Comparison

Blackbird vs BiteFax

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

Head to head
About

Blackbird

Earn significant rewards on dining spend with a unique payment card and reservation tool. Discover new restaurants, book tables, and enjoy exclusive perks as you dine more.

Highlights
  • Earn up to 7X dining rewards
  • Discover and reserve tables
  • Pay with FlyCard anywhere
  • Exclusive Blackbird Club perks
  • 10X rewards at participating coffee shops
  • NFT and token features
Features
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Blackbird is the restaurant lover's way to pay and earn. Get up to 7X on your dining spend. And have fun while you're doing it. Featured in The New York Times, TIME, TechCrunch, Fast Company, and Fortune. DISCOVER SPOTS. RESERVE A TABLE. Meet Birdie, a ground-breaking new search and planning tool. She learns what you like, sees your status, and books your reservation. PAY ANYWHERE. EARN EVERYWHERE. FlyCard is the rewards card for restaurant lovers. Earn 2X at any restaurant, bar, cafe, or takeout spot. Our points are called Fly, and you spend them anywhere you dine.* DINE MORE. GET BETTER REWARDS. Every meal you pay for with Blackbird moves you up in Blackbird Club. Start at 3X Dining Points at select spots and earn more with each Level, all the way to 7X, plus priority reservations, Members' Nights, and a private concierge text line. And your morning coffee earns 10X at participating coffee shops. Night moves, day moves, Fly moves. Questions? support@blackbird.xyz Know a restaurant that should be on Blackbird? restaurants@blackbird.xyz Restaurant Lovers Unite. *The FlyCard is a debit card powered by Rain and issued by Cross River Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A.. FlyCard is accepted wherever Visa is accepted.

About

BiteFax

Scan barcodes or type food names to see how 36 common additives are regulated across the US, EU, UK, and Canada. Compare ingredient rules side-by-side, access plain-language explanations, and view source links.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for food additives
  • Compare additive rules across 4 countries
  • Plain-language rule explanations
  • Links to regulatory sources
  • US state law variations
  • Multilingual support (English, Spanish, French)
Features
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Scan the barcode on a packaged food, or type its name. BiteFax shows which of 36 tracked food additives are in it, and how the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada each treat them. The same ingredient can be allowed in one country, need a warning label in another, and be off the approved list in a third. BiteFax lines those rules up side by side, so you can read them at a glance. FOR EVERY ADDITIVE - Four countries side by side: allowed, allowed with limits, warning label required, being phased out, or not on the approved list - The rule in plain words - The regulator's own words, a link to the source, and the date we last checked it - US state laws where they differ, including laws a court has put on hold MORE TO DO - Compare two products: what's only in one, and what they share - Others in the same aisle, matched to the flavor - How processed a product is, key nutrition facts, and California's Prop 65 list - Photograph an ingredient list when a barcode isn't found - Reminders when a rule changes for something you scanned - Share a result as a picture - English, Spanish, and French; text size that follows your iPhone WHAT THIS IS NOT BiteFax is not health advice. It doesn't score, rank, or judge food. "Not on the approved list" is a legal status in one country, not a claim that anything is harmful. PRIVACY No account. No ads. No tracking. The barcode is read on your phone, and your scans stay on your phone. We count how many scans happen each day, with nothing that identifies you or what you scanned. THE DATA 36 additives and 144 rules, each checked against the regulator that made it, each with its own date. Ingredients come from Open Food Facts (Open Database License) and the USDA's FoodData Central; both can be incomplete or out of date.

Screenshots

Blackbird4 screens
BiteFax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Blackbird at 13K against BiteFax's 1. BiteFax's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BiteFax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackbird has 13K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackbird ships an update weekly, BiteFax every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Blackbird versus BiteFax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackbirdBiteFax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBlackbird Labs, IncZach Brown

Bugs and requests

Blackbird

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Authorization process not working
  • Inability to update account information
  • Inconsistent check-in and payment experience

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view list of available restaurants
  • Improved restaurant search and discovery
  • Better integration with restaurant systems
  • Clearer explanation of rewards and payment process

BiteFax

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Blackbird

No in-app purchases

None

BiteFax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blackbird free?
Blackbird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BiteFax free?
BiteFax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blackbird or BiteFax?
BiteFax is rated higher. Blackbird averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while BiteFax averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blackbird or BiteFax have ads?
Neither Blackbird nor BiteFax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blackbird or BiteFax?
Blackbird ships an update weekly, and BiteFax every 9 days. Most recently, Blackbird was updated on November 12, 2026 and BiteFax on November 6, 2026.

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