Comparison

Bariatric Meal Timer vs Essentials Training Gym

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bariatric Meal Timer

This app guides users through meals with timed breaks and a natural end point. It uses sounds and vibrations to signal when to eat and when to pause, promoting mindful eating.

Highlights
  • Timed meal pacing
  • Customizable intervals
  • Sound and vibration alerts
  • Natural meal end point
  • Mindful eating guidance
Features
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Eat slower. Feel better. Every meal. Bariatric Meal Timer helps you build the habit of slow, mindful eating by guiding you through alternating eating and pause intervals. Set your total meal duration, your eating interval, and your pause interval. The app cycles through them automatically, signalling each phase with a vibration so you always know when to eat and when to rest — no need to watch the screen. Built to work around your life Step away from the app and it keeps going. Interval notifications arrive when you're browsing, texting, or just living — and disappear the moment you return. Your meal timer never freezes, never stops, never misses a beat. Every meal, remembered A full meal history logs your duration, intervals, and cycles completed — so you can look back, spot patterns, and see just how far your habits have come. What you get: - Flexible intervals from as little as 10 seconds - Meal durations from 1 minute to 3 hours - Vibration alerts for eating, pausing, and meal end - Background notifications when you leave the app - Automatic light & dark mode - Your last session saved for a one-tap quick start

About

Essentials Training Gym

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Download the Essentials Training Gym app to easily book classes and manage your fitness experience - anytime, anywhere. Make a reservation, get added to a wait list, check your profile and membership status, and more – all from your device. Visit https://essentialstraining.co.uk/ to learn more.

Screenshots

Bariatric Meal Timer4 screens
Essentials Training Gym4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Essentials Training Gym at Free against Bariatric Meal Timer's $1.99. Bariatric Meal Timer's advantage is chart position (#142 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Essentials Training Gym is free to download; Bariatric Meal Timer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Bariatric Meal Timer versus Essentials Training Gym: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBariatric Meal TimerEssentials Training Gym
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKH Creations ApSJamie's Nutrition Limited

In-app purchases

None

Bariatric Meal Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Essentials Training Gym

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bariatric Meal Timer free?
Bariatric Meal Timer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Essentials Training Gym free?
Essentials Training Gym is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bariatric Meal Timer or Essentials Training Gym have ads?
Neither Bariatric Meal Timer nor Essentials Training Gym shows ads.

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