# Intuitive Eating Buddy — Mindful Eating · Food Journal

> Intuitive eating tracker for natural weight regulation and mindful food awareness. (iPhone/iPad app by Sagital SRL.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/intuitive-eating-buddy/id1597620252 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sagital SRL](https://appshunter.io/developer/1508134771)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Food & Drink
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 187 App Store ratings · 56 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.2 · 69 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-12-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/intuitive-eating-buddy/id1597620252/reviews.md

## What is Intuitive Eating Buddy?

Did you know that only 2 in 10 people who diet or count calories manage to keep the weight off? And, at the same time, more than 3 in 10 people end up gaining more weight than before they started.

So chances are, dieting or counting calories will leave you worse off overall.

Eating Buddy offers a different approach

Your body is designed to regulate weight naturally. But highly processed foods, dieting, and chronic stress can override its signals to a point where eating feels out of control.

That’s where Eating Buddy steps in. It helps you return to a more natural, intuitive way of eating through awareness.

How it works

Log meals and body cues in seconds:
Quickly log meals, hunger, and fullness to build awareness.

Track what affects your eating:
Note mood, workouts, sleep, and drinks to see what influences how you eat.

Reflect and organize:
Use notes or tags to add context and categorize meals.

See Patterns over time:
Eating Buddy helps surface patterns so connections become easier to notice.

Choose challenges that fit you:
Based on your patterns, pick supportive challenges to focus on one small, meaningful change at a time.

If you are tired of starting over with dieting and want a calmer, more sustainable way to relate to food, download Eating Buddy now to get started.

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We offer monthly and yearly subscription plans for our optional challenges system. Both plans include a one-week free trial.

Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription.

For more information, see our terms of use at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula and our privacy policy at https://www.eatingbuddy.app/privacy-policy .

## Key features

- Log meals, hunger, and fullness
- Track mood, workouts, sleep, and drinks
- Add context with notes and tags
- Identify eating patterns over time
- Choose personalized challenges for change

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Challenges Plan | $5.99 | per month |
| Yearly Challenges Plan | $19.99 | per year |


## What do users think of Intuitive Eating Buddy?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and understand
- 💡 Focuses on awareness, not calorie counting
- 💡 Non-judgmental approach to eating
- 💡 Helps track potential problem foods
- 💡 Provides structure for intuitive eating
- 💡 Visualizes meals and eating habits
- 💡 Encourages mindful eating
- 💡 Helps identify stress eating
- 💡 Supports recovery from disordered eating
- 💡 Gentle data collection for peace of mind
- 💡 Gives confidence and reduces self-doubt
- 💡 Free to use main features
- 💡 Helps tune into hunger and fullness cues
- 💡 Great for beginners in intuitive eating
- 💡 No fluff, straightforward functionality
- 💡 Responsive developer support
- 💡 Visually appealing and clean layout
- 💡 Photo upload feature for meals
- 💡 Helps build a better relationship with food
- 💡 Aids in making better food choices
- 💡 Helps identify eating triggers
- 💡 Useful for tracking medication, vitamins, and water

**Cons**

- 🐛 App crashes after logging meals (recent update)
- 🐛 App is useless if 'log meal' button doesn't work
- 🐛 Intro message can be off-putting (e.g., 'don't eat processed food')
- 🐛 Feels like diet culture to some users
- 🐛 Basic reports with no analysis
- 🐛 Subscription model is a concern for some
- 🐛 Notes and tags not initially displayed in timeline
- 🐛 Difficulty logging foods for some users
- 🐛 Graphics (pig) can be hurtful for those recovering from binge eating disorder
- 🐛 Limited options for describing food amounts (e.g., cup, tablespoon)
- 🐛 Timeline order (most recent at top) can be disorienting for some
- 🐛 Dates in timeline can be a day behind

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App kicks user out after logging a meal (recent update)
- Nothing happens when clicking 'log meal' button
- Notes and tags not displayed in timeline (initially)
- Dates in timeline are a day behind

**Most requested features**

- Add 'bites' as a unit of measure
- Allow soft drinks to be added to total drinks
- Discourage eating when 'ravenous'
- Allow selection of multiple hunger levels for prompts
- More articles within the app
- Community feature for users to connect
- Ability to add movement not tied to Apple Watch (manual add)
- Sync data between devices
- More analysis and recommendations in reports
- Make it a one-time payment ($24.99) instead of subscription
- Add a button for medication/vitamins and water logging
- Create a separate app for medication, vitamins, and water
- Log hydration
- Change 'Satisfied' to 'Slightly full' or 'Satiated' on fullness scale
- Option to choose how you're feeling *after* eating
- Ability to adjust the time of logged food
- More options for describing food amounts (cup, tablespoon)
- Option to take a picture of the meal and add to log
- Change timeline order so most recent meal is at the bottom
- Expand serving/after meal dropdown on 3D Touch or long press
- Option to select how you're feeling without logging meals
- More options for reasons for eating when not hungry
- Integrate with Apple Health for hydration and workout data
- Set reminders for regular check-ins
- Display notes and tags in the timeline

## Recent user reviews (10 of 56)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/intuitive-eating-buddy/id1597620252/reviews.md

### 5/5 — This app is my buddy!

*2026-08-07, version 4.10.4*

I love all the details that are in this app! It is helping me to be more mindful of my eating habits! Thank you so much! This app is a blessing.

### 5/5 — This app changed my life

*2026-07-10*

My goal for so long has been to eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full. The updates this app has made with clear visuals of letting me see that data shows how far I’ve come and I love it so much!! Can’t wait to continue using it to be more in tune with my body and feel more confident. Cannot thank the developers enough.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for the 5 star review. This is the best thing a developer can read. Thank you for putting it so well.

### 5/5 — Helping me eat in a deficit.

*2026-06-30*

I struggle with emotional troubles like eating to deal with my feelings. This app has helped me with that since I downloaded it a few days ago. I’m actually eating in a deficit now.

### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for

*2026-05-20*

I have downloaded multiple apps to track my eating habits, I’m surprised I didn’t find this one earlier. So far this is the best one I’ve found. No calorie counting, just awareness.

### 5/5 — Explore tool

*2026-03-23, version 4.7.13*

Allows me to track potential allergy or problem foods w/o diet input

### 5/5 — Helpful

*2026-01-04, version 4.6.3*

I love this app. It has everything I need to feel better about myself and how I eat. Thank you for making it.

### 5/5 — Easy and and

*2025-12-29, version 4.6.3*

Non judgmental! Easy to use and even add a follow up meal pic for what food was left behind.

### 5/5 — new update

*2025-08-03, version 4.3.0*

i love this app it has helped me for over a year and is everything i was looking for in a app to help me get better 

everything was perfect till the recent update, it kept kicking me out of the app every time i finished logging a meal

also a recommendation to make “bites” as a type of measure next to pieces and serving etc.

thank you so much

### 2/5 — Major bug

*2025-05-13*

Unfortunately this app didn’t work when I tried it. Nothing happened when I clicked on the “log meal” pizza button, making the app useless. I also was put off by the intro message giving the tip to not eat processed food. Thankfully I don’t struggle with that but most people come to intuitive eating after a history of disordered eating and food anxiety and shame. Don’t tell people how or what to eat.

**Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your experience — we really appreciate the feedback.

To log a meal, just tap your hunger level on the Home screen. That will bring up the food screen where you can select what you ate. We’ll look into making that flow clearer for anyone who skips or misses the intro.

Regarding the message about processed foods, we understand your concern. Our intention was to highlight how certain additives can sometimes make it harder to tune into your body’s natural signals — not to suggest that any foods are off-limits or that there’s a “right” way to eat. We’re revisiting the wording to make sure it reflects an inclusive, non-restrictive approach to intuitive eating.

Thanks again for your thoughtful feedback — it really helps us improve.

### 5/5 — Really Helpful

*2025-04-21, version 4.0.9*

I thought I was good at intuitive eating but this app has really given me some needed structure and also taught me that one “bad” meal really doesn’t ruin anything. Great way to visualise and also take a moment to make sure my meal is mindful. 
Some tips that would be nice to see:
- Not all soft drinks are bad! I think we should be able to choose for these to be added to our total drinks. 
- I think eating when you are “ravenous” is also not ideal and should not be encouraged, this has been an issue for me before where I wait until I am way too hungry and I think this does encourage over eating. I think eating at “ravenous” should be discouraged somehow. 
- the app prompts you for a reason if you’re eating and you’re not hungry, this is good but you have to pick one level of hunger for this prompt to come up for? Unless I’m wrong. I think you should be able to pick multiple (e.g neutral, full etc) 
- more articles would be great!
- I know this one is a big ask but a community on here would be so good where people can post and we can talk together. 

Thanks so much I’m really pleased with the app.

## Frequently asked questions about Intuitive Eating Buddy

### What does Eating Buddy do?

Eating Buddy helps you return to a more natural, intuitive way of eating through awareness. It allows you to log meals, body cues, and lifestyle factors to understand what influences your eating habits and to identify patterns over time.

### What are the key features of Eating Buddy?

Key features include quick logging of meals, hunger, and fullness; tracking mood, workouts, sleep, and drinks; adding context with notes and tags; identifying patterns; and choosing personalized challenges for gradual, meaningful change.

### How much does Eating Buddy cost?

The app offers optional challenges through monthly and yearly subscription plans, both including a one-week free trial. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled 24 hours before the current period ends. You can cancel anytime via your iTunes account settings.

### What kind of people is Eating Buddy for?

This app is designed for individuals who are tired of restrictive dieting and calorie counting and are looking for a calmer, more sustainable way to relate to food and manage their weight naturally.

### How does Eating Buddy help with weight management?

Instead of focusing on strict diets, Eating Buddy promotes natural weight regulation by helping you understand your body's signals. By logging meals and cues, and identifying patterns, you can make informed, small changes that lead to sustainable results.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.10.10 — 2026-08-26

Practice & Reminder Improvements

• Fixed an issue affecting reminders in the British timezone.
• Halfway Practice updates now appear directly in the Timeline instead of as pop-up notifications.
• Fixed summaries for partially completed Practices.

### 4.10.9 — 2026-08-24

Practice & Reminder Improvements

• Fixed an issue affecting reminders in the British timezone.
• Halfway Practice updates now appear directly in the Timeline instead of as pop-up notifications.
• Fixed summaries for partially completed Practices.

### 4.10.8 — 2026-08-21

Practice & Reminder Improvements

• Fixed an issue affecting reminders in the British timezone.
• Halfway Practice updates now appear directly in the Timeline instead of as pop-up notifications.
• Fixed summaries for partially completed Practices.

### 4.10.7 — 2026-08-18

A fresh look, built for what’s next

If you prefer a more neutral view of hunger levels, a new Neutral palette is available in Look & Feel. We’ve also redesigned the icons and prepared the app for newer devices and future improvements.

### 4.10.6 — 2026-08-14

A fresh look, built for what’s next

If you prefer a more neutral view of hunger levels, a new Neutral palette is available in Look & Feel. We’ve also redesigned the icons and prepared the app for newer devices and future improvements.

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