked my account because I was going to use my balance to buy another round of diet betting, but when I got in I saw that they had taken my $82.78 aware and transferred it somewhere for no reason. Then again this July they cleaned out the rest of my $82.78 and stated that my “points expired”. I was in and out of the hospitals for multiple surgeries during the time period that my appoints apparently “expired” and it was not recommended for me to exercise consistently (enough to lose wait) and the surgeries had my weight plunging and skyrocketing and there wasn’t a scale at the hospitals for me to take a selfie on. Now I was using this as a kind of savings account that I could keep earning on when I felt the need to take a challenge. It might say it now that the points will expire, but it didn’t say that the last time I used the app. So they stole my $165.56 away from me. And you have to put your OWN MONEY IN. I could understand if it were reward money, but I actually had to pay to get into the diet games. Looking for a lawyer to start a class action lawsuit. Anyone interested to do it with us? UPDATE: THEY STILL HAVE MY MONEY, so if you’re dumb enough to put any money in, TAKE EVERY CENT OUT AS YOU WIN! THAT WAY THE MOST YOU WILL LOSE IS WHAT YOU JUST PLACED ABET ON. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR NUMBER. ### 1/5 — This used to be good *2026-06-25, version 26.0.0* I used DietBet for years. Just came back. They had zero engagement attempts. The coach was clearly a robot who was not participating except for the template. Then 77 out of 96 people won yet we only broke even- even though our game had a 300 add to the pot. Used to be great. Now it’s only great if you’re on glp1 and don’t need support to lose weight ### 1/5 — Payouts are not instant *2026-04-26, version 22.5.0* If you win a DietBet the payout is not instant, it’s not even reasonably fast. It takes a few days for games to finalize, then you have to confirm your PayPal account, then you have to click on “payout” and THEN Waybetter tells me it takes 10 BUSINESS DAYS. Two weeks? Are you kidding me? This sounds to me like DietBet is waiting for more bets to start because they’ve already spent the money and don’t have it. 2+ weeks for a payout is absolutely ridiculous. Something is off here. ### 1/5 — App is garbage *2025-12-21, version 21.0.1* Good motivation to lose weight and win but the app kicks me out and has me log in every time, very frustrating ### 1/5 — Stole my money. Don’t do it! *2025-09-05, version 19.0.2* Do not get involved with this betting app. It is a good motivator, but that’s all it is. Today I checked my account because I was going to use my balance to buy another round of diet betting, but when I got in I saw that they had taken my $82.78 aware and transferred it somewhere for no reason. Then again this July they cleaned out the rest of my $82.78 and stated that my “points expired”. I was in and out of the hospitals for multiple surgeries during the time period that my appoints apparently “expired” and it was not recommended for me to exercise consistently (enough to lose wait) and the surgeries had my weight plunging and skyrocketing and there wasn’t a scale at the hospitals for me to take a selfie on. Now I was using this as a kind of savings account that I could keep earning on when I felt the need to take a challenge. It might say it now that the points will expire, but it didn’t say that the last time I used the app. So they stole my $165.56 away from me. And you have to put your OWN MONEY IN. I could understand if it were reward money, but I actually had to pay to get into the diet games. Looking for a lawyer to start a class action lawsuit. Anyone interested to do it with us? ### 1/5 — Warning- be careful! *2025-09-01, version 19.0.2* I won the game. Afterwards, I opted to cash out the points and get money. My account shows the points have been deducted but no money has been deposited into any account that I have. I tried to contact customer support and the email is out of service. Sounds fishy to me! If I haven’t received my payment or a response that assures me they are working on it by tomorrow then I will be filing a complaint with the BBB. Taking money in this manner is called theft! ### 1/5 — Unfair - they will take your $100 & run *2025-06-12, version 19.0.0* I signed up for Diet Bet to lose 4% body weight, which I BARELY hit. I submitted my final weigh-in and have been told that I need to resubmit because they can’t clearly read all the numbers on my scale. Well, that’s because the top lines on my digital scale are very dim but you can clearly tell what number is populating on the scale. I have been submitting weigh-ins for weeks on this exact scale & NOW that I’ve submitted my final weigh-in on the SAME SCALE I’ve been using the WHOLE time, they don’t want to accept it. And I can’t run out to the store to get the same one I’ve been using. I have to order it, which I could have done had they told me my scale was unacceptable in the first place. ### 1/5 — No way to cNcely *2025-06-07, version 19.0.0* They make it impossible to cancel and take your money monthly!!! ### 1/5 — Transferring funds without authorization *2025-03-29, version 18.0.4* They did some update and arbitrarily decided to transfer my funds from WayBetter into DietBet, even though I had discontinued using the app so now I have to try to get my money out through PayPal to put back into WayBetter because they’re unable to reverse the transfer. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-02-08, version 18.0.2* I participated in a challenge and won and never received the payout. None of the contestants received anything and the pit was $134,000. Even if you do “win” the payout can be less than what you put in because the host takes 25%. Not sure how losing money motivates people to lose weight. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My motivation *2026-02-17, version 22.3.0* When I need motivation to get my fitness going is this app. Money always motivates me ### 5/5 — Another Tool in the “Weight Loss Toolkit”! *2025-12-11, version 21.0.1* As someone who has “battled the bulge” for most of my life, I am often looking for tools to help me keep my weight in check. DietBet is a wonder tool to use to lose or maintain weight. The customer service is top-notch and the differing levels of support (weight loss, exercise, nutrition) has proven to be excellent! ### 5/5 — Abnehmen und Geld gewinnen *2025-10-07* Wenn man sowieso abnehmen möchte - warum nicht einen zusätzlichen finanziellen Booster nutzen? Bei mir jedenfalls funktioniert das! Dazu kommt der stets freundliche Austausch mit Gleichgesinnten. Allerdings alles in englisch. Für mich jedenfalls hat sich die Teilnahme auch finanziell super gelohnt. Und so funktioniert es: Man muss nach genauer Vorgabe Fotos einreichen. Jeweils zum Anfang und Ende der 'Wette'. Das ist nicht besonders kompliziert, aber effektiv. Man zahlt am Anfang seinen Wetteinsatz per Paypal oder Kreditkarte und bekommt nach erfolgreichem Abschluss den Einsatz plus Gewinn zurück (paypal). Die Einsätze sind nicht besonders hoch und variieren von Spiel zu Spiel. Sie liegen bei 35, 40 oder maximal 100 USD pro Monat. Der Gewinn kann je nach Spiel - und wie viele Mitspieler gewonnen haben - zwischen 2 und 35 % liegen. Soweit meine Erfahrungswerte. Falls man gewinnt, also das Wettziel erreicht und genug abgenommen hat, bekommt man auf jeden Fall mindestens seinen Einsatz zurück. ### 5/5 — Accountability *2025-06-04, version 19.0.0* It’s a great community to help you stay accountable. The games I have been in have been wonderfully supportive! ### 5/5 — Weight loss *2025-06-02, version 19.0.0* Weight loss is hard, but the diet bet encourages and challenges you with the money envolved. This was my first attempt and I did win! ### 5/5 — DietBet works *2025-04-16, version 18.0.4* DietBet provides the right amount of friendly interaction and motivation to push me into the ‘acceleration mode’ necessary to take action. They are responsive when queried, enthusiastic and motivating. It is a fun way to challenge yourself to do something positive and it gave me the push necessary to take that first step! ### 5/5 — This is a scam!! *2025-03-23, version 18.0.4* I won my game, received message that I won, did not receive the points. Sent in a email wondering where my winnings were. They responded with you didn’t final weigh in which I did and have the message saying final weigh in received. ### 5/5 — The way to go if you cant stay motivated *2025-01-29, version 18.0.2* Love this app; definitely keeps you motivated! ### 5/5 — Motivation *2025-01-29, version 18.0.2* Knowing I have a time limit and if I stay focused I will get my goal!! ### 5/5 — Motivational! You can do it! *2024-10-19, version 18.0.2* That extra push of motivation when you need it! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*