Comparison

Bite Counter vs KURE

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

Head to head
About

Bite Counter

This app tracks your bites during meals by monitoring wrist movements. Use it to estimate portion sizes and work towards reducing them. Designed for research and educational purposes, it's not a medical device.

Highlights
  • Tracks bites by monitoring wrist movement
  • Estimates portion size
  • Helps reduce portion size
  • For research and educational purposes
  • Wear on dominant eating hand
Features
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Invented at Clemson University, the bite counter tracks how your wrist moves during a meal to detect and count bites, the number of times you put food or beverage in your mouth. The watch must be worn on your dominant hand or the one primarily used for eating. Prepare the food you are about to eat. Start the app just before taking your first bite. End the app after you take the last bite. Count your bites every meal. Use bites as an estimate of your portion size. Work to reduce your portion size. This is app is for research and educational purposes only. This app is not meant to provide medical advice or treatment. A full version of our device is available at the web sites listed above.

About

KURE

This app uses guided hypnosis to help users retrain ingrained patterns related to cravings, stress, sleep, confidence, and habits. It offers daily sessions and boosters designed for repeated listening to create lasting change without relying on willpower.

Highlights
  • Guided hypnosis sessions
  • Pattern rewiring for habits
  • Cravings and emotional eating support
  • Stress and overthinking reduction
  • Sleep improvement tracks
  • Confidence building
  • Offline listening
Features
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Retrain the patterns shaping your mind, body, and habits. Most of what runs your life isn't a choice — it's a pattern. The 3 pm sugar craving. The thought spiral before sleep. The flinch before you speak up. The reach for your phone. The doubt before the gym. The apology you didn't owe. These patterns live below willpower. That's why discipline rarely fixes them. You white-knuckle a habit for a week, a month, a year — and the moment your guard drops, the old loop snaps back. It isn't a character flaw. It's how habits work. Repetition carved a groove, and the groove keeps pulling. KURE works at the layer where those patterns actually live — through guided hypnosis designed to rewire the loops that keep replaying. How it works. You put on headphones, get comfortable, and listen. That's it. Each session guides you into a focused, relaxed state where your mind is open to new patterns — and then plants them, gently, on repeat. Over time, the old loop loses pull. The new one starts to feel familiar. Then automatic. Then yours. What KURE can help you retrain: * Cravings and emotional eating * Stress, overthinking, racing thoughts * Sleep that won't come or won't stay * Confidence and self-talk * Smoking and drinking * Tension that lives in your body Why hypnosis — and why now. Hypnosis isn't theatre. No swinging watches, no stage tricks, no loss of control. It's a natural state of focused, relaxed attention — the kind you slip into when you're absorbed in a book or a long drive. KURE turns it into a simple daily practice you can do from your couch — no appointments, no clock, no pressure. What's inside: * Guided pathways tailored to each focus area * Core sessions of around 15 minutes * Booster sessions for cravings and tough moments * Sleep hypnosis tracks that ease you into sleep * Daily affirmations to carry the shift into the day * Daily check-ins so you can see what's changing * Sobriety counters for habits you're leaving behind * Offline listening for travel and dead zones * Light mode for daytime use Built for repeated listening. Patterns formed over years don't dissolve in one session. KURE is designed for the long game — short enough to actually do daily, deep enough to make a difference. You won't feel like a different person after one listen. You'll feel a little calmer. A little more spacious. A little less pulled by the old gravity. Then one day you'll notice you didn't reach for the phone, didn't pour the drink, didn't spiral at 2 am — and the pattern quietly let go. Not willpower. Not hacks. A different relationship with the loops you've been losing to. Put the headphones in. Let the pattern change. Terms of Use: https://kureapp.health/general-conditions Privacy Policy: https://kureapp.health/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Bite Counter2 screens
KURE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KURE at 4.6 against Bite Counter's 3.0. KURE also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (9.5K vs 2). Bite Counter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. KURE sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Bite Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KURE holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KURE has 9.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bite Counter ships an update every 36 months, KURE weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bite Counter versus KURE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBite CounterKURE
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (9.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—15.7% of reviews
Number of ratings29.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB151 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBite Technologies, LLCGreatness

Customer experience

Bite Counter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

KURE

All ratings9,524 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews760 reviews
Positive15.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative78.0%

Bugs and requests

Bite Counter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

KURE

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sessions not loading
  • App freezing after 3 weeks
  • Unable to update weight
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to choose sessions
  • Playback speed control
  • Session variety after day 21
  • Ethnic voice diversity

In-app purchases

None

Bite Counter

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

KURE

Subscriptions8
  • 1 month subscription$11.991 Month
  • 1 month$19.991 Month
  • 1 month$24.991 Month
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  • 3 Months Subscription7 Days trial$39.993 Months
  • 12 months7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 12 months7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • 6 months sub3 Days trial$77.996 Months
  • 12 months7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Weightloss$14.99
  • No alcohol$14.99

Questions

Is Bite Counter free?
Bite Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KURE free?
KURE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bite Counter or KURE?
KURE is rated higher. Bite Counter averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while KURE averages 4.6 from 9.5K ratings.
Do Bite Counter or KURE have ads?
Neither Bite Counter nor KURE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bite Counter or KURE?
Bite Counter ships an update every 36 months, and KURE weekly. Most recently, Bite Counter was updated on November 2, 2026 and KURE on November 9, 2026.

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