Oysters vs by the bite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oysters
Record your raw oyster experiences with photos, detailed reviews, and flavor profiles. Track your favorite ocean treats and tasting notes over time to build a personal oyster journal.
- Log raw oyster experiences
- Snap photos of oysters
- Detailed reviews
- Flavor profile tracking
- Personal oyster journal
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Oysters lets you snap a photo and log detailed reviews and flavor profiles of raw oysters you’ve tried — perfect for tracking your favorites and tasting notes over time.
by the bite
Discover and rank the best versions of your favorite dishes, not just restaurants. Track your culinary experiences, compare dishes across different locations, and build personalized food rankings over time. AI automatically categorizes your logged meals for easy organization.
- Rate dishes, not restaurants
- Build rankings by food type
- Save favorite and disliked meals
- Search past orders
- Share and compare with friends
- AI-powered food categorization
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By the bite helps you find the best version of every dish you love. Instead of rating restaurants, you rate the food itself. Track what you’ve tried, compare dishes across different places, and build your own rankings over time. From the best slice of pizza to the best cookie, pad see ew, or burger, discover your favorites and see how they stack up. To make logging easy, By the Bite uses AI to automatically categorize what you eat so your rankings stay organized. With by the bite you can: • Rate dishes, not restaurants • Build rankings by food type • Save favorites and “never again” meals • Search your history when deciding what to order • Share and compare with friends If you’re always hunting for the best bite, this is your new food journal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Oysters at 5.0 against by the bite's 4.6. by the bite's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Oysters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: by the bite has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Oysters ships an update every 2 months, by the bite every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oysters | by the bite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Anteau | Tidbit Studios LLC |
In-app purchases
Oysters
No in-app purchases
by the bite
No in-app purchases
