BariSip vs Bariatric Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BariSip
This app supports bariatric surgery patients in their recovery journey by tracking hydration, providing guidance, and offering helpful reminders for meals and supplements. It aims to simplify the healing process with a calming interface and essential tools.
- Smart hydration tracking
- Gentle water reminders
- Meal timer for safe sipping
- Recovery stage guidance
- Bariatric food guide
- Vitamin & supplement reminders
- Progress tracking
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BariSip — Your Bariatric Recovery Companion Healing after bariatric surgery can feel overwhelming. BariSip helps you stay hydrated, build healthy habits, and recover with confidence — one sip at a time. Designed specifically for bariatric patients, BariSip combines hydration tracking, recovery guidance, reminders, food support, and healing tools into one calming app experience. FEATURES: • Smart hydration tracking • Gentle water reminders • Meal timer for safe sipping intervals • Recovery stage guidance • Bariatric food guide • Vitamin & supplement reminders • Custom recurring reminders • Progress tracking & daily goals • Clean, calming recovery-focused design Whether you’re recovering from VSG, gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, or other bariatric procedures, BariSip helps simplify your healing journey. IMPORTANT: BariSip is not medical advice. Always follow your surgeon’s and dietitian’s guidance. Sip. Heal. Thrive.
Bariatric Timer
This app assists users in maintaining a specific eating pace with gentle cues and discreet watch vibrations. It also offers hydration reminders and allows for the export of meal session data. Users can customize timing and access advanced features through a premium subscription.
- Paced meal eating with Eat/Pause cues
- Discreet Apple Watch haptic feedback
- Automated hydration countdowns
- Customizable phase timing
- Session history and data export (PDF/CSV)
- Multiple timing profiles (Premium)
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BariPace helps you follow your own bariatric eating rhythm on iPhone and Apple Watch. Start a paced meal, follow clear Eat and Pause cues, and feel a discreet Watch tap at each transition. When the meal ends, BariPace can start a hydration countdown using the interval you selected from your care team's guidance. Review completed sessions, add an optional comfort note, and create a factual PDF or CSV personal record when you choose to share it. Free features: - Unlimited core Eat/Pause pacing on iPhone and Apple Watch - Custom phase timing - Seven days of session history Premium features: - Automated hydration-spacing reminders - Multiple timing profiles and advanced cue patterns - Full history, trends, notes, and complete export - Eligible Watch and Smart Stack features BariPace does not provide medical advice, diagnose a condition, or prescribe timing. Follow your clinician's instructions and drink whenever you need to. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of use: https://shortsblink.com/termsbaripaceapp Privacy policy: https://shortsblink.com/privacybaripaceapp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bariatric Timer at 5.0 against BariSip's 4.1. Bariatric Timer also leads on device support (3 vs 1). BariSip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Bariatric Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. BariSip asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bariatric Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BariSip has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | BariSip | Bariatric Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julia Lagutina | Smart Automation SRL |
In-app purchases
BariSip
No in-app purchases
Bariatric Timer
- BariPace Weekly$1.997 Days
- BariPace Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
