Comparison

BariBuddy vs Barialink

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

Head to head
About

BariBuddy

This app supports individuals on their bariatric surgery journey with motivational tools, educational content, and community support. It helps track routines, offers dietitian-approved recipes, and provides access to expert FAQs. Engage in challenges and monitor progress with integrated tracking features.

Highlights
  • Bariatric surgery information
  • Dietitian-developed recipes
  • Expert Q&A
  • Vitamin tracking and challenges
  • Weight and measurement tracking
  • Eating speed timer
  • HealthKit integration for step data
Features
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Your motivational Buddy after bariatric surgery who keeps track of your journey and routines along the way! BariBuddy is an interactive app that inspires, educates, reminds and motivates you! Everything is better together, so BariBuddy's focus is: Together we are strong! In the app, you’ll hear from others who’ve had WLS and been through similar ups and downs, so you will never be alone. Examples of features in the app: - Information about your bariatric surgery. - Recipes developed by dieticians tailored to your needs after WLS. - FAQ’s answered by doctors, dieticians, nurses, and psychologists. - Motivational tools such as the vitamin journey to make it fun and easy to take and register your vitamins every day. - Join motivating walking and vitamin challenges together with others! - Weight and body measurement trackers with graphs. - Eating timer to keep track of your eating speed. - A notification board with news, events, and other information related to life after bariatric surgery. HealthKit: Baribuddy is connected to HealthKit to provide you with a better understanding of your general health by collecting and presenting your step counter data within the app. This data may (in the future) be accessed by your doctor on a need to know basis upon your consent.

About

Barialink

Features
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BARIAlink – created in 2016 by Dr. Bruno Dillemans – is a web-based knowledge base and participation network of bariatric and metabolic surgery specialists from all over the globe… The primary aim of BARIAlink is to share and discuss at a highly professional level the challenges faced by surgeons in complex cases, innovative surgical procedures and new approaches to bariatric surgery, in order to raise the level of surgical excellence in this field.

Screenshots

BariBuddy4 screens
Barialink2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BariBuddy at every 2 weeks against Barialink's every 36 months. Barialink's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BariBuddy ships an update every 2 weeks, Barialink every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BariBuddy versus Barialink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBariBuddyBarialink
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB31 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFitForMe Nordics ABBarialink

In-app purchases

None

BariBuddy

No in-app purchases

None

Barialink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BariBuddy free?
BariBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Barialink free?
Barialink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BariBuddy or Barialink have ads?
Neither BariBuddy nor Barialink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BariBuddy or Barialink?
BariBuddy ships an update every 2 weeks, and Barialink every 36 months. Most recently, BariBuddy was updated on November 2, 2026 and Barialink on October 25, 2026.

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