Comparison

BiteZilla vs Petal

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

Head to head
About

BiteZilla

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BiteZilla helps you build healthy nutrition habits by focusing on consistency, not perfection. Track your daily calories and protein, hit your goals, and stay motivated with simple streaks — all without overwhelming charts or complicated logging. What BiteZilla does • Track daily calorie and protein intake • Set clear nutrition goals • Keep motivation with streaks and progress • Log meals quickly and simply AI-assisted tracking BiteZilla uses AI-assisted estimation to help simplify food logging and reduce manual effort, making it easier to stay consistent day after day. Built for real life Most nutrition apps are complex and time-consuming. BiteZilla is designed to be fast, focused, and easy to use — so you can stick with it long-term. Subscriptions BiteZilla offers a free trial with optional subscriptions to unlock premium features. Your data is private and handled responsibly. No ads. No distractions.

About

Petal

This app transforms daily habit tracking into a visual journey, where each day completed adds a petal to a blooming flower. It supports various 75-day challenge variants and allows users to share their progress with visually appealing milestone cards.

Highlights
  • Visual flower-based habit tracking
  • Supports multiple 75-day challenge variants
  • Shareable bloom milestone cards
  • Privacy-first, local data storage
  • Lifetime Pro unlock option
  • Twelve flower species to choose from
Features
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Petal turns your 75-day challenge into a flower. Tap today's petal. Complete your habits. Watch your bloom open one day at a time. In 30 seconds a day, your progress becomes a flower you can see, share, and keep. YOUR DAILY RITUAL, AS A FLOWER A single bloom holds 75 petals, one for each day. There are no spreadsheets and no crowded dashboards — just today's habits and the flower you are growing. EVERY 75-DAY STYLE • 75 Soft — gentle daily habits, no resets • 75 Hard — all-or-nothing structure • 75 Medium — flexible, sustainable progress • 75 Balanced — wellness over hustle • 75 Grow — choose three habits of your own • Custom — create the challenge that fits your season BLOOM WITH FRIENDS Start a private squad or join a friend's challenge. Grow side by side, see each other's flowers open, and celebrate progress together. SHARE YOUR BLOOM Petal creates milestone cards at Day 25, Day 50, and Day 75, ready for Instagram Stories, TikTok, Messages, or your camera roll. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from free and premium flower species. Petal Pro also lets you keep every completed flower in a permanent garden, host private group challenges, tend multiple blooms, use unlimited bloom freezes, and enjoy Petal without ads. CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT FITS Petal Pro is available as monthly, yearly, or lifetime access. Prices are shown in the app using your App Store storefront. Existing lifetime owners keep permanent Pro access. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your personal challenge and habit history stay on your device. No account is required. If you use squads, anonymous bloom progress is synchronized so your group can grow together. Petal may collect aggregate usage and advertising data as described in the App Privacy section and Privacy Policy. Your 75-day bloom starts here. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://petal-3fb71.web.app/privacy

Screenshots

Petal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BiteZilla at none against Petal's 1. Petal's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price 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. Petal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BiteZilla asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
BiteZilla versus Petal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiteZillaPetal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel XavierKwan Cheng Lee

In-app purchases

None

BiteZilla

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Petal

One-time1
  • Petal Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is BiteZilla free?
BiteZilla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Petal free?
Petal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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