80 Bites vs Bite Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
80 Bites
This app helps you manage eating habits by tracking bites and identifying fullness cues. It guides users to understand their body's hunger signals through a structured program.
- Track food bites
- Identify fullness cues
- Stomach training program
- Hunger management
- Dieting alternative
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Why the number 80? Ever wonder what all those hard-to-track, pesky serving sizes do for you? A day's allotment roughly ends up being 80 Bites. But that's NOT where we are starting. When you use the 80Bites app, you will get a sound and a question at bite 26. WHY? If your stomach were OK, you would FEEL something. Most of you won't feel anything so keep eating; remember, even if you get to 50 Bites, it is just your current marker. Tap the "Bite" button each time you put food in your mouth. For now, forget about beverages. Eat solid food - not soup - for the diagnostics part of the stomach training program. Created by Registered Dietician Meredith Luce RD MS LN and Pilates Expert Joan Breibart, the 80Bites App precedes the 80Bites Program — 12 STEPS developed to downsize hunger — just like Ozempic! Shedding pounds happens automatically when your hunger is tamed. Visit 80Bites.com to subscribe to the 12 STEP Stomach Training program and ditch dieting for good! A message from Sam the Stomach: Hello, Hungry People! It seems that you eat too often, too much, and food is always on your mind. The 80Bites app is designed to help you manage your eating habits. Here's how it works: Grab a plate of food and a beverage (please note, sips don't count). Open the app, take a bite, and hit the BITE button. When you reach your 26th bite, a loud noise will sound. This is your cue to stop. Push your plate away and focus on your stomach. We're not referring to the larger area under your belly button but rather the small sausage-shaped container under your left breast. Can you feel any sensation of fullness? If not, feel free to continue eating. However, make sure to track when you start to feel full. The app's counter goes as high as 99 bites. If you don't reach a sensation of fullness within this limit, perhaps try again at another meal. Remember, a bag of chips doesn't count as a meal. You might be wondering, why 26 and 80? The answer lies in your hormones. The drug Ozempic works by rebalancing your gut hormones that may be out of sync. With 80Bites and Ozempic, which is soon coming in a handy pill form, you can address this issue in a comprehensive manner. Ready to get started? Let's embark on this journey towards better eating habits together.
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.
- Tracks bites by monitoring wrist movement
- Estimates portion size
- Helps reduce portion size
- For research and educational purposes
- Wear on dominant eating hand
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bite Counter at Free against 80 Bites's $0.99. Bite Counter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). 80 Bites's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months). On ads 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
Bite Counter is free to download; 80 Bites costs $0.99 up front. 80 Bites sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bite Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.
80 Bites holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 80 Bites has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
80 Bites ships an update every 2 months, Bite Counter every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 80 Bites | Bite Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (38 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 36 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhysicalMind Institute | Bite Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
80 Bites
Bite Counter
Bugs and requests
80 Bites
Reported bugs
24 issues- Days are consolidated/stacked
- Previous days disappear from graph
- App crashes when going to history
- Doubles bites due to not closing properly
- Previous purchases not restorable after update
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- App not working on iPhone 12
- FAQ screen has no back button
- Major bugs with daily calculations
- No way to edit or manually add bites
- Stacking problem is very serious
- Duplicated eating events
- App instability when switching functions
- App crashes forcing reboot
- Unstable when timeline is full
- Advert page for diet appears all the time
- Glitches with adding bites during time gaps
- App crashes when going to history
- Sometimes doesn't close properly and doubles bites
- Major bug: switching apps creates duplicate bite entry forms
- App duplicated eating events for second day
- Stacked day 3 onto day 2
- Doesn't change days, keeps adding bites
- App crashes when going to history
- Sometimes doesn't close properly and doubles the bites
Requested features
10 requests- Daily bite tally/counter
- Save bites for the day
- Total bites for the day display
- Sync between devices (iPad/iPhone)
- Manually add bites or edit entries
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- View bites by meal/snack
- Restore previous purchases
- Dark mode option
- Improved graphics for newer displays
- Ability to send feedback from the app
Bite Counter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
80 Bites
- 12 Steps Program$14.99
Bite Counter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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