Comparison

LIBRO vs BDA Peng

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

Head to head
About

LIBRO

This AI-powered health assistant helps you track diet, exercise, and lifestyle goals with features like voice logging and a barcode scanner. It offers personalized suggestions and meal planning tools. Access is currently by invitation only from an accredited nutrition professional.

Highlights
  • AI-powered health tracking
  • Voice logging
  • Barcode scanner
  • Personalized suggestions
  • Diet and activity logging
  • Meal planning
Features
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LIBRO is an AI health assistant designed to track your diet, exercise and lifestyle goals. ** LIBRO is currently available by invitation only ** You must have been invited by an accredited nutrition professional to use this app. Logging has never been this easy! A personalised voice assistant and barcode scanner help you to log foods and a unique memory system automatically suggests what you have previously eaten based on the meal occasion. LIBRO was created by Nutritics, the world's leading provider of professional nutrition software.With key features such as diet and activity logging, recipe and cost analysis, meal planning and a label maker, Nutritics is constantly defining new ways to empower the world to make better food choices. We love feedback! Just drop us a line at support@nutritics.com and let us know how you get on.

About

BDA Peng

Features
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A comprehensive evidence-based clinical guide to Parenteral Enteral & Oral Nutritional Support. This clinical guide provides evidence- based data to assist healthcare practitioners in assessing, planning, treating and monitoring adults who require nutritional support. This App is the first e version based on the current 5th edition of the Pocket guide to clinical nutrition (Todorovic V & Mafrici B, 2018.) References cited in the App are web linked. Summarised below are the core sections of the PENG Pocket Guide to Clinical Nutrition, 2018: Introduction 1. Identifying 2. Assessment 3. Adult Requirements 4. Paediatric Requirements 5. Access Routes 6. Monitoring and Reference Values 7. Nutritional Values 8. Parenteral Nutrition 9. Acid-Base Balance 10. Diabetes 11. Microbial Control 12. Refeeding 13. ‘Drugs and Nutrition Support’ 14. ‘Kidney Disease’ 15. Liver 16. Critical Care 17. COPD 18. Bariatric 19. Pancreatic DISCLAIMER: Every attempt has been made to ensure this publication is accurate and up to date. Neither the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group of the British Dietetic Association, nor the British Dietetic Association, nor the editors, nor the authors accept any liability to any healthcare professional, healthcare provider, patient or other person using this publication. These guidelines do not replace individual clinical judgement, or clinical decision making. Copyright for the content of this publication is owned by the British Dietetic Association.

Screenshots

LIBRO4 screens
BDA Peng3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LIBRO at 14.0 against BDA Peng's 16.0. On price, update cadence, 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

LIBRO ships an update every 7 months, BDA Peng every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LIBRO versus BDA Peng: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLIBROBDA Peng
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNutritics LimitedThe British Dietetic Association

In-app purchases

None

LIBRO

No in-app purchases

None

BDA Peng

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LIBRO free?
LIBRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BDA Peng free?
BDA Peng is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LIBRO or BDA Peng have ads?
Neither LIBRO nor BDA Peng shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LIBRO or BDA Peng?
LIBRO ships an update every 7 months, and BDA Peng every 5 months. Most recently, LIBRO was updated on September 19, 2026 and BDA Peng on September 8, 2026.

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