BiteCycle vs GoodEats

BiteCycle is a private food journal you keep with the people whose taste you trust. Log the dishes you love, map the places you have been, and share it all with a small circle of friends and family. No algorithms, no ads, no sponsored reviews. CAPTURE EVERY FIND Snap a photo, rate the dish, and add the details that make a recommendation worth trusting. Give one overall score on a ten-point scale, or break it down by taste, presentation, value, and experience. Add cuisine and dietary tags, a price, halal details, and a personal note. Save a place on its own to try later. SHARE WITH YOUR CIRCLE Create private circles for different groups and invite people with a simple code. Only the friends and family you choose ever see what you post. Chat in end-to-end encrypted group messages, plan events and RSVP, run polls to pick where to eat, and build shared food lists together. EXPLORE WHERE YOUR CIRCLE HAS BEEN Browse a map of every place your circle has logged, color-coded by cuisine. Filter by cuisine, circle, or minimum rating. Search dishes and places by cuisine and dietary tags to find exactly what you are after. DIETARY AND HALAL NOTES Tag dishes as halal, vegetarian, vegan, kosher, gluten-free, and more. Add halal details to a dish, including certification body, meat source, origin, and whether alcohol is served. MAKE IT YOURS Build a custom avatar and choose from three themes: Warm Linen, Sage & Clay, and Blush & Stone. Dark mode is fully supported. Clay illustrations cover 34 cuisines and food categories. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. BiteCycle is free to use. Your food data stays private and is never sold to advertisers or restaurants. Report and block tools are available on posts and messages to keep circles safe.

GoodEats is the fastest way to remember the places that matter to you. Like Goodreads, but for restaurants, cafes, parks, and anywhere else you go. TWO SHELVES. "Been" for places you've visited, "Want to go" for places you're saving. Move places between them with a swipe. RATE IT YOUR WAY. A simple 1 to 5 stars, plus notes on what you loved. Rate individual dishes too, so you never forget what to order. SCAN THE MENU. Point your camera at a menu (or a delivery-app screenshot) and pick out dishes to track, all processed on your device. SEE IT ON A MAP. Every place you've saved, color-coded by status, with your ratings at a glance. LOG YOUR VISITS. Keep a history of when you went and how it was. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE. Share a place from Apple Maps or Google Maps straight into GoodEats. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. No account. No tracking. No ads. Your data lives on your phone and in your personal iCloud. Nowhere else. Export everything as JSON whenever you like.